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HyperCatcher 3.0 — Podcast Player with AI Insights
AI Insights + Podcasts. Have you ever been listening to a podcast and wanted to say "Hey Jamie pull that up"? Now, with the tap of a button your AI research assistant can pull the context of any ongoing podcast and show you relevant content directly in app!
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This sounds super interesting! @1davidnorman, how does HyperCatcher handle different podcast formats, like interviews or storytelling? And what kind of content can it pull up most effectively? 😃 I love the idea of not missing anything while listening!
@dance17219 Thank you for the great question! I think it probably handles interview style show discussing current events most effectively right now. For example it's very easy to find a current event being mentioned in a podcast in a search and bring up news articles about it. Storytelling is a little harder to find good references to. If the storytelling show has a website and the content from the website is mentioned during the podcast it should be found, but it's a much smaller target depending how accurately the content is described. Its something that I'm having a lot of fun actively improving so hopefully as AI models get better HyperCatcher should get better at finding what you're looking for! 😀
@ema_elisi I'm looking forward to your feedback Ema, thank you for taking the time to check out HyperCatcher!
@oldmann Hi thanks for the great question! HyperCatcher uses super fast on device transcription so if there is spoken audio there is a transcript. On device transcription was a huge unlock for this sort of thing, I've been trying to build this feature for years, but transcripts always held me back so I'm very excited to be able to say that transcription has mostly been solved for any podcast at this point. There's still a question of how accurate the transcription is and it's not perfect, but it's pretty good in the majority of cases now I'd say.
@1davidnorman that's sound great! really appreciate your clear feedback! I think it's worth a try, Congrats again for the launch!
Hey David,
I'm wondering about the accuracy of the transcription. How well does it handle technical terms or names that might be unfamiliar?
Does the web search feature prioritize certain types of sources, or can users customize where it looks for information?
Congrats on the launch!
@kyrylosilin Thank you, great question! It's definitely not perfect, but over the past few years I've been working on this app I've noticed a big increase in transcription accuracy in the last year or so. I'm using the OpenAI whisper model which is much better at technical terms than previous models I've used. I plan to support downloading larger and even better whisper models soon that should do even better with thing like unfamiliar names. I would guess that unfamiliar names would probably be one of the larger sticking points now that should be improved by using a larger model trained in more languages
HyperCatcher sounds like a game changer for all podcast lovers! The "Hey Jamie" feature is super cool, and the idea of having AI research assistance right in the app is brilliant. Can't wait to see how it enhances my listening experience! Upvoting for sure! Keep it up, @1davidnorman!
@antoine_gauthier_ Thank you! Looking forward to any feedback you have after giving it a try!
Hi David, congrats with a launch. Does I need to listen to a podcast inside you app? or HyperCatcher works as add-on to Spotify/Apple Podcasts?
Congrats on the launch @1davidnorman ! The "Hey Jamie" is such a good name for your feature 🤣🤣🤣 though I'm not sure if people who never listened to JRE will be able to catch that reference
It might be helpful to include an option for users to save or bookmark the content that the AI pulls up for later reference.
@draco_dawson Hi thanks for the comment! There's actually already a whole activity feed in the second tab so you can track all of your comment and research history. That's an area of the app I really want to expand on though so thanks for mentioning it!
I find it super convenient to grab snippets and links from podcasts. The AI-powered transcripts and trending podcast suggestions are fantastic features.
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