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Looking at the title, I assumed this was going to be about audio versions of Wikipedia articles. Obviously, this is much cooler!
I was hoping this would be a way to listen to Wikipedia articles like audiobooks. Unfortunately, the iPhone screen reader is not optimized for reading Wikipedia: - It reads footnote links ("one", "fourteen", etc) - It reads years like numbers ("One thousand, seven hundred and fifty six" instead of "seventeen fifty six"). - It reads introductory metadata, warnings, etc. - It reads tables. - It read image captions. Ideally it wouldn't do any of these things. Basically, it reads the…
This is a wonderful project. Great concept, brilliant execution. Add more languages to provide a frantic feeling, drop to only timezones where it's the middle of the night for soothing chimes. The strings that play whenever a new user registers is particularly lovely.
This is possibly one of the coolest things I have seen all day. And I was procrastinating nearly all day so I have seen a //bunch// of things ;) Makes for nice BG music and hasn't gotten annoying yet (10 mins in).
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HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 402
- Total comments
- 108
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