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This doesn’t answer the question, but let me plug my entirely unrelated product. Remember to like and subscribe and turn on notifications!
by braingenious 4y ago
This doesn’t answer the question, but let me plug my entirely unrelated product. Remember to like and subscribe and turn on notifications!
- richardfeynman 4y agoI'm not exactly trying to grow my kids stories podcast by plugging it to a developer audience. My comment is relevant because it's a cutting edge use case of text-to-speech.
- braingenious 4y agoI’m not trying to plug my unrelated product, I’m just explaining how my unrelated product is cutting edge!
- richardfeynman 4y agoThis is such a cynical, unhelpful response. Someone asked HN for recommendations for text-to-speech software. I provided a recommendation and explained my use-case. I wasn't trying to grow my audience by posting this comment. I was trying to explain how I combined two new AI technologies to create a new offering. Of course I could be wrong, but based on my decade-plus experience on Hacker News, I think that this is precisely the kind of project PG intended to be discussed here when he created Hacker News.
- braingenious 4y agoImagine googling “open source text to speech software” and you get a link to Apple Podcasts for children’s stories. That would be wild!
- richardfeynman 4y agoWell, to state the obvious, OP chose not to google it and to ask HN instead, which is why I provided a technology recommendation and an example of a solution I hacked together using the technology.
- braingenious 4y agoI don’t really get why you’re doubling down on your obvious self-promotion. You literally started with “This doesn’t answer the question…” but now you’re claiming that you did answer the question by providing a technology recommendation?
- richardfeynman 4y agoI'm defending myself vigorously because I truly wasn't trying to promote myself, despite what you claim. I took time out of my busy day to explain on this forum my use-case for text to speech, which combines two AI technologies and happens to involve kid's stories. I did not ask people to follow or subscribe to the podcast - that is you putting words in my mouth. I thought this audience would find this use-case interesting because this is Hacker News and I hacked together this solution. I also started my answer with "This doesn't answer the question" because it's not a literal list of TTS technologies; instead, it provides an interesting example of how I used one such technology.
- braingenious 4y agoThank you for taking the time out of your busy day to provide multiple links to your podcast as a public service.
- rolenthedeep 4y ago[flagged]
- brobinson 4y agoThree of your last four (top-level) comments on this site are talking about your podcast.
- mellosouls 4y agoIn every HN thread there are tangential subthreads, including plugs. Personally - despite being neither the target market or that interested in an answer to the original question, I found the reply you are objecting to interesting and useful, and not at all the crass promo you are claiming.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoSure, but IMO this is well over the line. OP's project is really cool and would make for a great Show HN. This thread is just the wrong place for it.
- joshxyz 4y agoIt's still actually helpful for showing other tools and example use cases. You're the one who contributes nothing with your needless sarcasm. Please abide to HN Rules and Guidelines next time.
- weinzierl 4y agoHow do you make sure that children don't get inappropriate content? I know ChatGPT is pretty good at filtering already but to me it seems like a high risk undertaking - a single lapse can sink your ship.