mikob | 3 months ago | on: Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain
Would love to have these go to my Tana or another PKM. Will that be possible or will it have to go to the Pebble app?
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mikob | 3 years ago | on: BorgBackup: Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption
How does this compare to rsnapshot?
mikob | 4 years ago | on: Roskomsvoboda statement on foreign companies’ sanctions against Russians [pdf]
They've had open access to the internet until now and look where we've gotten. Having open access to the internet was not convincing enough Russians to condemn their government. So maybe getting people inconvenienced enough to show them the world condemns their actions is a better shot.
mikob | 4 years ago | on: Roskomsvoboda statement on foreign companies’ sanctions against Russians [pdf]
If it would help them, they would've done it themselves. They've already taken out Twitter and Facebook without any hesitation.
mikob | 4 years ago | on: MasterCard suspends all services in Russia
The subjects are the ones in the best position to get rid of Putin. And in a way the subjects are responsible for their leader. Many are fine with the status quo and sitting comfortably at home while Ukrainians are in refugee camps.
mikob | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is there no high quality method for voice control of a PC?
We can choose what's best based for the task at hand. In the same way most people don't use the mouse to click an online keyboard, most people won't use voice control to type WASD in-game.
Dictation, for instance, is an easy-win for voice input. Clicking buttons can be more convenient with voice when we're talking to Smart TVs or, perhaps, if our hands have pizza grease all over them and we don't want to touch the keyboard.
mikob | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is there no high quality method for voice control of a PC?
You're limiting your thinking to the paradigm of visual interfaces paired with a mouse and keyboard. When all you have is a hammer...
Here's some examples where bandwidth and latency wins with speech:
1. "Play here comes the sun" vs. opening spotify, waiting, clicking the search box, typing here comes the sun, pressing enter, waiting, scanning the page and clicking the right song.
2. "Send email to John asking him if he would like to Play golf" vs. opening Gmail, waiting, clicking compose, start typing john, click the right email, tab to subject... etc.
There are cases where keyboard and mouse input is better... e.g. editing text, graphics production and editing, etc.. But certainly not in "almost all tasks" as you say. I think speech is the 3rd big computer interface that complements the mouse and keyboard and will make computers more productive and convenient for everyone regardless if you have a disability.
mikob | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is there no high quality method for voice control of a PC?
I too noticed that Dragon is trash (2.2/5 rating on the Chrome Webstore, yikes) I've been working on one that's purpose-built for the web. Most software today is moving towards the web, so that's where we narrowly focus. It works everywhere (including HN, Reddit, YouTube, Gmail... even Duolingo)
You can DL it here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lipsurf-voice-cont...
mikob | 4 years ago | on: Launch HN: Heimdal (YC S21) – Carbon neutral cement
Sounds promising! I have noticed companies with environmental impact have disproportionately more success in crowd-funding. Many non-institutional investors (like myself) put their money in ideas that are good for the world - almost like charity. Perhaps you will consider raising funds and spreading the word using a crowd-funding site such as https://www.startengine.com/explore
mikob | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's a trend you've noticed that others in your field seem unaware of?
I'll start it off: crowdfunding (eg startengine.com) so anyone can invest in startups instead of traditional VC to an exclusive group of investors "in the club".
mikob | 5 years ago | on: Why Robinhood disabled buys but not sells
Also, if cash were the issue, why limit only “meme stocks” why not limit stock buying across the board to prevent manipulation?
mikob | 5 years ago | on: Firefox Voice
Never saw yours before, but I discovered "Handsfree for Web" a few months after I started - and thought he had ripped mine off. But I no longer think so. Yes, seems like many commands are the same. Shame that so much wheel reinvention is going on. One thing that makes LipSurf "special" is the deep integration with sites. I wanted to use Duolingo, Reddit, HN and some others more with voice - so they get special plugins. Doing Duolingo with voice is a game changer for language learning - and if it weren't for usecases like that I would have likely lost interest like you long ago.
mikob | 5 years ago | on: Firefox Voice
I've been working on this exact thing for Chrome the last 3 years: https://www.lipsurf.com Anyone can make an open source plugin for it to do anything with voice (https://github.com/LipSurf/plugins)
I've wanted to port it to Firefox, but the HTML5 SpeechRecognition API (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechRecog...) is still not available. Why not just make the API available and leave this in addon territory for all developers?
mikob | 5 years ago | on: Chrome killed my extension and won’t tell me why
You can easily see for yourself on the twitter thread that is linked in the article. There's also this tweet for context: https://twitter.com/DotProto/status/1273824813270700038?s=20
They thought we weren't using the TTS permission, but we are.
mikob | 6 years ago | on: On Voice Coding
I have a free Chrome Extension that let's you control the browser via voice: https://www.lipsurf.com
Rest is ultimately the best way to prevent hand injuries and since I spend most of my time in Chrome, this extension lets me do it hands free.
mikob | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Editing and Email Accssibility for Stroke Victim
I'm working on a Chrome Extension that lets you open tabs, navigate pages, click links, dictate emails etc. on the web using voice-control: https://www.lipsurf.com
Many of my users have motor control issues. Depending on the manner of the difficulty, I think this will be useful to you.
mikob | 6 years ago | on: Catalina voice control is disappointing
If you need voice control for Chrome, I hope you don't mind if I recommend a tool that I'm developing myself: https://www.lipsurf.com
It integrates deeply with websites - eg. there's even a HN plugin so you can say things like "upvote 1st" or "comments 3rd" on HN.
mikob | 6 years ago | on: Breaking Down the Chrome Web Store
It's not that simple. For example, this would break my accessibility Chrome Extension that lets users browse just using their voice (https://www.lipsurf.com)
mikob | 6 years ago | on: Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products
The extension can always listen- it has a wake-word just like Alexa, Siri et al. "hey LipSurf" in the premium version. It can be used on a media PC/TV, you would just need to setup your microphone to listen from wherever you sit or wear a wireless headset.
mikob | 6 years ago | on: Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products
If you're still looking for a good way to browse YouTube - I've made a Chrome extension that let's you browse the web using voice control - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lipsurf-voice-cont...
Hope this helps.
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