Hacker NewsHN submitter: SaarthRanka
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Show HN: Atticus – Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p

Atticus, a macOS voice assistant developed by a 9th grader, uses Claude -p to achieve sub-second responses for simple tasks via local processing.

Key points

  • •It features an interface that accepts voice or text task instructions by holding down the Control-Option-Space keys.
  • •Simple tasks like launching apps, playing Spotify, or web searches are processed locally without AI, typically completing in under one second.
  • •The developer is 9th grader Saarth, and the design is characterized by separating processing paths for complex and simple tasks.
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