Live demo video 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7A5BW_Eq4s
Voice in this video is generated with the power of the Shortcuts app on Mac OS.
Once you download and run this Shortcut, it’ll be available through the OS.
Select text, right-click, select Services, and then “Text to voice”. The selected text will run through this Shortcut, and (in a few moments) you’ll get Siri’s voice-generated text!
It’s completely free, 100% open, and customizable.
Step by step tutorial and download link:
https://sidelist.webflow.io/story/convert-text-to-siri-generated-voice-and-export-as-audio-file
Hope it helps
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Select multiple videos in order, and BOOM you have a combined video. Quality remains the same because they are not re-encoded. Name and date will be inherited from the first one.
This shortcut requires the free a-Shell mini app: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1543537943
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Download: RoutineHub
Not sure if it’s just not planning when the ad breaks will be, or trying to trick people, but more of my podcasts have no transition at all into ads. No music, no segue, and the worst ones don’t even finish their train of thought completely. I’ve had some where I don’t remember the context since they basically continue as if no ad happened. Is it just poor planning?
Want to hear from you all. What is the podcast that you listen to that you believe is underrated?
For me it has to be “Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s?” It’s a show that parodies investigative journalism. The host named Brian calls various entities and never breaks character as he tries to get to the bottom of why McDonald’s stopped serving pizza in the 90s. The style of humor reminds me a lot of the tv show “Nathan for You.”
Each episode is 10-20 minutes and there are 235 episodes so far (I listened to the whole catalog over a month or so). I’ve been subscribed to his Patreon for a few months, but he only has 100 or so backers. Criminally underrated podcast IMO.
I work 12 hour shifts and listen to podcasts for most of my night. I’m trying to find the shows with the longest single episodes to fill my evenings. Right now the shows I listen to are 20 minutes to maybe 1.5 hours each. Lots of talk radio educational programs since I’m not paying attention 100% of the time it’s more background chatter. In the past I would listen to Joe Rogan because his episodes were usually 2-4 hours each but he’s a soft headed homunculus that I won’t listen to anymore. Anything like that but for the quasi intelligent individual?
Hi all. I hope this is a quality post. I spend my time lurking on this subreddit to get podcast recommendations and didn’t see this one. The podcast is called The Plot Thickens, and the entire season three is a 10 part series about Lucille Ball’s life. It starts with her childhood and start to movies, and the later episodes discuss her famous marriage to Desi, their company, Desilu, and its contributions to television. (I won’t spoil it, but I was surprised to know just how many shows Lucy’s company greenlit.) Episode 6 “I Love Lucy” is a wonderful standalone episode about her hit show.
I started this podcast last Friday and was going to listen until my spouse got home and we made plans. When they did, we spent the evening in listening to the podcast until bed, and finished it on Sunday night. I’ve never had an experience like that with a podcast before and found myself laughing at Lucy, as well as crying over her personal struggles with The …
Hi, I’m looking for some unusual podcasts. I’m just really bored and want something really fucking weird to listen to. I’m not looking for any crime or comedy podcasts. I dust want something out of the ordinary
I’ve started listening to This is Actually Happening and they have a huge catalog. I wanted some recommendations on what your favorite episodes are! I’m open to all topics, really. Tell me your favorites and I’ll add them to my playlist!
Same as last year, your absolute favorite can be tough so if it’s like a top 3, that’s okay, too! :)
Let’s all SUGGEST our favorite experiences this year!
I’ll go first.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
and Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
EDIT: I’ve already added 3 pages to my book journal! I hope everybody else is finding lots of new books to add to their lists!
EDIT 2: I’ve got so much to catch up on but thanks again everyone for your suggestions!! my wife will be very unhappy to see how much my list has grown. :P
Specifically my brother believes that women have been historically protected and saved from violence and hardship. He doesn’t understand that women were (and still are in many places) enslaved, and that being forced to bare children and being prevented from owning property is violence in and of itself. He doesn’t believe that any woman invented anything, he doesn’t believe that men have stolen women’s work, he doesn’t think women are people really. He is autistic as well if that makes a difference.
I am really beginning to hate my brother, but he is usually willing to learn, and I will give him this last chance to redeem himself. He doesn’t have much choice as I am slowly becoming his last family member and his last friend. He will read these books or he is on his own.
Suggestions?
Obviously I have the show but I’m two episodes in and sincerely really touched by him already.
I’m open to a variety of things like fiction or maybe a book on how to best treat others with kindness or something. Not really sure what there is out there.
Hi, I’m looking to get a gift for a 16-year-old who has been struggling with mental health for a while and lives in a mostly-unsupportive household. Her sister told me that she’s into books a lot right now and I want to get her something to open up the communication lines between us.
She’s said that she reads YA mostly and likes fantasy and romance. Her favorite is Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. She’s already read the ones that I thought of and I don’t have many good ideas for romance and fantasy. I prefer suggestions that are not common or really popular books right now, because she’s probably already seen or read them
Bonus points for books that have SUBTLE wlw vibes or general pro-LGBT vibes, I suspect that she might be struggling with that as well but her parents would not be supportive at all. I don’t want to give her a book that is explicitly about LGBT relationships but I do want to encourage her
Thank you!!
I’m not a huge high fantasy person but I do enjoy the genre, but I typically prefer to not have the “chosen one” plot device or the sort of “this was the adventure that saved life as we know it” elements.
Is there a fantasy series that simply creates a cool world and then lives inside it without a once-in-a-millennia storyline being the primary narrative device?
The iconic author of ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ and ‘Play It As It Lays’ has passed away. Her influence and contributions to non-fiction writing and New Journalism are immense.
What are your favorite books or essays by Didion, and what works would you recommend to other people?
I would like to suggest ‘Run River’, her first novel which is a story about murder and a marriage gone wrong.
Hey all,
I’ve been with my partner for 9 months now and generally everything is pretty great. We get along on a lot of levels and share a lot of professional passion, I love her and want to continue to grow our relationship, but… she hates video games and generally thinks they’re just for children, while PC gaming is my main hobby.
I tried to get her into gaming, but introducing someone who has never played a game before to gaming is actually a lot more difficult than I thought. Adventure and RPG games are a bit too complicated for her, FPS games are too technically difficult, and horror games are out of the picture. Even D&D I tried as I DM every week, but she really doesn’t care. In a last ditch effort to get her into something I tried Pokemon GO because we both like walking around and hiking, but she’s got no clue what a Pikachu is and doesn’t really care to find out.
Instead, in her free time her favorite activity is to go and talk to …
One of my favorite parts of Skyrim/BOTW was exploring the cities, especially the cities that reflect a distinct architecture and cultural style. For example, Markarth and Gerudo Town were my favorite cities in the two games because they had a cool atmosphere that wasn’t just ‘standard medieval town.’
The thing is, the cities are all pretty small in both games – understandably so, as they needed to fit in a lot of other stuff in the games. But are there games where there are interesting cities to explore and the cities are a lot bigger/more complex? Thanks in advance.
Edit: Thank you for all the suggestions! Looks like I know how I’m spending the rest of my vacation, lol.
Time flies! 2021 is about to end and Christmas is around the corner. Let’s share some stories!
Looking back this year, what is your favorite game of 2021? Why do you like playing this game so much? What do you think is the best part of this game? Come on guys, looking forward to receiving your recommendations!
I want to get my girlfriend a new game for Christmas, but she is very picky. She likes easy games, and games where she can be creative. Her two favorite games are Sims and Animal Crossing. What are some Switch games that are similar to those?
I myself am a pretty hardcore gamer and have tried to get her into stuff I have played like Pokémon, but she doesn’t show any interest in it. I think she said she has played Mario 64 before and liked it, so maybe Odyssey is an option. 3D all stars might be good if I can find it… She also enjoyed playing the Spongebob Remake with me on my Playstation, so maybe something like that could work. Any ideas are appreciated!
EDIT: The people have spoken! I bought Stardew Valley. Hopefully she likes it!