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Re: Show HN: Voiceliner – Capture structured braindumps on the go

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Post by maxkrieger »

Hey HN! A few months ago, all I wanted was a voice memos where I could hold-to-record. Holding and releasing lets me “burst” quick chains of thoughts together. It’s especially useful when walking with friends, to capture stray references and ideas.

After testing the initial burst interaction, I realized I wanted to transcribe them, and relate notes together into a hierarchy. Other features came naturally, like geotagging each note and swiping during recording to change the “temperature” (importance) of a note.

The app is open source and written in Flutter.

Re: Show HN: Voiceliner – Capture structured braindumps on the go

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Post by abathur »

Cool concept. Looking forward to trying it out.

I've thought about taking voice notes before, though I've imagined that as more of a private hands-free thing. I'm curious what your experience of using it in public or with others around (the walks with friends, but also family or colleagues?) is like?

(I sometimes go on a walk while I talk myself through a problem; I've noticed I almost always stop speaking while someone else is in earshot. I suspect I'd also be inclined to avoid taking voice notes with others around.)

Re: Show HN: Voiceliner – Capture structured braindumps on the go

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Post by maxkrieger »

abathur wrote: post #3

Cool concept. Looking forward to trying it out. I've thought about taking voice notes before, though I've imagined that as more of a private hands-free thing. I'm curious what your experience of using it in public or with others around (the walks with friends, but also family or colleagues?) is like? (I sometimes go on a walk while I talk myself through a problem; I've noticed I almost always stop speaking while some…

It’s certainly awkward! I’m personally willing to stomach it because it’s kinda cool to “invent a new social primitive”, as dorky as it appears. There’s a very real tradeoff between mere awkwardness and fumbling with a text entry/forgetting the thing altogether.

I also recently rolled out a “create text note” escape hatch in the menu.

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Post by pchangr »

Amazing! I’ve been looking for a way to put down my thoughts for a while, tried carrying a pocket notebook.. the notes app.. zen journal .. but writing is so much friction .. I used voice notes for a while but couldn’t search them for later so it was difficult.. I hope this is the one ^^
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