benwasser.com voice-controlled site
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SHOW HN2014
24points
11comments
#1,128of 2,272 in 2014
Top 50%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Execution: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool and brilliant idea
From 2 comments
This is brilliant! One feature request though: It'd be cool if the microphone icon toggled the voice recognition, rather than simply enabling it. I couldn't figure out if there…
yoshokatana on HNCool, I like it. I'm not a native English speaker, but it worked for me better than Siri :) How many predefined answers do you have?
onuryavuz on HN
Works better than Siri for a non-native speaker
From 1 comment
Cool, I like it. I'm not a native English speaker, but it worked for me better than Siri :) How many predefined answers do you have?
onuryavuz on HN
Objections
Works only in Chrome
From 1 comment
This is cool and all, but it's another Chrome only site. You might as well have another desktop app that I have to download. Why isn't there support for other major, Modern…
maccard on HN
Only one question works before reload on Chrome Mac
From 1 comment
So it only lets me ask one question on chrome mac, then i have to reload the page. great idea btw. I wondered instantly if this could be turned into a service.
brianbreslin on HN
Requests
Mic icon should toggle recognition on and off
From 1 comment
This is brilliant! One feature request though: It'd be cool if the microphone icon toggled the voice recognition, rather than simply enabling it. I couldn't figure out if there…
yoshokatana on HN
Turn it into a service
From 1 comment
So it only lets me ask one question on chrome mac, then i have to reload the page. great idea btw. I wondered instantly if this could be turned into a service.
brianbreslin on HN
Questions
How many predefined answers exist
From 1 comment
Cool, I like it. I'm not a native English speaker, but it worked for me better than Siri :) How many predefined answers do you have?
onuryavuz on HN
Alternatives named
wit.ai
From 1 comment
Very interesting Ben! Did you have a look at https://wit.ai ? It's an API that encapsulates both speech rec and semantic interpretation.
ar7hur on HN
Siri
From 1 comment
Cool, I like it. I'm not a native English speaker, but it worked for me better than Siri :) How many predefined answers do you have?
onuryavuz on HN