August was a big month for Team Framer! We released an integration with Figma and shipped a website redesign for a cleaner, lighter and more functional experience.

In other news: first-timer Wojciech Zieliński impresses us with his Task List interactions, while Brian Bailey explains speech recognition prototypes. Also featured is a sweet spring curve visualizer, back-to-basics with Øyvind Nordbø and a peek at Sergey Vorovov’s Framer Club.

Google Now by Brian Bailey

Speech Recognition

Want your next prototype to talk back like Siri? Nest designer Brian Bailey walks us through the basics of building speech-based conversational UIs like Asynchronous Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech. In a Medium post he explains:

“The Web Speech API provides web apps the ability to recognize voices, transform the audio input into strings, and control the synthesis voices available on the device.”

If you’re interested in building the next Amazon Alexa, this article is a good place to learn how to access your device’s audio input and voice synthesizer.

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	Kevyn Arnott is back at it with awesome updates to the Framer iOS Kit. This time he’s added a Sketch integration and a View layer for your prototyping pleasure.
	We’ve never seen spring curves quite like this. Play with tension, friction and velocity in this fun animations visualizer by Josh Puckett.
	Want more design content? Avid user Sergey Voronov curates a fantastic feed of all things Framer, including prototypes and articles.
	Combine arrays with loops and generate custom components from your own classes. Øyvind Nordbø gets you up to speed.
	The trends (and tools) that will influence the future of simulation design. Barry Prendergast discusses his hopes for the industry.

Tasklist Interaction by Wojciech Zieliński

Tasklist App

This functional and well-designed Task List interaction caught our eye on Dribbble, but we were impressed to learn that this is Wojciech Zieliński’s first foray into prototyping with Framer. He shares how he accelerated his learning curve:

“I was looking for a tool that had no limitations when it came to making interactive prototypes. My concern was that without programming skills it would be hard to create what I really wanted. Surprisingly, Framer was super intuitive.

The most important thing for me was the documentation. It is the greatest docs I’ve ever used. Beautifully organized, with practical examples. Whenever I have a problem with Framer I go back there to find a solution. It never disappoints.”

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