News Board: Phase 0 tests
Three short tests on your phone. Nothing here is the real board yet.
1. Pick a voice
Every voice reads the same short test briefing. Which one would you like every morning?
- Kokoro, Heart (US) made in the cloud
- Kokoro, Michael (US) made in the cloud
- Edge, Sonia (UK) made on the laptop
- Edge, Andrew (US) made on the laptop
- Piper, Ryan (US) made on the laptop
1b. Norwegian names (Kokoro, Heart)
The same names three ways. Which sounds closest?
- A. As it reads today
- B. Names respelled for an English voice
- C. Names given as sounds (phonemes)
2. YouTube Music and the Nest Hub
Feed address:
https://rayman512.github.io/news-board-audio/feed.xml
- In the YouTube Music app: Library, then Podcasts, then Add podcast (bottom right), then Add a podcast by RSS feed. Paste the address and tap Add.
- Play the episode "Thursday 1 October: voice test" on the phone.
- Cast it to the Nest Hub (cast icon at the top of the player).
- When it ends, does the Odd Lots episode start by itself?
- Say "Hey Google, play News Board on YouTube Music" to the Hub.
3. Podcast pick links
Do these open the right episode in the app?
- Odd Lots (Bloomberg): Everything in Markets Is Now Moving Incredibly Fast 1 Oct 2026, 44 min
- The AI Daily Brief: The Most Important New AI Tools from OpenAI DevDay 30 Sep 2026, 23 min
4. Gemini on the Hub
In the Google Home app, is there a "Gemini for Home" entry under Settings? Then try "Hey Google, play the news" on the Hub.