... level hooks But: Those improvements may also pull voice input deeper into apps , creating opportunities for third-party tools to power native voice experiences. Voice Agents are becoming Infrastructure There s a growing ecosystem underneath all of this: @Vapi @Pipecat @LiveKit @Coval This is the voice agent infra layer, a category we ll cover in later Orbit Awards. Comment from Curie S.(@focusedcuriosity): Very informative review, thanks @aaronoleary ! I've been testing @superwhisper and @Wispr Flow and agree with your ...

... Just saw @kwindla post this and I wish I could attend! Space is limited - apply here: https://events.ycombinator.com/p... - We ...

... recently talking with a group of founders, and we went around sharing tools we're using now. Posting my notes for our community here - would love to know what else people are using! Voice AI toolkit: - Vapi - Pipecat (open source) Meeting notes without a bot: - Granola Fast voice input (stop typing!) - Wispr Flow - Aqua -  (newer, has contextual awareness) Agentic coding assistants: - Cursor - Windsurf (getting tons of traction, especially w/ early startups) - Devin - has way fewer reviews and shoutouts ...

... been the biggest behavior change for me in the last few months - with @Aqua Voice / @Wispr Flow I type 50% less. Plus the building blocks for voice AI are getting really good (e.g. RTC @Daily.co / open source orchestration @Pipecat / voice agent platform @Vapi / evals for voice agents @Coval ) I'm also super bullish on design founders, especially since the human-AI interface landscape is currently pretty primitive. I think we need to break out of the chat/autocomplete UX paradigm. Also ...

... conversational voice layer that I can use with any dev environment, in the same way that I can use version control with any dev environment. I don't have time to focus on this. But I can help and @Pipecat (our open-source project) has all the voice loop orchestration and model/service abstraction pieces. Who wants to build this? Comment from Kwindla Kramer(@kwindla): @whisk  My really basic version could only see what code and terminal content ...

... Whoa, this is fantastic! For those who don't know, @kwindla has been building real-time tech for over a decade, I founded Daily (realtime voice, video, ai) which is the team behind the open source conversational AI framework @Pipecat . I can't think of anybody better to lead a course on building with voice AI. I'm going to feature this for our community. Excited to see what people build and launch on Product Hunt! Comment from Kwindla Kramer ...

... capabilities of the core models are complemented by the recent progress in the orchestration layer. As a side note, it's cool to see how collaborative and fast-moving the companies in the space are. E.g. Vapi, Daily / Pipecat, Coval...it's a tight community which allows lots of speed while still having the building blocks fit together. At least that's my feeling as a somewhat outside observer. Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @kwindla @raghav_gupta22 Have ... ... tried building with the realtime api or other building blocks like Pipecat