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MixedNo clear lean
18 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 13 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 12 for, 1 againstPerformance: 2 for, 10 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Intuitive UI and quick demo
From 2 comments
talk about 30 seconds to wow. great app, UX and demo. would love to use this. kudos.
nirvanatikku on HNThis is incredible. When I was first learning Chinese (casually, ~20 years ago), my teacher used some Windows software that drew a diagram of the shape of my pronunciation, so…
rahimnathwani on HN
Useful for learners without native speakers nearby
From 2 comments
instantly awesome. I suck at chinese but I want to get better and I'm too embarassed to try and talk with real people and practise. This is a great compromise. even just…
drekipus on HNThis is fantastic. Been looking for a way to get feedback on my pronunciation since I came back from Shanghai and haven't been seeing native speakers every day. Is there any plan…
ctkhn on HN
Objections
Misrecognizes tones in fast or conversational speech
From 2 comments
Longtime lurker, made an account specifically to give feedback here as an intermediate speaker. :) This is a great initiative and I hope to see more come out of this; I am not…
dapangzi on HNWell, it would work only when I speak word by word, not as a sentence or in a normal speed for daily conversations. The model thinks I was making mistakes when I speak casually…
tifan on HN
Sensitive to background noise and mic quality
From 3 comments
As a native speaker of Mandarin the demo it's not work for me. It can't check the pronounce of my voice. I don't know what's wrong of it, may be it's too sensitive(my daughter…
alixwang on HNIt might be a mic issue but my wife, who is a native speaker, seems to get most characters wrong. I will try again later in a quieter place to see if that helps.
olalonde on HNChinese here, some of the tune is wrong, maybe the env here has some noise, good luck on learning mandarin ;)
wenjian on HN
Flags correct native pronunciation as wrong
From 2 comments
This is extremely cool, although I asked my wife (who is Chinese) to try it out and it said she made some mistakes.
affogarty on HNThis is a very cool to have! Thanks for putting the time to build it. For me it doesn't work very well. Even easy phrases like 他很忙 get transcribed completely random "ma he yu".…
redleader55 on HN
Requests
Support for other languages
From 3 comments
I wish this were available for more languages! It would also be neat to estimate the native language of the speaker, given their pronunciation of the target language, and propose…
alexandermorgan on HNNice! I need something similar for english now
martianlantern on HNThis is amazing, if you feel like opening an entire language to being learned more easily.. Farsi is a VERY overlooked language, my wife/her family speak it but it's so difficult…
jellojello on HN
Release inference and training code
From 2 comments
Any plans on releasing the inference/training code?
jainaayush05 on HNVery cool ! Will you make the source available as well?
mentalgear on HN
Desktop or mobile version
From 1 comment
This is fantastic. Been looking for a way to get feedback on my pronunciation since I came back from Shanghai and haven't been seeing native speakers every day. Is there any plan…
ctkhn on HN
Questions
How the model was trained and on what data
From 2 comments
Super interesting project. Curious about the data collection - did you record yourself, use existing datasets, or both? I've been thinking about building something similar for…
kris_builds on HNCool. Would love a write up about how you did it if you have time
victorbjorklund on HN
Whether Cantonese is supported
From 1 comment
How difficult would it be to adapt this to Cantonese? It is a surprisingly difficult language to learn. It has more tones than Mandarin plus comparatively less access to learning…
stuxnet79 on HN
Alternatives named
Azure Speech Studio
From 1 comment
Have you tried the Azure Speech Studio? I wonder how your custom model compares to this solution. I played around with python scripts for the same purpose. The AI gives feedback…
cocoa19 on HN