Biden-Trump Speeches Search
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political speech search
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Biden-Trump Speeches Search
A site to compare Presidential Candidates speeches side-by-side
biden-trump-speeches-search.typesense.org#political speeches#presidential candidates#speech search#side-by-side comparison
How HN took it
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Clean, fast, relevant UI
From 3 comments
Very nice, clean, fast and relevant. There is the concept of an “interlinear”, text inserted in between lines of an existing text, usually translations but not always. The…
onecommentman on HNPretty clean website! One concern I have is the comparison of speeches made relatively far apart. References to Covid in March are going to be pretty dated when compared to…
sosodev on HNExcellent start! Can't wait for V2.
RayK243 on HN
Useful resource with good execution
From 2 comments
Thanks for taking on board the feedback. It's a really helpful resource - thanks for building it :)
benjaminjosephw on HNAwesome tool, Jason!
csteubs on HN
Objections
Typo correction returns misleading results for absent terms
From 2 comments
I searched for “crypto”, and it reports 34 results, but all of them seem to be creative ideas about which other words I might have misspelled, like “crystal”, “creator” or…
tobr on HNThat's a misleading feature. If you search "Climate" for example, it's helpful to know that one candidate has a lot more to say than the other. Instead, you're filling the…
benjaminjosephw on HN
Covers less than half of candidates
From 1 comment
It covers less than 50% of the candidates, so is not really complete, but is a good effort. In any case, facts say more than speeches. Politicians just say that their public is…
pvaldes on HN
Speeches from different contexts skew comparison
From 1 comment
This is a great UI, but the quality of the results will depend on the selection bias of the inputs. For example, if you used rally speeches for one side, vs prepared speeches for…
etwigg on HN
Requests
Add more candidates and races
From 1 comment
Would you be interested in expanding this to other candidates (like those in other races, running for Vice President, or nominated by other parties)? Would it add significantly…
boogies on HN
Show no-results state and support search operators
From 1 comment
You should definitely at least indicate "no references found" and maybe respect common search engine flags like quotes, minus to exclude words specifically, etc.
rtkwe on HN
Clarify two-column layout alignment
From 1 comment
Is there any sense to the alignments across the row? or are they just all chronologically ordered or something. Ah just noticed the `Recent Fist`, `Oldest First`. So it's two…
jxramos on HN
Questions
Where the speeches came from
From 1 comment
Where did you get the speeches from?
1024core on HN
Corpus selection bias
From 1 comment
This is a great UI, but the quality of the results will depend on the selection bias of the inputs. For example, if you used rally speeches for one side, vs prepared speeches for…
etwigg on HN
Alternatives named
Rev transcripts
From 1 comment
I’m not certain exactly what to look for, but ducking “«nominee name» speech transcript” for each of the top three…
boogies on HN
mytake.org presidential debates search
From 1 comment
This is a great UI, but the quality of the results will depend on the selection bias of the inputs. For example, if you used rally speeches for one side, vs prepared speeches for…
etwigg on HN