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Mark Moriarty

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Joined on December 29th, 2014

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@harrydry @davej eye-opening. I had no idea just how much .js libraries like the simple Twitter Follow button were slowing down my site! Hadn't realised they were blocking the main thread. https://twitter.com/MbyM/status/1356227639460175872

3mo ago

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As a recipient (and sender) of sometimes-too-long-but-always-enjoyable voicemails, I look forward to using this! There is definitely a sweet spot to be explored between 1:1 voice memos (sent to one friend, as you did) and 1:everyone memos (like podcasts, even paid podcasts). I would like to play with a 1:"a few" model – to give 2-5 friends an update and avoid repeating myself on calls, and avoid having to publish a private podcast episode just to get delivered to their phones!

on Transcribed Encrypted Voice Journal

9mo ago

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@rrhoover @ggnall right, I wish Umano could have lived on instead of being shut down! It was a promising app with good folks behind it. Excited to see companies like SpokenLayer (a network of human readers) addressing the same need in a different way through its partners. I agree robot voices are too robotic now. I'm surprised Pocket has held out with it's robotic TTS for so long (with it's "Listen" option) and never explored human readers. Perhaps they're waiting for the tech to get better; surely it's a matter of time before the computers voices cross the uncanny valley into "acceptable". DeepMind's text-to-speech is pretty good already: https://twitter.com/MbyM/status/782650490245017604 (I'm particularly interested in this space since Awesound lets anybody charge for premium audio via existing podcast apps.)

on Medium Audio Stories

4yr ago

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