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Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by leobg on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:08PM (#40907180)
So who made this? Vercel? I know this is being posted by the Vercel CEO. Did you “commission” this as an ad? Or was it maybe built by a customer, and you helped him get visibility? What’s the story?

I take it that Show HN is not just about the creation but also about the creator and the journey behind what’s being shown.

Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by nickoates on Monday July 08, 2024 @02:19PM (#40907838)
Hi - I'm the developer who built this with Guillermo. We started an open source org (ai-ng) to play around with ideas that use cutting-edge AI products.

I'm 16, and have only been programming for a few years, so it's a good opportunity for me to learn a lot about web development and engineering.

Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by leobg on Monday July 08, 2024 @03:40PM (#40908750)
Congrats! I wish I would have coded like that when I was 16. Tipping my hat!
Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by vaasuu on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:37PM (#40907448)
Looking at the git repo (https://github.com/ai-ng/swift), it was made by some web developer, not Vercel. Likely OP (Vercel CEO) just made a mistake posting it as a "Show HN".
Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by Rauchg on Monday July 08, 2024 @02:25PM (#40907913)
I've been acting mostly as the 'ideas guy' and helping with the architecture / QA. It's a great way for me to dogfood Vercel and build empathy as a user in an external org, using external services.
Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by leobg on Monday July 08, 2024 @03:45PM (#40908801)
Thank you for clarifying, Guillermo.
Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by cchance on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:57PM (#40907625)
What i learned today is that elevenlabs has some serious competition from cartesia... like WOW
Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by kabirgoel on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @02:06PM (#40919083)
Thanks for the shoutout! We're very excited about how this space is evolving and are working on new features and perf improvements to support experiences like this.
Re:Show HN: A fast OSS voice assistant by jasonjmcghee on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:15PM (#40907247)
https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with.

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> The project must be something you've worked on personally and which you're around to discuss.

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OP doesn't spam Show HN or anything, so probably worth giving the benefit of the doubt. If it doesn't comply they'll probably realize and fix it.