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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Transforming the Way That People Work
Pros
I was introduced to asynchronous audio in 2013 and immediately fell in love. However most tools have not been update enough to change the way people work. The Yac team is changing the way people work and is constantly listening to user feedback and making updates.
Yac can be used to give feedback for Yac in a way that does not take a huge cognitive load.
Cons
The biggest challenge with Yac is that it has not been adopted by enough of the people that I work with.
Once people use the tool, they tend to love it and we can do much better work.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Holy Sh*t! My hands are saved. Incredible product.
100% would highly recommend this for people working in a remote or hybrid setting. Even for people in an office, if you need to debrief a topic with someone and they have no availability, you can easily share your thoughts and they can listen to it later.
Pros
I love the ability to either send audio or voice messages to my team while sharing my screen for quick explanations. Not everyone has time to jump on calls throughout the day but this allows people to remain in the loop or share something on their mind and not have to wait for later.
Cons
I don't have any cons about the product at the moment. The YAC team is always innovating and releasing great features. They are truly a Remote-First company.
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LoomReasons for Choosing Yac
I didn't like that Loom was video-only at the time and YAC had a superior product.Switched From
LoomReasons for Switching to Yac
I didn't like that Loom was video-only at the time and YAC had a superior product. Also, better user experience/customer support.- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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Smooth, action-oriented, less browsing friendly
So far, I've only integrated it into a light workflow of updates for an intern I manage. Still trying to figure out as a team how we'll use it in the larger context of asynchronous remote work together.
Pros
Going straight to recording and generating a shareable link is definitely helpful for fast notes.
Cons
I found it a bit intimidating to figure out where my messages would be going and keeping them unlisted. It's a bit unclear in the beginning.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Yac makes it easy to drop most recurring meetings
Yac is a lightweight powerful application that helped us move from a meeting culture to an asynchronous culture that depended less on face time and more on work time. If you're looking for a way to drop the marathon zoom calls, Yac is for you.
Pros
The best thing is that Yac let us replace meetings with a asynchronous voice message. We've nearly eliminated all of our recurring meetings that center on work items and now our Zoom calls are just about bonding.
Cons
The iOS app flashes white when it loads. Seems like their product is still pretty early.
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VoxerReasons for Switching to Yac
Yac is audio first, async first and integrated well with Slack.- Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Launching asynchronous conversations with Yac
We remembered how useful Nextel's Push-To-Talk feature was back in the day -- and Yac has done the best job of updating that experience for modern users. We are still in the early innings of integrating Yac. But so far, end users seem to find Yac easy to understand.
Pros
We appreciated that Yac focused on helping us get asynchronous conversations going in a straightforward way.
Cons
Communications still tend to be siloed. The automatic transcription to text is helpful, but it still takes some work to organize the disparate threads of conversation to really make use of the software. No one wants yet another inbox, after all.
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