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A comment on Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads.

Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by abhisuri97 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:45PM (#21706708)
So how does it really do the skipping feature? Do you transcribe the podcast and look for standard advertising copy for companies like Squarespace, hello fresh, etc? Would it register a false positive if one of those company names is said?
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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by rahuldottech on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:48PM (#21706747)
Most podcasts, have a particular jingle/tune that plays before/during the ad, which should not be difficult to identify with some clever code.

But honestly manual flagging wouldn't be too hard either.

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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by adskipprod on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:08PM (#21706995)
Well, I couldn't tell because I wouldn't want to create competitors! I don't think it will ever register a false positive. It's really that good.
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