Re:Show HN: Paul Graham Audio Essays
by siddienahar on Monday November 30, 2020 @09:56AM
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I just tried it but didn't like the experience. My reading speed is variable, I read slow when I want to internalize the idea v/s I skim through when I am probably reading a novel. At so many points I wanted to pause and re-read the para or think about what he said but listening to the audio didn't really allow for that. PG essays are usually of such kind.
I suspect I won't even enjoy audiobooks too for the same reason. I won't be able to accelerate or slow down at my will.
But I congratulate you for building it and I'm sure it'd be useful for others.
Re:Show HN: Paul Graham Audio Essays
by mritchie712 on Sunday November 29, 2020 @03:43PM
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Thanks for making this. I've started to do this several times, but never finished it. I was going to use Google's Text-to-Speech[0]. What did you go with?
Re:Show HN: Paul Graham Audio Essays
by jazz3020 on Monday November 30, 2020 @02:50PM
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Hey, guys! Unfortunately, PG would like me to take it down. So it will no longer be available, but you can use https://audiblogs.com to listen to web articles privately.
Re:Show HN: Paul Graham Audio Essays
by alexellisuk on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @11:36AM
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This one "Default Alive or Default Dead?" - didn't seem to work, it's just 2 mins vs the full text... OK it's an advert for the Listle app (dislike this trick/advert)
- https://open.spotify.com/show/7JarKoWwoLvbysR1UZxvhm?si=WN2H...
I suspect I won't even enjoy audiobooks too for the same reason. I won't be able to accelerate or slow down at my will.
But I congratulate you for building it and I'm sure it'd be useful for others.
0 - https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech
Did you need to get permission from PG to do this?