The Listener at the Shoulder
March 27, 2026·Notes on the Engineering Behind Hypercue
Hypercue is a live-speaking assistant that listens to a speaker in real time, reads their script and slides, and whispers cues into their earbud at the moments they need one. This essay is about why that problem is structurally different from conversational voice AI, and what that difference forces at the system design level.
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