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Re:Microsoft in advanced talks to buy Nuance on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:51AM (#26776636)
Nuance acquired Swype and then shut it down.

Disclosure - I worked at Swype and was part of the acquisition.

https://www.theverge.com/2011/10/06/confirmed-nuance-acquire...

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/20/nuance-ends-development-of...

I hope this FAQ answers your questions and alleviates your concerns

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-live-captions...

Hi GEBBL, I'm the Principal Lead Program Manager behind live captions in Microsoft Teams. My team and I envisioned live captions for meetings and delivered in Microsoft Teams worldwide in Dec'19. We had built it to improve inclusivity because we saw a rise in remote meetings (we couldn't have predicted COVID). We are super glad and grateful to hear that live captions have been extremely helpful and useful to you. Thank you for choosing us. Please don't hesitate to share any further feedback or comments. Regards, Shalendra
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017) on Monday April 03, 2017 @04:39PM (#14026923)
Discuss.io| https://www.discuss.io | Seattle, WA| Full-time

At Discuss.io we are hiring a Senior UX Designer and Engineers. See job descriptions here https://www.discuss.io/careers/

Please feel free to apply on this page or email [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2016) on Thursday December 01, 2016 @07:51PM (#13085059)
Discuss.io | Seattle | Onsite | Full-Time | Front end | Back end| At Discuss.io, we provide on-demand qualitative consumer depth interviews and focus groups using webcams. We connect marketers, researchers, and brands to millions of consumers in 33 countries right from their laptop. We are looking for a front end engineers as well as back end engineers with expertise in PHP. Bonus points if you are familiar with WebRTC, FreeSWITCH, Plivo, and Twilio. Please see the job descriptions here - https://www.discuss.io/career/ We offer attractive salary and equity package depending upon your experience. If this sounds like a great fit, I would love to hear from you. Please send me a note along with your resume, linkedin, github link at [email protected] Thanks, Shalendra VP of Product and Marketing
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016) on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:20PM (#12407123)
Discuss.io | Seattle | Onsite | Full-Time | PHP| At Discuss.io, we provide on-demand qualitative consumer depth interviews and focus groups using webcams. We connect marketers, researchers, and brands to millions of consumers in 33 countries right from their laptop. We are looking for a senior back engineer with expertise in PHP. Bonus points if you are familiar with WebRTC, FreeSWITCH, Plivo, and Twilio. Please see the job description here - https://www.discuss.io/career/

We offer attractive salary and equity package depending upon your experience. If this sounds like a great fit, I would love to hear from you. Please send me a note along with your resume, linkedin, github link at [email protected] Thanks, Shalendra VP of Product and Marketing

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016) on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @06:44PM (#12214017)
Discuss.io | Seattle | Onsite | Full-Time | VoIP; WebRTC; Websocket; PHP|

At Discuss.io, we provide on-demand qualitative consumer depth interviews and focus groups using webcams. We connect marketers, researchers, and brands to millions of consumers in 33 countries right from their laptop.

We are looking for a senior back engineer with expertise in VoIP. If the words WebRTC, FreeSWITCH, Plivo, and Twilio make your heart skip a beat then we would love to hear from you.

Please see the job description here - http://www.geekwire.com/jobs/job/discuss-io-seattle-2-senior...

We offer attractive salary and equity package depending upon your experience. If this sounds like a great fit, I would love to hear from you. Please send me a note along with your resume, linkedin, github link at [email protected]

Thanks, Shalendra VP of Product and Marketing

Thank you, didn't realize it.

Show HN: Text-a-Pro, book home projects at flat-rate prices over SMS & Messenger

Hey HN, we are long time members of this community, and we’d love to share a new product we’re launching today called Text-a-Pro. The product is entirely messaging based, and allows homeowners to book trusted pros at flat-rate prices to get their home improvement projects done. We’re also the first to provide an end-to-end transaction on Facebook Messenger (and also by texting 776-776). We’ve...

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Re:Ask: A post on sites for launch on Thursday October 31, 2013 @07:45PM (#6650878)
Thank you pdm55.

Ask: A post on sites for launch

Hi:A few weeks ago someone had posted a list of websites useful for launching your startup. Unfortunately, I forgot to bookmark it and I'm unable to find that post. If someone recalls or knows about the post I'm talking about, I'll appreciate if you can please share the link.Thanks, Shalen

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Just sent an email, Jonathan. Thanks in advance!
Re:Clipboard goes beyond web clips on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @04:37PM (#4633798)
We are investigating. Thanks for reporting.
Re:Wolfram Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook on Thursday August 30, 2012 @05:04PM (#4456798)
getting this { "result" : "failure", "action" : "", "url" : "" }
Re:Clipboard officially open to the public on Thursday May 31, 2012 @03:22PM (#4049847)
Hi Sattiso, this is great feedback. I've noted your feature request for consideration in our future product roadmap.
Re:Clipboard officially open to the public on Thursday May 31, 2012 @12:03PM (#4048722)
Grumo Media, Vancouver BC. We had a great experience with Miguel and team. grumomediaDOTcom.
:-)
Hi tarr,

Mobile - we've recognized the need for a mobile app so it's on the future roadmap

Clipping UI - we have heard mostly positive feedback on the rectangular clipping box. You could also use your mouse wheel to select desired portion of the page to clip. Of course, this feature is not very discoverable (yet) but it does make it very easy to clip.

Your points on enhancing readability for text clips and light box are spot on. We have heard similar feedback in usability study and we will see what we can do to address it while maintaining overall consistency and design of our product.

Thanks for your feedback.

We have had requests for gravatar from other users too so we will consider it for our future product roadmap.
their clipboard username.
Thank you tuxguy. We currently don't have apps for iPhone and iPad but your feedback is certainly useful and we will consider it for our future product roadmap.
Hi tzury, we worked with Miguel at Grumo Media and had a great experience. They are based in Vancouver BC. grumomediaDOTcom/
Thanks for pointing this out. We made this typo and are fixing it soon.

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