Featherweight Dictation
Notable signalDictation that weighs nothing, for Mac and Windows
Launched 5d ago
Signal
42
Velocity
5
What this means
8.3×Growing 8.3× faster than the typical Productivity launch.
Compared to 7 Productivity launches at the same age.
Decaying
Vote pace down to 6% of launch speed.
-31%Category cooling: Writing.
Launches down 31% week-over-week.
18Founder Conviction Index: 18 — low signal.
Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.
Prediction
Top-5 finish probability
14%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
66range 50–89
Trajectory
decaying
Vote pace down to 6% of launch speed.
Speed vs peers
8.3×
7 Productivity launches
About
Hold a key, talk, let go: your words land where your cursor is, ums gone and laid out for the app you're in, an email, a chat line, a list or a prompt. 4.6 MB on a Mac, 2.3 MB on Windows, 0% CPU while it waits. $5 a month after a free trial.
AI Summary
Featherweight Dictation is a lightweight dictation tool for Mac and Windows that transcribes spoken words directly into applications with minimal resource usage. It is available for a monthly subscription of $5 after a free trial, with file sizes of 4.6 MB for Mac and 2.3 MB for Windows.
Attention & discussion velocity
Performance
Velocity5
Vote pace vs average
Momentum5
Sustained over 6h
Virality4
Spread × engagement
Engagement3
Discussion per unit of attention
Signal sources
2 of 6 active- Launch tracking9 readings since we picked it up
- AI analysisProductivity
- Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
- Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
- Revenue signalsno match on this domain
- Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass
A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.