I started a Whisper trial about a year and a half ago. I had a thread where I compared Whisper to my (at the time) less-than-one-year-old Oticon Mores.
The comparison was close, but I decided not to get the Whispers. But Whisper said I could do another trial this year if I wanted. I can get an insurance benefit this year that should cover the cost of the Whispers entirely. But I don’t want to do another trial unless there’s reason to think that they are better now than before the most recent update.
So I want to ask @billgem @x475aws @happymach @Abarsanti and @cminchik (and any other Whisper wearers) about what is the current state of Whisper?
It looks like the last software update was over a year ago, in March 2022. I had returned my trial Whispers by then so I didn’t experience that update. I see that @billgem said that update made a big difference for him. But I didn’t see any other users comment on whether they noticed a difference. Did anyone else notice a significant improvement in speech comprehension with that update?
Has anyone heard about any new software updates that are imminent? I really had the impression that Whisper planned to have three or four software updates per year. That hasn’t happened. How about the new hardware?
I wonder how Whisper is doing as a company. Their lease price has been cut in half since the original Whisper was released. That has to require some painful adjustments to their revenue projections. I have heard that venture capital has been harder to get as interest rates have gone up. I wonder if they are having trouble competing for AI talent, especially with OpenAI and Google right in the same neighborhood.
I really want Whisper to make it. But I’m a bit concerned. Has anyone heard anything about how the company is doing? I realize that they are unlikely to share such information with customers, but maybe maybe someone has heard something?