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  1. Comment on Real-time speech-to-speech translation in ~comp

  2. Comment on Real-time speech-to-speech translation in ~comp

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    Did you see the video on StreamSpeech's GitHub? I don't know the hardware backing that demo, but it seems quite close to real-time.

    You'll likely never have a translation software that can talk back at the same speed

    Did you see the video on StreamSpeech's GitHub?

    I don't know the hardware backing that demo, but it seems quite close to real-time.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Real-time speech-to-speech translation in ~comp

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    2.1.1 is installed. Looks like there's no TTS for Korean, and numerous other languages. The WalkieTalkie mode translates English into Korean text just fine. Meaning, it is not quite...

    The online remark makes me think you used the v1.0

    2.1.1 is installed. Looks like there's no TTS for Korean, and numerous other languages. The WalkieTalkie mode translates English into Korean text just fine. Meaning, it is not quite speech-to-speech, yet.

    Unless I'm missing a TTS engine for Korean? If that's the case, the software should detect the desired output language and prompt to install a TTS engine.

    2 votes

  4. Real-time speech-to-speech translation

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    Has anyone used a free, offline, open-source, real-time speech-to-speech translation app on under-powered devices (i.e., older smart phones)? There are a few libraries that written that...

    Has anyone used a free, offline, open-source, real-time speech-to-speech translation app on under-powered devices (i.e., older smart phones)? There are a few libraries that written that purportedly can do or help with local speech-to-speech:

    I'm looking for a simple app that can listen for English, translate into Korean (and other languages), then perform speech synthesis on the translation. Although real-time would be great, a short delay would work.

    RTranslator is awkward (couldn't get it to perform speech-to-speech using a single phone). 3PO sprouts errors like dandelions and requires an online connection.

    Any suggestions?

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Recruiting help for election day posters in ~creative

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    While doing some research for a recent blog post on racism, I read about Robert Paxon's analysis of the Five Stages of Fascism. There's a beautiful illustration crafted by the Council on Foreign...

    While doing some research for a recent blog post on racism, I read about Robert Paxon's analysis of the Five Stages of Fascism. There's a beautiful illustration crafted by the Council on Foreign Relations.

    As a general note, consider taking away his microphone and, instead, emphasize Harris' policies. That is, don't give Voldemort any more time in the spotlight, for the same reason the media has stopped naming people who commit mass shootings. Nickelback has sold 50 million albums. We don't need more Nickelback.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Two related projects: KeenWrite, a FOSS destktop Markdown editor that can export to plain text, XHTML or PDF files. Recently added automatic curling of straight quotes to the preview panel....

    Two related projects:

    • KeenWrite, a FOSS destktop Markdown editor that can export to plain text, XHTML or PDF files. Recently added automatic curling of straight quotes to the preview panel.
    • NotaNexus, a collaborative PDF annotation editor that stores annotations in flat JSON files on the server. This ties into KeenWrite in that once a PDF file is created, it'll provide a way for readers to offer feedback.

    NotaNexus doesn't have any functionality, it's more sussing out feasibility at this stage. Nearly all the code was generated using a GPT. Screen shot showing a PDF rendered in the browser using PDF.js: https://i.ibb.co/H7Q7N6s/pdfjs-viewer.png

    3 votes

  7. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    Been working on a near-future hard sci-fi novel (7+ years in the making; short-listed in an international writer's contest). It's about a woman who invents a free food distribution system and a...

    Been working on a near-future hard sci-fi novel (7+ years in the making; short-listed in an international writer's contest). It's about a woman who invents a free food distribution system and a covert government organization that uses AGI to subvert her plans to further their capitalistic regime. Along the way, the novel explores the Stop Button problem, Hume's Guillotine, and other aspects of AGI. The novel is nearly finished.

    I'm looking for alpha readers to poke some holes in the story. DM me your name and email, and I'll send you a copy.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp

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    The upload script deletes the annotations file (i.e., filename.yaml in the diagram). I don't need a history. For my purposes, I take the annotations and collate them into a separate document.

    Then you make some revisions and re-upload it.

    The upload script deletes the annotations file (i.e., filename.yaml in the diagram). I don't need a history. For my purposes, I take the annotations and collate them into a separate document.

  9. Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp

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    I'm looking for self-hosted, not SaaS, but thank you. Also, the software is doing way too much for my needs. A simple solution without collaborative editing. From Reddit:

    I'm looking for self-hosted, not SaaS, but thank you. Also, the software is doing way too much for my needs. A simple solution without collaborative editing. From Reddit:

    We've used them for the past 4 years at my company, and from experience, the platform is hot garbage.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp

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    A self-hosted, FOSS, online PDF editor that allows anyone with the link to annotate the PDF with sticky notes, which kick off an email notification a configurable number of hours after the last...

    A self-hosted, FOSS, online PDF editor that allows anyone with the link to annotate the PDF with sticky notes, which kick off an email notification a configurable number of hours after the last change was made. Consider the following workflow:

    1. Generate a PDF.
    2. Publish the PDF on a web server.
    3. Send a link to the PDF to an alpha or beta reader.
    4. The alpha/beta reader can suggest changes via annotations.
    5. The browser sends changes to the web server.
    6. The web server stores the changes in a json, yaml, toml, or XML flat file.
    7. A cronjob sends an email if an annotation has been added since the last time the cronjob ran and the change is older than X hours.

    When viewing the PDF, the web server loads the flat file (e.g., json file), restores the annotations on-the-fly, then sends the modified PDF back to the web browser.

    Ideally, the installation would be something like:

    1. Log in to web server (Linux).
    2. Download install script.
    3. Run install script.
    4. Install script downloads suitable binary, configures .htaccess file, and sets up cronjob.

    Stirling PDF goes part of the way. Solving the problem end-to-end would take more glue.

    See the workflow diagram (noting that the flat file format for storing the annotations doesn't matter, even CSV could work).

    2 votes

  11. Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp

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    Mermaid diagrams are great, as long as you limit the output to browser-based solutions. As soon as you want to put the diagrams in a PDF (or any other non-browser-based environment), you'll run...

    Mermaid diagrams are great, as long as you limit the output to browser-based solutions. As soon as you want to put the diagrams in a PDF (or any other non-browser-based environment), you'll run into troubles.

    https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/issues/2485

    1 vote

  12. Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp

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    A Dvorak keyboard layout for Android with an intelligent autocorrect that implements a Pruning Radix Trie would be amazing. I use OpenBoard, but its recommendations for autocorrect are abysmal,...

    A Dvorak keyboard layout for Android with an intelligent autocorrect that implements a Pruning Radix Trie would be amazing. I use OpenBoard, but its recommendations for autocorrect are abysmal, likely because it doesn't use an English lexicon sorted by frequency.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on How far away are we from the location of the Big Bang? in ~space

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    Cosmic inflation: is it how the universe began? is a great introduction to inflation theory (the time before the hot Big Bang). The first chapter of my book, Impacts, was reviewed by Andrei Linde,...

    Cosmic inflation: is it how the universe began? is a great introduction to inflation theory (the time before the hot Big Bang). The first chapter of my book, Impacts, was reviewed by Andrei Linde, who was one of the main authors of the inflationary universe theory.

    I prefer the Star Size Comparison 3 video to the one presented by David Mulryne.

    12 votes

  14. Comment on Impacts Project in ~enviro

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    Standing on the shoulders of 24 amazing illustrators, I cobbled together a science book about climate change and have sat on it for four years. I've been looking for a product-market fit. Does...

    Standing on the shoulders of 24 amazing illustrators, I cobbled together a science book about climate change and have sat on it for four years. I've been looking for a product-market fit. Does anyone have any ideas about potential markets?

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Monday breaks the record for the hottest day ever on Earth in ~enviro

  18. Comment on Sam Altman's basic-income study is out. Here's what it found. in ~finance

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    Not truly universal, then? The wealthy (for some definition of wealth) wouldn't receive income? The top 1% earners (2 million of the working-age population) would be taxed at a higher rate to...

    Not truly universal, then? The wealthy (for some definition of wealth) wouldn't receive income? The top 1% earners (2 million of the working-age population) would be taxed at a higher rate to support UBI?

  19. Comment on Sam Altman's basic-income study is out. Here's what it found. in ~finance

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    Universal, adj., "of, affecting, or done by all people in a particular group." Let's presume the working-age population of the U.S., which was 200 million (in 2020). That's $200 billion per month....

    Universal, adj., "of, affecting, or done by all people in a particular group."

    Let's presume the working-age population of the U.S., which was 200 million (in 2020). That's $200 billion per month. The 2020 U.S. GDP was $21.06 trillion. That earmarks 1% of the GDP per month per person for UBI. Would someone explain how UBI cash flow works as a universal income?

  20. Comment on 3840x2160 120 Hz KVM in ~comp

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    What bug did you find?

    knuth sent me a cheque for my troubles

    What bug did you find?