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I&#x27;ve moved around a lot. Finding information is easy. Finding people is weirdly hard.<p>So I made this — a map where you drop a pin and see who else is around.<p>Filter by digital nomads, freelancers, remote workers, retirees. See if they just arrived or have been there for years.<p>Spot someon...

I built a simple text-to-speech converter at texttospeech.site<p>Free tier: 10 generations&#x2F;day, standard voices, no account needed. Pro tier: Neural2 voices, 2000 chars, downloadable MP3s.<p>Stack: Next.js, Google Cloud TTS API, Vercel.<p>The $2 domain was an SEO experiment after my speechtotex...

I got tired of doom-scrolling and skimming headlines that all blur together, so I built a small site that turns today’s tech and startup news into a calm, continuous radio-style stream.<p>No playlists. No jumping tabs. You just press play and listen.<p>It updates throughout the day and feels more li...

I&#x27;ve been in Bangkok on and off, and r&#x2F;Bangkok has the same story every week: tenant loses deposit, landlord ghosts, no recourse. Thailand has no Yelp for rentals. So I built CondoReviewsThailand.com. Instead of free-form reviews, it uses structured ratings: noise, pest control, management...

A growing collection of practical browser tools that never upload your files to servers. Every utility runs 100% client-side, keeping your sensitive data private on your own device. nouploadtools.com<p>What is NoUploadTools?<p>Most online converters and utilities make you upload files to remote ser...

Hey HN, I built a free AI flashcard generator with no signup and no paywall. Quizlet charges $7.99&#x2F;month, Revisely caps free users at 3 generations, Knowt keeps moving features behind paywalls. I wanted to build the opposite of that. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;prepareyourself.app" rel="nofollow...

I built Sornic for people who have more to read than time to read it:- students drowning in papers, commuters with a backlog of saved articles, anyone who&#x27;d rather listen while doing something else. Paste a URL, drop a PDF, or snap a photo of a book page- get natural-sounding audio in seconds.<...

I&#x27;m an expat in Bangkok who can read Thai menus but freezes the moment someone speaks to me. Duolingo didn&#x27;t help, I needed actual speaking practice, but tutors are expensive and scheduling is a pain.<p>So I built speaklanguageonline.com - a voice call with an AI that speaks Thai (or Vietn...

Hello HN folks- maker here, I built Sornic because I have 100+ saved articles I never read. Now I listen to them while commuting.<p>How it works: - Paste any article URL - Mozilla Readability extracts content - Claude Haiku cleans it up (removes &quot;subscribe&quot;, ads, etc.) - OpenAI TTS generat...

I wanted to catch up on tech news without staring at a screen. Built tera.fm - it reads HN stories aloud with summaries. Works like radio - just hit play and listen.<p>Free to try, no login required.<p>Curious if anyone else has tried audio-first news consumption.

I built VoiceBrainDump because I kept losing ideas. By the time I opened a notes app and started typing, the thought was gone.<p>This lets you tap, speak, and move on. No folders, no tags, no organizing upfront.<p>How it works: - Voice-to-text using Web Speech API - Ideas are saved to localStorage (...

Hi HN,<p>I built Tickk.app to solve a personal problem: I think much faster than I can type, and most “productivity” apps either slow me down or push everything to the cloud.<p>Tickk lets you speak messy thoughts or braindumps and turns them into structured tasks and notes using lightweight NLP — al...

Hi HN,<p>I’ve been living in Thailand for a couple of years and, despite understanding quite a bit, I always struggled to actually speak Thai - especially getting the tones right.<p>Classes felt rigid, tutors felt stressful, and most apps don’t let you just… talk.<p>So I built SpeakLanguageOnline: a...

I’ve been working mostly with Next.js projects recently and noticed that some teams treat Prettier as non-negotiable, while others skip it entirely and rely on ESLint rules or manual formatting.<p>I’m curious how people here approach this in real projects.<p>Do you: - enforce Prettier strictly in CI...

I read a lot of articles but rarely have time to sit and read them all. So I built @SornicBot on Telegram - you send it any article URL and it sends back an MP3 you can listen to right inside Telegram.<p>How it works:<p>Open @SornicBot on Telegram Send any article link Get back an MP3 in seconds It ...

Hey HN!<p>I built <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dicteevocale.xyz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dicteevocale.xyz</a> - a French-language voice-to-text tool that runs entirely in your browser using the Web Speech API.<p>## What it is: - Real-time speech transcription in French (and 100+ other languag...

I built a real-time chat app where every message becomes a node and every reply creates a connection. As you talk, the conversation turns into a visual map.<p>Try it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;qonvo.xyz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;qonvo.xyz</a> (click &quot;Try Demo&quot; to see it in action)...

Hi HN,<p>I built a voice-to-text tool that runs entirely in your browser. No account required for the free tier, no data sent to my servers.<p>Try it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;voicetotextonline.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;voicetotextonline.com</a><p>Why I built this:<p>- Existing tools r...

Hey HN,<p>I built Shrp (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;shrp.app" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;shrp.app</a>) – a collection of free AI writing tools for resume bullet points, cover letters, meta descriptions, social media bios, and more.<p>I know ChatGPT and Claude can do all this. The difference: no...

I work alone. I travel constantly:- Bangkok, Dubai, Singapore, Vietnam. I&#x27;m a workaholic and honestly pretty confined to myself because there&#x27;s never enough time. Sometimes I just want to talk through what&#x27;s on my mind but it&#x27;s 3 am, or I&#x27;m in a new city, or I don&#x27;t wan...

Hi HN,<p>Most group chats end up as endless scroll. Once a discussion gets interesting, context disappears, replies cross, and ideas get lost.<p>I built Qonvo as an experiment in a different direction: a realtime group chat where each message becomes a node, and replies create connections, so the co...

I built this for plumbers, electricians, and contractors who hate paperwork but need to invoice on the job. Say something like &quot;Invoice John for plumbing repair, 2 hours at $50, parts $30&quot; → professional PDF.<p>100% free, no limits No signup required All data stays in your browser Works of...