Remind
AI
personal memory assistant
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How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Idea: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for recalling meetings and media work
From 2 comments
This is a godsend for people who work with media projects.
vagrantJin on HNI use an app like this that I built myself. It's great to recap yesterdays work for a standup, or the previous month for a retro. Those are my most regular usages of it, but…
wingerlang on HN
Open source and local is a selling point
From 1 comment
Technically Recall (Windows) and Rewind (Mac) are also both self-hosted and don't run on the cloud, but this one is open-source, I think that would be a bigger selling point.
samspenc on HN
Objections
'First' claim is wrong and hyperbolic
From 4 comments
It's definitely not the first, that's kind of a weird and also fundamentally hard to prove claim. Also, I'm still not entirely sure why this is any better than other solutions.…
junon on HNUnfortunately, you're missing the prior art of writing things down, which predates your "invention" by something like 5000 years.
fake-name on HNFirst?!
yahoobing on HNThis still doesn’t address the claim that ‘first’ is wrong, and that sort of hyperbole, if wrong, is quite off-putting. If this is really ‘quite promising compared to…
eynsham on HN
Landing page lacks information and sounds like spyware
From 1 comment
It's definitely not the first, that's kind of a weird and also fundamentally hard to prove claim. Also, I'm still not entirely sure why this is any better than other solutions.…
junon on HN
Copied website design from Linear or looks generic
From 2 comments
Why did you clone Linear’s website?
flappyeagle on HNThis site looks like so many other software sites these days. It’s a trend.
chambored on HN
Unclear why it is better than Rewind
From 2 comments
It's definitely not the first, that's kind of a weird and also fundamentally hard to prove claim. Also, I'm still not entirely sure why this is any better than other solutions.…
junon on HNNot to sound rude, but isn't this exactly what Rewind.ai does since a couple of years?
derN3rd on HN
Requests
Clarify whether it records continuously or only during speech
From 1 comment
Does this record audio the whole time or does it start logging when someone starts talking? My own tests with whisper have average transcription accuracy at best, I mostly want…
interstice on HN
Better audio transcription accuracy
From 1 comment
Does this record audio the whole time or does it start logging when someone starts talking? My own tests with whisper have average transcription accuracy at best, I mostly want…
interstice on HN
Questions
Does it record audio all the time or only when talking?
From 1 comment
Does this record audio the whole time or does it start logging when someone starts talking? My own tests with whisper have average transcription accuracy at best, I mostly want…
interstice on HN
Why is this needed in daily life?
From 1 comment
Exactly why do I need this technology in my life?
animanoir on HN
Alternatives named
Rewind.ai
From 2 comments
Not to sound rude, but isn't this exactly what Rewind.ai does since a couple of years?
derN3rd on HNThe company behind Rewind has pivoted, maybe bc of the Microsoft announcement; they aren’t going to improve the product. While it was always locally-stored, at least some of the…
threecheese on HN
Microsoft Recall
From 2 comments
Wow, it must have been pretty intense feelings seeing Microsoft reveal exactly the same thing that you've been working on for months. Would you like to share what you experienced…
protoman3000 on HNTechnically Recall (Windows) and Rewind (Mac) are also both self-hosted and don't run on the cloud, but this one is open-source, I think that would be a bigger selling point.
samspenc on HN