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> You should make it clearer that you don't actually handle voice recognition. You're right, we'll make it more clear on the landing page. A full out-of-the-bo
by ar7hur 13y ago
> You should make it clearer that you don't actually handle voice recognition.
You're right, we'll make it more clear on the landing page. A full out-of-the-box integration with some voice recognition engines (we love CMU Sphinx, open source) is in our roadmap.
> Also, let me try it!
We purposely didn't provide a "end-user" demo (something that would look like chatting with Siri) because we want to focus first on the developer experience, when they configure Wit to understand their very own end-users intents. You can require an invite and try this in less than 5 minutes.
- MasterScrat 13y ago> You can require an invite and try this in less than 5 minutes. Fair enough, but then you should make it clear: "Want to try it out? require an invite and try this in less than 5 minutes!" You usually have to wait several days when you apply for a beta like this.
- ar7hur 13y agoI just accepted your invite :)
- mikeash 13y agoRequiring an invite seems like such a high barrier to entry if you actually want people to sign up. I usually skip any such thing, because instant gratification is great, and who knows when the invite will come in and whether I'll still care once it does. Seeing this message, I bit the bullet and requested an invite anyway, and have seen no action in the couple of hours since... thus validating my initial reluctance.
- blandinw 13y agoI totally understand what you mean. But as a bootstrapped startup, we have to make tradeoffs as our budget is limited. We have to accept invitations gradually today to keep our servers alive. We should be able to accept everybody within a few days at most. Sorry for the inconvenience.
- mikeash 13y agoI hadn't thought of the load. If it's there because you need to rate-limit users, then I completely understand. Would be ideal to take everyone instantly, but the world isn't always ideal.