Show HN: NarrateNow – Add AI audio to any blog post with a single script tag(narratenow.app)
narratenow.app
Show HN: NarrateNow – Add AI audio to any blog post with a single script tag
https://narratenow.app
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Congrats on the launch! I will give it a try. I'm running a web site with AI news, so this may land well. Do you have plans for a more premium tier with even more natural voices? I wanted to have a podcast for my newsletter but most TTS solutions don't feel natural.
Thanks! Yes, more natural voices are actually already on the roadmap. I'm working on it right now, and they'll be rolling out in the coming days as part of the Pro plan.
An AI news site sounds like a great fit for this. Would love to hear how it performs on your content once you've had a chance to test it, especially curious how the voice handles technical terms and proper nouns. Feel free to reach out directly on Twitter/X if anything feels off or if you have questions: https://x.com/JoshTheNerd_
An AI news site sounds like a great fit for this. Would love to hear how it performs on your content once you've had a chance to test it, especially curious how the voice handles technical terms and proper nouns. Feel free to reach out directly on Twitter/X if anything feels off or if you have questions: https://x.com/JoshTheNerd_
I built NarrateNow after noticing a pretty consistent pattern: blog readers engage more when there's an audio option, but the barrier to adding it is either "record yourself" or "pay for an enterprise tool with a demo call."
Neither is realistic for an indie blogger or a small team running a content blog.
So I built the simplest version I could think of. You drop one line into your site's <head>, and a floating audio player appears on every article automatically. No markup changes, no manual uploads, no config beyond that.
How it works technically: - JS snippet detects article content on page load - Text is sent to the backend and converted via TTS - Generated MP3 is cached in object storage and served via CDN - On repeat visits, audio loads instantly from cache
The whole integration takes about 60 seconds. I've kept the architecture intentionally simple.
Free tier: 5 articles/month, male voice, watermarked player — enough to actually test it on a real site before committing. Pro: $15/month for unlimited articles, both voices, and an unbranded widget.
Still very early. I'd genuinely appreciate signups from people willing to kick the tyres — especially if you run a blog with decent traffic, since I want to stress test this under real conditions.
narratenow.app
Bugs, architecture questions, pricing feedback — all welcome in the comments.