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Hello Hunters 👋, We are launching "GitPodcast: GitHub -> Podcast" 🗣️🎙️today. When you stumble upon a new github repo, just replace `hub` with `podcast` in the URL and see how it just explains everything about the repo in an engaging podcast. This is something we built with OpenAI GPT 4o + Azure Speech (A shoutout to https://gitdiagram.com for the inspiration) 💡 Our early users feedbacks are already incorporated: 1. Ability to control the speed of the audio (1.25x, 1.5x etc) ⏩ 2. Subtitles along with audio so that I can read it as well. 📝 Its only going to get better from here on. Do give it a try and you are welcome to contribute and open issues: https://github.com/BandarLabs/gi... We believe in making in public, so be sure to drop a star if you are a developer 😃 Happy New Year from the GitPodcast team! 🙌

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5mo ago

Ishwar Jha

I read the review somewhere that it's not as perfect as now, but this is a brilliant idea in my vew. It will supercharge the learning about code and adaptation of open-source repositories hosted on GitHub and elsewhere. Congratulations on building such a unique idea. One feature that I feel will supercharge the usage will be a code explainer that allows an interactive explanation of the code and stacks used.

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5mo ago

Ruhani Rabin

How is this in no3. This is most fun I had in years. Cool concept - appreciate the ingenuity behind transforming complex codebases into engaging audio narratives. This isn't just a podcast; it's kind of a tool that democratizes knowledge across the developer community, allowing anyone to grasp intricate details in a more digestible format. The ability to customize audio speed and include subtitles is particularly commendable. These features cater not only to varied learning preferences but also enhance accessibility, ensuring that intricate technical details are now within reach for a wider audience. Your focus on creating a seamless user experience during onboarding is vital, given how time-consuming it can be to familiarize oneself with new repositories. It's exciting to hear that the tool supports multiple languages and frameworks, as adaptability is key in our fast-evolving tech landscape. I’m excited to see how GitPodcast continues to grow and evolve (even if now it looks minimalistic, i believe there are way more areas to grow), particularly in features that could facilitate collaboration and more in-depth understanding of various coding paradigms. keep up the excellent work! A few things to notice: Maybe the prompt behind the generation needs to instruct in detail not to use common words used by AI. And the sync of the subtitle speed with the spoken words. And, the ability to download the subtitles. There is some good expandability with this. Nevertheless, awesome work. My first try was pretty nice.

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5mo ago

manish kumar

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@ruhanirabin That's very kind of you Ruhani. Certainly improvements are on the way - make the podcast longer/shorter based on how much spare time user have. Choice of voices. Sync of subtitles is more or less fixed at 135 words per minute for now hence the issue; but if it bothers a lot, we can try other approaches.

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5mo ago

Ruhani Rabin

@mkagenius2 It's not a big deal for the initial release of the product (135 ch sub limit), I can entirely understand it. I think, the more important one is the prompting instructions, subtitles are ok for now. Choice of voices would be a super essential element, this can expand into a paid model with EL voices. I mean, basic stuff can be free, but extended things could be paid options. As they will require significant cost to infra. It can change the way dev people look at their work too, like documenting readme.md properly. So while it is only fun at this point. But, there is a mind game behind it, which can also push us to change our behavior how we put in data in GitHub.

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5mo ago

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