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This is cool! Some feedback: - As others have said, "1000 tokens" doesn't mean anything to non-technical users and barely means anything to me. Just tell me ho
by rafram 3y ago
This is cool! Some feedback:
- As others have said, "1000 tokens" doesn't mean anything to non-technical users and barely means anything to me. Just tell me how many words I can dictate!
- That serif-font LaTeX error rate table is also way too boring. People want something flashy: "Up to 7x fewer errors than macOS dictation" is cool, a comparison table is not.
- Similarly, ".05 Word Error Rate" has to go. Spell out what that means and use percentages.
- "Forgot a name, word, fact, or number? Just ask Aqua to fill it in for you." It would be nice to be able to turn this off, or at least have a clear indication when content that I did not say is inserted into my document. If I'm dictating, I don't usually want anything but the words I say on the page.
- jmcintire1 3y agoThanks for the feedback! On the last point, you can't see it in the sandbox, but the app has a Strict mode that does what you're looking for
- seabass-labrax 3y ago> People want something flashy: "Up to 7x fewer errors than macOS dictation" is cool, a comparison table is not. Respectfully disagree on this one: as a startup, you can't effectively compete with the likes of Apple on flashiness. However, the very target market of those dictating large amounts of text will include a significant number of people in academia themselves. For those people, Aqua Voice will feel relevant. Those who aren't interested in comparison tables will simply skip over them :)
- musiciangames 3y agoOne of my favourite nitpicks, but IMO 7x fewer errors means -6 times the error rate. Maybe error rate reduced by 86%.
- zigzag312 3y agoIsn't it just errors_count/7? (errors_count * 1/7) For example, if you got 70 errors before you now get only 10 errors.
- musiciangames 3y ago7 times 70 =490. 490 fewer than 70 is -420. But words mean what you want them to mean, so 7 times fewer to mean 1/7th is becoming commonplace. (edited because formatting swallowed asterisk for times)
- zigzag312 3y agoIs there any case where your interpretation makes sense? Would you ever say 0.86 times fewer instead of 0.86 of the size? If new is 1/7 the size of the old, then 7 * new = old. It takes 7 times of new_count to get the value of old_count. 1/7th of the old_count. 7x fewer seems like a shorthand, but I'm not a native English speaker. x times != x times fewer 7 times => multiply 7 times fewer => multiply by fraction
- musiciangames 3y agoI would never say times fewer, because it is ambiguous.
- zigzag312 3y agoWhen value is above 1, it's not really ambiguous anymore as only one interpretation makes sense. But I understand that it could still be incorrect, if it's not well defined term in English.
- musiciangames 3y agoYou choose an interesting case at 1. What does 1 times less errors mean? To me it means no errors.
- zigzag312 3y agoIt's ambiguous as it's not above or below 1 :)
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- bukacdan 3y agoI was wondering whether the table actually comes from some paper, or it's just a marketing trick for techy folks.