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Claude for Desktop

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Re: Claude for Desktop

#191

No Linux, I should have expected that. Web works fine, but damn no Linux.

There's an old saying: "Judge a tree by its fruits". Be sure to remember this the next time Anthropic starts talking a big game about "our values".

Re: Claude for Desktop

#193

I wish I knew of a good way to voice chat with Claude, and unfortunately, the new mobile app isn’t it. The voice recognition is terrible. Does it just use iOS’s built-in text-to-speech? It needs to be as good as Whisper to be useful.

I use superwhisper for this.

Re: Claude for Desktop

#194

Claude requires a phone nu.ber to sign up and the won't accept a Google number so they are completely un-usable. I would love to try their services, but they refuse to take my money.

This caused me a problem because I signed up with my personal email address, and then wanted a separate account for work but I only have one phone number and they won't let me use the same one on two accounts. I don't really care about giving them my phone number (it's out there everywhere anyway) but this has really reduced my ability to use their product.

Re: Claude for Desktop

#196

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Does it allow you to create custom agents like OpenAIs GPTs? I can't find it in the documentation.

That's what the "Workspaces" are. Create a workspace, go into the settings then "Chat Settings" and configure the Prompt. There are more configurations available.

I will have a look. Thanks!

Re: Claude for Desktop

#197
post #193

I wish I knew of a good way to voice chat with Claude, and unfortunately, the new mobile app isn’t it. The voice recognition is terrible. Does it just use iOS’s built-in text-to-speech? It needs to be as good as Whisper to be useful.

I use superwhisper for this.

+1, that fixes the voice recognition part, but it doesn't automatically read Claude's response aloud.

Re: Claude for Desktop

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Can share links from the native ChatGPT app.

And where does it link to?

https://chatgpt.com/share/ GUID>

This will open in the native app if it's installed, and on the Web if not. Basically, it works like any modern app link.

Re: Claude for Desktop

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On the flip side, the ChatGPT desktop app is native on Mac and it's buggy and feature-incomplete compared to the web version.

What are some of the bugs? I’ve not noticed any. The feature lag is real, still no canvas.

For me the window is laggy and takes a few seconds to resize or move. It's also not reliable when prompting sometimes it just sits there with no output and I have to quit and restart. I've since uninstalled the desktop app and I'm happier with the "Add to Dock" web version.
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