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Ask HN: What articles from HN would you like to have read to you by humans?

3 points by cristinabunea ↗ HN
A few friends and I are building these apps and we want to narrate the most popular links from HN. Any requests are welcomed.

iOS app: https://apple.co/2G7BF7q Android app: https://bit.ly/32p9zhc Web app: https://www.listle.io

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erikig
I'd really love to listen to The New Yorker and The Atlantic long read articles, even the ones I've enjoyed before for their beauty or insightfulness.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/15/the-semplica-g...

erikig
Out of curiousity, how conversational does the content sound? Is it better that the quality from HTML5 text to speech or Amazon Polly?
cristinabunea
All of the articles that we have on the platform are human-read. There is, however, the request functionality where you copy / paste the link to an article and it gives you an AI narration (using Polly).
erikig
I just installed the app and I'm a fan. I have some suggestions:

- Please add a "Skip Back" of 10 or 15 sec. I often zone out and miss a few sentences and the playback/progress bar isn't quite accurate in skipping back.

- Please integrate the audio controls into the iOS media controls

- (Maybe) allow previewing some audio before requesting account creation. I almost abandoned the install at that spot.

Cheers on launching an awesome set of apps!

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