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Any interest in a text-to-speech synopsis of top subreddits? (self.Blind)
submitted by reddit-to-speech
I'm working on a script to take the top posts from reddit and create a daily podcast of them using google's cloud text-to-speech. It also uses the website smmry.com to get a short summary of the article, and to condense longer comments. Basically; it's a quick overview of top stories rather than an in-depth reading of every reddit submission.
So far I'm really excited about the quality, but I'd love to know what you think!
Here's a sample mp3: $1.
So far I'm really excited about the quality, but I'd love to know what you think!
Here's a sample mp3: $1.
fastfinge 2 points 4y ago
Neat idea. Might give me something to listen to on the treadmill in the morning. However, I think I'd only be interested if it could pull from my Reddit subscriptions, rather than the general feed. Now, if I could log in with my reddit account, pay maybe $3 a month, and have AI generate a daily podcast of that quality, you'd really have something.
rkingett 2 points 4y ago
A screen reader does it better. I don't really see the appeal of this unless you add human narrators to it. I also use IFTTT to email me digests and links. If the podcast had humans reading, I could get excited about this.
But as of right now, why should I use this when I have a fully operational screen reader?
But as of right now, why should I use this when I have a fully operational screen reader?
LanceThunder 2 points 4y ago
i think it would be a good idea for a podcast but you would need to get 1-3 people to read over the content and maybe add in some of their own commentary. a text-to-speech engine is not going to be very enjoyable. if you can get something like that going it would probably be reasonably popular and profitable.
Laser_Lens_4 1 points 4y ago
I can just browse Reddit for that using my screen reader.
For a podcast I can't imagine very many people being able to stomach listening to a speech engine for longer than a few minutes, even one as good as Google TTS.
I like the idea of aggregating content but the real money would be in getting some actual people to read it and talk about it.
For a podcast I can't imagine very many people being able to stomach listening to a speech engine for longer than a few minutes, even one as good as Google TTS.
I like the idea of aggregating content but the real money would be in getting some actual people to read it and talk about it.
silverhythm 1 points 4y ago
Cant’ speak for anyone else but since my screen reading software can navigate Reddit with much more precision already I don’t see the use. Could be neat for people driving or on a run or something, but for blind users a straight TTS job doesn’t seem like it would provide a lot of utility. If you included info you can’t get from text like gifs or meme descriptions it might be a different story. Cool idea though.
reddit-to-speech [OP] 1 points 4y ago
Thanks for the insight! I think I've underestimated how powerful/effective screen-readers are these days.
quanin 1 points 4y ago
IT's a neat idea. What was the reasoning behind it? I don't know that I'd use it personally, but that's just me. I also tend to like to go deeper than the headlines, which is largely why.
reddit-to-speech [OP] 1 points 4y ago
Our original idea was to create this for commuters, or for people to listen to while their working/driving. But we're also just trying to find an interesting use for these technologies, since we're just doing this project for fun.
quanin 1 points 4y ago
Aha. I don't know that many people who'd want to be scrolling Reddit while driving (particularly the comments), but it's a neat format. As said I can't see me using it, but I can see potential.
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