Show HN: Paul Graham Audio Essays

Cool! I see it is in Spotify also :)

- https://open.spotify.com/show/7JarKoWwoLvbysR1UZxvhm?si=WN2H...

I just tried it but didn't like the experience. My reading speed is variable, I read slow when I want to internalize the idea v/s I skim through when I am probably reading a novel. At so many points I wanted to pause and re-read the para or think about what he said but listening to the audio didn't really allow for that. PG essays are usually of such kind.

I suspect I won't even enjoy audiobooks too for the same reason. I won't be able to accelerate or slow down at my will.

But I congratulate you for building it and I'm sure it'd be useful for others.

Thanks for making this. I've started to do this several times, but never finished it. I was going to use Google's Text-to-Speech[0]. What did you go with?

0 - https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech

Hey, guys! Unfortunately, PG would like me to take it down. So it will no longer be available, but you can use https://audiblogs.com to listen to web articles privately.

This one "Default Alive or Default Dead?" - didn't seem to work, it's just 2 mins vs the full text... OK it's an advert for the Listle app (dislike this trick/advert)

Some of Paul's essays are _long_, so this is welcome. Is there a way to get this on Google Podcasts?

This is really cool - I've subscribed to the Podcast. Thank you!

Did you need to get permission from PG to do this?