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Hacker News Recap is back, for good(hackernewsrecap.buzzsprout.com)
3 points by diminikolaou 1y ago|2 comments
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by diminikolaou 1y ago
A year after it's last episode, we're bringing back Hacker News Recap. We launched a new feature* last week that made the automation of this very easy so we had no reason of holding it back anymore. Hope you guys like it. *In case
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by diminikolaou 1y ago
This is cool. I can see the anti-monopoly of OpenAI argument, but apart from that is there a strong argument of being multi-LLM for a Codex-like agent?
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Thank you for this write up - very insightful.
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Show HN: The first hyper-personalised podcast. For the SF tech entrepreneur
3 points by diminikolaou 3y ago|0 comments
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Why not just use GPT-4?
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Can't find a way to connect. Ping at hn@wondercraft.ai - would be keen to get your thing going.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Thank you!
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
You can definitely use the platform for audiobooks. It's not native to importive an epub yet, but you can use the UI or the API to audify your book.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Awesome to hear!
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Podcasts and Youtube Shorts have very different view count, I'm sure you know that. In any case, it's clear that this podcast is not for you and that's ok. Appreciate you taking the time to give us thoughtful feedback.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
There is no question that authors delivering the work themselves is preferable. But that option is rarely available (only 20% of NYT Best Sellers have audio books read by the authors). | "you’ll just end up moving this information from
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Thank you for taking the time to go through this. I agree that there is room for improvement and your comment makes it clear what we can improve. But I disagree with the sentiment that it does not add value. There are 1k people that tune i
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Dming you on twitter, to find “The Thing”
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Yeah that’s write, we highlight that the content should come from human creativity. Wrote some stuff here about comparison to Descript: https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=37089928&goto=item%3Fi...
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
For substackers that don’t have a podcast, only have a written format, this tool has given them great leverage as they can easily provide more value to their audience by giving them an audio version. There’s over 100 of those on the platfor
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
11 is not our competitor, they are our partner and model provider. We’ve built all of the podcast related infrastructure (publishing, show notes, video etc) on top of their text to speech capabilities.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
You’re not the only one
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
We highlight that the creativity comes from the human. The text to speech is the AI Component. There is a script assistant that can help you adjust the tone of the text, but the creativity always comes from human.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Thank you!
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
We’re adding all of the essays, should be all done by end of August.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
I actually think I disagree with your last sentence. It's not that the creator can't be bothered, but that the tool unlocks features that are just not feasible for a creator. Think of Hacker News Recap for example - a 20' ep
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
It can be any voice the user chooses, but by default it's the same voice as the original language - all voices speak all languages.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
PG has not approved for this to be done with his own voice, which is why we're using a custom voice (Anna).
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Sorry what is exactly your claim here? That it is legal to use and monetise off of someone else's voice? Using Morgan Freeman's or Joe Rogan's voice for example to host your podcasts?
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Strong words, but I understand where you’re coming from. I get your point on people liking authentic stories from people and that’s the value of podcasts. There’s many different formats of podcasts and interviews/conversations are just
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Many educators use Wondercraft right now as it also generates video which helps students. Check out if can be helpful to you.
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
In relation to HN Recap, I agree that it struggles with terms, but I’d argue that the results show that the stories are captured well. I get your point on people liking authentic stories from people and that’s the value of podcasts. There’s
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
For the time being, realistically it’s cost prohibitive for users to generate slop without expectation for some return, so that’s a current natural mechanism. As the prices decrease, due to model improvement, best/worst practice guides
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by diminikolaou 3y ago
Thank you!

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