| Fantastic execution and concept, well done! Some things I noticed: The transcription shows in real time, and shows in one of 3 colors. This must have been very tricky to implement and is implemented well, however, I find it distracting and it breaks me out of a natural flow of speaking. Similarly the recording widget itself at the bottom is overly complex. Does it even need to be there at all? Can’t it be one/two buttons, and more embedded into the chat flow? When I start recording, it changes into a similar but also complex widget with two ways to delete all spoken so far and a back button that doesn’t work. There’s also a black widget that shows up when speaking english that I assume is following some unsaid convention aimed at aiding the user. Then there is karaoke mode? Way too complex, you can whittle this all down to two buttons: record and help/hint. Sometimes (often) I didn’t know what to say but a hint might have helped. Finally there is no end state, do I just press back when all the objectives are done? Edit: the topics of conversation can be quite… exotic > Alex is visiting the zoo when he notices an animal missing from its enclosure. Sam, the zookeeper, needs help finding it. Are the conversations themselves being generated by AI? I think the topics should be centered around things that happen in daily life. |
I use Deepgram for voice recognition, and these three colors are the confidence score.
> Similarly the recording widget itself at the bottom is overly complex
It also supports text input if you click the hand emoji on the right side
> Sometimes (often) I didn’t know what to say but a hint might have helped
Yon can click on "Suggest" in such case
> Are the conversations themselves being generated by AI
They are, they were like that at first, but I decided to spice things up every n-th conversation to make things less boring
Also, the main part of the app is the Friends section where you can chat with friends, bots, or just join the "Show HN" chat where everyone can chat in the language of their choice and the communication will be enhanced and translated in every language that participants use