My vote is for the new music, keeping the text2speech. It would be nice to keep the old music, though somewhat quieter, as an option.
On November 7, 2021 2:00:02 PM CST, [email protected] wrote: >Send Hpr mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Hpr digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Theme - was "Possible cause and solution to subscriber > attrition(trying again without encryption)" (Ken Fallon) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 18:14:44 +0100 >From: Ken Fallon <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Hpr] Theme - was "Possible cause and solution to subscriber > attrition(trying again without encryption)" >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > >On 2021-10-28 14:22:04, Ken Fallon wrote: >> On 2021-10-27 20:03:47, dnt wrote: >>> Hi, this lurker would like to come out of the woodwork and say that >>> the discussion started from a perceived concern about a plateau in >>> subscribers and one of the defining things about HPR, it seems to me, >>> is its focus on attracting contributors, rather than listeners. >>> Therefore, I think it would be very important to retain the outro, >>> specifically the part about "this episode was contributed by an HPR >>> listener like yourself, if you want to find out how easy it really is" >>> etc. Apparently not easy enough for me! But still, I find it important >>> for the invitation to be there in case someone is tuning in for the >>> first time, and for someone who has been tuning in for a while and >>> still hasn't converted, it's a welcome reminder. >>> >>> -dnt >> >> Valid point - as is the show license declaration. >> > >We have recorded a show to read out all these comments, so that the >community as a whole can come with feedback. > >The show itself >http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3461 > >It includes a first attempt at new branding based on the comments here >and on the HPR Matrix channel. > >This is to give it an airing and see what people think. It's open to >change resulting from the feedback. > >The general layout would be to use a shorter quieter theme for the intro >and outro. This is approximately 1 minute 10 seconds in total to the >show itself, shaving about 1? minutes off the current branding. > >The computer text to speech (although hated by some) was liked by more. >So for this test we're going to keep it as a voice over on the intro. >The outro is much reduced and has the addition of thanking the sponsors. >We'll rerecord it once it's agreed what the final format is. > >Show hpr3461 was edited manually while show hpr3463 has been done >automatically. >http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3463 > >An attempt has been made to tackle the loudness but I'm still looking >for how to run an audacity filter via the cli. > >Please tell us what you think. > >-- >Regards, > >Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN) >http://kenfallon.com >http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30 > > > > >------------------------------ > >Subject: Digest Footer > >_______________________________________________ >Hpr mailing list >[email protected] >http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > >------------------------------ > >End of Hpr Digest, Vol 158, Issue 2 >*********************************** -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail.
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