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Show HN: We made a meeting companion app on macOS to improve remote meetings

27 points by devtendo 6y ago

devtendo 6y ago
Would love to get feedback from HN users. The goal is simple. Help highlight important stuff on the screen during presentations and remote sessions. Drawing on the screen and zooming any text should be easy-peasy. Quick video link: https://www.dropbox.com/h?preview=MeetingNinja-Intro.mp4 https://www.dropbox.com/h?preview=MeetingNinja-Intro.mp4 AppStore Link: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/meetingninja/id1527536623?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/in/app/meetingninja/id1527536623?mt=1...
- hamandcheese 6y ago
  The dropbox link requires a login... can you share publicly? (maybe on youtube or vimeo?)
  - devtendo 6y ago
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttgrk8yzwcouxpr/MeetingNinja-Intro.mp4?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttgrk8yzwcouxpr/MeetingNinja-Intro...
hamandcheese 6y ago
The dream, for me, would be a companion iPad app that mirrors my screen but lets me draw on it. Sidecar solves the screen mirroring part -- supposedly Mac apps can also make themselves apple-pencil aware, so maybe such a thing is doable?
- jops 6y ago
  Yes! Sidecar should have the option to show the iPad screen for presentations in OSX. Drawing apps on iOS are much better suited to live-doodling with a pen than OSX ones.
Angostura 6y ago
Looks good. Might be worth mentioning in /r/Mac too on Reddit.
- devtendo 6y ago
  Thanks!
vmurthy 6y ago
Slightly tangential but in the spirit of improving meetings: I started using Meeter[0] to notify me of all my upcoming meetings. Between Teams , Zoom and a dozen other apps that have become common now, Meeter provides me a simple icon on the Mac menu bar and I can join a meeting with 1-click instead of struggling to open Calendar/Outlook etc. Worth a shot! [0]https://trymeeter.com/ https://trymeeter.com/
- ISO-morphism 6y ago
  A similar program MeetingBar [1] made the rounds on HN about a month ago [2] (and is open source). [1] https://github.com/leits/MeetingBar https://github.com/leits/MeetingBar [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23991111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23991111
cowsandmilk 6y ago
The description makes it sound like it only works on one monitor?
- m12k 6y ago
  I think the assumption is that you are sharing your screen with others in the meeting, and then use this tool to add highlights or zoom in, which others then can see too.
Erazal 6y ago
This is a sweet tool. Which Swift API calls does it use ? [shameless plugin] I'm developing an app in a similar space (www.get-spoke.com) to be able to share video-conference summaries in seconds.
_sveq 6y ago
Congratulations. Does it work off-line for use say in making a video presentation?
- srinivasprabhu 6y ago
  Yes, it works offline.
plasma 6y ago
Any recommendations for similar app on Windows?
- devtendo 6y ago
  Sorry, but windows users don't pay in general :)
  - mtrpcic 6y ago
    This is not a helpful comment, and the person you're replying to didn't mention anything about pricing.
raju 6y ago
I don't mean to distract from the OP's submission, but I came across "Presentify" (Show HN — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22938604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22938604) and absolutely LOVE it! Outside of my regular consulting gigs, I am also a public speaker, and thanks to Covid, every conference in the US has gone virtual for 2020. So I spend a lot of time teaching online — and Presentify is absolutely a godsend. I routinely get asked by audiences on what tool I am using. Also, super responsive creator. You should check it out. Update — I am in NO way affiliated with the creator of Presentify — Just a happy customer
- floatingatoll 6y ago
  Your comment distracts from OP’s submission, and your disclaimer indicates that you knew it would before you posted it. Not cool.
- devtendo 6y ago
  Call us when Presentify has zoom-in on the screen support.

27 points by devtendo 6y ago

Would love to get feedback from HN users. The goal is simple. Help highlight important stuff on the screen during presentations and remote sessions. Drawing on the screen and zooming any text should be easy-peasy. Quick video link: https://www.dropbox.com/h?preview=MeetingNinja-Intro.mp4 https://www.dropbox.com/h?preview=MeetingNinja-Intro.mp4 AppStore Link: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/meetingninja/id1527536623?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/in/app/meetingninja/id1527536623?mt=1...

hamandcheese 6y ago
The dropbox link requires a login... can you share publicly? (maybe on youtube or vimeo?)
- devtendo 6y ago
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttgrk8yzwcouxpr/MeetingNinja-Intro.mp4?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttgrk8yzwcouxpr/MeetingNinja-Intro...

hamandcheese 6y ago

The dream, for me, would be a companion iPad app that mirrors my screen but lets me draw on it. Sidecar solves the screen mirroring part -- supposedly Mac apps can also make themselves apple-pencil aware, so maybe such a thing is doable?

jops 6y ago
Yes! Sidecar should have the option to show the iPad screen for presentations in OSX. Drawing apps on iOS are much better suited to live-doodling with a pen than OSX ones.

Angostura 6y ago

Looks good. Might be worth mentioning in /r/Mac too on Reddit.

devtendo 6y ago
Thanks!

vmurthy 6y ago

Slightly tangential but in the spirit of improving meetings: I started using Meeter[0] to notify me of all my upcoming meetings. Between Teams , Zoom and a dozen other apps that have become common now, Meeter provides me a simple icon on the Mac menu bar and I can join a meeting with 1-click instead of struggling to open Calendar/Outlook etc. Worth a shot! [0]https://trymeeter.com/ https://trymeeter.com/

ISO-morphism 6y ago
A similar program MeetingBar [1] made the rounds on HN about a month ago [2] (and is open source). [1] https://github.com/leits/MeetingBar https://github.com/leits/MeetingBar [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23991111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23991111

cowsandmilk 6y ago

The description makes it sound like it only works on one monitor?

m12k 6y ago
I think the assumption is that you are sharing your screen with others in the meeting, and then use this tool to add highlights or zoom in, which others then can see too.

Erazal 6y ago

This is a sweet tool. Which Swift API calls does it use ? [shameless plugin] I'm developing an app in a similar space (www.get-spoke.com) to be able to share video-conference summaries in seconds.

_sveq 6y ago

Congratulations. Does it work off-line for use say in making a video presentation?

srinivasprabhu 6y ago
Yes, it works offline.

plasma 6y ago

Any recommendations for similar app on Windows?

devtendo 6y ago
Sorry, but windows users don't pay in general :)
- mtrpcic 6y ago
  This is not a helpful comment, and the person you're replying to didn't mention anything about pricing.

raju 6y ago

I don't mean to distract from the OP's submission, but I came across "Presentify" (Show HN — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22938604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22938604) and absolutely LOVE it! Outside of my regular consulting gigs, I am also a public speaker, and thanks to Covid, every conference in the US has gone virtual for 2020. So I spend a lot of time teaching online — and Presentify is absolutely a godsend. I routinely get asked by audiences on what tool I am using. Also, super responsive creator. You should check it out. Update — I am in NO way affiliated with the creator of Presentify — Just a happy customer

floatingatoll 6y ago
Your comment distracts from OP’s submission, and your disclaimer indicates that you knew it would before you posted it. Not cool.
devtendo 6y ago
Call us when Presentify has zoom-in on the screen support.