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iPhone 17e 5 months ago

Great reference. It's a shame most people seeing this comment won't get it.

I think this was the whole point of the blog post. As someone else mentioned, this didn't have much to do with AI so referencing AI seems purely like an attempt to capture some eyes for publicity.

I'd actually say that _not_ using AI to prepare for an interview is mistake, putting you at a major disadvantage (and there are plenty of honest ways to use it).

I quit my job and depleted savings earlier this year to work on helping others overcome addictive habits and behaviors https://neurtureapp.com

Addiction is rampant right now, from social media and phones to vaping and beyond. People need access to science/research-based resources, not just a “sober” counter, which doesn’t apply to many people and is rarely helpful to those it applies to.

Working with a behavioral scientist and a clinical psychologist on the UX and content of the app at the moment but any thoughts, feedback, connections, or help would be amazing.

    Location: Boston, USA
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: React, React Native, Expo, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js
    Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H8s04K/view?usp=drive_link
    Email: bradydowling@gmail.com
    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling
Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including as a founder and a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with LLMs and AI, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.

What I particularly like about the Descript version (though it is overdone as mentioned) is that it reduces or eliminates the pesky S sounds and P sounds (called sibilances and plosives) that you get when you talk into a microphone and you're not perfectly distanced from it.

I haven't found another app that reduces or removes these.

SEEKING WORK | Boston | Remote

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects and work with LLMs and AI.

Skills: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo

Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H...

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Email: bradydowling@gmail.com

    Location: Boston, USA
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    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo
    Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H8s04K/view?usp=drive_link
    Email: bradydowling@gmail.com
    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling
Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with LLMs and AI, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.
    Location: Boston, USA
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: no
    Technologies: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo
    Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H8s04K/view?usp=drive_link
    Email: bradydowling@gmail.com
    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling
Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with AI chatbots, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.

There isn’t a shred of genuine human experience on that platform though.

I haven't read a more true thing about LinkedIn. Since launching my app (https://neurtureapp.com) on ProductHunt I've posted on their a couple times and each time I nauseate myself.

I'll also say that the fact that I can't comment or like something without LI telling the whole world makes me less likely to do those things. Maybe that's how all social media works, I wouldn't know though.

Location: Boston, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: React, React Native, JavaScript, Typescript, Next.js, Expo

Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E0fdbhWZRkSDc0jEK1er-GV4H4H...

Email: bradydowling@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bradydowling

Product focused senior software engineer/team lead with 9 years of experience, including a small startup acquisition by Amazon. Can lead and manage projects. Experience working with AI chatbots, publishing apps to the app/play store, and shipping services.

Since voice-to-text has gotten so good I've used it a lot more and also noticed how distracting and confusing it can be. Using Apple's dictation has a similar feel to this where you're constantly seeing something that's changing on the screen. It's kind of irritating and I don't really know what the solution is.

One suggestion I have here is to have at least two different sections of the UI. One part would be the actual document and the other would be the scratchpad. It seems like much of what you say would not actually make it into the document (edits, corrections, etc) so those would only be shown in the scratchpad. Once the editor has processed the text from the scratchpad then it can go into the document how it's supposed to. Having text immediately show up in the document as it's dictated is weird.

Your big challenge right now is just that STT is still relatively slow for this usecase. Time will be on your side in that regard as I'm sure you know.

Good luck! Voice is the future of a lot of the interactions we have with computers.