Build your own talking assistant with todos

by ojschwa • 1 year ago

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ojschwa• 1 year ago

Do you have an idea for a voice-powered app? I can't stop having them.

- Imagine an app that reads recipes aloud while you're cooking - Or one that helps manage your daily to-do list - Or even one that gives you local weather reports

All while using your voice – and because it can talk, you don't even need to see it!

Building a voice-operated app is tricky – here's a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b61UaIpUbiE) of me at Atlassian explaining all the steps. You need to handle speech-to-text, voice activity detection, and text-to-speech. Everything needs to be fast and properly visualized for the user.

https://tinytalkingtodos.com/ is a workbench for creating voice-operated to-do lists that can talk back to you. It's a great way to mock up an app experience and test your idea. Here's how it works:

1. Select from over 25 templates in the app 2. Use the built-in code assistant to customize the template for your specific needs and desired look/feel 3. Write a system prompt for the assistant so it understands how your list should work

That's it! You can start capturing whatever you like. The app allows you to share your list with up to 5 people, and the contents sync instantly across all your devices. I think it's a great tool to help you experiment with multimodal AI and I hope you try it out.

Build your own talking assistant with todos

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