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I recently added a new feature to my browser extension KoalaSync : a local audio compressor for browser videos. It is still a bit experimental and will probably change over time, but I wanted to write down what I built, why I built it, and what ended up being more annoying than expected. KoalaS...
Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new "Search Services History" setting.
Hi HN, I built Scribix, a web app to transcribe audio and video. You can upload a file, record in the browser, then edit and export the transcript (TXT/SRT/VTT).
I have been an audio reviewer for 20 years. My time as a freelance headphones panelist at Wirecutter, and the multitude of reviews I’ve written for sites like Reviewed, Digital Trends, IGN, and now The Verge, have given me the chance to listen to hundreds of earbuds.
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Building a "paste a YouTube link, get a transcript" feature sounds trivial until you deploy it to a server. The moment your request comes from a datacenter IP instead of a residential one, YouTube responds with LOGIN_REQUIRED or quietly serves nothing. Here's how VidTranscriber handles it.
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