About A Minute – Terence Eden’s Blog

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October 02, 2022 Blog To Speech

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I've noticed an interesting trend on some of the blogs I follow. More of them - though by no means the majority - are including audio versions of the content.
The usually look something like this:

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The ones which have this are mostly using commercial Text-To-Speech (TTS) engines. Although a few of the (perhaps wealthier?) bloggers have hired people to record audio versions of their posts newsletters:

I find this curious. I don't think it is bad or wrong or unbloggerly. Just a bit odd. I'm from the generation who hated phone calls and ruthlessly mocked voicemail. And now I see the youth leaving each other voicenotes and I feel bemused.
Reading is faster than listening. For me, at least. But reading requires focus. It's hard to cook dinner while reading text. But it's pretty easy to do most things while a podcast prattles on in the background.
Obviously people with visual impairments use TTS systems. And they often have those tools built into their computer or browser. But most people with adequate sight don't know how to use their machine's accessibility capabilities. So perhaps having an easily-findable MP3 of the article is sensible?
I often edit old blog posts. Sometimes to merely change a typo, other times to cover up evidence of my muddled thinking. In the land of traditional audio, that's a problem. It's tricky to re-record something and edit it together seamlessly. But, with TTS, it is the work of seconds.
Anyway, that's a long rambley way of saying that I'm experimenting with adding an audio version of my posts. If people like it, I'll start adding it to all of them - and back filling the old posts.
If you think this is a good idea, or a terrible waste of time, be a sweetheart and drop a comment in the box, yeah?
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October 21, 2019 Episode 32 - Switching from being a developer to being a manager
We're back again with Kim Rowan. Listen to her thoughts about what it's like to become a manager of technical teams.

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Read about how she got into tech.
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October 16, 2019Episode 31 - Modernising the Ministry of Justice
How do you modernise the technology of a huge organisation like the UK's Ministry of Justice? Kim Rowan has some bright ideas.

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Read Kim's post on the Application Modernisation Team
For more technical posts, read the Just-Tech blog on Medium.
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October 08, 2019 Episode 30 - The Science of Laughter - with @Suw
Happy Ada Lovelace Day! I interviewed its founder, Suw Charman-Anderson, on an earlier episode.
So here is a BONUS EPISODE for your ears. I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had recording it.

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August 24, 2019 Episode 29: The Pod Delusion Strikes Back!
After five long years, The Pod Delusion is back! This is a quick chat with host & producer James O'Malley.

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You can listen to back-episodes at https://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/ and I thoroughly recommend sticking it in your podcast app.
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July 26, 2019 Documentally and Backpack Studio
If two blokes meet up and don't record a podcast, did it even happen?
Social Media Maven Documentally showed off his podcasting rig - an app called Backpack Studio. You can listen to the ramblechat we recorded on his feed.
Here's our quick chat about this nifty podcasting app - which I hope will one day come to Android.

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June 19, 2019 Episode 27 - Hannah Cameron's makerspace adventures
Hannah works for Eagle Labs, where she 3D prints things and builds IoT lamps.

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June 14, 2019 Episode 26 - Dan Pope's trntxt.uk
Do you want an ultra-minimalist, open source, train times website?
If so, Dan Pope, has created trntxt.uk just for you!

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April 10, 2019 Episode 25 - The Pay Gap with Rainey David
A quick chat with Rainey David all about the gender pay gap. Including top tips on how to value your worth to your employer.

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Find out more at ThePayGap.com
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April 03, 2019Episode 24 - Sound Archiving with Thea Cochrane
My pal Thea Cochrane is doing brilliant things with the British Library Sound Archive

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You can follow along @BLSoundHeritage.
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The podcast currently has 46 episodes available.