[pbprabhuram]

We are eager to announce to the HN community the public release of "WowTo" - software for creating How-To videos.

Pain point: Creating How-To videos which can be tutorials, guides, step-by-step walkthroughs or video slideshows are difficult to create with current video editors in the market. Because they target a wide base so either they lack certain much needed features for creating How-tos or becomes complex to edit the video with their timelines.

Solution: This presented us an opportunity, to address this problem with WowTo. It has a video editor that is specially created for making HowTo videos. Infact our first beta testers are elementary children who were comfortable using our product without any assistance or documentation.

Here is a list of features that makes WowTo - Wow!: WowTo makes it easy to create howto videos with its natural AI voiceover feature, intuitive editor and multi-lingual support.

* No technical or creative knowledge required for creating videos.

* Select from 300+ AI voices with different languages

* Update videos for voice or content in just a snap

* With WowTo, let viewers listen in their native language instead of subtitles

You can also create HowTo videos from a variety of sources:

* Turn PDF document to a HowTo video

* Make a HowTo video from powerpoint in a single click and let your presentation do all the talking

* Use our Chrome extension to capture workflow steps as a HowTo video

* Have a screen-recording? Simply import it into WowTo and magically convert your voice to script

For more details visit our just released website: https://wowto.ai Feel free to signup - there is a 7-day no credit card trial.

[egorfine]

The voices are an instant turn off.

How about you provide a service where gag voice artists just dub over the AI generated voices so that the timing of the video stays the same but the voice quality gets immensely better?

[claviska]

Came here to say this. The fake, automated voices are awful and make me immediately turn the video off.

[theden]

Is there a demo of all the different types of voices (without needing to sign up)? The ones in the demos are too robotic for my use-case

[Kelteseth]

I really like the idea, but watching some demos at the bottom of the page, I did not like the generated voices. They are unpleasant to hear, and I constantly compare them to crappy YouTube tutorial that have similar TTS voices.

[pbprabhuram]

I got it, I am sure it cannot be compared with human professional artist. However AI is improving and definitely it keeps getting better. And with WowTo you have many advantages: 1. If you do not like the tone of a speaker, there are several voices to choose from and also dialects 2. And you can instantly connect with a global audience with its multi-lingual capability. 3. Reduce your voice-over costs significantly for using with videos that does not focus on voice modulation but rather conveying the information.

[IshKebab]

I think he was comparing it with just a random native English speaker, rather than a professional voiceover artist.

I guess it might be a decent option if you have a very difficult to understand accent though.

[ethanwillis]

I completely agree with this. My immediate advice because this tool is definitely more likely to be used by more people who aren't programmers, focus on quality. These types of users will have a higher bar for quality in this specific aspect. But also right now the quality of the TTS voices is too low in general imo.

Less technical users get more frustrated when their tooling can't produce things that meet their expectations. And moreso in my experience because they don't have the skillset in order to modify their tooling so it can meet their expectations.

[krageon]

> But also right now the quality of the TTS voices is too low in general imo.

Most youtube shorts (and I'd wager tiktoks, but I have no idea) have this incredibly irritating generic lady voice in the background. It's definitely artificial, every video has the exact same diction and tone. Clearly this is good enough for most people, so it can be done.

[andybak]

> Clearly this is good enough for most people

I really hope the quality improves before I'm forced to engage with such content. It's an absolute deal breaker for me. I can't reach for the back button quickly enough. I'm sure I'm far from alone in this.

[replwoacause]

You aren't. I hate the voices too. They cause me to disengage with the content instantly.

[andybak]

Came here to day the same thing. Those voices are an absolute blight and an immediate turn off.

[replwoacause]

Why don't you have more realistic sounding voices? These sound like that annoying TikTok voice.