Whyd

Beautiful, great-sounding, voice-controlled speaker

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Beautiful, great-sounding, voice-controlled speaker

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Whyd makes a beautiful, great sounding, voice-controlled speaker.

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Is it really necessary to have a woman with no lower half clothing on to sell this product? The product is interesting enough.

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10yr ago

@frederickpolk I also found the girl being in her underwear a bit unnecessary (as attractive as she is).

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10yr ago

Whyd

Maker

@arthurgd3 @frederickpolk The video is about how music impacts our life and emotions. We wanted to follow that woman through her day, morning to night, from a "blue mood" to a "red mood", music (controlled by her voice) being the catalyst of her emotions. The underwear was an artistic choice from the director to show that she just got out of bed. We tried to do something creative & emotional, we never thought to use sexuality for marketing purpose. We're sorry if it raised confusion.

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10yr ago

@jie @arthurgd3 @frederickpolk The speaker looks great but try to picture a man instead of the women and you'll see why it is very sexist.

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10yr ago

@gmarcilhacy @jie @arthurgd3 I agree.

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10yr ago

@frederickpolk yeah, it's so out of touch! I find it hilarious (and cringy as hell). I can totally picture the CEO shouting "I want it sexy, sex sells!"

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10yr ago

Airbuds

Maker

Hi folks! Two years ago, we started working on a new product: a voice-controlled speaker with a beautiful design and powerful sound. Today, we're incredibly excited to unveil the new Whyd speaker! It's a product born from our community, we're really building something for people like us -- who appreciate great sound and good design, and want a speaker that’s easy to use. You can control your music by speaking directly to Whyd. Say “Play my summer playlist” or “Play M.I.A.”. You don’t need your phone and it's compatible with your favorite music services. The speaker has very powerful audio capabilities. It delivers crystal clear sound with deep and dramatic bass at 360 degrees - enabled by 4 full range drivers and one dedicated subwoofer. We've launched a beautiful website today and we are starting our pre-orders at a very friendly price. And for the Product Hunt community, we’re offering a $50 discount on the preorder price! All you need to do is enter the code “PRODUCTHUNT” at checkout. Thanks for your feedback and we're here to answer any question!

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10yr ago

@gillespoupardin Congrats guys! This is super exciting news to hear!

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10yr ago

Airbuds

Maker

@ryan_chan thanks Ryan!

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10yr ago

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@gillespoupardin wtf is up with that video? cringe worthy

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10yr ago

WaiveCar

How do you guys deal with audio commands when the music is blasting? From my experience with echo, once the volume is past 5 or so, you have to yell next to it to get it to hear you or turn down the volume manually.

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10yr ago

Whyd

Maker

@zolihonig We’re using noise-cancellation at the hardware level, taking the music stream (ogg, flac...) and throwing it back to our noise cancellation processor so that it knows in real time what is music and what is voice. When it blasts too strong and user is far, voice control efficiency diminishes, but overall our voice recognition will work great in most environments, whether you’re alone at home or having some friends over.

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10yr ago

very impressive little video guys - well done, loved the first transition with the toothbrush. gold points for the video editor and film crew :)

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10yr ago

Whyd

Maker

@tony_anastasi Thanks! We worked with a great video team :) Shot with love in Paris. Music impacts our lives in so many ways!

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10yr ago

Airbuds

Maker

@tony_anastasi Thank you Tony! We're honored.

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10yr ago

Todoist

Great move @gillespoupardin! You guys were building a music streaming social network a few years ago. How did you decide to make the move? Also, top-notch video. Would love to have the songs! 😬

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10yr ago

Airbuds

Maker

@hfauq hey Hugo - yeah, the social network gathers a community 100,000+ producers, concert venues, DJs, bloggers, artists and music lovers around the world. It's a great place for music curators to collect and share tracks they love. But we never found a way to make it a sustainable business. So we decided to Open source the platform and give the keys to the community. We were unsatisfied with the existing home speakers on the market. Some of them have good audio quality but are completely lagging in software, and they're not pretty. They're giving a "black plastic box” vibe with clunky mobile applications and connections to streaming services. We've spent the past two years building the speaker we music lover want. A speaker that combines beautiful design, high-audio quality and the convenience of voice control. Here's the track list: Tides - ft Dannah - Four Lore: https://soundcloud.com/fourlore/... Контроль - The Toxic Avenger: https://soundcloud.com/thetoxica... From Sckratch - Savaan Thanks!

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10yr ago