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I built Thok because I missed the sound of a mechanical keyboard when working on a MacBook. A few things I cared about:

– It’s 296 KB and lives in the menu bar. – It runs in the App Sandbox with no network entitlement at all. No accounts, no analytics, no update checks. – It needs Input Monitoring, but only reads physical key codes, not characters, to pick and position a sound. Nothing is stored. – Each keystroke is panned across your audio output to roughly where the key sits on the built-in keyboard.

$0.99 on the Mac App Store, macOS 14+, Apple Silicon.Happy to answer questions about how it works.

Re:Talk a stranger for fun or everything else on Sunday April 26, 2026 @02:27AM (#47907896)
One click. One stranger. One good time.
Re:Ask HN: How many messaging apps do you use? on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @04:52AM (#13372857)
Yes we love it. We have been using zoro.im for business for almost 8 months now as a replacement of Skype.
Re:iPhone 7 screen scratch easily? on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @11:40PM (#13371798)
Also when I approached Apple about it , they said it's a cosmetic issue and they cannot help.

But actual issue may be poor build quality or defective glass

Re:Are WhatsApp group a real pain? on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @11:13PM (#13371692)
Very true, even exiting is a pain

iPhone 7 screen scratch easily?

iPhone 7 screen seems to be of bad quality, it scraches on very normal use, I see many scratches just within a month.I switched from Nexus 6P to iPhone 7 , my Nexus didn't even have a single scratch after a year's use

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Re:Ask HN: How many messaging apps do you use? on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @10:04AM (#13365275)
We use zoro.im at out work
Everyone loves open source. But truth has to be spoken out loud. Very Very Well said

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