HoldTalk

Notable signal

Hold fn, speak, and the text appears in any Mac app

Launched 9d ago

Signal

Velocity

What this means

21×Growing 21× faster than the typical Productivity launch.

Compared to 30 Productivity launches at the same age.

+52%Launching in a 52% WoW growing category.

Mac had 96 launches this week vs 63 last.

13Founder Conviction Index: 13 — low signal.

Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability

27%

today

Projected end-of-day votes

63range 47–85

Trajectory

stable

Vote pace holding steady.

Speed vs peers

21×

30 Productivity launches

About

HoldTalk is dictation for the Mac without a subscription. Hold the fn key, speak, and the text appears at the cursor in any app. Transcription runs on your Mac with Apple's speech engine, with a personal dictionary and a searchable history. 7 days of Pro free, then 2,000 free words a week or Pro once for 19 EUR during the launch.

AI Summary

HoldTalk is a dictation tool for Mac that allows users to speak and have text appear in any application by holding the fn key. It offers 2,000 free words per week or a one-time Pro purchase for 19 EUR after a 7-day free trial.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0

Vote pace vs average

Momentum0

Sustained over 6h

Virality0

Spread × engagement

Engagement10

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.