[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":510},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-35831177":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":84,"maker_in_thread":214,"shape":225,"grid":228,"attempts":471,"same_week":472,"maker_shows":269,"maker_hidden":502,"reader_version":503,"card":504},"35831177","The HN Recap","AI generated daily HN podcast","title","Show HN: The HN Recap – AI generated daily HN podcast","https:\u002F\u002Fhackernewsrecap.buzzsprout.com","hackernewsrecap.buzzsprout.com","wondercraft",1683302727,2023,177,88,331,3109,11,"notable","productivity","podcast generator","other",[24,25,26,27,28],"ai podcast","hacker news","text to speech","daily recap","audio summary","mixed",0.159,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":18},17,16,3,47,{"execution":37,"design":40,"idea":41,"pricing":44},{"positive":38,"critical":39},4,5,{"positive":39,"critical":38},{"positive":42,"critical":43},7,1,{"positive":45,"critical":43},0,[34,34,43,34,43,45,39,39,39,34,39,39,34,43,34,34,34,34,39,39,45,45,45,39,39,39,34,39,45,45,34,43,43,34,34,45,45,34,34,39],"We've been running The HN Recap for a month to make it easier to consume Hacker News. 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For 10' of this audio, compute would cost about $1. So at $1 per daily episode,…",{"value":67,"source":51,"evidence":68},"Test adoption of AI-generated podcasts and make HN easier to consume",[69],{"id":54},null,[72],{"value":73,"source":51,"evidence":74},"ElevenLabs text-to-speech",[75,78],{"id":76,"by":11,"text":77},"35833000","You're right that it's a script, but it does have some intricacies that require a lot of testing to get it right. Examples: Using LLMS: - formulate the right prompts for the…",{"id":79,"by":11,"text":80},"35834375","Yes, it's 90% the audio generation. It's about to get a lot cheaper though.","unknown","launched","team",{"praise":85,"objections":121,"requests":152,"questions":176,"alternatives":195},[86,106],{"value":87,"source":88,"evidence":89},"Audio quality is impressively realistic","commenter",[90,94,98,102],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"35832529","maxverse","This is really impressive. Is anyone else really freaked out by that? I'm having an uncanny-valley type feeling, because the audio is 99.9% convincing, and the only thing that…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"35831958","aschobel","I’m blown away by the audio quality, well done. It’s nice that it also recaps the comments. You said the cost is about $2 an episode, is that mostly for the summarization or…",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"35834152","kyriakosel","I'm shocked by how realistic it sounds. Can we embed it in our website\u002Fblog ?",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"35833065","vishnuharidas","This is really outstanding. Especially the voice - it sounds real human (or is it a real human?) 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Granted I do have ADHD, so YMMV.",{"value":145,"source":88,"evidence":146},"Mispronunciations such as sudo and dollar amounts",[147,151],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"35833110","chaxor","The AI pronounced `sudo` as \"su-dough\" instead of \"su-doo\". Literally unwatchable :P This is fantastic work, keep up the great job.",{"id":76,"by":11,"text":77},[153,158,169],{"value":154,"source":88,"evidence":155},"Support more sources such as subreddits, URLs, and private feeds",[156,157],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},{"value":159,"source":88,"evidence":160},"Two-voice conversational format",[161,165],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"35833955","mariorojas","such a great idea! I wonder how a podcast with two voices sounds, it would be interesting to hear the AI interaction",{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"35832020","airstrike","This is so good! I'm amazed it's even possible for this to be done \"so easily\" (I'm sure it's a lot of work!) 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