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Transcribe.cpp 4 days ago

I run the same, if you want try a simple filter post transcription to remove them, and while you're at it add some simple word replacements like 'cloud MD' to 'CLAUDE.MD'

Anyone else feel like they're going insane sometimes?

It's so simple, everyone on HN knows this, but I want to scream at every non-technical person "these tools are not reliable! You can't trust them!"

They are so useful but the failure modes need to be hammered into everyone at the very start of each onboarding.

It would be totally rational as a layperson to just ignore AI and just check in every few months to ask "is it reliable yet".

The big thing for me is the TTS, custom UI and persistent background mode! ie it switches turns automatically etc, no need to touch screen or keep screen on.

The STT on Gboard is very solid, so if that covers your use case you're good!

The biggest difference is that mine is audio-first - it reads everything out over Android tts by default, and runs a computer-side parakeet + Silero VAD server for transcription (My eyes struggle with small screens, though I use it text only occasionally). It's like a voice assistant but with Claude Code. I also made a custom GUI the with shortcuts and stuff, making saying "end conversation" actually end the conversation etc.

Maybe something similar can be done with tmux still, I'm definitely going to explore it

This sucks. I use Claude -p over tailscale to code over voice when I’m on the go for accessibility reasons, and most of the time I do the same while at the computer. Running through $200 in API pricing takes no time. Oh well, time to switch providers I guess.

Claude voice mode has come a long way! I'd say it's smarter than CGPT AVM last time i tried it.

But personally I've settled on just speaking to the slower models over a custom tts app, I find it being instant was not actually that important, and in the silence I find myself marinating in the discussion more anyway

DeepSeek v4 3 months ago

I a European who spent the last decade in America and I'm not sure I'd call Americans privileged compared to Europe. With money being the one means you have to be treated well in society, comparing it to Europe, America feels like the hunger games. Want healthcare (ie surviving)? Healthy food? To own your house? Welcome to the games

ChatGPT Images 2.0 3 months ago

I used to think like what you describe, but I've fallen on the side of "art is just more emotionally resonant human communication". And most of the time human communication with more effort and thought behind it. AI art falls short on both being human and, on average, having more effort or thought behind it than your general interaction at the supermarket.

I will say, it can be emotionally resonant though - but it's a borrowed property from the perception of human communication and effort that made the art the models were trained on.

Asked Opus 4.7 to extend an existing system today. After thorough exploration and a long back and forth on details it came up with a plan. Then proceeded to build a fully parallel, incompatible system from scratch with the changes I wanted but everything else incompatible and full of placeholders

For many it's not about the children. For many it is.

I haven't made my mind up on this topic, but Jesus, the comments here strawmanning everyone who supports this kind of thing as disingenuous or worse... Wow.

I'm not sure how we make any corner of the internet usable within the next few years without verification given all the misinfo, bots & AI slop anyway.