Youtube Audio Preview
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.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I lol’d.
at the simplicity this very comment. wow.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
The problem will be that instead of actually realizing the moronic-ness (is that a word?) of youtube posts, the authors will instead refuse to use the audio preview, and continue to post spam. (Not advertising spam, content spam)
October 8th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I think they need to add a feature where the comment is read in the voice of a whiny 10 year old girl - the average maturity level of a youtube commenter.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
“(The audio preview of my own post sounded moronic!)”
I love this. There’s something almost poetic about it.
It’s funny, because the moment I saw that feature on Youtube, I came right here because I knew there would be a blag. I just knew it.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Oh man. Idiocy recursion. This is a slippery slope, people.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
@Andrew
Regarding the refusal of users to listen to their own comments…perhaps they can lookup how many comments a user has made that has been given a negative rating. A user with an average rating of -5 (or whatever) will initiate the playback of their comments automatically before it is posted.
Once a user reaches another milestone of -10, a simple message indicating the user is a douchebag could be displayed so that they are self aware.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Wow, that is increadibly awesome! :D Hope that they’ll keep it!
October 8th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
It’s amazing that Randal wields such awesome power!
But… will he use it for good, or for evil?
October 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
“(The audio preview of my own post sounded moronic!)”
Unfortunately this illustrates that audio preview does not have effect the xkcd comic intended.
This poster blames the audio preview for the moronicity of his own post.
(The audio preview of this post sounded fantastic!)
October 8th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Hahaha, amazing! They so took the idea from you.
The free speech ideologist in me is very pleased that words like motherfucker are still allowed. Not that I need to use those words. I just like the possibility.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I saw that, that’s awesome.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Now it will be much easier to write the windows worm.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
The second I saw that I came here to check the blag, how awesome haha. I’m not sure how useful the feature is, but I’m 100% with AtlasRider on his idea. You get brownie points.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
The dramatic readings had me in stitches. Crying like a babby. Best thing in the whole WORLDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!
October 8th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
First 4chan’s r9k board, now YouTube?
XKCD will rule the world (of the internet)!
October 8th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
xkcd » Blog Archive » Youtube Audio Preview…
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October 8th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
What? A powerful public company recreating your comic? If I were you, I’ll surely suspect about my so-called “reallity”.
Wake up Randall (”Truman Show” references are also applicable).
October 8th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
dude, you are the man! that’s awesome.
reading youtube comments is one of the only fun things left to do on the internet. oh and read your comic too
October 8th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/preview_comment?a=&s=&l=&t=&q=xkcd
Replace “xkcd” with the string you want spoken. Use plus signs for spaces.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
xkcd rules. Quite literally. If only politicians could be steered, erm, inspired by comics as easily as geeks.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I just saw this feature and immediately came over to see if there was a blag.
It’s a really bad voice synth though, the one on my computer sound so much better.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
With blurred names and without links to the videos in question, I am forced to assume that you fabricated those screen shots.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Nice work, Randall. :-)
October 8th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Wow! I came across this feature a minute ago and immediately rushed here to preach the good news. This is what happens when Youtube is owned by Google. They LISTEN.
The audio preview feature is still quite buggy. For me, it cuts out about four seconds before it should, and the voice is difficult to understand. However, there IS hope. I must say Well Done to the both of you!
October 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
OGM thats awsome!!!!!!!!!
i got mad lulz from tihs…mclame is a douche lol its really funny hearing that read out lout…i didnt no computers could “do” that…talking i mean…teh prob with youtube coments is that youtubers are all morons … thatll change wunce this feature starts getting used!!!!
(Note: Stylistic satire of YouTube comments is hurtful to your intelligence. I feel a bit dumber than I did just a few minutes ago. I imagine after writing this comic Randall’s IQ was cut in half for a few days.)
October 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Greatest thought ever, and it actually came to be. Listen to it before you submit it. It’s funny because it’s true, and came to be. Thank you xkcs. I hope it works. :D
October 8th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I request the update of “life imitates xkcd” section of wikipedia article.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Wouldn’t a feature like that be useful enough for people who are say… blind or partially sighted?
October 8th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
It caught me off guard because it sounds like a synthesized version of my own voice.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Nice, now its ultra easy to make it into a virus.
You could probably even do it with html injection.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Oh my [non] god. Life will never be the same… They should require audio preview until you have a certain amount of up-rated comments.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
But how would we force the idiots to leave their speakers on?
This is going to wind up involving some very elaborate hacking…
October 8th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
That rocks.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
i just noticed it on youtube and was like “wait…. didn’t that comic make a joke about that?”.
its great.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Oh wow. Now I definitely need to find a way to implement “xkcd in Popular Culture” in any Wikipedia page that i can.
Hearing myself say something is really, really fun. It makes me think, Would people think I sound like that? So, I guess it does its job, and does it well. Anf for the record, I post nice youtube comments, honestly! C:
October 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
When I write “Weird Al”, the audio prewiew says “Weird Alabama”.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I was playing with it myself and several people point out XKCD as a likely inspiration. And the “play” button has been put where the “post comment” button used to be so a hell of a lot of people are clicking it accidentally. So in many cases people are getting a default dramatic reading of their comment without intending it.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I hope that maybe the internet will start using other of the sometimes childish (but always clever) ideas here at xkcd. Maybe one day, in the future, his ideas may be intergrated into society (although if he gets it into the internet he’s basically taken over the world!!). Though I agree with others here that we need to do something about the douchebags who simply will not listening to their comment, maybe if the comment is “douchebagyish” enough, a message should pop up saying “Hey moron, ya you, obviously it took you a long time to rake your brain for that many swear words, but instead of using up all that time looking for cuss words, why don’t you do something productive. Like… oh I don’t know, kill yourself. It would offend a lot less people than your comment would.”
October 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I totally called it :)
http://freeplay.halfmoon.ws/blog/2008/10/06/youtube-loves-xkcd/
October 8th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I noticed it a couple of minutes ago, and immediately thought “XKCD is behind this”. I checked the blag, and here it was… It’s amazing to know that important people will listen to your (awesome) ideas.
October 8th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
If only it would read it using Morgan Freeman’s voice.
October 8th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Nice. Very nice. Looks like you’ve kicked just that much more ass, Randall.
October 8th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
W00T! “Remember, with great power comes great responsibility.” ;-)
October 8th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
That is truly the most amazing thing I have seen as a result of an XKCD comic. I am just hoping that people will actually use it.
George Gough
October 8th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
[...] Youtube Audio Preview [...]
October 8th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
I thought it was for deaf people?
October 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Wow. I just noticed the Audio Preview button on YouTube and came here to see if Randall had noticed it as well. Guess so.
Fuckin’ hilarious.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I mean. BLIND
October 8th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Quote from Otto
“It’s amazing that Randal wields such awesome power!
But… will he use it for good, or for evil?”
I believe you meant… will he use it for good, or for awesome!
October 8th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I can’t tell you how much glee this brings me. Soooooo much.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
[...] lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so you can listen to your comment before you post it. I love that [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 12:01 am
“I C U P”
October 9th, 2008 at 12:25 am
amazing! Munroe for president!
October 9th, 2008 at 12:28 am
IT WAS A SOUNDSTAGE ON MARS
That sounded great on audo, dunno what you guys are talking about…
October 9th, 2008 at 12:28 am
[...] lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so you can listen to your comment before you post it. I love that [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 12:28 am
audio*
October 9th, 2008 at 12:30 am
It is a bit incredible, but it’s not that surprising; given the fact that Youtube is owned by Google, I think there’s a pretty good chance that every single Youtube worker reads XKCD
October 9th, 2008 at 12:38 am
[...] Cutts’ blog I see that YouTube actually implemented what XKCD made a comic about a short while ago, which I blogged [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 12:56 am
@KarlH: “Will” own the internet?
I’m sorry, but I don’t really see how you could possibly do more. He made a joke, and it changed YouTube. You don’t get more power than that.
Ten million internets to xkcd.
October 9th, 2008 at 12:57 am
@Karl H: “Will” own the internet?
I’m sorry, but what more can be done? When you make a joke, and YouTube (and by association, Google), actually develops a feature. You pretty much win at that point.
Ten million internets to xkcd.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:39 am
[...] in which someone implements a virus to read their YouTube comments back to them (aloud). This week, YouTube added the “feature”: you can hear an audio preview of your [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 2:44 am
thanks for info
nice blog
October 9th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Randall, fuck off, you son of a bitch.
October 9th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Hey, looks like someone else has noticed that Youtube stole this idea from your comic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3oHpup-pk
October 9th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Congratulations! Where’s your Google royalty cheque?
October 9th, 2008 at 6:27 am
[...] of humor actually gets implemented. That is [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 6:33 am
If only audio preview was a requirement before accepting any comment.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:15 am
I’d like to know which API has been used to implement this feature..I have a website for an humanitarian association and this could be very useful for my users.
Contact me back
darklegends@hotmail.it
October 9th, 2008 at 7:29 am
[...] love Google’s sense of humor. Turns out YouTube’s new comment audio preview feature is based on a [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Life imitates xkcd.
That’s just awsome.
October 9th, 2008 at 8:21 am
[...] October 9, 20084:20 am YouTube add “Audio Preview” to comments YouTube added a new feature called “Audio Preview” that let you listen to your comments [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 8:21 am
How about it reads it in upspeak too? Like someone at the ROFLCon panel? I’m not looking at anyone in particular?
October 9th, 2008 at 8:26 am
[...] dicen en el blog de xkcd parece que alguien en YouTube leyo su historieta y decidio hacer algo al respecto de los [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 8:43 am
That’s awesome. I just noticed posting on this vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCaxa2xS3pU&feature=related
Actually hearing something say “Dee Colon Less-than” Is fairly awkward, but still seriously awesome.
October 9th, 2008 at 8:56 am
EPIC WIN!
October 9th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Omg i saw the feature and came right here! I think youtube ppl read xkcd hehe
October 9th, 2008 at 9:36 am
[...] than usual. Youtube have implemented the “out-loud preview” feature… but it doesn’t seem to be working. This was written by tikitu. Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 3:36 pm. Tagged amusement. [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 10:19 am
[...] than usual. Youtube have implemented the “out-loud preview” feature… but it doesn’t seem to be working. Written by admin in: Uncategorized [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Hehe, I thought this as soon as I saw it.
Coincidentally, seen the video by walllofweird on Youtube? Katrina, if you’re reading this, hi XD
October 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am
[...] Inc. has added an “audio preview” to its commenting feature, after a Web comic suggested that if commenters could hear themselves out [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Real Life is a poser.
October 9th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Whoa! That’s just totally awesome.
[okay, this comment doesn't sound too stupid when my system TTS it.]
October 9th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
ROFLMAO
October 9th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
You know, as neat as this is, I wish “River Tam vs. Everybody” was the first Munroe idea implemented into reality.
Because I’d see it, like, five times.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
This would make a great WordPress plugin.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
[...] xkcd-Zeichner Randall Munroe selbst hat zu diesem Thema gebloggt. [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
[...] lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so you can listen to your comment before you post it. I love that [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
[...] en Google, haciendo caso a este post de Matt Cutts y al propio comentario del autor de la idea, han pensado que era una buena funcionalidad para evitar comentarios chorras y han [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
I didn’t read every comment here, but I really believe this feature should be mandatory. Replace Captcha with it to ensure people are in fact people, and that they are aware of the comment they are posting. It could quickly become a standard on Interweb forums.
October 9th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
No audio preview on your own site?
You should look at that comic you did because it was great.
Then you should implement that feature as well.
For great justice!
October 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
[...] through here to read xkcd’s original heads-up on this feature, along with screenshots of the new ‘functionality’. Share and Enjoy: These icons link [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
haha nice and fun to test this new feature muha rofl
October 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I don’t see how it could be for “blind people”. If you’re blind, why would you _listen_ to videos that you can’t actually watch, or comment on just the audio portion? If you can see well enough to watch the video, you can see well enough to know what you’re typing.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I just discovered this today, and immediately thought of how eerie it is that so often the real world (or digital one) can mirror what you put into xkcd. It’s like a force of nature, unstoppable; it must simply be waited out.
October 9th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
[...] listening, because this week they actually added audio preview to YouTube. It’s not quite the dramatic reading Munroe was hoping for, but it’s a step in the right direction. Right? Certainly, now comments [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
[...] YouTube. It’s not quite the dramatic reading Munroe was hoping for, but [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
How about persistent lifetime tracking of the poster’s average comment ratings? At 0, audio playback is optional, but at -1 it’s mandatory. At -10 the voice is switched to a child’s voice. At -25, it’s the voice of Gilbert Gottfried. And at -100, it’s dramatically read by Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump.
October 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
haha. My favorite part of youtube by far! … I wrote in “I like it when its hot and steamy…”
LOL! try it!
October 9th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Lola. What the fuck ? Just trying to see if I sound stupid commenting your post. With love,
marc
October 9th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Omg, this is epic!
October 9th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
:^( There’s no oodio button in this blag.
But yes, if you type a moronic post, chances are the audio’s going to sound moronic. “But it sounded better in my head!”
October 9th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Did you just hack Matt’s blog?
Your link is on the blog’s homepage
October 9th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I wonder if they will credit you in the patent that they have no doubt already filed. :)
October 9th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
[...] A partir de ahora -veremos si lo mantienen- a través de la tecnología de Síntesis de Voz (TTS, Text-To-Speech) de Google y apretando el botón Audio Preview lo que escribas será convertido en sonido. El propio autor del comic ya lo comenta en su blog personal. [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
i love audio preview…. not
October 9th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
That’s awesome XD!
October 9th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Spectabulous!
October 9th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I’m shocked and awed, Randal. It makes me wish I had a reality-impacting web comic of my very own. Remember, with great power comes great responsibility. You can’t just make Cory Doctorow wear red goggles and a cape and not expect repercussions into the future. It’s like you’re inventing your (or, in actuality, representing and documenting our) own nerd pop culture.
October 9th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
absolutely brilliant
October 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I agree- Monroe for president would be cool. Hey, at least we know he can debate pretty well.
Thing is, he writes a joke, Google changes. Can Bush do that? I think at this point Monroes might actualy LOOSE power if he got elected president.
October 9th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
[...] knew that a silly comic strip could be so influential? XKCD’s strip focusing on the inanity of YouTube comments inspired someone to actually add [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
[...] xkcd ? Blog Archive ? Youtube Audio Preview [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
first
those comments really won’t disappear.
October 9th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
i think this just proves that done right you may be able to take over the world (or perhaps just the US for starter) with just comics
October 9th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
[...] el botón Audio Preview lo que escribas será convertido en sonido. El propio autor del comic ya lo comenta en su blog personal. 0 Comments Leer [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
O lord.
October 9th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I saw the preview this morning.
The first thing I thought of was your comic and when I came back from work, viola there is a blag on it.
October 9th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
[...] Implements XKCD Idea xkcd Blog Archive Youtube Audio Preview ROFL __________________ IGN - urbanshogun SERVER - Ruairi The way into a woman’s heart is [...]
October 9th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
This is really stupid. Who the hell is going to ever use this feature. I hope you suck monkey balls like pizza.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Waha, STFU.
I C U P
I P U C
yay!
October 9th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Now people will write comments just for the fun of listening to the audio synthesizing. The (already-lack-of) content will never see the light of day again.
Now, I have to shave a monkey and fly off into space.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
[...] knew that a silly comic strip could be so influential? XKCD’s strip focusing on the inanity of YouTube comments inspired someone to actually add [...]
October 10th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Three words. Win.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:02 am
The word “dramatic” being in red threw me off. I thought it was an unwritten SWF file. Damn wikis.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:07 am
@ph00tbag “It’s funny, because the moment I saw that feature on Youtube, I came right here because I knew there would be a blag. I just knew it.”
same. i saw the button, and thought “what the hell, i can’t beleive this. XKCD must have said something about it”
October 10th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Well, it’s not going to be the first pointless feature that’s been implemented on the internet in any case.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Hahaha! XKCD ftw.
I’m sure google takes a lot of random input into account when developing new features. Just looking at Google “Goggles” should be enough proof for this.
October 10th, 2008 at 1:07 am
This is high-larious. I started seeking out truly moronic comments to test the audio-preview. While the monotonous vocalization doesn’t highlight the ‘douche-iness’ of a message, it certainly can’t cover it up.
Also — I propose: Anyone who, when confronted with a vocal synthesizer, does not immediately want to enter the following:
“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
is not a properly functioning member of society.
October 10th, 2008 at 1:15 am
If everything works well we’ll have users who can write comments like this
http://baumanletters.ytmnd.com/
In direct response to http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/
October 10th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Randall, thank you for making the internet a better place.
this is worth of a nobel prize or something…
October 10th, 2008 at 2:31 am
[...] xkcd had an idea to counter YouTube comment stupidity, and apparently someone at YouTube was paying attention. Not everyone is convinced however. (And there’s always Comment Snob). posted by [...]
October 10th, 2008 at 2:35 am
I can’t believe this site doesn’t have audio preview!
October 10th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Yesh. What is with all the random, just quoting other sites, comments? I can’t decide if they are just poorly formatted posters, trolls, or spammers who have managed to get past the “we caballeria” down here at the bottom of the screen. I hope it is just poor formatting. The other two would require me to pull out a flaming spam gun and shoot them in the face with banana cream pie(Like the crazy dude from gargoyles, only less harmless personal vendetta and more actual terror to strike into the hearts of my enemies.) I feel the need to test this comment for stupidity. It passes.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Comic Driven Development…
CDD (Comic Driven Development) seems the last trend in software development techniques, first experimental evidences show it as particularly successful in getting the fun back to programming.
Ingredients for the recipe are a talented and sharp comic w…
October 10th, 2008 at 3:10 am
So, for those keeping score: Richard Stallman gets a katana to match the one his comic counterpart wielded, Cory Doctorow doesn’t go anywhere without his goggles and cape, the comic about wood got a wikipedia entry edit-locked - and now the youtube audio preview! The blogosphere seems poised to collapse under the weight of your awesome. And then it shall become more powerful than we could ever imagine; an elegant community for a more civilized age.
Also, there’s a joke somewhere in here about Randall being like the Architect of the Matrix, but I can’t find it.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:12 am
P.S. Don’t be surprised if Morgan Freeman gives you a call, wondering if it’s cool that he read for you out loud.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Clearly a photoshop. Either that, or those comments were written in a soundstage on Mars! Look at it, virtually no typos.
There is no intelligence on Youtube, so this has got to be fake!
October 10th, 2008 at 5:04 am
“Wow. It seems someone at YouTUBE took this comic seriously and decided to add an “Audio Preview” feature. ”
Dude get over it, no one with a normal life reads your shit. Fuck you and your loser diggers and basement dweller cohorts.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:16 am
Ehehe YouTube going down…
October 10th, 2008 at 5:24 am
[...] an Audio Preview tool for text you enter into the comment field on YouTube videos. The XKCD blog covers it here. Marvellous! What an invention. But, will “hearing” yourself before you post stem [...]
October 10th, 2008 at 5:32 am
You’ve changed the Internet, Randall. You should feel proud.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:36 am
I just went on Youtube this morning and found that feature. I was shocked, and amazed.
You’re shaping the internet as you write this comic, dude. Careful not to let the power go to your head though. :)
October 10th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Only problem is it plays the audio WAY too fast for me. It sounds like a chipmunk on crack. I have no idea why it doesn’t work.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Wow. As soon as I noticed that feature, I immediately thought of xkcd.
xkcd: changing the face of the internet for the better.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:02 am
[...] Google inspired by XKCD comic - Google releases an audio preview option for [...]
October 10th, 2008 at 9:18 am
real life imitates xkcd
October 10th, 2008 at 9:18 am
this is great.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am
El creador de xkcd explica la nueva "funcionalidad" de YouTube…
GooTube ha añadido recientemente la función de Audio Preview en los comentarios para poder escuchar lo que escribes antes de enviarlo. El creador de xkcd explica el guiño que le hace Google añadiendo esta funcionalidad y añade un par de links hila…
October 10th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Youtube should implement a feature where you can filter out comments that weren’t previewed via audio.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Wow. This, if something, proves that google is not evil. Or, at least, if they’re evil, they’re hiding it pretty damn well.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:31 am
It’s great, but my internal logic circuits can’t handle the idea of an “audio preview”. It should be something like an “audio prehear” or “prelisten”. I don’t care if we have to make words up, at least the different parts of speech will agree with each other!
::implodes in a cloud of frustrated grammar::
October 10th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I am amazed that instead of realizing the idiocy of their own post, that poster blamed the audio synth for somehow twisting their Shakespearean greatness into moronic drivel. I’m just…wow.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Maybe all audio previews should have the same sound
“Ha Ha Ha Ha..You are an idiot!”
That ought to keep them morons away.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
“How girl get pragnent?” - “They need to do way instain mother>”… hilarious :D
Are there more dramatic readings of this kind?
(Apart from that, it’s of course amazing that the guys at Google show humour.)
October 10th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
[...] knew that a silly comic strip could be so influential? XKCD’s strip focusing on the inanity of YouTube comments inspired someone to actually add [...]
October 10th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
what the hell WHY ??? i mean for gods sake cant a hacker do somthing better ???
October 10th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Awwww, yeah. Mathematicians do it irrationally.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
eeny oony wanna
October 10th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Wow, that is just awesome. The youtube community needs all the help it can get…
October 10th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
“Wow the audio preview of my message sounded moronic”
Yep, that’s the idea. Yet he still posted it, so I’d say this doesn’t have the deterrent effect initially predicted…uh oh…
October 10th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
GAH!!! I just realized that this may lead to more moronic comments!
Pages will be spammed with strange messages ending in “audio preview is awesome!”. People are so stupid! If they want to play with the preview, it shouls STAY AS A PREVIEW. If they’re sandboxing, they should logically NOT POST IT. It’s pointless to post it, because we can’t hear it when it’s posted; only the writer can preview the voice. But, as usual, people will fail to be logical…
October 10th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
“(The audio preview of my own post sounded moronic!)”
Most funniest thing I’ve read in about a year. Totally epic!
October 10th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
“(The audio preview of my own post sounded moronic!)”
Funniest thing I’ve read in months! Seriously epic win.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
As a few others have commented before me, the only way this could possibly get any better is if they read the comments in Morgan Freeman’s voice. Youtube, make it happen.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
The only way they could improve it, is to make the same feature but for xkcd commenters, to realize how pretentious they are.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
once again life follows xkcd.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
[...] Now, when writing comments at Youtube, you can click “Audio Preview” if you want to hear what that comment sounds like. Of course it is just a text-to-speech engine, so it isn’t the most natural sounding in the world. But regular use of this feature might just save you from saying something you would have regretted Check out Randall’s response to the Google implementation here. [...]
October 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
It’s a bit much to presume that the usual idiot posting on Youtube would even ‘get’ the point of the Audio Preview. Great idea, though. It means that the more intelligent members of the human race can sit back and laugh at the expense of these morons.
I wonder what LOLcatz would sound like…
October 11th, 2008 at 5:15 am
So… how long before XKCD’s Blag will get audio preview in this manner?
October 11th, 2008 at 5:34 am
lol people are really dumb
October 11th, 2008 at 5:57 am
its pretty good too, knows light h4xor, lulz and seem multilingual although i dont know its lingual extent
October 11th, 2008 at 9:02 am
[...] via BienBienBien, via xkcd [...]
October 11th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Now what you need to do is make a comic:
-What are you doing?
-Making a virus.
-What’s it do?
-Anytime someone posts on Youtube, it takes a dollar from their bank account and wires it to Randall.
*Some time in the near future…..*
October 11th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I just saw it today and I immediately thought of xkcd. This is why the internet is awesome.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
That’s amazing. I can’t believe they’d actually do that.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
[...] A partir de ahora -veremos si lo mantienen- a través de la tecnología de Síntesis de Voz (TTS, Text-To-Speech) de Google y apretando el botón Audio Preview lo que escribas será convertido en sonido. El propio autor del comic ya lo comenta en su blog personal. [...]
October 11th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
That is truly amazing and awesome
October 11th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I was JUST ABOUT to send you a email about this. I immediately thought of your recent comic!
:P
October 11th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
[...] lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so you can listen to your comment before you post it. I love that [...]
October 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
[...] []xkcd - Youtube Audio Preview [...]
October 12th, 2008 at 4:58 am
[...] ?? ?? ?????) ??????? ????? ?? ?????? ??? ???? ? xkcd ?????? ??? ??? ????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ?????? ?????? [...]
October 12th, 2008 at 10:41 am
If only there was a widget that would read aloud posted comments for later readers…
October 12th, 2008 at 11:53 am
[...] lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so you can listen to your comment before you post it. I love that [...]
October 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
“(The audio preview of my own post sounded moronic!)”
–Some people just refuse to grasp that whole cause-effect thing.
this audio preview demands my attention… now if only I could find my speakers.
October 12th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
hello mister mister!
October 12th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Thank you, Mr. Munroe. You have made a major contribution to The Fight To End Internet Stupidity (TFTEIS). You win several internets.
October 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I’m kinda wondering, do I need Vista for this? Because it doesn’t seem to be working for me when I press the button, and I’m sure I’m not doing that wrong. :( (though it might be because my windows is nLited…) …This is still a huge achievement!
October 12th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
[...] “audio preview” dans les commentaires Youtube pour ‘écouter’ votre propre commentaire avant de le [...]
October 12th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
[...] pero lo interensante no es eso. Leyendo el blog de xkcd (y luego viendolo por mi mismo) pusieron este post sobre que, aparentemente se “tomaron en serio” el comic que puse arriba y [...]
October 12th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I just noticed this on youtube, I can’t believe it! This is great!
Well, it’s not quite as great as on the comic, but it is a step in the right direction, no?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
When’s this feature coming to the XKCD blag comments?
October 12th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
You realise what this means, right? You control youtube!
Please abuse your power.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
All the XKCD blog commentors, and the creator of xkcd itself, need this feature.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Wow, when I saw this I thought is was a cheap photoshop and a joke. But WOW that is amazing
October 12th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Apparently it spells out the word “am”. It says the letters “a” “m”. Well done, YouTube. Interestingly, it pronounces “lackadaisical” properly. “superfluously” completely kills it, as does “thunk” (think back to your Borland C++ days and recall dealing with “thunking layers”). It won’t say the “++” in C++, either.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:01 am
well done xkcd… i hope it works…..
it got a mention in the melbourne, australia paper the age… not sure if i can post websites but here is the link….
http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/youtubes-moron-detector/2008/10/13/1223749908757.html
Seems youtube are proud of the fact that you have created a moron detector….
October 13th, 2008 at 12:07 am
They need a voice changer for it, so you can have different audio previews(Pirate,robot, crazy guy, Mr. T, Star Trek Technobable, and the default, Whiny little kid)
Xkcd comments should have their own audio preview too, if youtube has it why doesn’t this site?
October 13th, 2008 at 12:54 am
It plays back way too fast when I try to use it (chipmunk style). I tried switching browsers, got the same result. Any suggestions or explanations?
October 13th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Oh my God. This comic comes with PERFECT timing.
I was just a few hours ago fighting with iTunes to get their music compatible for my Sony mp3 player. In the end I used Amazon mp3 download, even though I have a $25 gift card for iTunes which is now useless.
October 13th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Oh. My. GOD! Things just keep getting better!!!
So… you know about my $25 gift card for iTunes which I thought was now useless because I ended up using Amazon mp3 download even though I had a $25 gift card for iTunes? WELL I just found a GREAT USE for it!
Say hello to my brand new backscratcher /slash/ frontscratcher /slash/ sidescratcher /SLASH/ drink coaster! Genius!!!
October 13th, 2008 at 4:28 am
You can download “iTunes Plus” songs that are DRM free, and are sometimes the same price as the DRM’d ones. In Rainbows, for example.
October 13th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Well having In Rainbows DRM free on itunes isn’t exactly much of an achievement considering Radiohead let you pay whatever you want for it, even nothing.
Defending iTunes for not putting DRM on an already DRM free and effectively “free” album, especially while iTunes is charging for it is a bit ridiculous.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:06 am
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/youtubes-moron-detector/2008/10/13/1223749908757.html
Article about this givin’ you some fame.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:59 am
http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf
HOW IS BABBY FORMED?
epic lawl’d
October 13th, 2008 at 8:52 am
There are many places where one can legally get DRM-free music (not counting Amazon, because that is only available to US residents, which makes it much more restrictive than DRM since I can’t buy anything at all, no matter how much money or how many kinds of music player I have), but if I can’t find what I want without DRM, I buy it from iTunes. If I really need to get the music into another format, all I need to do is burn it to a CD and rip it again, which isn’t breaking any rules as far as I know, or at least if it is, then it’s interesting that the functionality is within iTunes itself.
Still, I guess it would be annoying if I had to do that with my entire iTunes-bought library, in that case I guess I’d have to find some kind of potentially illegal hack. Who knows? I’ll cross that bridge if I come to it, but for now, I plead YAGNI.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Re: Fiction Rule of Thumb
Does this rule have a /name/? “The Munroe Rule of Fictive Argot” or something?
The “Munroe Dictum?” (That one sounds all mysterious, like a Dan Brown novel!)
October 13th, 2008 at 10:35 am
For the record, I did not write that previous post. I don’t know who that guy is.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:43 am
eMusic! Always DRM-free, always really cool. Get your music at very reasonable prices…. no need to pirate when it’s practically free.
(no, I don’t work for eMusic, I just really like it!)
October 13th, 2008 at 10:58 am
[...] xkcd - Youtube Audio Preview [...]
October 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I can’t wait for people to start rickrolling via the audio comments system.
October 13th, 2008 at 11:44 am
i just wanna inform that i´ve made a tattoo of a xkcd character… thought you may like to know :) bye
October 13th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
If you really have a crapload of problems with DRM’d songs you can just de-DRM them with a program like Tunebite or even Audacity. Pirating is not the only way to go, so don’t encourage theft please.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
transcoding ruins audio quality, dipshit, and thats illegal anyway. just as much as piracy.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I’ll also throw in my shameless pitch for e-music (no, I don’t work there either) — it’s reasonably priced, the artists get a large cut of the sale, you can redownload anything you’ve previously downloaded for free from anywhere, and the music is DRM free.
That was enough for me.
P.S. Cheese is good.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Eight,Equals,Equals,Equals,Equals,Equals,Equals,Dee.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
“transcoding ruins audio quality, dipshit, and thats illegal anyway. just as much as piracy.”
But at the very least its not stealing, so you’re not damaging anyone in any way. And the quality difference is negligible at best, considering that the music is already being sold (generally) at 192 kb MP3’s (also some software DRM removal software has no loss at all, on Audacity it probably will depending on the recording settings).
October 13th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Wow. Seriously man, I think this may or may not be as close as any of us will ever get to immortality. Kudos
October 13th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
bachman said:
“[transcoding is] not stealing, so you’re not damaging anyone in any way.”
One could argue that if iTunes sells a DRM’ed song for $.99, or a DRM-free version of the same song for $1.49, you’re depriving them of the additional revenue.
Personally, I’d just as soon buy from a place (like eMusic, or Amazon for the USA-ians) that sells DRM-free. Less hassle, indisputably legal, and it demonstrates demand for the superior product. In a perfect world, demand for DRM-free music would eventually lead to DRM-free games, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
– A.
And once you’ve bought your DRM-free tunes, don’t go messing it up by sharing them on Morpheus (or whatever the deuce you kids are using these days.)
October 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
“One could argue that if iTunes sells a DRM’ed song for $.99, or a DRM-free version of the same song for $1.49, you’re depriving them of the additional revenue.”
That’s definitely true, so there is a problem there. But I’m just saying, pirating isn’t the only way to get unlimited access to a song, and if the DRM is broken and restricting you from playing it the song then you should definitely be able to crunch it.
October 13th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Once again XKCD affects real life: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/13/bush-signs-pro-ip-act-into-law/
October 13th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Hey, XKCD made Australian news…
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/youtube-helps-you-discover-your-inner-moron/2008/10/13/1223749908757.html
October 13th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Wow, good work man. Way to be noticed. At least you have braggin rights now. “Ya that’s me, I started that youtube audio preview thing, YA ME!”
October 13th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Congratulation - Also on The Age website:-
http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/youtube-helps-you-discover-your-inner-moron/2008/10/13/1223749908757.html
(would have beaten Chad if I hadn’t missed that there was a Captcha on the bottom, I posted then carried on with my work, only just noticed it didn’t go in. )
October 14th, 2008 at 12:24 am
“And the quality difference is negligible at best, considering that the music is already being sold (generally) at 192 kb MP3’s (also some software DRM removal software has no loss at all, on Audacity it probably will depending on the recording settings).”
Totally untrue. 192 kbps isn’t bad. Carving the file apart from lossless doesn’t necessarily hurt it much with decent bitrate. Switching it around once you’ve got it there is like trying to sculpt a another statue of the same size out of a previous statue instead of a new block of wood. Doesn’t work.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:10 am
[...] Inspired by xkcd comic, YouTube has added audio previews for comments. [...]
October 14th, 2008 at 3:36 am
“Totally untrue. 192 kbps isn’t bad. Carving the file apart from lossless doesn’t necessarily hurt it much with decent bitrate. Switching it around once you’ve got it there is like trying to sculpt a another statue of the same size out of a previous statue instead of a new block of wood. Doesn’t work.”
I meant that 192 kbps is good, so that even if it worsened the quality down to maybe the equivalent of 128 then it would still be fine. But they have pretty advanced methods out there for ensuring that the quality difference is small.
October 14th, 2008 at 4:04 am
[...] Google, haciendo caso a este post de Matt Cutts y al propio comentario del autor de la idea, han pensado que era una buena funcionalidad para evitar comentarios tontos y han [...]
October 14th, 2008 at 6:00 am
[...] View - Coming to Singapore, [4] Google Talk gets more Translation Bots!, [5] Google Mail Labs, [6] xkcd - Youtube Audio Preview, [7] G2: HTC Touch HD may be T-Mobile’s next Android phone, [8] BlackBerry Storm 9500 hands-on, [...]
October 14th, 2008 at 7:44 am
why do i have to leave name and i email its stupid because i know i gonna get an ass full of ads
October 14th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Submit a patent request for it, you published the idea first
October 14th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I just had to comment this one… Ever since I first saw your comics about YOUtube comments, I actually started to pay some attention to them, and you are absolutely correct, mister.. NOT ONE could ever be taken seriously!
So, I’m here to congratulate you on your idea, which for sure made the YOUtube team think about what they were enabling….
THANK YOU!
Xana
P.S.: I am really sorry if my writting sucks but, altough I have studied some english in school, it was a long time, and I am not in an english-speaking country. By the way: Portugal says HI!
October 14th, 2008 at 11:58 am
[...] » Blog Archive » Youtube Audio Preview xkcd » Blog Archive » Youtube Audio Preview Wow. It seems someone at YouTUBE took this comic seriously and decided to add an “Audio [...]
October 14th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Mas a maior parte de nós fala bem inglês, Xana. Devias esforçar-te para melhorar ;) Especialmente se és nerd o suficiente para ler XKCD!
October 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Now we just need it to read in Morgan Freeman’s voice for the circle to be complete.
October 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Wow. Randall Munroe is far more powerful than I ever imagined. Also, LOL @ the Portuguese convo. Ooo, I wonder how YouTube would speak an ‘@’ symbol…
October 14th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
fils de pute
October 14th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Dear Randall,
That is amazing. I love you. Please add it here. There are too many “omg that is such a cpol thing that they asdded it to yourube cause you did it frist”. Fanboy/girl love only goes so far, Mr. Munroe.
Please make your next comic about the suggestions you have received so youtube can fix itself again.
I still love you,
Sam
P.S. That is actually a pretty good TTS. One of the best I’ve heard, really.
October 14th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
what i really want to see is a forced spelling check. if it does not pass the basic grammar and dictionary test the comment will be rejected. and also some basic math tests to make sure the commentator has above average knowledge.
if you don’t like my spelling please implement a spelling checker ;) the chapta can even be done by untrained drunk monkeys (well, this will filter out most likely 10% of the internet users).
October 14th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Every website should have this. It would help the blogotubes a lot.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Hi! Love the comic!
While you’re saving the internet from its poorly educated inhabitants, I was wondering if you might consider another topic…
I figure Facebook (and probably other sites) could do with an anonymous tip function, labeled “third-person FAIL”, next to published status updates. People reading updates could let the poster know that “Joe is wondering what I will eat for lunch” makes Joe look uneducated.
Together we can fight for grammatically correct social networking.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
[...] listening, because this week they actually added audio preview to YouTube. It’s not quite the dramatic reading Munroe was hoping for, but it’s a step in the right direction. Right? Certainly, now comments [...]
October 15th, 2008 at 12:04 am
[...] idea of YouTube reading your comments back to you becomes a [...]
October 15th, 2008 at 2:30 am
That is amazing. I went straight to youtube and I can only say that it is truly incredible. You have probably singlehandedly revolutionized the intersphere.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:39 am
I tried my comment on youtube and it unfortuantely couldn’t say “Intersphere”.
October 15th, 2008 at 7:37 am
[...] lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so you can listen to your comment before you post it. I love that [...]
October 15th, 2008 at 11:28 am
adio preview sux! a guy in a carton invened it LOL
October 15th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Brilliant news. I await the influx of youtube comments consisted of:
“Oh no. Here comes the rolfcopter. dfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfe”
Great work Randall.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I’d love to hear it try and read the unintelligibly misspelled chat speak garbage comments. comnts wich r typd lyk thus. Ah maaan, I must go hurry to YouTube now and hear it read that back to me. Fwee~
October 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
You officially win at life, Mr. Munroe.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
# Otto Says:
It’s amazing that Randal wields such awesome power! But… will he use it for good, or for evil?
I think neither — Randal is Chaotic Neutral, isn’t he?
October 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Have you seen this? http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/antigravity.py?rev=66902&view=markup
October 16th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
[...] and rather perplexing… YouTube has also added an Audio Preview feature to the comments section for users to hear their own comments back, before they Submit them. [...]
October 17th, 2008 at 12:42 am
You must be so proud!
October 17th, 2008 at 7:43 am
[...] of times. He has an outsized influence on geeks and thus web culture in general - his work has an uncanny knack for becoming live. And most importantly he was the guest artist on my favourite web comic [...]
October 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am
[...] lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, so they did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so you can listen to your comment before you post it. I love that [...]
October 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Google rocks for implementing your suggestion and you are the king of all nerdy coolness.
My life is just like how you described yours to be at NASA except the drawing part. I hope to find my passion just like you.
October 17th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
[...] den här Youtube-strippen är också väldigt rolig. Så rolig att Google faktiskt har byggt in just den här funktionen på Youtube efter att ha läst om den på [...]
October 18th, 2008 at 1:46 am
If you try to listen to the audio preview of an empty comment, the voice just says “nil”. It’s pretty awesome
October 18th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Ummm, I’ve never really played with a speech synthesizer, so I was and I still am one of those people who still does play with one of those! I made it say all the curse words, along with other curse words from the other four languages I know. It did a great job of pronouncing a few, but then some of the syllables were lacking correct pronunciation. But overall, I love it and its a great feature! :)
October 18th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
is this using sitepal.com’s technology? u just type up http://vhost.oddcast.com/admin/sitepalV4.php?spec=1
October 18th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I love this feature!
If nothing else it’s an easy way to remind people to comment thoughtfully (to put it mildly).
October 18th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
So — doesn’t this make it _easier_ to write the desired virus?
All it has to do is click the button and turn the volume up!
October 19th, 2008 at 8:18 am
[...] math and language.” Tirinhas simples, mas rapaz, quando a própria Google implementa uma funcionalidade baseada em uma das tirinhas, você sabe que a coisa é [...]
October 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
[...] conclude that “I’m a moron… I… I didn’t know..”). YouTube was paying attention to this suggestion, and actually added audio preview as a(n optional) [...]
October 19th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
i was so confused when i saw the audio preview on youtube after reading the comic. it was like a giant practical joke or somehting
October 20th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Perhaps a similar feature will be added to this blag?
We will see…
October 20th, 2008 at 11:05 am
@law: ouch. Low blow to the 10-year-old girls of the world.
October 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I saw the YouTube feature appear after you joked about it in your comic and was amused. It’s completely fun to use, too - it makes everyone sound stupid.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:21 am
xkcd rules!!!
October 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
[...] Fuente: xkcd. [...]
October 21st, 2008 at 10:58 am
[...] xkcd. « ¿Que tiene de [...]
October 21st, 2008 at 5:42 pm
really, I love with your innovation
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Greatest.
I remember reading the comic and laughing, wishing that actually would happen. Then I heard from [adult swim] that someone implemented that feature and I started to freak.
That was the greatest day the internet has seen. Many thanks to you, sir Randall.
(Should I be alarmed that one of my re-captcha prompt words is “$60,000″?)
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Just putting this out there… At the rate xkcd is going, it should be another year or two before all the readers of xkcd have completely changed the face of the intarwebs as we know it. I think we should exercise our power by doing what YTMND did to ebaumsworld, a massive assault on the frontlines of the forums. We will rout the trolls from their fiery domain, the OT forums.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:50 am
Best ever! It’s like having Stephen Hawking read your diary out loud… :)
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:44 am
[...] den här Youtube-strippen är också väldigt rolig. Så rolig att Google faktiskt har byggt in just den här funktionen på Youtube efter att ha läst om den på [...]
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
This is brilliant! Now all we need is for it to read it out in the voice of Morgan Freeman!
October 24th, 2008 at 1:16 am
@ Matthew Lloyd
Dear god, I was thinking the exact same thing.
You know what else might be cool? If they get pronunciations right, you could use this to proofread your essays or speeches… and one day have it in the voice of Morgan Freeman!
October 24th, 2008 at 11:21 am
When I saw the audio preview function on YouTube, my first thoughts were:
1. Someone at YouTube reads XKCD? Sweet!
2. Maybe now YouTube will be a slightly more intelligent place!
Unfortunately, the second has yet to happen. But perhaps if we give it time…
October 24th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Funny?
Maybe, but it means that they had already a speech synthesizer made and tested. And right now it must be using about 20% of youtube’s servers’ capacity.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
it has some abbreviations
est -> estate
ave -> avenue
too bad for latinists XD
October 26th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I was pretty impressed — not only did I click on it without realizing it, because it’s on the left, but I actually edited my comment after hearing it. I’d say it works as designed. :)
October 26th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Audio preview? I can’t effin believe it.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I just heard about this on Aljazeera. They did mention XKCD’s reasoning behind the feature, but didn’t mention XKCD.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:59 am
[...] posting it and I doubt they’ll take the time to listen to it before posting either. I love XKCD & their readers’s own take on this too, SalsaShark Says: Oh man. Idiocy recursion. This is a slippery slope, [...]
October 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
super chicken pockpockpockpock, super chicken poa-oaack
let *that*thing* read it. if you don’t like it you’ve never been a child (or just grew up or had enough fun of synthesizers already)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FKss2pBYQ6Y btw
October 28th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Audio preview?
October 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
[...] VIA [...]
October 29th, 2008 at 9:25 am
thanks
October 29th, 2008 at 9:26 am
thankss