lalo.li
Creative
text to speech
SHOW HN2012
143points
11comments
#137of 1,677 in 2012
Top 9%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun, simple and straightforward interface
From 2 comments
I've been having too much fun with this at work already, and It's been open for 3 minutes. I gotta say I do very much enjoy the simple and straightforward interface.
jeremyarussell on HNLeft the tab open - nice little easter egg you have there :) window.setTimeout(function(){return i("i love you")},9E5);
binarymax on HN
Objections
Largely duplicates existing espeak web work with little added functionality
From 1 comment
There isn't really so much functionality added over the grounded work http://syntensity.com/static/espeak.html , is there? (Except some nicer web interface.)
albertzeyer on HN
Pushes history entries on every keystroke, breaking the back button (fixed by maker)
From 2 comments
very cool! but it spams my webhistory with every keystroke i think, renders my back button useless.
samirahmed on HNyou are right ``` history.replaceState() ``` would be a better choice than the ``` history.pushState() ``` i'm using. livecoding right now. [Update: fixed (and deployed)]
franze on HN
Requests
Support playback via URL text parameter
From 1 comment
feature request: make it usable via a URL http://lalo.li/?text=hello should playback "hello"
lecha on HN
Questions
How does it work?
From 1 comment
How?
impostervt on HN
Alternatives named
espeak.js web demo by kripkens
From 1 comment
There isn't really so much functionality added over the grounded work http://syntensity.com/static/espeak.html , is there? (Except some nicer web interface.)
albertzeyer on HN