Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making noise

Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by themanmaran on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:12PM (#50341020)

Yea in one of the further Ender's Game novels they talk about this tech a lot for characters silently mumbling to the AI.

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by spiderice on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:34PM (#50342390)

CMD+F Ender

That's exactly where my mind went. Something I've wanted ever since I read that book a couple decades ago.

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by viraptor on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:11PM (#50344632)

If I remember the details correctly, the AI-like entity optimised the communication to subvocal, but his wife felt disconnected, noticed him turned away in bed whispering to the AI.

There's some lesson there...

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by Infiniti20 on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:57PM (#50346046)

Which of the books is this? I only ever read the first

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by viraptor on Monday November 02, 2026 @07:43PM (#50346430)

It's from Xenocide. It was between Ender and Novinha.

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by throwaway27448 on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:06PM (#50346647)

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by joshgachnang on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:36PM (#50341414)

Ahhhh exactly! I've wanted this since I was a kid and read those books.

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by flanbiscuit on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:24PM (#50345609)

I had forgotten about that!

My first thoughts was Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

You can read the whole thing for free on his website: https://craphound.com/down/Cory_Doctorow_-_Down_and_Out_in_t...

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by garrettgarcia on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:33PM (#50345747)

I've been wanting to have a subvocal interface to a voice assistant ever since reading about Ender talking to the AI Jane as a kid. After Alexa came out, I encouraged my employer to develop the technology, but they didn't. I'm so happy to see people are working on this finally! Scott Card was a prophet.

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