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saamerm

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About saamerm

Co-founder of BeAware Tech Enthusiast, Aspiring Ycombinator Startup Founder Reach out to me here: hi@deafassistant.com

Recent public activity

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    Show HN: How to Find the Highest-Paying Jobs Available on Y Combinator's Jobs

    Tired of not being able to filter based on salary range? I recently created a way to filter the job listings data by salary from YCombinator's job board since there’s no built-in o…

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    Show HN: Thanks to SMC, firefighters with iPhones can track stairs climbed (OSS)

    Hey HN! After months of work and over 1000 hours of research, design & development, I just released SMC, an open-source & free iPhone fitness game for firefighters, hikers, tower-r…

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    Show HN: Easy Steps to Implement Apple's GameCenter Leaderboard

    I wrote this article about why Apple's GameCenter is Making a Huge Revival and it got accepted in FreeCodeCamp's news so I thought of sharing it with you all! You can make iPhone g…

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    TonDone | Laravel/PHP Mid/Senior Developer/Engineer | REMOTE (USA) | Full-time ($75k-$120k) At TonDone ( https://tondone.com ), we believe in enhancing businesses with the most inn…

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    Thank you so much for your comment! Yes, that functionality is meant for people who aren't comfortable speaking or just mute. It would work perfectly for your case too! We want to …

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    I know!! I wish I had infinite time and money, so I could just build apps that would be useful for people! :) Please fill out the form on the website so if I get at least 100 inter…

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    @_ink_ it is definitely possible to add that feature too. I think our focus is on the 90% of uses, but is that something that would be helpful for you?

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    Comment #31315555

    @Vladimof thanks for your comment, it's an app for the deaf. Though a lidar object detection app for the blind would be awesome. Have you seen something like that already?

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    Comment #31313623

    Yup video calling is a game changer, a lot of signs require two hands so it's still challenging even with video calling!

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    Comment #31305510

    Jade thank you! I feel like I have this amazing opportunity to learn from everyone, from all around the world, so I might as well encourage more people to comment so I can learn fr…

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    Comment #31305460

    Jade! Yo thank you so much for helping everyone here be more educated about using the right terminology. We all have a lot of learning to do, the other day I learnt to use "wheelch…

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    Comment #31305434

    Ah ok, I got excited for a minute. But yeah I totally agree about a11y first!

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    Comment #31305387

    Holy moly thats a great idea, thanks for your comment! I will provide this functionality for free for you (and everyone else if its not too difficult) if you can help me test it, s…

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    Comment #31305103

    Great work! Thanks for sharing and making it Open Source!

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    Comment #31304037

    Exactly, the app is a compliment to the native "Sound Recognition", they don't step on each other's toes. We don't 100% endorse that functionality because we don't want to be liabl…

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    Comment #31303974

    Thank you for your comment! Great question that I should have mentioned in my comment, if the app is open-source and free, we don't have ads, we collect no information, how do we m…

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    Comment #31303946

    Dude wait, did You create Sim Daltonism? I am a HUGE fan of that app, especially since I am also color blind :D

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    Comment #31303932

    Hey Jemm from Canada! The app is currently only available for iOS right now. We haven't built it for Android yet since the app is free. So the form is for us to see how many people…

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    Comment #31303873

    Thank you for your comment! Great question, if the app is open-source and free, we don't have ads, we collect no information, how do we make money? We are hoping to hit >10k active…

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    Comment #31303868

    Thanks for your comment! The app doesn't perform any of those sound recognition features, it currently acts as a compliment to those features :)

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    Comment #31303862

    Thank you for your comment u/ThePowerOfFuet Great question! Currently the sound recognition doesn't just measure "loud noises" or allow you to set a threshold above which to be ale…

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    Comment #31303816

    Hey Davide thank you for your comment! Currently it just helps you BeAware of all noises that hit the noise threshold (60-90 decibels) that you set on your phone. We want to use ML…

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    Comment #31303795

    OMG Yes, thank you for your comment! You're right! That's exactly why we have added the ability to "Mark alert as critical" so that it will increase priority and provide notificati…

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    Comment #31303784

    Oh yes you're right, thank you so much for your comment! Sorry it was past midnight & did this post really quick because I didn't think this post would pick up at all! Lol but yes,…

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    Comment #31302527

    We are also looking to add more languages, but we need help from volunteers to verify those translations. So feel free to message us through the app or email us at hi@deafassistant…