radione.ws

Listen to news summaries in your browser, made by a 15 y/o 💥

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Listen to news summaries in your browser, made by a 15 y/o 💥

1 follower

Continuously listen to the latest radio news summaries from top providers such as NPR, BBC, ABC, even ESPN, right in your browser. Each is updated hourly. Fast, free & no ads.

Launch tags:Web App•News

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Maker

Hey PH! I'm a 15 year old who likes to listen to podcasts, so I thought I would build a tool for listening to the news quickly. radione.ws plays the top summaries continuously and quickly, all in your browser. I started this project with a "I'll see if I can do it" mindset, as I just started my first computer science class last year. After a week of playing around with code, I'm stoked to announce this awesome player. I hope you like it!

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8yr ago

stoic.

@w More power to you Riley 🙏 Glad to see you shipping young and I think this is just the beginning for you :) Like the way you MVP'd it; maybe now convert it into a simple mobile app that could be bookmarked? Either ways, can't wait to see the other things you ship 🚢 P.S: If you wanna be a part of a community of really cool student makers from around the 🌏 like you, let me know ✨

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8yr ago

Hopscotch

Maker

@amrith Definitely, this would be a cool app to make. Feathrd looks awesome, I don't know why I didn't join sooner. Will submit an application now. Thanks!

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8yr ago

1Degree

@w I love it! The site is super clean and intuitive, I love that I just land there and click one button and *boom* you are already meeting my needs. Great clean product design.

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8yr ago

Nice job @w! It's a handy way to listen to the news without all the other extra distractions.

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8yr ago

@w hi Riley, congrats on your product. Do you have a content distribution deal with these news providers?

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8yr ago

LOL “Listen to news summaries in your browser, made by a 15 y/o” — I thought “why would I want to hear a 15yo reading news to me?” 😂

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8yr ago

Hopscotch

Maker

@pixelmelter 😂 Yeah, I don't think that would be a popular product

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8yr ago

It's a cool gui and all but I think the radio companies may have a problem with someone redistributing their content with the commercials stripped out. Do you have deals in place or permission to do that?

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8yr ago

Hopscotch

Maker

@robin_solis My website is basically a stripped down version of a podcast or feed reader. It is simply accessing content already on the web. I don't strip any of the ads out, they were already ad-free to begin with. Saying that I need content deals is like saying that any podcasting app needs contracts and publishing deals with every single podcast that is on the internet. Same thing with an internet browser, Google Chrome doesn't claim the rights of every single webpage on the internet, it's simply the middleman.

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8yr ago

@w sorry but what you said makes little sense. The content belongs to the maker and there is no way in hell that ABC news is being knowingly redistributed without commercials. That simply is not the way it works. Good luck with that.

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8yr ago

stoic.

Love how to the point it is and is a clutter-free way to listen to just news :)

Think I'm gonna make this one of the primary ways I consume daily news 🙏

Pros:

Clean, minimal and just works.

Cons:

Added mobile functionality and listen to news in the background on-the-go

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8yr ago

Lazy

Great website! Never listen to the news as a short summary and often just use dedicated apps but this is much more handy!

Pros:

Love the simple design and great functionality

Cons:

Would love keybind support for potentially pausing play outside of chrome

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8yr ago

It functions well and does what it says!

Pros:

Minimal and fast. No adverts!

Cons:

An extension to play outside of chrome would be nice.

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8yr ago

Could scale by adding localized stations or categories of sport and news etc.

Pros:

Updates frequently, simple UX

Cons:

Could add a bit more stations so that the average session time of a user increases.

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8yr ago

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