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

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Post by chungus_khan »

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.

This seems like a fantastic use case for the ML hardware included on new-generation Macintoshes.

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Post by newsbinator »

dschu wrote: post #9
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.

Krisp uses ML to remove background noises like dog barking, crispy chips and such. Comes with a subscription model for unlimited use though. https://krisp.ai/

I had people complain they couldn't hear me well when I used their (deprecated) iOS app. I kept having to turn off the ML noise-cancelling.

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

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Post by daysm »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #8
interactivecode wrote: post #4

A bit silly but does anyone know what editor app is shown in this gif[0]? [0] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robotsquidward/gifs/master...

I wondered the same. It looks a bit like Typora, but I think it's something else...

Yeah looks very similar to Typora, but that's not it

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

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Post by dschu »

newsbinator wrote: post #12
dschu wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Krisp uses ML to remove background noises like dog barking, crispy chips and such. Comes with a subscription model for unlimited use though. https://krisp.ai/

I had people complain they couldn't hear me well when I used their (deprecated) iOS app. I kept having to turn off the ML noise-cancelling.

Have you used the internal mic?

I found out that if the phone is too far away, the voice would flagged as ‚background chatting‘ and therefore muted.

Once I connected a headset those issues went away.

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Post by dubcanada »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #8
interactivecode wrote: post #4

A bit silly but does anyone know what editor app is shown in this gif[0]? [0] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robotsquidward/gifs/master...

I wondered the same. It looks a bit like Typora, but I think it's something else...

My guess would be Typora with a dark mode theme/few customizations.

Most of the other Mac markdown editors either have it split into two panes, show the markdown syntax when you type or don't look like that (centered).

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

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Post by vonseel »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #8
interactivecode wrote: post #4

A bit silly but does anyone know what editor app is shown in this gif[0]? [0] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robotsquidward/gifs/master...

I wondered the same. It looks a bit like Typora, but I think it's something else...

Maybe marked

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

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Post by boogies »

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 the sound of each key pressed and released on your keyboard, just as if you were using an IBM Model-M. The sound of each key has carefully been sampled, and is played back while simulating the proper distance and direction for a realistic 3D sound palette of pure nostalgic bliss” — https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

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

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Post by ldjb »

pluc wrote: post #13

You already have a mute button.. do you really want to deal with unplanned un-muting as opposed to planned muting?

Presumably this doesn't affect muting on Teams, Zoom or whatever videoconferencing software you're using, so it couldn't unmute you.
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