[Blakestr]

How are you going to handle articles that display images for infographics as necessary for comprehending the article?

Obviously that's the limitation of pure audio but I'm wondering if your process can simply tag or save an image that can then display like an audio book cover.

[radumazilu]

Good point. We're working on a feature in our mobile player that allows users to see images in an article while the article is playing.

[Blakestr]

Adding to that I noted that you do have links to the actual articles which is good but they aren't displayed as intuitively as they could be.

I think the next phase of your ux should be an actual carbon copy of the article that I can read inside the app with the audio playing features at the bottom in an overlay. One needs to go back and forth between a web browser and your app, and it takes longer to listen than it does to read, most people will want to save time and read when they are in a position to do so. (I'm sure this is already on your docket)

one feature you might consider that would help the transition between reading and listening is to have your vertical scroll bar coincide with your track time at the bottom, so as they scroll down the article their place in the audio track moves down as well. You could even have a text cursor that appears between the actual words on the screen so they can see where their place is.

I've constructed an elaborate diagram that illustrates this

http://imgur.com/gallery/ZBMYPXe

[radumazilu]

wow! thanks for the amazing input. we actually also worked on a player that is like an overlay over the page. That sits in an experimental branch, which we'll continue to develop.

really nice idea with the symmetry between the vertical and horizontal scroll bars!

[rolae]

Have a look at descript, an podcasting app. They do this, but not just for playback. They actually let you edit the audio by editing the text transcript.

https://www.descript.com/