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drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far

Did you struggle in convincing people to share their account details with an unknown startup? What if you are fraudster and not a real company?

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Why Is Email Your Achilles’ Heel?

you are spot on - I agree, there is limited trust atm. What could this little "outfit" do to convince you to try its services?

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Thanks for letting us know - we've realised we were unclear with our initial correction: the modal that asks for mic permission and explains that all audio processing is done in-browser now only appears when 'Record' is pressed, so users can check out the rest of the website.

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

OK, could we please ask - did you access the website before we made the changes? If so - have you tried clearing your browser cache?

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

The website only works in Chrome or Opera at the moment - this may be what is causing you problems. Potentially yes - we are starting with Mandarin because it's such a popular language to learn. What other languages would you like to see?

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Thanks for the feedback! We now let you view the the page and only ask for microphone access when you press the 'record' button.

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Hi, thanks for bringing that to our attention. We will work on it. We would like to work towards giving people feedback on whole sentences. We plan to work on 2-syllable words first.

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Hi, do you remember what the Windows-based software was called, by any chance? Was it PRAAT?

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Hi, yes the classifier needs some improving. We expect that it would be much more difficult to make an accurate classifier for Cantonese, although we could make a website which presents Cantonese words/phrases and lets you see your (and the teacher's) pitch contour. Would that be of interest?

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Hi, yes, unfortunately the classifier is not very good at the moment. We will work on improving it.

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Hi, yes unfortunately at the moment the classifier can be quite inaccurate sometimes, especially if your microphone is catching some background noise. We will work on improving this.

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Thanks for the feedback! We've done just that.

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Thanks for the feedback! We didn't realise this would pose such a problem. We've updated the website so it asks for microphone permission after people press the 'Record' button.

drastorguev | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation

Helping mandarin learners practice the tones in their own time without the need for a private tutor to correct them. Record yourself speaking in-browser, and get instant feedback: pitch contour and what tone that sounded like. Any feedback welcome!