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Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

etothet wrote: post #8
jasonshen wrote: post #3

First off congrats on launching a novel idea and hitting HN front page. Question / feedback — why is there no way to see what one of these looks like on the website? You have a header that says "see it in action" that literally doesn't allow you to see the video you're saying it produces. I have an idea in my mind of what it looks like but I think you'd do well to have multiple examples illustrating different situati…

Seconded. I came here to say this.

Yes, that is a good spot so I have embedded a video now. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

pyman wrote: post #19
etothet wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seconded. I came here to say this.

Same here. I managed to see a video on the App Store. It creates a video with a waveform and the audio you recorded. I like it! It would be great if I could also add some pictures and have it create transitions while the audio plays. If I only pick one photo, it could just display the image with the waveform on top. I like sending a picture of myself, or a few of my dogs, cats and gf, because it adds that human touch…

I love this idea, so awesome of you to suggest, I'll implement asap. I would use this feature too.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by pyman »

vinnymac wrote: post #18
fennecfoxy wrote: post #13

I don't get it? It sounds like it just creates a recording and saves this in a video format with some visual, which is alright I guess. Perhaps it's because I'm more of an Android person, but does ios really not have a file browser?!?!

iOS has a file browser called Files. I believe this is an attempt at trying to level up the Voice Memos feature which has been neglected compared to other OS features.

It just makes you wonder why Apple is so behind with its apps. I remember when Android was the one struggling to catch up, but now the tables have turned. A friend of mine was able to remove people from a photo ages ago, something that only recently came to iOS. Apple spent so much time and money on those 3D avatars, but honestly, who's using them? I mean, 8-year-olds don't even have iPhones, right?

Apple could take inspiration from this little app and build something brilliant using AI and machine learning.

- An app that animates your photos and lets you record a message on top

- Or a feature in iOS that converts any audio into text and lets you summarise 2 or 5 minute voice messages into a paragraph. I don't have time to listen to long audios. And please, don't just add it to Messages, add it to iOS.

- Or an app that turns your voice messages into a video with subtitles for people who can't hear, with animations, background moving, colours, and all the AI jazz.

- Or even better, an app that creates images based on what you're saying in the audio.

I don't know, there are so many cool ideas floating around.

Apple really needs to start showcasing its AI capabilities. Even the camera software feels behind. I keep upgrading the hardware & software and barely see any difference.

Tim, if you are reading this: Stay hungry, stay foolish!

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

etothet wrote: post #8
jasonshen wrote: post #3

First off congrats on launching a novel idea and hitting HN front page. Question / feedback — why is there no way to see what one of these looks like on the website? You have a header that says "see it in action" that literally doesn't allow you to see the video you're saying it produces. I have an idea in my mind of what it looks like but I think you'd do well to have multiple examples illustrating different situati…

Seconded. I came here to say this.

thanks so much for taking the time to comment I agree and I have embedded a video now so hoping that helps.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

al_borland wrote: post #12

What's the impact on the file size? Forgive me, as I'm not a heavy Voice Memos user, but I'm a bit confused by problem statement. Voice Memos seem to be ordered chronologically, and named after the location where they were taken (unless manually named), which seems decent unless you star getting a ton. From the Voice Memos app I can share them to Messages, Mail, etc. Is the issue that you wanted to be able to select…

this is really fair comment. I'm one of those iOS users who's life exists in the camera roll/photos app. Screenshots photos pictures of text all live in my camera roll ready for when I need to send or review or save later. What made no sense to me was that I can't dump my audio files into Photos. I really tried to avoid going into files on iOS because it's so cumbersome. so now literally my problem is solved and hopefully someone else is too that I can just quickly save to my photos and send or review from there when I need. To be fair the visualisation is kind of just a way of not having a blank pictured audio file saved to photos.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

cwizou wrote: post #10

Definitely a cool idea ! Some feedback on your page : The "See it in action" section doesn't really show it in action ? There's a picture but it's abstract, is it representative ? Are there multiple styles ? Is it just an image or a video ? Just looking at this I don't really know. Consider putting a gif/video preview in there so we get a better idea and/or add multiple examples ? It got more confusing when I got bel…

appreciate this comment and I've updated the page now with a video. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

fennecfoxy wrote: post #13

I don't get it? It sounds like it just creates a recording and saves this in a video format with some visual, which is alright I guess. Perhaps it's because I'm more of an Android person, but does ios really not have a file browser?!?!

The iOS file browser is not fun to use at all. I'm one of those iOS users whose whole entire life exists on his camera roll. Pictures of notes videos and photos. That's why I navigate my life from also, and therefore I made my own solution to saving audio files to the camera roll which I did by adding the audio to a simple visualisation to make a little bit less basic. and exactly the execution is for me acceptable but it's the function of it that provides utility; by passing an annoyance of iOS that you've just can't put an audio file into your camera roll.

I'm really grateful for the time you took to write a comment to me thank you.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

euazOn wrote: post #16
fennecfoxy wrote: post #13

I don't get it? It sounds like it just creates a recording and saves this in a video format with some visual, which is alright I guess. Perhaps it's because I'm more of an Android person, but does ios really not have a file browser?!?!

Nope, not really for voice memos - those are locked away in the app. Unrelated, but it also has terrible built-in support for playing audio files from the file browser.

so true. And it's just locked away thing that bugs me. If I record an audio in WhatsApp or in Messages or Voice Memos they are locked and I have to go back inside of those apps to access them. I prefer to have easy access to notes that I make in one place so really I just developed my own work around that allows me to do that. Thanks so much for your comments. It's interesting that people notice some problems. Apple file browser is pretty useless and I end up using the app called "Documents" for when I really need to access the file saved somewhere in the file system.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by ricardobeat »

zahirbmirza wrote: post #20
jasonshen wrote: post #3

First off congrats on launching a novel idea and hitting HN front page. Question / feedback — why is there no way to see what one of these looks like on the website? You have a header that says "see it in action" that literally doesn't allow you to see the video you're saying it produces. I have an idea in my mind of what it looks like but I think you'd do well to have multiple examples illustrating different situati…

Very good point - I have embedded a video now. Thank u. Also, thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

I checked the video out and am still unsure - does it simply save a video with an audio visualization? I thought it would be embedding audio into images somehow, based on the title here.

Re: Show HN: I made an app that lets you save audio to your Cameral Roll

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Post by zahirbmirza »

vinnymac wrote: post #18
fennecfoxy wrote: post #13

I don't get it? It sounds like it just creates a recording and saves this in a video format with some visual, which is alright I guess. Perhaps it's because I'm more of an Android person, but does ios really not have a file browser?!?!

iOS has a file browser called Files. I believe this is an attempt at trying to level up the Voice Memos feature which has been neglected compared to other OS features.

It is an honour to be the recipient of such a comment, thanks for taking the time to write. Yes it really is just an app to try and level up an iOS deficiency.
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