https://github.com/vivek-nexus/lizen

A text to speech web application that speaks word, sentences or even reads long articles in a music player like interface. It can also fetch articles from a link or text can be directly pasted.
https://github.com/vivek-nexus/lizen

javascript listener nextjs react read-articles-online speech-synthesis text-to-speech webapp webspeech-api

Last synced: 7 days ago
JSON representation

A text to speech web application that speaks word, sentences or even reads long articles in a music player like interface. It can also fetch articles from a link or text can be directly pasted.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vivek-nexus/lizen
• Owner: vivek-nexus
• Created: 2021-08-15T02:07:07.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: new-ui
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-25T04:40:19.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-20T17:58:57.512Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: javascript, listener, nextjs, react, read-articles-online, speech-synthesis, text-to-speech, webapp, webspeech-api
• Language: HTML
• Homepage: https://www.vivek.nexus/lizen/
• Size: 1.07 MB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

        
# Project Lizen

## View the upgraded version of this project at https://github.com/vivek-nexus/listen

# Deployment

This project is deployed at https://vivek-nexus.github.io/lizen/ with Github pages.

This project is V2 of my earlier project called [Podcastify-It](https://github.com/vivek-nexus/podcastify-it).

# Implementation plan

## High

- [x] New name

- [x] Refresh hero area for new name

- [ ] Bug on Safari

- [ ] Keyboard shortcuts with music player like controls

- [ ] Support for mobile listening with screen off

- [x] Support for listening on desktop by minimising/in background

- [x] Fresh sticky player controls

- [x] Better visualisation for listening indication

- [x] Implement better analytics

- [ ] Rename RESET to STOP

- [ ] Add empty link popup

- [x] Remove links from first two cards

- [ ] Update sample text to provide nudge to select a voice

## Medium

- [x] Fresh dark design theme

- [x] Review latest analytics data

- [x] Show recommended voices across operating systems

- [ ] Register listening as media event in the browser

- [ ] Better PWA manifest

- [ ] Add UTM links to various source links for source tracking

## Low

- [ ] Auto fill/reduce choices for voices based by auto detecting language of pasted content

- [ ] Estimated time to read

- [ ] Better algorithm for parsing of sentences

- [ ] One colour theme for every weekday

- [ ] Recommended usage tips for the application

# Design ideas

- Background image SVG for listening animation

- Bulb icon at various points for pro-tips

- Move "more settings" to an icon

- Combine "Help on TTS" with recommended voices