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Re:Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb by fragmede on Sunday July 19, 2026 @02:59AM (#48965609)
During cycling! Do you have a phone mount on your bike that you use while biking or is it all in-ear?
Re:Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb by arend321 on Sunday July 19, 2026 @03:33AM (#48965748)
I have my phone in my pocket, no screen interaction is required. I use a headset (Shokz OpenComm2) with wind muff (when cycling). I made an Android app that listens for codex turn-complete or intermediate updates and plays them back to me. My answer is transcribed and pasted back to the relevant codex (tmux) session on the server (which I can select by voice) a tiny layer helps with things like /new, /plan, answer selection, etc.
Re:Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb by fragmede on Monday July 20, 2026 @06:08AM (#48976656)
I'd love to hear more about it!
Re:Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb by arend321 on Monday July 20, 2026 @11:14AM (#48980040)
I'm still wondering if this is something the big AI companies will come out with tomorrow, if it has business potential (it's extremely niche I think) or if I should put it on GitHub and build a community around it. This is what the Android app looks like: https://imgur.com/a/qy8B2gt https://imgur.com/a/C0eTPyn
Re:Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb by cafebabbe on Sunday July 19, 2026 @03:16AM (#48965677)
... I cannot think of an activity less suitable for coding (except scuba diving)

I would die In minutes

Re:Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb by arend321 on Sunday July 19, 2026 @04:17AM (#48965967)
Think long winding, quiet, dedicated cycling roads in forested areas and natural parks. Not busy roads shared with cars and lorries.