Show HN: Listen what you do during sleep project

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Project iSleep During your sleep, iSleep samples the sounds. By analyzing the sound signal, iSleep identifies the events like your body movement, snoring and coughing.

Google Play link:

http://bit.ly/15PzGL4

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I'm going to sleep now, will give it a try!

Thanks, looking forward to your review :)

So, while the concept is definitely interesting, I think it needs more work, both on the app side, and the algorithms you use to detect sleep pattern.

I had a good sleep last night (8 hours, almost uninterrupted), and your app reports that the efficiency of my sleep is only around 10%. Moreover it suggests that I have been snoring most of the time, while I definitely do not snore at all; I think the microphone on my phone is too sensitive, and since there is no way to change the threshold, next time I'll try moving the phone farther away from me.

The UI is not great, I wonder if you could make it more aligned with the rest of the Holo theme, but at least remove those handmade drawings, that make the whole app look very unprofessional. Also, glossy buttons? What is this, a flash website from the '90?

That said, I think there is potential in your app, I'm looking forward to the next version! :)

>Moreover it suggests that I have been snoring most of the time, while I

>definitely do not snore at all; I think the microphone on my phone is too

>sensitive, and since there is no way to change the threshold, next time I'll

>try moving the phone farther away from me.

Maybe the app could save a few sound clips when it thinks you're snoring so you can verify it.

Any plans for iOS?

Side project now

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