Fair enough! Theres a very generous free tier (both small and base models enabled) that should cover a basic use case.
Justification for charging a subscription is value based:
65 bucks a year is not a lot to spend if it saves you 10+ hours of time typing, and editing your messages. Dictating is joyful and saves me time each day.
superwhisper spells/punctuates better and writes faster than I can with a keyboard.
This alongside the cost to me, 10s of hours each week of my time as the solo developer go into:
• Supporting users with their issues and bugs fixes
• Continuing to update the app with new features (4 major features released this month alone)
• Making sure you have access to the latest features and capabilities as AI advances.
Also, keep in mind, with free / cheap solutions:
"If you are not paying for it, you're the product".
I found this back a decade or more ago when I saw windows 7 had an inbuilt voice recognition.
Before that I had an old copy of dragon on xp or 98 I think but the problem remained.
I want this. >>
I want to say a sentence. The computer would understand and speak it back to me. Yes. Then I would say a sentence. It says a word wrong. Scratch that. I say the whole line again.
It may sound repetive but it "should" work because every dictation software expects user to monitor the screen and fix errors that way. If I am reading the screen, I might as well use a keyboard.
I want this full screen-less voice dictation experience by sitting in a comfy blanket, eyes closed and just letting words flow.
Anything else and I would rather just use the keyboard as I said.
Fair enough, it’s 100% your product to price how you see fit. I do think you’re shooting yourself in the foot a bit, though. But best of luck to you! The free version is great, keep up the good work.
Justification for charging a subscription is value based:
65 bucks a year is not a lot to spend if it saves you 10+ hours of time typing, and editing your messages. Dictating is joyful and saves me time each day. superwhisper spells/punctuates better and writes faster than I can with a keyboard.
This alongside the cost to me, 10s of hours each week of my time as the solo developer go into:
• Supporting users with their issues and bugs fixes
• Continuing to update the app with new features (4 major features released this month alone)
• Making sure you have access to the latest features and capabilities as AI advances.
Also, keep in mind, with free / cheap solutions: "If you are not paying for it, you're the product".