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is this the support group for people building speech-to-text apps?

I built https://yakki.ai

No regrets so far! XP

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @12:54AM (#47304997)
I am working on https://yakki.ai, a Mac dictation app. I have started expanding what the users can do with it, for the moment you can record your meetings and get insights and notes. I am considering where to take it from here! competition is fierce, so I am focusing on making it better and to serve specific users that provide feedback.

Show HN: Yakki.ai – Say it. Ship it. Increase your output with your voice

https://yakki.ai

I built a macOS menu bar app for capturing and leveraging the audio you produce/generate.Hold fn, talk, release, your text appears wherever your cursor is. Transcription runs on-device using local models, works offline, and nothing leaves your machine if you do not want to.I wanted a faster dictation app that was put me in control, but also let me do things like recording my meetings without...

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It is the obvious answer, I agree. But if your main source of income is at risk, there is a lot of uncertainty around standing up. Even if you think it is right.
Thanks for the advice, I said the same thing. They are scared and thinking about giving up and bending to the request. I had hopes on someone providing some argument convincing enough as to consider fighting this (unreasonable request from my humble point of view).
I am actually surprised as well. It is because the handler sounds like “wikipedia”, but it includes a bad word (not in English though)
It looks amazing, congratulations guys!
Re:Customer retention lessons from a $6T industry on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:53PM (#25650138)
Tips and take aways if you are building your customer retention strategy. Some lessons and exercises I hope you find useful. I'd really appreciate some feedback on how to improve it. Thank you, guys
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017) on Saturday September 02, 2017 @02:26PM (#15157442)
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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2016) on Monday August 01, 2016 @11:31AM (#12203148)
SEEKING WORK - Remote (London based) Badass designer who happens to care about the code. I excel at fort-end design, bootstrap and css that looks and feel great to work with. I have experience prototyping and designing experiences, working with github and remote teams. Looking for cool projects.

Contact and check for my work at http://www.belileo.com/EN/ or my linkedin profile (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bel%C3%A9n-g%C3%B3mez/5b/28a/313)

There is also a "JOBS" section. If they are not protecting the confidentiality of the potential candidates, well, they are not making any favour to the startups or their business.