• Users are given a prompt and have 2 minutes to answer.
• Speeches are reviewed by AI and other users.
Speaking eloquently "off the dome" is an incredibly useful skill, improving all your interactions with other people. And like a muscle, you can train it with dedicated practice until it becomes effortless.
It has been very fulfilling to listen to other people's speeches, knowing that we're helping each other pursue our shared goal of becoming excellent communicators.
Cool concept. Small feedback on the first user experience flow.
I downloaded the app to listen and write constructive notes for people, but I can’t enter the app until I’ve given microphone access and recorded a 30s clip. I’m on the bus, and can’t provide that audio now, and I’ll almost certainly forget about the app before I get 30 free seconds this evening. I think you’ll drop a lot of first time users here.
You can just record a short dummy audio to get through the onboarding flow.
Microphone access is pretty central to the app. Even feedback to other speeches is given via audio (no text feedback). Though reading this makes me understand users may want to just listen and write text feedback. Especially if they're warming up to become speakers themselves.
I definitely don't want microphone access to block you from listening to others. Will be updating this. Thanks!
Hmm interesting idea, although not sure if my users would want to share their location with strangers. It's more designed to be a thing you do at home or on a walk (my favorite) to keep your communication skills sharp.
Part of the beauty of the app is that it's pseudo-anonymous. Nobody knows it's you (unless they can recognize your voice). I think that helps relieve some of the pressure with public speaking.
You may find this interesting. "Orate" has a totally different meaning in Spanish. It basically means "Idiot" or "Demented". As in someone that has lost his/her mental abilities.
It's in the works!
I developed the app in React Native, so should be fairly straightforward.
My test android device is coming in the mail this week, an Android version should be out within the next month or so.
* Users are given a prompt and have 2 minutes to answer.
* Speeches are reviewed by AI and other users.
Speaking eloquently "off the dome" is an incredibly useful skill, improving all your interactions with other people. And like a muscle, you can train it with dedicated practice until it becomes effortless.
It has been very fulfilling to listen to other people's speeches, knowing that we're helping each other pursue our shared goal of becoming excellent communicators.
If you're looking to improve your public speaking, I recommend you give it a try!
I use a single ultrawide at home and dual-monitors at work.
Initially thought having one monitor experience was more seamless, but I do miss implicit window organizational aspect that dual monitors provide. And screensharing on the ultra-wide is a pain.
If your ultrawide is anything like mine, it also has a setting that lets it register as two separate monitors (PIP/PBP mode), which is like having two monitors without the bezel, but with the convenience of "there's an edge" in the middle of your screen when doing regular desktop work.
Does require two cables of course, but if you're driving an ultrawide, you're probably using a graphics card with three or four outputs anyway.
My Samsung ultra wide has side by side mode with two input cables. Screen sharing (and Windows) thinks it’s two monitors but I can stretch windows all the way across both if I want to since it is an extended set
Best of both worlds, I wish there were a way to configure this within the OS so that you could make a single screen appear like 2, 3, or 4 logical screens.
A decent window management tool (e.g. Rectangle.app) should resolve most of your window management issues - set up many drag points to easily divide windows by half, thirds, quarters, sixths, etc.
Most screen share apps should support sharing by window. Also best for privacy (so your viewers don't see the side channel chat notifications pop up).
Also an ultrawide monitor is preferable for spreadsheet warriors.
I will not give up my 49" 21x9 for anything lesser.
• Users are given a prompt and have 2 minutes to answer.
• Speeches are reviewed by AI and other users.
Speaking eloquently "off the dome" is an incredibly useful skill, improving all your interactions with other people. And like a muscle, you can train it with dedicated practice until it becomes effortless.
It has been very fulfilling to listen to other people's speeches, knowing that we're helping each other pursue our shared goal of becoming excellent communicators.
If you're looking to improve your public speaking, I recommend you give it a try! https://apps.apple.com/il/app/orate-practice-speaking/id6761...
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