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Hurston-1 open source TTS that speak Southern American and Afro-English

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points · since listing → Oct 23, 14:50 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 28, 11:56 UTC).

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listed Oct 21, 11:56 UTC

Traction (points) over time

011Oct 22Oct 23ListedOct 23, 14:50 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 51h after listing
1 reading (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
1points
Comments
Rank in MDIA this week
#34of 57 HN
Rank overall this week
#490of 953 HN
Sector hit rate
12.3%7/57 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
1Oct 23, 14:50 UTC
Last reading
1Oct 23, 14:50 UTC
Readings
1over 51h

Launch-day race · #132 of 132 Show HN launches on 2026-10-21

  1. #130Auto-API-observe API observability for Node.js1 points
  2. #131LiveFrame1 points
  3. #132Hurston-1 open source TTS that speak Southern American and Afro-English1 points
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