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I'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 te
by richardfeynman 4y ago
I'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.