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by shaunxcode 4894 days ago
I wonder how difficult/viable it would be to crowd source actual people reading the articles? I am sure there must be radio journalist students who wouldn't mind reading pieces for feedback from listeners (on their reading?).
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That's pretty much what Umano is doing. I'm not sure how they decide which articles get read though.

http://umanoapp.com/

Interesting, I just installed it and the few random articles I listened to appeared to be using TTS still? Maybe I got unlucky.
Some thoughts on this exact idea from a couple of years ago: http://www.yarone.com/2011/03/recording-top-web-content-plai...

Still haven't seen. Still would love to it for my commutes.