Ava - Making conversations accessible for the deaf

It's not working for me right now (Germany)but I've experienced a demo a while ago. Even back then I was amazed by the product, the tech and the team I was so fortunate to meet! I can only imagine how much better it is now. Great work guys! Keep it up 😁👏😘

I love this! I grew up with a sibling that is legally deaf, and talking in groups was always a problem. This seems like a really great idea to break down that barrier and make all conversations accessible!

Excellent idea, I tested the app, it looks OK for its use-case, but I'll be critical. I'm deaf, but I have a hard time talking with strangers, not with the people I know. I need a tool for a particular use-case – to talk with random strangers, not really for the conversations. When I had Android phone, I used Yandex.Talk application: https://github.com/yandex/deaf, which did exactly what I wanted, interpreted speech in real-time. I used it for talking with random strangers, for example when ordering something in the restaurant, to be able to understand waiters, for example. But it was atrocious with deciphering English speech. OK with Russian, even when I had Android phone with a bad microphone, so I used an external microphone, which is directed. But it does not have a version for iOS. So, I was excited for Ava, when I read about it. I emigrated to New Zealand, and I need now the application that can decipher English, not Russian. Tested and had some usability caveats: 1. When the system language is Russian, it transcribes speech only in the Russian. Surprisingly, it's good. Needed to turn the system language to the English so that the application can do what I need. Maybe you need to add language setup to the settings? 2. Not application related, but looks like the iPhone 5s's microphone is awful, so I still need an external microphone. 3. Crashes a lot. 4. It looks like for using this app for conversations everyone needs to install the application on their phones and talk directly into microphones. Sounds Good, but in practice isn't. I can't convince everyone to install it, and it adds inconvenience for everyone else, not just me. I'll give it some more try with an external mic. I really need the application with the ability to interpret the speech... Do it, make it big, I'm rooting for you.

It's just one of those projects you really want to be successful. Great job, guys!

Love the idea, just which it was available in the UAE App Store

Siri - Used 10 minutes a year max Ava - Used 10 minutes a day at least Any Data scientists looking for large data samples? :)

Love this team and excited for their success! Congrats on the launch @t_duchemin & @pieter_doevendans, rooting for you - happy to help however I can.

Brilliant, just brilliant. It's amazing to see how you guys have used technology to solve such an evident problem beautifully. I am inspired. The world needs more people like you. Thank you!

Oh my! You guys are the hero! Tru biz! *hand waving*

i need learn how lip read text I want understand many people what said

Pros:

Good

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Good