playthis.link
Productivity
text to speech
SHOW HN2020
10points
2comments
#2,456of 3,028 in 2020
Top 82%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Design: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, neat implementation
From 2 comments
This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
FemmeAndroid on HNWow, this is amazing. I would love a widget or a function that would let me "share" from a sharesheet on mobile to this and have it play, if you want to add 100% more complexity…
laurex on HN
Objections
Cost risk from per-character TTS billing if heavily used, e.g. turning free books into audio
From 1 comment
This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
FemmeAndroid on HN
Requests
Mobile share sheet integration
From 1 comment
Wow, this is amazing. I would love a widget or a function that would let me "share" from a sharesheet on mobile to this and have it play, if you want to add 100% more complexity…
laurex on HN
Questions
How is the Google TTS bill covered, and is there a monetization plan?
From 1 comment
This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
FemmeAndroid on HN
Alternatives named
ListenLater.fm
From 1 comment
This is really neat. It looks like you're using google cloud's text to speech -- are you footing the bill for this, or do you have a plan to monetize? I run ListenLater.fm, which…
FemmeAndroid on HN