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I'm a college student with an early class (so I have to go to bed earlier than most people), and my dorm can be pretty loud, so I often sleep with earplugs. I didn't…",{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"7508673","Yeah, I sort of worry about legal and moral issues. I'd feel horrible if someone died in a fire or something while relying on my app. I want people view it as more of a backup…",{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"Deaf and hard-of-hearing people and sound sleepers","inferred",[66,69],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"7510286","Hey everyone, I really appreciate all of the positive feedback. This is quite thrilling as a college student. It's the first thing I've made that people actually understand and…",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},{"value":71,"source":72,"evidence":73},"$2.99","commenter",[74,78],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"7508803","sbjustin","This sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I think it's a great idea, but at 2.99 I don't think it's going to be profitable enough to take on the lawsuit risk.",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"7508842","beenpoor","Meaningful app. You are charging 2.99$ - but I still don't feel bad. It's a useful app and we need more of such apps, even though the price is > 0.99$.",{"value":83,"source":54,"evidence":84},"Maker wanted to ease worry about not waking to a fire while sleeping with earplugs",[85],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},[87],{"value":88,"source":54,"evidence":89},"iOS (iPhone)",[90,93],{"id":91,"by":11,"text":92},"7508806","Thanks! It uses around a quarter of your battery overnight. Maybe less. The ideal place is somewhere close to you, like under your pillow or in your pocket, but pillows and…",{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":98,"objections":121,"requests":153,"questions":197,"alternatives":217},[99,114],{"value":100,"source":72,"evidence":101},"Useful idea for deaf people and heavy sleepers",[102,106,110],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"7508580","fredleblanc","I'm not deaf, and I have virtually no experience building things specifically for those that are, but this seems like a great idea. Nice work!",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"7508868","ycmike","This is so useful. I am an extremely deep sleeper - when I do that is - who never hears his multiple alarms. God bless you.",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"7510864","roberthahn","As someone who's deaf (not Deaf) thank you for making it. Sadly, the vibration the iPhone makes isn't strong enough for me but this is an awesome idea and I hope you succeed with…",{"value":115,"source":72,"evidence":116},"Clear product page",[117],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"7512516","ggchappell","In light of a recent HN discussion on the incomprehensibility of many product pages and \"Show\" posts[1], I think it's worth noting that this is a very clear page that lets me…",[122,126,140,148],{"value":123,"source":72,"evidence":124},"Phone vibration too weak to wake deaf users",[125],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},{"value":127,"source":72,"evidence":128},"Not a substitute for certified fire alarms",[129,133,136],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"7510442","brudgers","In the US, visual alarms are pretty much standard under all the life safety codes for commercial buildings including apartments.[1] When they are not provided, both ADA and the…",{"id":134,"by":131,"text":135},"7511974","Not sleeping with one's iPhone is far more common, despite the belovedness of Apple products. In design terms an alarm strobe has removed everything unnecessary for its purpose…",{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"7513910","sfall","you are right that you don't see them on older building but there are a range of other off the shelf products that can integrate with a smoke detector, phone, doorbell to flash…",{"value":141,"source":72,"evidence":142},"Liability risk if it fails",[143,144],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"7508990","evan_","If it doesn't work and someone is injured or killed.",{"value":149,"source":72,"evidence":150},"Phone under pillow or in pocket may be muffled or not carried",[151,152],{"id":134,"by":131,"text":135},{"id":91,"by":11,"text":92},[154,165,175,190],{"value":155,"source":72,"evidence":156},"Android version",[157,161],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"7508725","thejosh","Awesome app, can see this coming in handy... you need to promote this and also have an android client before a clone comes out. :) How is the battery consumption if it runs in…",{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"7514443","befuddled","\"...listening out for loud and repetitive noises like fire alarms, and vibrates to wake you up when it hears anything similar\" Would that include dog barking? And do you plan to…",{"value":166,"source":72,"evidence":167},"Visual cue via camera flash",[168,172],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"7508871","andyhmltn","Great idea. OP: Why not allow the app to use the camera flash as well? I (am not deaf) would prefer to have it on my desk so it can actually listen rather than under a pillow…",{"id":173,"by":11,"text":174},"7510171","Thanks. Everyone seems to want a visual cue as well. I'll definitely look into using the flash!",{"value":176,"source":72,"evidence":177},"Support for wearable or Bluetooth vibration device",[178,182,186],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"7513366","cbhl","You may want to consider adding Pebble support -- vibrations on my wrist are way more noticeable than vibrations from my phone on my bed.",{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"7511212","ryanhuff","What about a specialized device that operates off of low energy bluetooth for communicating to the iphone? Something like this could be built with Arduino or Raspberry Pi. 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I noticed this as well; I'm definitely searching a way to make the vibration more noticeable. Someone else suggested abandoning the…",{"id":243,"by":11,"text":244},"7509169","Yeah, I think Nest is actually doing something similar with their smoke detector, which is great.",{"value":246,"source":72,"evidence":247},"Built-in iPhone LED flash alerts",[248],{"id":249,"by":250,"text":251},"7509159","dbloom","iOS has a built-in accessibility setting to flash the camera LED for alerts and calls: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnet.com\u002Fhow-to\u002Fios-5-tip-how-to-enable-led-flash-alerts\u002F (Anecdotally, I don't…",{"comments":253,"answered":18,"key":254},17,[255,258,259],{"id":256,"text":257},"7512979","I'm curious - can't doctors tell if people are asleep\u002Funconscious by shining light into the eye to look for dilation? Why wouldn't that also wake them? 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