Youtube Audio Preview

Posted on October 8, 2008 by xkcd

Wow. It seems someone at YouTUBE took this comic seriously and decided to add an “Audio Preview” feature. Now you can hear your comments read aloud to you.

Of course, it’s an optional button using speech synth rather than a mandatory dramatic reading, so it’ll just be used for entertainment by people who haven’t played with a speech synthesizer before:

But then, after a little more browsing around, I see this:

So maybe there’s hope after all.

537 thoughts on “Youtube Audio Preview”

haberup on March 14, 2011 at 4:33 am said:

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Bootszubehör on March 26, 2011 at 11:59 am said:

Very interesting for me. Thanks
bird houses for sale on April 19, 2011 at 9:10 pm said:

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Rebounding Master on May 5, 2011 at 12:03 pm said:

Youtube audio sounds like a good program to use. Even though some people have not been happy with it. Everyone likes different things and whose to say what will or will not work for someone else?
webdesigner on May 6, 2011 at 1:40 pm said:

ah i was looking for this. thank you
James on May 7, 2011 at 9:06 pm said:

I live in China and YouTube is blocked here What a pity.
Judi on May 25, 2011 at 4:17 pm said:

Interesting take on a the Youtube audio preview feature. Now I have to try it to make sure!
Evan on July 19, 2011 at 5:52 pm said:

Thanks for the post. I was trying to do exactly the same thing but didn’t know how to do so.
Jonathan Kennedy on October 14, 2011 at 12:08 am said:

Great post! Thanks for the tweaks. By the way, do you have any other blogs about youtube? thanks!
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Andre on October 23, 2011 at 1:49 pm said:

I didn`t know that function until i came across your writings here, damn! Unbelievable. Using youtube a lot to see some Quad Videos but never ecognised that fuction before.
wood floor resurfacing on October 23, 2011 at 7:33 pm said:

thank you very insightful and interesting
Kathleen Robertson on October 28, 2011 at 3:03 am said:

I agree, and maybe there is hope after all!
Massagesessel on November 1, 2011 at 3:30 am said:

Kathleen got to the heart of it. Maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel.
mr bean games on November 20, 2011 at 1:55 pm said:

Taking many shots and picking the best isn’t new with digital photography. There’s a good chance that the photo of Muhammad Ali was one of a sequence taken on film at three frames per second.
Crippling Copse on December 29, 2011 at 6:48 pm said:

Wonder what the automated voice sounds like. Better not be some microsoft sam or mary nonsense. That would defeat the purpose of this deal.
Emma White on January 15, 2012 at 2:06 am said:

Thanks for sharing this info, I really like the idea of audio reviews
konteyner on January 19, 2012 at 9:38 am said:

I’m having friends who are on the subject experiences the same event, we would appreciate if help
Sarah on March 22, 2012 at 11:14 am said:

That I´ll try immediately….great….
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a functional YouTube downloader on April 16, 2012 at 7:09 am said:

LOL I’m sorry but that is a bit ridiculous.. Why would anyone want to hear their YouTube comments (well, except for blind people of course).
Martin Vass on June 1, 2012 at 8:30 am said:

Hahhaahha this is the dumbest feature ever evented.
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Massagesessel Dirk on July 25, 2012 at 4:39 am said:

Thank you for this hint. I’m new to this and still learning so this was really helpful.
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Thank you . Good website
me on September 28, 2012 at 9:40 am said:

Darling, darling xkcd man,

You should really implement the same feature on this website. From reading the comments above, I think it’s needed.
Random String of Characters on October 24, 2012 at 2:25 pm said:

Boy, okay then. Thank you for the many helps, you win my heart and go to my web site for quesadilla lunch times!

Whoops, Chrome’s auto-fill just entered my new password (http://xkcd.com/936/) as my name, website, and comment — just like it must have done for most of the commenters before me! Sorry about that.
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austin on May 18, 2013 at 1:17 am said:

WOW the youtube audio wasnt very loud to start of but since i’ve read this post i’ve notice that the youtube voulume increase thanks to your tips

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