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Ask HN: Are you interested in “reading” podcasts?
I am an avid podcast listener. I do a lot of freelance translation as well (english to french). I was wondering if people found value in reading translated transcription of famous podcasts. If yes, are you willing to pay for it? Thanks.
- kull 11y agoI listen to podcasts besause have no time for reading , not other way around.
- brudgers 11y agoI think having samples would get more accurate feedback...I don't know enough about French language podcasts to make an informed guess. I also think targeting institutions rather than individuals is a better gauge of the potential market. If there are people who would value such a service, those people probably cluster. Good luck.
- herbst 11y agoI never heard podcasts, i would actually prefer to read them
- thenomad 11y agoForget translated, I'm just interested in reading transcripts. I find the podcast culture incredibly frustrating. There's so much great discussion and information being shared, but in order to absorb it I either have to multi-task (aka ruin both tasks) or take a truly ridiculous amount of time per podcast compared with my reading speed. I get that they're great for people with commutes or people who like running / walking and listening as a form of exercise, but I don't fit into either of those camps. So just a podcast transcription service would be something I'd pay for!
- flippant 11y agoI have a similar problem. I can't listen to podcasts while doing anything important and I don't have a long commute. However, I've found that listening to news podcasts at an extremely low volume immediately before sleeping to be useful. This allows me to listen to the podcast if I concentrate, and zone out and fall asleep if I don't.
- runjake 11y agoI wouldn't find enough value in this to pay. The podcasts I listen to have "show notes" and many of them are beginning to post a "table of contents" for each episode, eg "Discussion about $foo, 2:57." Just my two cents
- tugberkk 11y agoI would not pay, but I would really like some written podcasts, simply because I can read faster.
- kennyfrc 11y agoNot really. It's not exactly a "need" for me -- generally I can get insights off the podcast just by listening to it. A close analogy would be a radio show -- no one over teh course of a few decades has ever paid for a transcribed radio show
- Jugurtha 11y agoHere's something I thought about recently for English speaking people who want to learn French: Sharing a screencast of me browsing the French side of the internet. Many people don't pick up a new language because they think it's difficult, but in this case they'd be able to connect a written word (since it's a screen-cast) to a pronunciation. They'd also see how many words are shared and just pronounced differently, etc. (I'd be explaining what I'm reading). They'd also see where I go when "I stumble on a word I don't understand", what I type into Google to get the information, etc. Think lemonde.fr, latribune.fr, lesechos.fr. Mainly Politics/Economics, but one can also find "lighter" stuff for people to learn idioms and expressions.