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A large part of my life already happens inside Telegram.

Work chats, group discussions, channels, saved notes. Throughout the day, a huge amount of information passes through Telegram.

What I noticed is that I often want information in a different format than the one I receive.

Most of my day I'm away from my desk. I'm walking my dog, driving, exercising or cooking. I have time to consume information, but reading long posts, discussions and notes on my phone isn't always convenient.

At the same time, sometimes I'm in a meeting, in a noisy place or simply don't want to listen to a long voice message. In those moments, I would much rather read it.

That made me wonder why switching between text and audio still feels harder than it should.

So I built a simple tool for myself that converts voice to text and text to audio directly inside Telegram.

What surprised me was that I ended up using text-to-audio far more than transcription.

I didn't realize how useful it could be for turning written content into something I could consume while doing other things.

I honestly don't know whether this becomes a real product or whether it's just a problem that exists for people like me.

Has anyone else discovered an unexpected use case for voice AI?

If you're curious, feel free to DM me. Happy to share it and would love to hear your thoughts.

A large part of my life already happens inside Telegram. Work chats, group discussions, channels, saved notes. Throughout the day, a huge amount of information passes through Telegram.

What I noticed is that I often want information in a different format than the one I receive.

Most of my day I'm away from my desk. I'm walking my dog, driving, exercising or cooking. I have time to consume information, but reading long posts, discussions or notes on my phone isn't always convenient.

At the same time, sometimes I'm in a meeting, in a noisy place or simply don't want to listen to a long voice message. In those moments, I would much rather read it.

That made me wonder why switching between text and audio still feels harder than it should.

So I built a simple tool for myself that converts voice to text and text to audio directly inside Telegram.

What surprised me was that I ended up using text to audio far more than transcription.

I didn't realize how useful it could be for turning written content into something I could consume while doing other things.

Has anyone else discovered an unexpected use case for voice AI?

Building a voice AI tool with speech-to-text and text-to-speech workflows.

The idea started with a personal frustration, but before building it I spent time validating the problem through market research and search demand analysis.

What I kept seeing was the same pattern: AI tools are becoming increasingly overloaded. More menus, more buttons, more features, more friction.

And surprisingly, I couldn't find a simple Telegram-based solution that let me interact with AI naturally through voice with minimal effort. So I built one.

The goal is simple: talk instead of typing. Or type and get an audio response back.

The main focus is the Telegram bot, but it also works through:

✅ Telegram (@smolevich_voice_bot)

✅ Chrome and Firefox extensions

✅ Web app

A few things that make it useful:

• No separate ChatGPT, Claude or Telegram Premium subscription required
• Voice messages and transcription in a single workflow
• No need to repeatedly prompt AI to "transcribe this" or "read this aloud"
• Works directly inside Telegram, where many conversations already happen
• Supports both speech-to-text and text-to-speech
• Reduces context switching between apps and tools

Personally, I use it for quick notes, thinking through ideas and conversations while walking or working.

Right now I'm trying to understand:

• Is this actually useful for other people?
• What feels annoying or unnecessary?

Everything is free to try: "smolevich.com/voice-ai"

Looking for honest feedback, brutal opinions and feature ideas.

Hello everyone,
Right now I'm searching for a new job and trying to better define my PM experience. I'm also thinking about which tags to use in my LinkedIn headline. I think they might make my profile easier to find in recruiter searches.

At the moment I'm choosing between Growth PM and Operations PM. These seem closer to my experience. But I don't fully understand what people actually mean by these.

For Operations I've heard two different things.
Some say it's about managing internal PM processes in a company.
Others say it's more about operational work tied to the product itself.
Which one is closer to reality?

And what does "Growth" actually mean in this context? It could be DAU/MAU growth, but not necessarily revenue. And for business revenue is more important (not my case, just as an example). So what do people usually mean by "Growth"?

Would really appreciate your thoughts.