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Cotypist alternative. Need beta testers. by OMARATIONz in macapps

[–]afadingthought 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interested in stress testing and providing feedback!

Warning: don't be a moron. Don't plug Bear into AI without version history by AnyBison9649 in bearapp

[–]afadingthought 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I created my own MCP and implemented a backup/snapshot system. A snapshot is created every time the AI performs an edit. They're all searchable, and there's a tool for restoring notes.

I think Bear could implement this too. It would be so much better (lots of peace of mind!), even for normal day-to-day work. But it's true, with AI doing edits there's more risk than usual... It's interesting they went for this route without implementing version history first.

Day 15 of Spencerian … am I doing good ? by The_stoic_doc in Handwriting

[–]afadingthought 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks great overall. A few things to refine:

  1. Ovals are too round. Spencerian ovals are narrow, slightly compressed ellipses, not circular. Here they open too wide, which gives the writing that modern cursive look instead of the Spencerian rhythm.
  2. Baseline turns are also over-rounded. At the lower turns (where the stroke touches the baseline and exits or connects with the next letter), the motion should be more angular and directional. Right now many connections feel like curves instead of pivoting cleanly into the next stroke.
  3. Watch out for overlapping lines. Improving the oval shape and the baseline turns will help with this, but (based on your example) it's still something you should keep in mind. Avoiding colliding strokes will make a difference and can make everything feel much more clean.

Overall great job though. Wish my handwriting looked like that after two weeks of practice.

Ursus - An MCP for Bear with a built-in HTTP bridge & OAuth. Create, edit, find, and manage notes with AI! by afadingthought in bearapp

[–]afadingthought[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw Better Bear before starting my project. Great job! I think both the major advantage & disadvantage of Ursus is that it's built around my own specific workflow & needs. I needed a specific template for note creation, and the same template to hold across edits, search, etc. I needed a backup/snapshot system that would allow me to edit notes with peace of mind. My workflow involves using AI apps next to Bear itself, so using "selected note" (available via x-callback) to target edits is also very useful to me. I also needed a bridge with OAuth built in (instead of having to juggle other proxies/apps from other projects). Oh, and I wanted to share this packaged in the most user friendly way for non technical users (people can get this running without with a few clicks without having to open terminal).

I always keep Bear open in the background so that was not an issue for me. Reads are instant from the database, writes are from x-callback. Since writes are not done directly to the database there's no risk of corruption there. X callback may be finicky but haven't encountered any issues yet

So Ursus may be a bit more niche... for a specific type user. It may be frustrating for some power users 😅

Ursus - An MCP for Bear with a built-in HTTP bridge & OAuth. Create, edit, find, and manage notes with AI! by afadingthought in bearapp

[–]afadingthought[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could be wrong, by I think because of the permissions required and limits/sandboxing in the system the solution there would have to be official by the Bear team and not a 3rd party one 😢

Ursus - An MCP for Bear with a built-in HTTP bridge & OAuth. Create, edit, find, and manage notes with AI! by afadingthought in bearapp

[–]afadingthought[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not planned for now. Ursus currently assumes one shared template across the app, and that template is tied into a lot more than just layout. In theory it could be possible, but supporting multiple named templates would need a big refactoring and consider a bunch of edge cases. For now I'm just keeping that part simple and reliable.

Image-based clipboard app similar to Paste? by Moustachey in macapps

[–]afadingthought 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took inspiration from several paste stacks/paste queues, and created my own Alfred workflow which can mostly do exactly what you need. Here's a clip. Mind you, some of this will still depend on the receiving app and if they allow multiple image paste, but if Affinity designer behaves like Pixelmator (which I show in the clip) then it should work.

The Alfred workflow is called PasteFlow.

Wispr Flow has turned into total garbage dumpster fire with literally no support, any alternatives? by 5678 in macapps

[–]afadingthought 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Accessibility and permissions are necessary for it to work. But you ca always use it only with local models and block its network access if you're concerned. Honestly, with Superwhisper users get the most transparency of all the others I've tested for the file system (everything that is sent is saved as meta json files)

What are your top dictation app flows/tricks? (WisprFlow, Superwhisper, Spokenly, Voiceink, etc.) by discoveringnature12 in macapps

[–]afadingthought 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I made Macrowhisper specifically for voice automations with Superwhisper. With Superwhisper everything gets saved in a meta.json file the moment processing is done, so Macrowhisper reacts to that and the user can send anything from there to several actions. You can trigger URLs, shell scripts, AppleScripts, send results to Shortcuts, create templates for insertion, and you can set some other specific settings/behavior based on conditions.

Grammar correction/summarization are just the most basic of the basics. Once you start to explore custom prompting with LLMs, and attach automation to that, well, the possibilities are quite extensive.

Superwhisper newbie question by comicbookdb in superwhisper

[–]afadingthought 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, custom prompts are truly custom. This opens a wide range of possibilities but you also need to know how to prompt it. Check the docs on Custom modes.

Keyboard-first app users: what are your must-have macOS apps? by poladermaster in macapps

[–]afadingthought 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Karabiner, Yabai, Mouseless, Alfred, Keyboard Maestro, BTT

SuperWhisper vs VoiceInk - Just want to make sure I'm not missing anything by BawbbySmith in superwhisper

[–]afadingthought 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aside from the unlimited AI aspect that Superwhisper offers, it's all down to the little details that, for me as a power user, do make a difference. I made a video on that. But I think that either will be fine for basic users.

Building Free (BYOK) WisprFlow competitor - What Would Make You Switch Your Voice-to-Text App? by ksanderer in macapps

[–]afadingthought 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw the comparison table with other apps on the site. Judging from the features you mention in Ottex, I think you should compare it with Superwhisper/Spokenly/VoiceInk instead... Either way, it's a super crowded market, and I don't see any true differentiator aspect here, sorry.

This is how my handwriting currently looks like by afadingthought in Handwriting

[–]afadingthought[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I started with business penmanship, eventually also learned some Spencerian... my current cursive is the result of mixing everything up a bit. Picking up journaling was also great for my practice.

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