[jspizziri]

https://soundreads.io/

An audiobook streaming service that focuses on timeless classic works in the public domain.

I do everything from building the app to the audio engineering.

One thing I'm especially proud of is the restoration I did on the "War of the Worlds" 1938 Radio broadcast. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I've made it temporarily free to listen to [1] in case anyone is curious. You should compare it with the original [2] and let me know what you think.

[1] https://app.soundreads.io/discover/item/war-of-the-worlds [2] https://archive.org/details/WarOfTheWorlds1938RadioBroadcast...

[jspizziri]

Since there's been a reasonable amount of traffic due to this comment, I thought I'd leave a 50% coupon ($11.75 for yr one) for HN folks in case anyone is interested:

http://app.soundreads.io/purchase/annual?prefilled_promo_cod...

[megabless123]

You should surface the library of content to public visitors. I would be more likely to convert if I knew that you had the content I wanted.

[jspizziri]

I just updated the home page (main nav & body content) to add a "Browse All Books" button that takes you into the app to view the current titles. Appreciate the feedback.

[jspizziri]

Thanks for the feedback!

Do you think adding a button to the homepage/marketing page that says something to the effect of "See all our content" that redirected you here:

https://app.soundreads.io/

Do you think that would do the trick?

[rafram]

I’m seeing a lot of AI tells in the cover art (like for War of the Worlds) and book descriptions. Didn’t see any discussion of where the narration comes from on the site. Are all your audiobooks restorations of classic readings? Do you hire narrators to record new ones? Or is there AI involved there too?

[jspizziri]

All the audio is by real humans but I definitely use AI help on the descriptions and images, as graphic design and copywriting are not areas I’m competent in, and as a side gig currently I only have so much time.

A good chunk of the initial audio has been curated and re-engineered/enhanced from librivox, however I’m also working with voice actors to produce originals. For instance I just release A Christmas Carol which is original to our platform (also see Metamorphosis and Alice and Wonderland). More are coming every month but it takes time to develop real audio recordings with humans.

I appreciate your constructive feedback and welcome more!