Live speech-to-text on an ESP32-P4 microcontroller, no cloud
Breakout launch
Beat 98% of Show HN launches that day
#3 of 184 on Oct 27
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points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 3, 00:25 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Oct 27, 00:25 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 16points
- Comments
- 6
- Rank in INFR this week
- #4of 58 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #38of 998 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.0%3/50 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 3Oct 27, 16:09 UTC
- Last reading
- 16Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
- Readings
- 5over 111h
Grades · each graded against other Data & Infrastructure launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 48% · vs 49 still-tracked Data & Infrastructure · Show HN launches
Velocity
A0.33 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 94% · vs 174 Data & Infrastructure · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—3.8 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (17; need 20)
Staying Power
—5.3×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Too few peers to grade (14; need 20)
Launch-day race · #3 of 184 Show HN launches on 2026-10-27
- #1Marelleo, an open-source story box I built for my kids using ESP32126 points
- #2Specification First Agentic Development Plugin and Prove34 points
- #3Live speech-to-text on an ESP32-P4 microcontroller, no cloud16 points
- #4Samosa13 points
- #5Hatamoto batteries-included CMS in Go12 points
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