deivid

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I have a computer-related blog at https://blog.davidv.dev/

You can contact me at [email protected]

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Comment · 17 days ago

For Android+watch, yes, scale likely compatible with some small amount of work

https://github.com/davidventura/withouthings

Comment · 17 days ago

I don't have the scale, but I got the protocol for the watch and it'll probably be similar enough.

Been using my implementation exclusively for months, seems fine.

https://github.com/davidventura/withouthings

Comment · 1 month ago

Same, I got a Withings watch, which is both

Comment · 1 month ago

Nice! I also got tired of the Withings app (which now pushes AI subscriptions, wtf) and "made" an app for the smartwatches (at least, it works with my ScanWatch 2)

The app is at https://github.com/DavidVentura/withouthings - the firmware on the watch was leaked as well, and it's been helpful to debug some of the protocol.

Comment · 2 months ago

Kokoro can be hacked a bit (see script https://github.com/DavidVentura/translator-rs/blob/master/sc... ) which makes it about 3x faster.

My phone went from slightly slower than realtime to very comfortable (also lower latency on first utterance!)

Comment · 2 months ago

PaddlePaddle (v6) is fantastic and fast

Comment · 3 months ago

Love the idea, but I can't handle the big screens on these smart watches. To me it feels like having a fisher price toy on my wrist. Hopefully a more open alternative to Withings will emerge

Comment · 3 months ago

Depending on what data you want, you can try Withings watches. I'm currently reversing the protocol and it mostly works.

Comment · 3 months ago

For me, sloppy content is worse than no content. I'd rather have 3 sentences written by a human than a wall of Claudespeak.

Do you have an RSS or a way to subscribe to the TTS work you are doing? Your newsletter button is just a mailto link

Comment · 3 months ago

It's supposed to handle acceleration though, if you bring your phone to your face quickly dots get larger. I've done some in-car testing, but things get squeamish quickly so it's not the easiest to validate.

Changing the color / adding some contrast would be quite a simple change

Comment · 3 months ago

Interesting project, but the slop readme made me quit reading halfway

Comment · 3 months ago

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Comment · 3 months ago

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Comment · 3 months ago

I spent a day fiddling with AI and dropping the expensive layers in kokoro, on phones, on CPU, on MNN, it runs 3x faster.

Quality is very close.

Will vary in your setup, but here is my script: https://github.com/DavidVentura/translator-rs/blob/master/sc...

Comment · 4 months ago

I am making (open) finetunes for malayalam and kannada (and bengali, gujarati, hebrew), and need someone to transcribe a few images for me. Could you contact me if you are interested in helping?