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sounds goood. can you please shoot Maria an email ([email protected]) about this?
wow! thanks for the amazing input. we actually also worked on a player that is like an overlay over the page. That sits in an experimental branch, which we'll continue to develop.

really nice idea with the symmetry between the vertical and horizontal scroll bars!

For the search, it is possible that the word "php" appears in the first paragraph, or summary of the article.
Thanks for these! We'll look into the menu issue and polish the site further.

With regards to 2 and 3, I think you might be using the writers' section of the site. That is where writers can add their own articles and use Listle to create an audio version.

Good point. We're working on a feature in our mobile player that allows users to see images in an article while the article is playing.
Thanks for pointing it out. Try this: https://www.listle.io/playlist/hacker-news

react-native (mobile) / react (web), firebase, aws for storage.

Thanks!

1. AI is definitely improving in this area. We watch this space closely, but based on user feedback so far, it seems that AI voices are perceived as very monotonous, and thus it is not enjoyable to listen to them for more than 10-15 min.

2. Listle is already available on the web at https://www.listle.io/ -- scroll down to "Sign in here" link.

We also have a chrome extension which allows you to see if a particular page / article you are on already has a human-read audio version. If it doesn't, it creates an AI powered audio for you: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/listle-request-ext...

We do think it’s getting closer, but the very best text-to-speech, although good, is still not enjoyable to listen to for more than 10 minutes.
That is indeed our approach, and the reason we started out with articles posted on HN.

Launch HN: Listle (YC S19) – Listen to the Best Articles on the Internet

Hi HN,We are Cristina, Maria, Radu and Alex, co-founders of Listle (https://www.listle.io). We provide audio versions of articles. Instead of sitting in front of your computer reading your favourite blogs or news articles, you can listen to them while you commute, run or cook.While being in YC over the last three months, we’ve developed both the iOS and Android apps. You can find these here:...

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Hey! The first two features you mentioned will be available in the next release (today or tomorrow). Thanks for the feedback.