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Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by ComodoHacker »

wheybags wrote: post #7

A solution like rtx voice seems a better way to go tbh. For those who don't know, it's an nvidia thing that uses a GPU accelerated (ofc, it's nvidia) neural network to denoise voice calls, from all kinds of noise, not just typing. It's really pretty impressive, here's a demo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWUHkCgslNE I wish it wasn't proprietary though (and worse, hardware specific). And windows only of course.

Off-topic but I wonder if there's some creative department at Nvidia, whose job is to invent a compelling mass-market uses for their beefy GPUs, as crypto rush is fading out and the gaming market hasn't much potential to grow further.

Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by distantsounds »

Dumbdo wrote: post #44
wheybags wrote: post #7

A solution like rtx voice seems a better way to go tbh. For those who don't know, it's an nvidia thing that uses a GPU accelerated (ofc, it's nvidia) neural network to denoise voice calls, from all kinds of noise, not just typing. It's really pretty impressive, here's a demo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWUHkCgslNE I wish it wasn't proprietary though (and worse, hardware specific). And windows only of course.

For me noisetorch [0] (based on RNNoise [1][2]) works pretty good. I'm using RTX Voice while I'm working on Windows and noisetorch while working on manjaro. RTX Voice seems to work a bit better, but noisetorch compares really well to it. I have a microphone which has static noise and is not really mechanical decoupled from my table. Both applications are good at cancelling that kind of noise. Noisetorch is a bit more…

I love these solutions but none are as easy as "install an app and click a button to turn on." RTX Voice has that locked down. I'd use RNNoise instead if there was a standalone app that just "worked" on my mic input. But here I have to jump through hoops for it to work.

Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by mrtranscendence »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #5
joelschw wrote: post #3

Is it Big Sur only?

According to the FAQ, yes: https://unclack.app/faq/#/

That's definitely a bummer. On my work laptop I'm stuck on Catalina for the foreseeable future, and that's where this app would be useful. Presumably most people using macs for work aren't on Big Sur yet.

Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by [deleted] »

nt2h9uh238h wrote: post #62
oceliker wrote: post #60

I thought this was going to be an app that emits some kind of inverse sound through the laptop speakers to neutralize the keypress sound in real life. I wonder if that's possible.

Me too. I still have no idea what this thing is doing. An excellent example for a poorly written landing page.

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Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by atonse »

ComodoHacker wrote: post #71
wheybags wrote: post #7

A solution like rtx voice seems a better way to go tbh. For those who don't know, it's an nvidia thing that uses a GPU accelerated (ofc, it's nvidia) neural network to denoise voice calls, from all kinds of noise, not just typing. It's really pretty impressive, here's a demo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWUHkCgslNE I wish it wasn't proprietary though (and worse, hardware specific). And windows only of course.

Off-topic but I wonder if there's some creative department at Nvidia, whose job is to invent a compelling mass-market uses for their beefy GPUs, as crypto rush is fading out and the gaming market hasn't much potential to grow further.

I remember talking to a dude 10 years ago at an unconference whose grad project was to reimplement Database indexes to use GPUs. He was saying in some prototypes he was yielding orders of magnitude better performance, but it was still a very obscure idea.

This is the sort of stuff I'm sure they're already working on to find new customers.

Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by kiddico »

jcun4128 wrote: post #56
boogies wrote: post #18

For the opposite effect, install `bucklespring` to enjoy an authentic classic clacking on any keyboard (most convenient on GNU/Linux, packaged for the biggest distros). “This project emulates the sound of my old faithful IBM Model-M space saver bucklespring keyboard while typing on my notebook, mainly for the purpose of annoying the [heck] out of my coworkers. Bucklespring runs as a background process and plays back…

hmm acquired taste perhaps https://youtu.be/21AuWT1lDMc?t=13 although not sure if same sound as the repo you linked though I do use a mechanical keyboard at home

The options returned from -h match that repo[0] so I'd assume they're the same.

[0] https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring/blob/master/main.c#L81

Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by karmakaze »

boogies wrote: post #18

For the opposite effect, install `bucklespring` to enjoy an authentic classic clacking on any keyboard (most convenient on GNU/Linux, packaged for the biggest distros). “This project emulates the sound of my old faithful IBM Model-M space saver bucklespring keyboard while typing on my notebook, mainly for the purpose of annoying the [heck] out of my coworkers. Bucklespring runs as a background process and plays back…

Oh I loved my Model-M Space Saver, collected quite a few of them. Co-workers did sometimes comment/complain but not that often. I also had this habit of moving my cursor keys up/down/left/right in rapid/slow movements while I was thinking deeply on a problem. Combined with how loud and that it clicks on each downpress and clacks on release was quite the cacophony.

Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

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Post by [deleted] »

nt2h9uh238h wrote: post #62
oceliker wrote: post #60

I thought this was going to be an app that emits some kind of inverse sound through the laptop speakers to neutralize the keypress sound in real life. I wonder if that's possible.

Me too. I still have no idea what this thing is doing. An excellent example for a poorly written landing page.

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Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type

#80

Post by linux2647 »

cmiller1 wrote: post #47

Here's a tip from people I know that do streaming from their computer: get the microphone off your desk. Find something else to put it on or buy an arm it can attach to. The fact that your device or mic are sitting on your desk where the keyboard clack vibrations are traveling right through amplifies them.

That may still not prevent Cherry MX blues from being picked up by the microphone
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