Anno

Productivity

media feedback and annotation

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122points
32comments
#505of 2,570 in 2022
Top 20%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

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6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.

Idea: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for video and audio feedback, with YouTube and Loom integration

    From 2 comments
    • This looks very nice and the YouTube/Loom integration is very nice. What target user group are you aiming to serve? Given the number of video tools in the past two years, I find…
      rememberlenny on HN
    • I've been looking for desktop software to make comments/bookmarks on audio files for a while. Does anyone know something like this? VLC is inadequate and I'm tired of manually…
      shimonabi on HN
  • Good design

    From 2 comments
    • Very interesting and very good design! Which framework does the website use?
      chaosprint on HN
    • This looks very nice and the YouTube/Loom integration is very nice. What target user group are you aiming to serve? Given the number of video tools in the past two years, I find…
      rememberlenny on HN
  • Useful for educational video annotation

    From 1 comment
    • Annotation of Videos holds a great potential for Educational videos, especially those demonstrating machinery, surgical procedures, etc. I will be trying this out at our med…
      laxmin on HN

Objections

  • The name reads as offensive in Spanish

    From 2 comments
    • Just FYI, the word you selected for your startup reads exactly as "anus" for the Spanish speakers. If you plan to expand globally, you may want to take this into account.
      dunnun on HN
    • +1 Confirmed. I'm Latino and "bad name" came to mind when I saw the HN entry. Good luck with your project.
      vladsanchez on HN
  • Annotation drawing may be less used than text notes

    From 1 comment
    • Some time ago, I've build an MVP around the exact same idea (although without the audio tagging). It's also free to use, and can be found at https://proofing.io I can tell you up…
      avh3 on HN

Requests

  • Open source or integration options

    From 2 comments
    • Is it open source or are there plans to make it so? I'd be very interested how you do frame-accurate video annotations in the browser, as I found the currentTime attribute of…
      mzur on HN
    • Is it open source? If not, is there any way to integrate with you?
      idonov on HN
  • Desktop version

    From 2 comments
    • I've been looking for desktop software to make comments/bookmarks on audio files for a while. Does anyone know something like this? VLC is inadequate and I'm tired of manually…
      shimonabi on HN
    • I'm curious why you wouldn't want to use it on the web? And would you be interested in us shipping this with something like Tauri (https://tauri.studio)?
      cryogenicplanet on HN

Questions

  • Frame-accurate annotation in the browser

    From 1 comment
    • Is it open source or are there plans to make it so? I'd be very interested how you do frame-accurate video annotations in the browser, as I found the currentTime attribute of…
      mzur on HN
  • Usage metrics and impact

    From 1 comment
    • Hey OP great work. I’m curious on the metrics and statistics, how much of people that consume media, use annotation? How's the impact?
      rbarragan on HN

Alternatives named

  • SoundCloud timestamped comments

    From 1 comment
    • This reminds me a lot of SoundCloud's comments at a specific time in the audio, cool!
      mattrighetti on HN
  • Dropbox Replay

    From 1 comment
    • Recently came across Dropbox Replay which seems to target a similar user base. https://www.dropbox.com/replay
      nonoesp on HN
  • proofing.io

    From 1 comment
    • Some time ago, I've build an MVP around the exact same idea (although without the audio tagging). It's also free to use, and can be found at https://proofing.io I can tell you up…
      avh3 on HN
  • ELAN

    From 1 comment
    • https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan This is almost certainly overkill for what you're looking for since it's really intended for researchers (think linguistic transcriptions etc),…
      blipmusic on HN
  • Niconico

    From 1 comment
    • different cultures https://www.nicovideo.jp/ Description: A popular site where users can add floating comments above the video at specific times.…
      asiachick on HN

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