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Given how early we still are we first want to focus on podcasts and make sure we nail the functionality & experience. In the future, we then want to enable user
by KevinBenSmith 5y ago
Given how early we still are we first want to focus on podcasts and make sure we nail the functionality & experience. In the future, we then want to enable users to also upload their own audio content (e.g. an audio book) and benefit from all of the same features.
For now, we haven't really thought about enabling text mediums and going the other way around (text to speech instead of speech to text). You could however check out the Matter app. Not sure whether you can upload your own pdfs, but you can do text-to-speech for blog posts, including highlighting. They also have a Readwise integration like us.
- leobg 5y agoGotcha. No, if you have plans to focus on audio, then, by all means, don't let yourself get sidetracked. For text content, I already am using Voice Dream Reader, which, in my mind, is the best there is. Being able to study both text and audio content in the same app and with the same workflow for highlights would just be the icing on the cake. And I really like your one-tap highlight functionality (or triple clicking the headphone buttons). Very useful when driving or when the phone is tucked away and you're listening via headphones.
- KevinBenSmith 5y agoThx! With the highlighting, one of our main goals is to make it as easy as possible. At least for me personally, if it's not easy to do, I won't do it. Mainly because I am often on the go when listening to podcasts. And thx to AI, this is now much more possible.
- leobg 5y agoExactly. For me, if it’s not easy to record a highlight, I will stop reading in that situation for fear of missing something important that I’d want to get back to later. Hence one tap highlighting lets me “read” where I normally couldn’t.