Show HN: VoiceDraw – Talk system design out loud, the diagrams draw themselves

32 pointsposted 7 hours ago
by ajaypanthagani

13 Comments

jareds

2 hours ago

As a blind software developer this looks interesting, but the output descriptions are not useful. I asked it "create a diagram for a rest api with a database, app server, and cache." The diagrams alt text was "609 / 100k tokens used" The text it returned was "Created a simple REST API architecture with three core components: a web app server, a cache layer, and a database. Organized them into logical tiers." If it can generate the diagram it would be nice if the alt text was a detailed description of the diagram.

ajaypanthagani

2 hours ago

Great point, I hadn't considered this use case. I've added richer, screen-reader-friendly diagram descriptions to the roadmap. Thanks for the feedback!

eranation

4 hours ago

Great idea! Just quick feedback. Asked it to “Draw a pelican riding a bicycle.”

On mobile the response (not a technical diagram) wasn’t visible, initially thought it just didn’t work).

Asked it then to draw a diagram for an X replacement, it nailed it.

ajaypanthagani

4 hours ago

Thanks for trying it out, noted on the response toast visibility on mobile. Will fix it asap.

faldor20

4 hours ago

It's a great idea and something I would absolutely use. However I can't get it to draw anything at all. I just get one single box or some messy rubbish

abdullahkhalids

5 hours ago

I am getting a "can’t connect to the server at voicedraw.com" error

ajaypanthagani

5 hours ago

Thanks for reporting. Could you share your browser, OS, and country? Also, did voicedraw.com fail to load entirely in the browser, or were you able to open the site before seeing the error?

abdullahkhalids

4 hours ago

macOS Tahoe, Firefox 151.0.4, Canada.

It's a connection error, so closer to "did voicedraw.com fail to load entirely in the browser,"

whiteros_e

6 hours ago

the diagrams look better than what I would draw myself

ajaypanthagani

4 hours ago

Thank you for trying it out! Glad you liked it