SpeechBoard
Creative
audio editing
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
8 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Editing audio by editing text feels magical and useful.
From 3 comments
This is really cool. There's something magical about just editing text, and then having real spoken audio change to reflect it. I hit an error when I trimmed the text down to: >…
mistercow on HNReally magical to see audio editable like this. Love it.
geetfun on HNcool idea
phirschybar on HN
Immediate access without login is a good design.
From 1 comment
I like how the core functionality/UI is immediately accessible above the fold. No log in, or other barriers to simply trying it out. Great job!
rectangletangle on HN
Objections
Upload errors in Safari and Chrome.
From 1 comment
Won't let me upload a file in Safari, so I tried Chrome. Upload works, but then I just get "An error has occured. We are looking into it." Like the demo. Wish I could try it out…
jtbayly on HN
Cutting words leaves audible jumps and needs UX polish.
From 2 comments
Very cool! I did find that if I remove "three" there's a noticeable jump in the resulting audio. But it's great that I can take the output and further refine it.
michaelmior on HNThis is really cool. There's something magical about just editing text, and then having real spoken audio change to reflect it. I hit an error when I trimmed the text down to: >…
mistercow on HN
No privacy policy and unclear data handling by speech APIs.
From 2 comments
Do you have a privacy policy? Are you storing the audio and/or edited transcripts?
woodson on HNThanks! It's likely obvious to users with a technical background, but others might not realize that the STT APIs used by this service could retain uploaded audio data.
woodson on HN
Requests
Add undo support.
From 1 comment
This is really cool. There's something magical about just editing text, and then having real spoken audio change to reflect it. I hit an error when I trimmed the text down to: >…
mistercow on HN
Add silence or padding after cuts.
From 1 comment
Really nice + fun. One suggestion is to be able to add extra silence (whitenoise?) so we can retain a natural flow after cutting aggressively. Maybe recognize an ellipses ... and…
OzzyB on HN
Support for other languages and speaker diarisation.
From 2 comments
> This looks very interesting. You might be the right person to ask about something related Hi Craig, do you know an app/code that can split the audio/transcript based on…
frik on HNHey Craig, how do you transcribed the audio in your app? and presumably, it only supports English (atm)?
synthecypher on HN
Video support.
From 1 comment
Is encoding time the only thing from preventing this from extending to video?
ziikutv on HN
Questions
Are audio and transcripts stored?
From 1 comment
Do you have a privacy policy? Are you storing the audio and/or edited transcripts?
woodson on HN
Which languages are supported?
From 1 comment
what languages are you supporting out of the box?
orliesaurus on HN
Alternatives named
Audiogrep
From 1 comment
Hey! Audiogrep may be able to do that for ya - https://github.com/antiboredom/audiogrep
craigcannon on HN
Auphonic
From 1 comment
I think you can pass the output audio file through https://auphonic.com/ and that will get the job done for you.
jv22222 on HN
Rev.com
From 1 comment
I’ve used rev.com for a while. They’re quick and accurate.
GarethX on HN
Trint
From 1 comment
I just discovered https://trint.com . No idea if they're any good, but they're certainly cheaper than Rev.
thenomad on HN
Avid ScriptSync
From 1 comment
Encoding time + file size for uploads. It's definitely something we're interested in though. Check out ScriptSync too -…
craigcannon on HN