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Arnie McKinnis@amckinnis · ProdMktg Professional, amckinnis.com
If you write on @Medium ... this should interest you.
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@amckinnis thanks for sharing PLAY! We couldn't have done it with you!!
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Arnie McKinnis@amckinnis · ProdMktg Professional, amckinnis.com
@hammadh4 ... More than welcome! It's a great Plug-in - and you guys did all the hard work ;)
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Arnie McKinnis@amckinnis · ProdMktg Professional, amckinnis.com
@hammadh4 I also see you finally got the credit for being the MAKER!! Time get update your description, answer questions and keep the ball rolling!
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Eddie Pratt@prattarazzi · Product Manager, ProductSnacks.com
Speech synthesis has come on leaps and bounds! Pity it doesn't have any info on the creators. Would be interesting to learn more.
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Arnie McKinnis@amckinnis · ProdMktg Professional, amckinnis.com
@prattarazzi Trying to get them added ... they need the credit.
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@prattarazzi We are here. What would you like to know?
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Anthony Stylianou@anthony_stylianou · Social Media Manager, CatchApp
Really like the idea behind this. Look forward to trying it. Are there any plans to go beyond Medium articles?
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@anthony_stylianou Yes! We have a couple of websites in mind. Which one are you thinking?
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Anthony Stylianou@anthony_stylianou · Social Media Manager, CatchApp
@hammadh4 Hmm good question. From the sites I read, I would say Mashable, Inc, Entrepreneur etc
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Josh@twandjosh · VP Eng @ThreadMeUp, Founder @NarroApp
@anthony_stylianou If you're looking beyond Medium right now, check out @NarroApp https://narro.co and https://narro.co/apps
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Arnie McKinnis@amckinnis · ProdMktg Professional, amckinnis.com
The two gentlemen are the Makers of PLAY ... check them out. @hammadh4 and @ma7moudfelfel They deserve all the credit for the very cool Chrome Extension.
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Arnie McKinnis@amckinnis · ProdMktg Professional, amckinnis.com
@hammadh4 @ma7moudfelfel ... trying to get them approved as the "makers" ... until then, message for questions.
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exex zian@exexzian · Software Engineer
very useful :). can we have option to set play speed and male/female voice choice option in next version ?
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@exexzian Absolutely! This will be rolled out soon!
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Eduard Metzger@metzgereduard · Developer
Wow, this actually works quite well!
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Robert Nachum@robertnachum7 · Mobile Growth Manager
Great product
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SyntacticSugarDaddy@mitchwongho · Android Engineer
Much potential. Much Wow! Now imaging a podcast of Medium articles powered by Play
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Deandre Durr☀️@dredurr · Growth Hacker
I love this. I can create a Medium Podcast of my favorite articles. Now If I can just increase the speed... Then it should be nominated for the Golden Kitty Award
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@dredurr yes speed and accents is something we thought about too! We shall definitely add them! Thanks for the feedback!
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Shina Charles Memud@charlesmudy · Designer
@dredurr honestly I can't believe this doesn't exist already, I was brainstorming on this about 2 weeks ago. @ma7moudfelfel .... random idea: is it possible to have it shown on the main screen (homepage) with Play Next option?
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Mahmoud Felfel@ma7moudfelfel · Frontend Engineer, Co-Founder of Play.ht
@charlesmudy Even us didn't believe that no one has made it before :) And regarding your homepage idea, yes it is possible, we've been thinking of a feature like this actually, that will turn your homepage into a playlist.
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Graham Seymour@seymourgroup · VP Enterprise @ SD Squared
@ma7moudfelfel @charlesmudy well, to be fair, there are already some "read it aloud" extensions in the Chrome Extensions store, but they're all terrible, esp. in comparison to this. :)
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Josh@twandjosh · VP Eng @ThreadMeUp, Founder @NarroApp
@dredurr This exists already (exactly!) in @NarroApp https://narro.co
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NiMA@insidenima · Founder/MD, Caspian
@charlesmudy @dredurr @ma7moudfelfel the closest thing is SpeakIt! and before it was shut down evernote had a similar feature to read simplified articles. Click, hold shift, click, right click, SpeakIt! not that user friendly :|
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Ballico Stretch@mmp1 · Comet researcher
@hammadh4 @dredurr Variable speeds request. 2x is just the start of retention...
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✎ Andrew Warner@andrewwarner
Would be a great mobile app.
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Yaniv Goldenberg@yanivgoldenberg · Growth Strategist @WiseStamp
@andrewwarner https://www.producthunt.com/tech... could be your answer.
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@andrewwarner Yup, we are working on it! Listening to articles on the go and creating your own playlists is something we really want!
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Patrick J.@xrb · Software Engineer, NewsBot / TI&M
@andrewwarner There is already a mobile app for iOS for turning news sites (including Medium) into podcasts. It's called NewsBot. http://newsbot.mobi/ https://www.producthunt.com/tech... Disclaimer: I am the author of this app.
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Josh@twandjosh · VP Eng @ThreadMeUp, Founder @NarroApp
@andrewwarner @NarroApp offers both Android and iOS mobile apps with even greater flexibility! https://narro.co
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Sarah A. Downey@sarahadowney · Principal, Accomplice
@andrewwarner Came here to say this. The use case for desktop listening is pretty thin compared to mobile.
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Becca Edwards@beccamedwards · Strategy Director, Rallio
@hammadh4 @andrewwarner Any update on a mobile version?
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@beccamedwards @andrewwarner yeah, we are looking at another 2 weeks to launch the apps in beta. Will keep you informed.
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Mark Thomas McEwan@marktmcewan · Maker of Reallygoodlist & SnapSend
Love it - great job, wish it was an App already , could listen to some articles at the gym or out a run
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@marktmcewan Wouldn't that be great?! Being able to create playlists and listen to articles on the go is what we are working on now :)
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Brandy Morgan@msbrandymorgan · Developer
YES! As a Medium contributor and consumer this is awesome.
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Josh Pagley@jdpagley · Fullstack Software Developer
This is awesome! Medium is one of my favorite sources of content. Audio is my favorite way to consume content. I get the best of both worlds now!
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Karn Malhotra@karn_malhotra · Founder @Outlined.co
hehe excited! Especially given how much i love audible! Great job guys :)
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Martin Otyeka@otymartin · Dopeness Academy
This is life changing. I only ask for a female voice!
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Hammad@hammadh4 · PLAY
@otymartin And you shall have it! ;) We are working on it.. We'll share the next version as soon as it's ready.
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Josh@twandjosh · VP Eng @ThreadMeUp, Founder @NarroApp
@otymartin This is available already with @NarroApp https://narro.co
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Martin Otyeka@otymartin · Dopeness Academy
@hammadh4 Dope!
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Deekshith Allamaneni@adeekshith · Software Engineer, Wolfram Research
Does this do any better than Firefox's reader mode's read out loud feature which works for all articles (Except that it is for Chrome)? https://support.mozilla.org/en-U...
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Mat Sherman@mat_sherman · Hacker. Starter. #yesphx
This is actually pretty awesome. Medium podcasts? I'm in.
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Yvan Scher@yvanscher · Court Jester
having a little trouble. doesnt seem to play on Chrome Version 53.0.2785.116 (64-bit)
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Mahmoud Felfel@ma7moudfelfel · Frontend Engineer, Co-Founder of Play.ht
@yvanscher Thanks for trying and reporting this, will check and push a fix asap
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Yvan Scher@yvanscher · Court Jester
@ma7moudfelfel cool thanks
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Mohamed Dafalla@modafalla
Love it! I wish this was build inside of medium.
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Vamsi Thatha@vamsi_thatha · Applications @Cadence Design Systems
Waiting for this from very long time. I've been using Readline and Spritz extensions speed read but Play is definitely another valuable service which can be used as an audible like extension for Medium.
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