Project Maya
Infrastructure
assistive communication app
SHOW HN2012
88points
43comments
#255of 1,677 in 2012
Top 16%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good cause that helps people communicate
From 3 comments
This post has restored some of my faith in humanity. The world of software... no, screw that, the ENTIRE WORLD would be a better place with more people like you guys in :)
Tim-Boss on HNAppreciate what you guys are doing. Tested it out on Samsung Galaxy note running ICS. Quick feedback: The application detected that I was a first time user and injected some…
deepGem on HNGreat project, I +1 this. I was looking into hacking google translate myself, but failed, or perhaps did not spend enough time. Can you guys post a code on how to tap into word…
joering2 on HN
Objections
Patent infringement risk from the soundboard design
From 3 comments
I juist found the patent that speakforyourself is infringing on: http://news.priorsmart.com/semantic-compaction-systems-v-speak-for-yourself-l5vv/#pat-5920303 Basically, anyone…
SchizoDuckie on HNAre we infringing on any patents yet? Don't even think of looking, and sing loudly with your fingers in your ears if anyone tries to inform you. Otherwise you are willfully…
ktizo on HNForget patent infringement. No company is ready to deal with the storm of bad press for sueing a project like this.
brittohalloran on HN
HTML5 audio is poor on tablets and mobile
From 2 comments
Lalo.li is awesome, but unfortunately, you're using WebWorkers and TypedArrays, that's too high-tech for tablets. Also, this would require loading a waveform on a tablet from a…
SchizoDuckie on HNI believe you should be using MOAI for this: http://getmoai.com/ The reason is that its a high-performance cross-platform tool that can be used to target Android, iOS, NaCl…
primitur on HN
Grid buttons cannot be unclicked and scrolling fails in some browsers
From 2 comments
You are cool people. Right now the grid buttons can't be unclicked, it seems (on a Galaxy Note/Android 4.0.3 here). Is that intentional? I can't scroll either. I assume a reset…
creamyhorror on HNGreat Idea, visting your frontend2.com-site, I encountered, that I am not able to scroll in Chrome and that I am not able to activate a sound twice. So "give me more and more"…
sdoering on HN
Requests
Use MOAI or another cross-platform toolkit instead of HTML5
From 1 comment
I believe you should be using MOAI for this: http://getmoai.com/ The reason is that its a high-performance cross-platform tool that can be used to target Android, iOS, NaCl…
primitur on HN
Publish milestones and tasks on GitHub
From 1 comment
Really nice initiative, When you have some free time, do you mind organizing some milestones and tasks on github so random people can help without being active on the project? I…
hk_kh on HN
Package as apk or ipa
From 1 comment
You are cool people. Right now the grid buttons can't be unclicked, it seems (on a Galaxy Note/Android 4.0.3 here). Is that intentional? I can't scroll either. I assume a reset…
creamyhorror on HN
Questions
Whether using the project is legal under patents
From 2 comments
I +1 both answers. I am sorry, shame on me I should have research bit more! side note: any idea in this Maya project or others, is it against the law to use those in your non- or…
joering2 on HNI disagree. I'm in Europe. US patents do not affect me, or my code, no matter what the US law writes. Whatever happens when you try to install it, use it, or modify it on US soil…
SchizoDuckie on HN
Which free hosted bug tracker to use
From 1 comment
Here is a list of tasks I have setup for this project for myself (I'm one of the engineers working on): -List of milestones/tasks so other people can work on this as well -SCM…
kirinan on HN
Alternatives named
Speak for Yourself (SfY)
From 2 comments
This is great (and I'm glad you are doing something practical to help), but I was wondering if you have reached out to Maya's family to see if this tool you are building will fit…
huxley on HNI juist found the patent that speakforyourself is infringing on: http://news.priorsmart.com/semantic-compaction-systems-v-speak-for-yourself-l5vv/#pat-5920303 Basically, anyone…
SchizoDuckie on HN
MOAI
From 1 comment
I believe you should be using MOAI for this: http://getmoai.com/ The reason is that its a high-performance cross-platform tool that can be used to target Android, iOS, NaCl…
primitur on HN
Lalo.li in-browser speech synthesis
From 1 comment
cool project now another approach: you could produce all the wav-s in-browser. see my (100% open source) mvp at http://lalo.li/ - yeah, you would need to do a lot of…
franze on HN