1a:[[46830698,{"by":"omarisbuilding","descendants":56,"id":46830698,"kids":[46831306,46831088,46831606,46831083,46832072,46831568,46831586,46832090,46831576,46832658,46831508,46831921,46832017,46831636,46832289,46832055,46831169,46834600,46831418,46832847,46835217,46833076,46832915,46840428,46831006,46837618,46836339,46837921,46835115,46834930,46834121,46836096,46831861,46832165],"score":65,"text":"Hi,

I built TalkBits because most language apps focus on vocabulary or exercises, but not actual conversation. The hard part of learning a language is speaking naturally under pressure.

TalkBits lets you have real-time spoken conversations with an AI that acts like a native speaker. You can choose different scenarios (travel, daily life, work, etc.), speak naturally, and the AI responds with natural speech back.

The goal is to make it feel like talking to a real person rather than doing lessons.

Techwise, it uses realtime speech input, transcription, LLM responses, and tts streaming to keep latency low so the conversation feels fluid.

I’m specially interested in feedback about:\n– Does it feel natural?\n– Where does the conversation break immersion?\n– What would make you use this regularly?

Happy to answer technical questions too.

Thanks","time":1769811379,"title":"Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking languages","type":"story","url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/talkbits-speak-naturally/id6756824177"}],[34239910,{"by":"py4","descendants":73,"id":34239910,"kids":[34240030,34240670,34240189,34240117,34239956,34240244,34240464,34240692,34240100,34240854,34240086,34249506,34242835,34240306,34240151,34240506,34240801,34241363,34240611,34240047,34240664,34248169,34240845,34241425,34240466,34240665,34240036,34240203,34240431,34240284,34240315,34240819,34240344,34240487,34240311],"score":36,"text":"Working as an engineer in a FAANG company, I usually have no mental energy left after work hours. How do people stay productive after work? I see people report learning stuff, working on side projects, etc etc on HN. How?","time":1672790375,"title":"Ask HN: How do you stay productive after work hours?","type":"story"}],[31885137,{"by":"dbrereton","descendants":500,"id":31885137,"kids":[31886065,31885530,31888657,31894383,31886471,31885439,31889389,31887113,31885678,31891697,31891852,31887323,31885557,31886067,31886460,31886783,31885554,31885502,31886729,31891027,31886189,31888158,31888903,31889918,31892102,31886875,31885495,31889589,31886118,31892628,31896158,31885509,31885400,31886832,31892143,31885938,31902752,31886789,31887681,31886686,31886079,31886196,31886213,31891437,31892692,31891510,31888001,31890283,31886266,31887274,31900400,31888451,31886330,31885532,31887853,31886309,31898854,31887595,31886219,31908696,31886525,31886963,31891196,31891191,31886692],"score":820,"time":1656259330,"title":"Life is not short","type":"story","url":"https://dkb.show/post/life-is-not-short"}],[31390111,{"by":"laurex","descendants":70,"id":31390111,"kids":[31391812,31392477,31393327,31391506,31394291,31391823,31390813,31392481,31393592,31392259,31393301,31391617,31392257,31391165,31392493,31392972,31395097,31390592,31391804],"score":213,"time":1652641842,"title":"Sleep helps process emotions","type":"story","url":"https://www.unibe.ch/news/media_news/media_relations_e/media_releases/2022/media_releases_2022/how_sleep_helps_to_process_emotions/index_eng.html"}],[30814248,{"by":"dondraper36","descendants":543,"id":30814248,"kids":[30817506,30815498,30814516,30815202,30815319,30819002,30814577,30814478,30815502,30815221,30814967,30816588,30814439,30814526,30816134,30815036,30814575,30816151,30815441,30815336,30817022,30815863,30814703,30814607,30815394,30815532,30816795,30814509,30815451,30816239,30815696,30814506,30820621,30815078,30816330,30819035,30815619,30832593,30816202,30814487,30816988,30814485,30831781,30816203,30816768,30814530,30815833,30814368,30816022,30815443,30814700,30816105,30814658,30814440,30814463,30817782,30814560,30815647,30814689,30815129,30820779,30818770,30815830,30815209,30819838,30815872,30815244,30816259,30815640,30819335,30816531,30816602,30815369,30815236,30814447,30822105,30823300,30816177,30814369,30819121,30818873,30814469,30814712,30817200,30819207,30877386,30817409,30816110,30817472,30815910,30816470,30819796,30815825,30817229,30819961,30815591,30819578,30815896,30816236,30816320,30820603,30819323,30817112,30832107,30815211,30820233,30814448,30820510,30815656,30815806,30814680,30814635,30815776,30815200,30814474,30817225,30822964,30815360,30815249,30819427,30818799,30817872,30815059,30821693,30816351,30816622,30816367,30818690,30816793,30816200,30815787,30816196,30815056,30827876,30815817,30816136,30820240,30837142,30816038,30815526,30817285,30816499,30815352,30814796,30814769,30815758,30815392,30819696,30815207,30816150,30814394,30815119,30816080,30816272,30814693,30814436,30815560,30819675,30815331,30815334,30856513,30816811,30815405,30816444,30817712,30817120,30818609,30814679,30817824,30815264,30815968,30815408,30816608,30820268,30820888,30815158,30816031,30815102,30817284,30815212,30819734,30815269,30819738,30815099,30817605,30824517,30820454,30814475,30816017,30816688,30818073,30816180,30821819,30829609,30815522,30816119,30818755,30817726,30819100,30817724,30817199,30854165,30814615,30863790,30816707,30815090,30814429,30815590,30817607,30816662,30818142,30846174,30814387,30814928,30814444,30815757,30814655,30819226,30817547,30862870,30818402,30817168,30814699,30814589,30816544,30815397,30815204,30815839,30816557,30819098,30827304,30817256,30814676,30815358,30819278,30818299,30816812,30818613,30815215,30842362,30818018,30829586,30814889,30817286,30816990,30817333,30815539,30815469,30816728,30817336,30818701,30827091,30815377,30815367,30815888,30818105,30832180,30816683,30817478,30816144,30818352,30815410,30815786,30814624,30823288,30820109,30816176,30815460,30843935,30818589,30815172,30818381,30820405,30819553,30818145,30814982,30814547,30815252,30817262,30816008,30816139,30818152,30818777,30817327,30816800,30815503,30819180,30820344,30817956,30817901,30815660,30815538,30815332,30817232,30814523,30817974,30824612,30816074,30815912,30817601,30815851,30814421],"score":520,"text":"Recently, I cannot help but notice how shy and socially awkward I might be at times, which is quite frustrating.

To be fair to myself, I am not awful in social situations in that depending on the context I can be seemingly confident and calm, especially when I am among people I know and the context is familiar.

When it comes to new people and places, everything changes dramatically. My voice changes, my posture changes, everything changes. I can start being awkward in all possible senses.

The discomfort gets to the point where I blush and this physical state of vulnerability and self-doubt of course makes things even worse :)

I understand that all of that relates to self-esteem and phychology in general therefore my question.

It's common to advise hitting on the gym, which I just started doing last week. Funnily, the gym is the place where I last noticed my awkward behavior :)

If you have managed to deal with that and improve in that regard, what is your success story?","time":1648320562,"title":"Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?","type":"story"}],[29844809,{"by":"ciwchris","descendants":20,"id":29844809,"kids":[29845409,29845233,29846980,29845662,29875073,29845404,29848070,29848275,29853826,29852669,29846239,29844968],"score":14,"text":"Three years ago I started waking up in the middle of the night and struggled to go back to sleep. Thus began my journey to improve my sleep. Unfortunately it was a downward spiral for the first year and a half. It was around that time I went through cognitive behavioral therapy. I believe it has helped me the most. But whenever I suffer a poor night of sleep it is still difficult to fend off the negative thoughts. Because of my sleep troubles I believe I've lost touch with what normal sleep is. That I continue to have unreasonable expectations of sleep.

Therefore I thought it beneficial for me, and others, to hear what sleep is like from those who do not consider themselves to have sleep issues. How many hours a night do you sleep? How often do you wake up? How consistent is your sleep? How often do you have a poor night of sleep? What do you consider a poor night of sleep? How has sleep changed as you have aged? How has it changed during seasons in your life?","time":1641589519,"title":"Ask HN: For normal sleepers, what is your sleep experience?","type":"story"}],[21851495,{"by":"drastorguev","descendants":183,"id":21851495,"kids":[21853509,21852241,21854688,21852730,21852315,21853176,21851586,21852338,21851985,21851514,21852310,21853197,21852529,21852960,21853766,21852213,21852829,21852536,21853785,21851967,21853082,21853004,21852583,21852066,21854667,21852271,21854430,21852206,21851901,21852512,21854369,21852705],"score":237,"time":1576940968,"title":"Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation","type":"story","url":"https://mandarintonetrainer.com"}],[19280341,{"by":"bwb","descendants":167,"id":19280341,"kids":[19284073,19282883,19283033,19284480,19283903,19283200,19286004,19283540,19282791,19284179,19283395,19283972,19286984,19286163,19289757,19288071,19283587,19284311,19287043,19286570,19281628,19284065,19283954,19283427,19283848,19282672,19285141,19284012,19284619,19283770,19282813,19283572,19285339,19283241,19286648,19282491,19290125,19288599,19290734,19284792,19285336,19283199,19282870,19286219,19286225,19282647,19287125,19286562,19285160,19282742],"score":448,"text":"I'd love to know what everyone is doing to scope out a workplace before they take a job there.

Do you email people who work there?

Do you just jump in and hope for the best?

Are there apps or sites you like?","time":1551446763,"title":"Ask HN: Tools or sites you use to scope out a workplace before taking a job?","type":"story"}]]

user:	claylimo
created:	December 5, 2018
karma:	21