Re:Show HN: Blog2Cast – A service to convert blogs to podcasts
by R4nger on Thursday May 25, 2017 @08:53PM
(#14421331)
Good job! Getting something out is always tough. I guess this is still WIP but I'd recommend putting out some info on why I should log in. It's tough to give someone my email when confronted with a simple login box.
I wouldn't worry too much about the name. The idea is pretty cool. I'd love to know how you're dealing with listicles and tone of the blog-posts (but again, don't want to share my email at this stage).
If you're open to more features, the other way around from podcast to blogs would also be a nice.
> I was thinking about: 1. Supplying the blogger with an HTML snippet for easy embedding in the blog. 2. Re-scan your blog daily and produce a new audio file, if changed.
I'd recommend #2. Preferably something that monitors rss / atom feeds. I'd worry about updates/changes after figuring out how the monitoring of the feed works.
I am working on a side project and will appreciate any feedback !
The idea is real simple, if you have a blog, and want to increase your readers engagement, one way is to convert your blog to a podcast, helping your readers listen to your blog on the go.
The core idea is working, even though limited, the blog cannot exceed 1500 characters, but that's mostly technical and can be solved with additional work.
The feature set is quite limited, and that were I am mostly interested in feedback, what feature should be next ?
I was thinking about: 1. Supplying the blogger with an HTML snippet for easy embedding in the blog. 2. Re-scan your blog daily and produce a new audio file, if changed.
I am also searching for a new name, blog2cast is just a temporary name, What do you think about vocalitic.com ? That name is not too specific and it does relate to the 'vocal' part.
Thanks Allot !