p-raj / duopod

Spreading Ideas Across Language Chasm

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duopod

Spreading Ideas Across Language Chasm

Problem Statement

• Generally, the podcasts are available only in a single language, like the books used to be ideas worth spreading are, often, constrained by the language.
• Podcast by a non-native speaker is often skipped over, non-discriminatory, by both the native speakers and other non-native speakers

Possible Solution

• Podcast app, for the listeners, that supports podcast translation to their preferred language
• A podcast studio for the content creators where they can review the translated content

Challenges

• Costs associated with running the application is too restrictive
  • Possible Solution: TinyML running on user’s mobile for online inference
• Now that people are not commuting to work, the podcasts are competing for the user’s attention against Netflix, eSports, etc.
• The moat is missing, the idea can be picked and built easily by any of the existing podcast apps
  • Possible solution: could build an SDK and integrate with the existing podcast apps
• The legality around translation and distribution

Future Directions

• Personalized accent, speed, speech synthesis
  • Premium voiceovers (ref: Morgan Freeman over Google Maps)
  • The automated speech can be too monotonous
  • Noise reduction and quality improvement for podcast creators
• Podcasts can be taken in the next stage of evolution, like the books have; Books now have translated content, the book summaries, the critical reviews etc.
  • Goodreads for Podcast
  • Premium, members-only, forums
    • A listener could ask their own questions to the creators
    • A creator would be able to check the most highlighted and discussed content
  • A listener can highlight (bookmark) and save their content
• Categorize the podcast’s content by
  • Q&A - user can check out the list of questions discussed and jump over to any specific question
    • Questions or sections of the podcasts as “Stories” (Instagram, Snapchat)
  • Build a knowledge graph of ideas - personal and global
  • Build a personal knowledge base over the subscribed-only content
    • Integration with mind-maps
    • Integration with Anki Flash-Cards

Extend the platform to video makers, who want to modulate speech

• Further, help video makers develop their own “deepfakes” for transmitting content in multiple languages
• Blogs to podcasts (sort of like audible for blogs)
  • Tweet threads to podcasts
• Offer SDK to apps such as meditation apps, or yoga apps, where the user can personalize the voice (pitch, tone, accent, speed)
• Real-time translation and speech synthesis, integration with Zoom and other communication apps

How the User App would work?

How the Podcast Stuido App would work?

Mobile Client - https://github.com/veris-pr/duopod-client

Backend - https://github.com/veris-pr/duopod-server

ML Pipeline - https://github.com/veris-pr/duopod-ml