Project Lizen

View the upgraded version of this project at https://github.com/vivek-nexus/listen

Deployment

This project is deployed at https://vivek-nexus.github.io/lizen/ with Github pages.

This project is V2 of my earlier project called Podcastify-It.

Implementation plan

High

• New name
• Refresh hero area for new name
• Bug on Safari
• Keyboard shortcuts with music player like controls
• Support for mobile listening with screen off
• Support for listening on desktop by minimising/in background
• Fresh sticky player controls
• Better visualisation for listening indication
• Implement better analytics
• Rename RESET to STOP
• Add empty link popup
• Remove links from first two cards
• Update sample text to provide nudge to select a voice

Medium

• Fresh dark design theme
• Review latest analytics data
• Show recommended voices across operating systems
• Register listening as media event in the browser
• Better PWA manifest
• Add UTM links to various source links for source tracking

Low

• Auto fill/reduce choices for voices based by auto detecting language of pasted content
• Estimated time to read
• Better algorithm for parsing of sentences
• One colour theme for every weekday
• Recommended usage tips for the application

Design ideas

• Background image SVG for listening animation
• Bulb icon at various points for pro-tips
• Move "more settings" to an icon
• Combine "Help on TTS" with recommended voices