alt.hn

6/16/2026 at 7:13:30 PM

Show HN: VoiceDraw – Talk system design out loud, the diagrams draw themselves

 https://voicedraw.com/

by ajaypanthagani

6/16/2026 at 11:47:18 PM

As a blind software developer this looks interesting, but the output descriptions are not useful. I asked it "create a diagram for a rest api with a database, app server, and cache." The diagrams alt text was "609 / 100k tokens used" The text it returned was "Created a simple REST API architecture with three core components: a web app server, a cache layer, and a database. Organized them into logical tiers." If it can generate the diagram it would be nice if the alt text was a detailed description of the diagram.

by jareds

6/16/2026 at 11:57:49 PM

Great point, I hadn't considered this use case. I've added richer, screen-reader-friendly diagram descriptions to the roadmap. Thanks for the feedback!

by ajaypanthagani

6/16/2026 at 11:07:57 PM

Should probably indicate somewhere purposeful that it is built on Excalidraw

by awwaiid

6/16/2026 at 11:11:53 PM

It is actually listed on the sites privacy policy.

https://voicedraw.com/privacy#:~:text=Apple%20for%20Safari)....

Feedback taken though, will explore ways to make it more visible.

by ajaypanthagani

6/17/2026 at 1:45:23 AM

Yes -- there are also links if you click into the lower-right help button to the excalidraw documentation, blog, etc.

by awwaiid

6/17/2026 at 4:20:38 AM

Cool! I built a similar tool at https://shimmerdiagrams.com

Would be curious to connect and compare notes! Yours is probably way better, I had built mine as a prototype and specifically interested in running all models local and in browser.

by ldubinets

6/17/2026 at 10:41:34 AM

Cool to see that you did transcription AND LLM for the diagram with "in-browser" / local.

Tangent: But I'm wondering whether there would be something from the browser side to enforce this?

Like a sandbox so that my browser allows me to launch this via "download" only so that after I download everything there is no way for the website to get any of my data.

As a (non-technical) user what kind of guarantee do I have that the prompts, transcript etc. are treated only local?

by Cilvic

6/17/2026 at 8:49:55 PM

Hi, your tool looks cool. Sure would love to connect.You can reach out to me at team@voicedraw.com

by ajaypanthagani

6/16/2026 at 10:23:20 PM

Great idea! Just quick feedback. Asked it to “Draw a pelican riding a bicycle.”

On mobile the response (not a technical diagram) wasn’t visible, initially thought it just didn’t work).

Asked it then to draw a diagram for an X replacement, it nailed it.

by eranation

6/16/2026 at 10:25:21 PM

Thanks for trying it out, noted on the response toast visibility on mobile. Will fix it asap.

by ajaypanthagani

6/16/2026 at 10:11:28 PM

It's a great idea and something I would absolutely use. However I can't get it to draw anything at all. I just get one single box or some messy rubbish

by faldor20

6/17/2026 at 3:51:58 AM

it's not for drawing anything, it's for drawing diagrams (like flowcharts) specifically.

by YassineKaibi

6/16/2026 at 10:16:46 PM

[flagged]

by ajaypanthagani

6/16/2026 at 9:27:26 PM

I am getting a "can’t connect to the server at voicedraw.com" error

by abdullahkhalids

6/16/2026 at 9:36:21 PM

Thanks for reporting. Could you share your browser, OS, and country? Also, did voicedraw.com fail to load entirely in the browser, or were you able to open the site before seeing the error?

by ajaypanthagani

6/16/2026 at 10:20:19 PM

macOS Tahoe, Firefox 151.0.4, Canada.

It's a connection error, so closer to "did voicedraw.com fail to load entirely in the browser,"

by abdullahkhalids

6/17/2026 at 3:05:35 AM

- stack?

- how lomg did it take you to build this?

- how many of you made this?

- how did you get the idea?

by vivzkestrel

6/17/2026 at 3:50:47 AM

great tool! definitely prefer typing though, and it really reminds of excalidraw.

by YassineKaibi

6/16/2026 at 8:16:29 PM

the diagrams look better than what I would draw myself

by whiteros_e

6/16/2026 at 10:25:46 PM

Thank you for trying it out! Glad you liked it

by ajaypanthagani

6/17/2026 at 12:26:26 PM

[flagged]

by Nicolau_Amorim

6/17/2026 at 8:20:00 AM

[flagged]

by levi840714