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Except the metric that really matters... USAGE.


Beware – this is crack! I clicked it and 20-min has passed.

https://imgur.com/JJHXccN



You may enjoy the product I've been working on...[0] it lets you listen to articles and subscribe to any website.

[0] https://playtext.app


That's cool, but I guess I was specifically looking for something more advanced than basic text-to-speech (which most browsers nowadays have built in and can be achieved in 2 lines of JavaScript[0]). I was specifically looking for high quality natural speech sounding generated audio.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_...


Cool app. The biggest issue for me is the voice sounds very much like the typical system voice apps, when we are seeing such leaps and bounds in the voice quality. But your interface is simple and nice.


I would love an RSVP reader mode for this.



Gotcha! Thanks for the feedback!




I created a tool called Playtext.app, a Pocket-like app that saves articles and converts into audiobooks.

e.g. Try listening to this article here (8-min): https://playtext.app/doc/clj1b548r0000md0f4s62n8t7


“Use“ or “am the creator of”?


Edited! Although I am a user too (I read ~60 articles/mo with it), it's better to be safe than sorry! (:


How many users does your app have? Do you make any revenue?


Listen to this article (24-min) at https://playtext.app/doc/clhahltvf0000l20fvv9rhkyb


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