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Seems neat. But rather than requiring drawing over apps (kinda sketchy) and putting your input in the clipboard (cumbersome), couldn't it simply exist as a voice input source to work alongside existing Android keyboards? Or, short of that, couldn't it just be an input method?

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Thanks for the great feedback! You’re totally right. I agree with you. drawing over apps can feel sketchy, and using the clipboard definitely adds some friction. I actually chose this approach because changing people's keyboard habits is a much bigger challenge. I wanted users to keep using their favorite keyboards without forcing them to switch to a new one. I actually made this application for myself, then I saw that people need something like this and I shared with my friends and they like so much that I wanted to make an appropriate application and share this. :) thanks again.

> I actually chose this approach because changing people's keyboard habits is a much bigger challenge.

By requiring me to paste any time I want to use a text field, you are asking me to change my keyboard habits.

> I wanted users to keep using their favorite keyboards without forcing them to switch to a new one.

If I wanted to keep using my current voice input service, I wouldn't want to switch to yours. Your audience is people who are already dissatisfied with what they've got.

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