SpeakMyVoice
Consumer and social
assistive communication app
SHOW HN2024
44points
7comments
#1,373of 3,515 in 2024
Top 40%of 2024 by points
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Looks like a great start
From 1 comment
Looks like a great start. If it were me, I would emphasize voice cloning and how that works since that's where potential customers' minds will go when they read the phrase "my…
iAMkenough on HN
Interest in the space despite many similar apps
From 1 comment
Please OP follow this. There’s a LOT of similar apps in this space. But that doesn’t remove the interest - the backstory is key. And is it open in anyway? ~What voice engine are…
willwade on HN
Objections
Many similar apps already exist in this space
From 1 comment
Please OP follow this. There’s a LOT of similar apps in this space. But that doesn’t remove the interest - the backstory is key. And is it open in anyway? ~What voice engine are…
willwade on HN
Post lacks backstory and explanation of what is different
From 2 comments
(Mod here) - Your Show HN will do better if you add some text giving the backstory of how you came to work on this, and explaining what's different about it. If you do that,…
dang on HNPlease OP follow this. There’s a LOT of similar apps in this space. But that doesn’t remove the interest - the backstory is key. And is it open in anyway? ~What voice engine are…
willwade on HN
Requests
Add backstory and what makes it different
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(Mod here) - Your Show HN will do better if you add some text giving the backstory of how you came to work on this, and explaining what's different about it. If you do that,…
dang on HNPlease OP follow this. There’s a LOT of similar apps in this space. But that doesn’t remove the interest - the backstory is key. And is it open in anyway? ~What voice engine are…
willwade on HN
Emphasize voice cloning and how it works
From 1 comment
Looks like a great start. If it were me, I would emphasize voice cloning and how that works since that's where potential customers' minds will go when they read the phrase "my…
iAMkenough on HN
Check how it works for people with aphasia
From 1 comment
Have you looked at how this works for people with various forms of aphasia?
pcl on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Please OP follow this. There’s a LOT of similar apps in this space. But that doesn’t remove the interest - the backstory is key. And is it open in anyway? ~What voice engine are…
willwade on HN
Why were existing solutions not sufficient?
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Please OP follow this. There’s a LOT of similar apps in this space. But that doesn’t remove the interest - the backstory is key. And is it open in anyway? ~What voice engine are…
willwade on HN
Alternatives named
Google Project Relate
From 1 comment
Seems somewhat similar to "Project Relate" app from Google: https://sites.research.google/relate/ Pretty cool because it also handles voice input from non-traditional voices.
xnx on HN
OpenAAC
From 1 comment
Nice. Stick a licence on that and join https://www.openaac.org/
willwade on HN