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IMO podcasts without transcriptions shouldn't be allowed on HN. The vast majority of readers aren't going to invest an hour listening to the whole thing, so an
by cwkoss 4y ago
IMO podcasts without transcriptions shouldn't be allowed on HN. The vast majority of readers aren't going to invest an hour listening to the whole thing, so any discussion is just going to be about the title.
- jimbob45 4y agoAcclimating to voices heard at 2x speed was the best investment I made during the pandemic.
- snvzz 4y agoAnd that's still at least 10x slower than reading a transcript.
- joe-collins 4y agoIMO podcasts without transcriptions shouldn't be allowed, period.
- Zababa 4y agoAnd it also has accessibility issues. HN is text-based, but the podcast is audio-based. That means some part of the population will be unable to interact with it.
- musicale 4y agoTranscriptions are the killer app for audio and video.