TECHValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
"I am only doing this for private hobby projects.But I haven’t been up to date with the best TTS?"
— a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.
Wispr Flow — "require monthly cloud subscriptions"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Superwhisper — "lock you into macOS, or stream your raw microphone audio to remote servers"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
16 rivals shipping (fact bar)how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
11 builder posts asking · 11 different people (fact bar)see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
92 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 79 the month beforesee the curve → demand is rising.
11 demand signals vs 16 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 2 days ago → conversation is live now.
Signal history
300 tracked posts (11 asks · 289 product/news)first post Jun 2020▲ 92 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · 1 earlier post before this 12-month window carried into the baseline · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
Top 10 of the 300 tracked posts, picked as evidence — each insight links back to a real one.