Play DSS and DS2 dictation files online without uploading your audio
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HN · launched Sep 19, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 87%) · 0 views
Niche: audio editing and processing utilities · 217 launches, 23 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial A web audio player UI with drag-and-drop support is trivial, but DSS and DS2 (Digital Speech Standard) are proprietary, patented audio formats commonly used in dictation machines. Compiling an open-source or custom decoder to WebAssembly to decode DS2 locally in the browser is non-trivial.
What it would actually take: A working system requires a React/vanilla JS frontend with the Web Audio API connected to a C/C++ decoding library compiled to WebAssembly via Emscripten. The hardest part is decoding DSS/DS2 codecs (specifically Olympus/Philips proprietary variants with potential encryption or license keys) purely in-browser without server upload. It requires familiarity with audio codecs, container demuxing, and Emscripten WebAssembly porting.
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