Youtube Audio Preview

Posted on October 8, 2008 by xkcd

Wow. It seems someone at YouTUBE took this comic seriously and decided to add an “Audio Preview” feature. Now you can hear your comments read aloud to you.

Of course, it’s an optional button using speech synth rather than a mandatory dramatic reading, so it’ll just be used for entertainment by people who haven’t played with a speech synthesizer before:

But then, after a little more browsing around, I see this:

So maybe there’s hope after all.

523 thoughts on “Youtube Audio Preview”

mpu on July 22, 2009 at 8:54 am said:

Thnaks a lot and greatings from good old GERMANY!
ssk sorgulama on July 23, 2009 at 9:56 am said:

After reading some of these replies, unless they’re all meant to be ironic, I’m thinking maybe you should add that to your blag.
ring on July 23, 2009 at 11:48 am said:

Thanks for this great comment.
my motto: Mountains never meet, people always
zerrin egeliler on July 23, 2009 at 12:17 pm said:

After reading some of these replies, unless they’re all meant to be ironic, I’m thinking maybe you should add that to your blag.
Gabriel Benamy on July 31, 2009 at 10:19 pm said:

I was at your panel today and you mentioned this. You’re right, it IS awesome!
Elizabeth Lexing on August 16, 2009 at 4:03 am said:

YouTube no longer has it, it seems. Whether that is a curse or a blessing, I really don’t care. The fact of the matter is, is that THEY TOOK IT DOWN!
laptop tamiri on August 23, 2009 at 7:40 am said:

ust found this post my technorati news feed section! I was searching for this sin
xtcommerce Templates on August 23, 2009 at 12:20 pm said:

and then someone will hack it on April Fool’s to play the Rick Astley song instead of your comment in order to revive dead 4chan memes.
SheeEttin on September 10, 2009 at 1:36 am said:

Agh! Audio preview is gone!
Randall, get on this! Make comic!
KFZ Versicherungen on September 12, 2009 at 9:37 am said:

Kewl
pasta recipes on September 22, 2009 at 3:38 pm said:

Funny thing they chose to add that, especially after your comic and especially since it has not real use! It’s past dinner time for youtube, looks like they are losing it, one small change at a time!
Note Computer on September 28, 2009 at 6:03 am said:

Thank you for your share.
Shopdesigner on October 6, 2009 at 7:39 pm said:

thats cool, thanks for sharing
sohbet on November 8, 2009 at 4:37 pm said:

ellerine sa?l?k güzel bir blog yapm?s?n?z daha basar?lar?n?z?n devam?n? dilerim
Fatboy on November 10, 2009 at 8:20 am said:

nice idea @ zerrin
Anya on November 11, 2009 at 11:52 pm said:

i am so addicted to Youtube. I watch mostly music videos and funny videos on Youtube sometimes i also upload my own funny videos in youtube. `
Krista on November 19, 2009 at 4:32 am said:

Youtube is my super favorite website. I cant spend a day without watching music videos on Youtube.
Alleinunterhalter Köln on November 29, 2009 at 1:01 pm said:

Thanks for sharing, didnt knew this is possible
You never learn out !
Werbetechnik on December 2, 2009 at 3:21 pm said:

Very nice job. Thanks for sharing!
Greetings from Germany.
jajaja on December 14, 2009 at 9:51 pm said:

Terrorists ALLAHHUACKBAR
fuzzywieners on December 31, 2009 at 3:41 pm said:

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Nagrobki on January 4, 2010 at 4:55 pm said:

Great job my boddy.
Nagrobki on January 5, 2010 at 6:45 pm said:

Great job
NinjaProxy on February 6, 2010 at 4:08 pm said:

http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/responses/
Si1v3rPho3n1x on February 9, 2010 at 9:40 pm said:

im a girl
Massagesessel Keyton on May 5, 2010 at 7:51 am said:

Nice! A big THANX for this post.
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laptop tamiri on May 10, 2010 at 6:30 am said:

Great job my boddy.
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Great job my boddy.
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laptop tamiri on May 16, 2010 at 6:28 am said:

Very nice job. Thanks for sharing!
Greetings from Germany.
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Great job
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TrBing on May 22, 2010 at 11:49 am said:

thank you for videos
lida on May 27, 2010 at 10:11 am said:

Thank you for your application
Lederpuschen on June 2, 2010 at 10:15 am said:

Thanks for the development. Kind regards.
kocaeli laptop tamiri on June 24, 2010 at 6:37 am said:

Thank you for your application
kale kasa on July 7, 2010 at 2:53 pm said:

Thank you for your application
notebook tamir on July 13, 2010 at 11:41 am said:

Thank you for your application
website visitor on July 16, 2010 at 6:36 am said:

the website that started with the name of Youtube in 2005 did,infact,revolutionized everything around the globe… now, who ever has the knowlege of Internet , infact does know about youtube…. what an honour for the minds who got the idea and then dressed up in an excellent form for us…
WTFisTHISshit on July 19, 2010 at 8:00 am said:

Stolen from XKCD
buried for innacuracy.
kerdestar on August 4, 2010 at 10:02 pm said:

Useful stuff – thanks!
hikaye on August 19, 2010 at 8:17 pm said:

Thanks a lot.Good idea.
Anhängerkupplungen on August 20, 2010 at 8:26 am said:

Thnak
tonsil stones removal on September 7, 2010 at 10:44 am said:

Really new to this thing, but I’m still learning about this. This is a great thing that my friend recommended to me, I never getting involved with it but soon will be .
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Useful stuff – thanks!
KaliteliMP4 on September 20, 2010 at 8:36 am said:

Nice Post…Thanks !
Poster on September 24, 2010 at 5:14 pm said:

thanks for the hint ;D

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