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Vojtěch Böhm

Steer - Perfect your communication without having to think about it

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Steer is a native macOS utility that allows users to quickly fix and iterate their writing in any app or website. It is optimised for business communication, efficiency and speed. It never disrupts the workflow and is always one shortcut away.

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Vojtěch Böhm
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Hey PH 👋 I'm Vojtech and together with my friend and colleague Daniel we're building Steer! We're software engineers and we're on a path to build useful productivity products. Business communication is something we have to do daily, whether it's with a client, a colleague or even writing PR messages. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time and typos can shine a bad light on your reputation. We also found ourselves finding the perfect wording and word order which takes unfunny amount of time and effort that's better spent elsewhere. That's why we built Steer—a small macOS utility that addresses these issues. It allows you to quickly select text in any app or website, launch it with a shortcut and gives you the option to either just fix the grammar and spelling or improve the wording . I personally love it for the speed and extreme convenience 🔥 We've been in a closed beta with users that have been using it every workday and have had positive feedback. With those users we were able to nail down their pain points and streamline the app. Now it's time to officially launch it and for the PH launch we are doing a 50% off for the monthly subscription (applies forever). No code required. The product also has a 7 day free trial, no credit card required. We would appreciate your thoughts, criticism, roast and feedback 🙏 P.S. We share our work here and here
CY Zhou
@vojta_bohm Awesome idea! I just installed it and am testing it right now by adding some typos. Let's see how it works... it works pretty well. Congrats!
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@lightfield Thank you! Let me know your feedback and if there is something you would like to see in Steer 2.0 :)
CY Zhou
@vojta_bohm Is it possible to provide more options like "make it more polite," or warmer, or softer? It would be incredibly useful. Or can I customize the prompt myself?
Daniel Bukač
Maker
@vojta_bohm @ramitkoul thanks Ramit, are there any features you'd like to see in Steer?
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@lightfield We wanted to make the flow as streamlined as possible which also means opinionated. We believe custom prompt is not the way to go. However, change of tone is something we really are considering. Thanks for the notion. Any other options beside 'warmer/formal'?
German Syroezhkin
@vojta_bohm Steer sounds incredibly useful for improving business communication efficiently! Will you be considering a Windows version in the future?
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@laocool Thank you. Yes, Windows version is something multiple people requested already and we are considering it. It comes with a huge technological overhead so we need to consider it thoroughly.
Stefans Keiss
Congrats on the launch, Steer team! Does Steer support multi-language text corrections or is it currently optimized just for English?
Daniel Bukač
Maker
@memphys_sk Thank you. Steer has the same multilingual capabilites as GPT-4o. So yes, it works pretty good with other languages, but english will always work the best.
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@memphys_sk Multi-language text is supported by default. English will perform the best but we use it for other languages as well. Try it out -> select text in any language :)
Alex Dulub
Hey Vojtech, congratulations on launching Steer! The concept of enhancing communication efficiency is definitely a game-changer for professionals. I'm curious, what has been the most surprising piece of feedback you've received during the beta testing? The shortcut feature sounds super handy for quick edits. Cheers to your success and the special launch discount! Looking forward to seeing how it evolves.
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@alex_dulub Thank you for the support Alex! I think it was that many people write a completely illegible message and use Steer to fix it to make it coherent :D It didn't occur to me people could use it like that.
Hudson Etkin
@alex_dulub @vojta_bohm I'd think that would be the most helpful use of Steer, being able to quickly type out an idea/the message you're conveying and not have to worry about fancy and polished language, for a quick email for example.
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@alex_dulub @hudson_etkin And you're absolutely on point. Once I realized that I started using Steer for that purpose as well.
AJAY KUMAR YADAV
Congratulation on the lunch, you got my upvote ! a really needed application, quick activation is that's what I like the most. Can you also add a feature of notes saving of the things it optimised so that I can review them later and learn from them in order to improve my skills. for example : if it corrected me in some line and I did that mistake again then it'll alert/remind me so, in this way I can keep track of my way of writing in order to improve it. Best of luck for your journey : )
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@ajay_kumar_yadav4 Thanks for the support and for the feature suggestion. It's interesting, that could serve as a learning tool as well. We will note it and if more people have this suggestion we will consider implementing it :).
Daniel S
I like it—a lot! This is what Grammarly should have evolved into, but it hasn't. The very simple but effective popup is perfect. Does Steer take into account historical messages to improve the current message with more context, or does it only use the highlighted text?
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@dan16 Thank you Daniel! Right now it’s really simple. Just the highlighted text. We don’t store any historical data for simplicity and privacy. We might look into this in the future though.
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@dan16 Give it a try, and you might find it fits into your workflow perfectly :)
Ramit Koul
This seems like a perfect solution on a mac system. Any plans on extending it to other systems?
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@ramitkoul Windows is a platform we are considering, since many people have requested it already.
Ramit Koul
@vojta_bohm Waiting for that launch as well since I am nowadays working more from my windows machine than my mac 🤞
Kshetez Vinayak
Hi Vojtěch, I simple love this product. Super cool and UX is just what I love. I use raycast and steer's similar UX is surely great as it is relatable and has no learning curve. Other thing I liked about your launch is the video. You so nicely explain everything that there was no need left to read anything else. I have a question: How did you add those cool zoom effects and focus shifts in the video? is there a tool I can use for that?
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@kshetez_vinayak Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad to hear that people find the learning curve manageable. Do you see yourself using Steer instead of Raycast? If not, what feature would persuade you? Yes, the tool is called Screen Studio. It's a handy little tool that also generates captions. We made a shoutout in this launch (see above).
Kshetez Vinayak
@vojta_bohm if i am correct, steer is only for text manipulation. On the other hand, Raycast is spotlight replacement. It just includes everything and we can add more using plugins. You guys target different audiences. Maybe you can create your own plugin for steer in raycast as well to reach their audience as well.
Jakub Blokša
Seems like a must-have tool for everyone doing any business communication. Do you plan to expand on other platforms?
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@jakub_bloksa1 Thanks Jakub. We had multiple request for Windows and also enterprise packages. We are looking into that to see if it's something worth exploring.
Robin Humphreys
This is such a great idea and the landing page is executed perfectly. Would love to see this also as an add-on to Raycast. Congratulations on the launch!
Daniel Bukač
Maker
@robinhumphreys thanks for the support. Yes, it's tough to communicate clearly on a landing page 😃
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@robinhumphreys Thanks for the feedback. The landing page went through couple of iterations, we realised the product agitation is the most important part. As for Raycast -> maybe sometimes but right now it doesn't make too much sense for us.
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@robinhumphreys We'll explore it. Thanks for the idea Robin. And for the support!
Adam Zvada
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE WORDING, JUST STEER IT. In love with this app 🤍 using it since the very beginning. This is the type of macOS app I would install right away on a new computer. Must have!
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@zvada Thanks for the support Adamos!
Dragos Marian
Congrats on the launch, Vojtěch! Steer looks awesome - like a superpower for writing! What were your main focuses when you were training the AI to be a business writing pro?
Daniel Bukač
Maker
@bill_adm we put a lot of effort into matching the right tone of voice. It automatically adjust to the user's original writing and context of app/website they're currently in.
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@bill_adm Thanks for the support Dragos. We had early users that gave us feedback and their messages and we improved the AI based off of that.
Elaine Lu
Congrats on launching Steer, @vojta_bohm! I love its capability to not only correct grammar errors but also enhance writing by providing alternative expressions right at your fingertips. Will you consider adding features to support full paragraph or article writing in multiple styles in the future?
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@elaineluyi Thanks for the support & feedback. We already support text of any reasonable length. Multiple writing styles -> how exactly would you imagine that feature?
Elaine Lu
@vojta_bohm Thanks for your kind reply. I need to clarify myself. When I mentioned supporting full paragraph or article writing, I meant generating content from scratch using prompts. Regarding multiple styles, I was thinking about offering multiple writing styles, such as essay style, business style, casual style, speech style etc. You know, for different occasions.
Trent Kennelly
Wow, the fact that grammarly missed this opportunity is kind of mindblowing. Simple, elegant, and super powerful. Incredible work, team!
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@trent_kennelly Thank you Trent. Give it a try and let us know what you think :)
Germán Merlo
Impressive launch @vojta_bohm !!! I'm sure Steer is gonna help me a lot with my writing tasks. Happy to see you addressing something like that. All the best here!
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@german_merlo1 Thanks for the support! Please give it a try; I believe you'll find it really useful. I use it a lot myself, especially today, maxing out the usage on PH comments :D If you try it, let me know what you think :)
Aditi Mishra
Nice! It would be awesome to have something like this to ensure consistent brand voice in marketing copy. Something we struggle with is maintaining one brand voice and “personality” across so many different writers and functions
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@aditimroy That's an interesting idea, how exactly does that work for you? Do you have specific rules you follow explicitly written somewhere?
Knarik Avanesyan
Launching soon!
Wow, love this! I’ll try it out.
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@knarik Make sure to let us know. We love a good roast :D
Pepa Semrád
Handy tool!
Daniel Bukač
Maker
@pepa_semrad1 Hope it helps you!
Jakub Lečbych
The Steer app that @vojta_bohm and @daniel_bukac are introducing is an amazing product—simple, easy to use, and incredibly effective. One of the standout features is that their backend is open-sourced, allowing anyone to see how they prioritize user privacy. I've had the opportunity to work with the creators and can attest to their excellence as software engineers. Vojtech, in particular, is an outstanding designer. His products are meticulously crafted, with every element seamlessly integrated to ensure a smooth and intuitive user experience. Using the app has significantly improved my workflow by eliminating the need for constant context switching between an app and a browser. I no longer have to open a browser and search for the correct tab to chat with ChatGPT. The messages Steer generates are tailored to the specific app you're using, so I no longer need to use prompts like "you are a Discord moderator," "rewrite a tweet," or "fix the grammar and spelling." These small conveniences make a big difference. The best way to understand all the benefits is to try it out yourself. Highly recommended!
Vojtěch Böhm
Maker
@daniel_bukac @jakub_lecbych Thank you so much Kubo! Your words mean the world to us, really 🙏 It was great working with you, we know how great of an engineer your are 😉 So glad that Steer is helping with your workflow 🔥
Andreas Sohns
Great work! It really enhances productivity and ensures professional communication without the hassle.