There are no well known programs made with Roc. It's been usable for writing real software since July or so for those of us willing to deal with compiler crashes and regular syntax/feature changes. To my knowledge there are six people producing substantial amounts of software in Roc. I'm using it for a speech recognition/transcription app and the desktop environment and apps on my eink tablet, both on my own UI framework.

> Being rejected after investing so much time must also feel awful.

I did an interview process that was 6 hours, one hour per week, then flew me in for a 6 hour on-site. They decided not to take me at that point and provided no reason.

For English I've found Parakeet v2 and Parakeet unified to perform significantly better than v3. For deposition audio in a quiet room and neutral american accents I've hit 96-97% on a number of sessions with v2 and I've seen as low as 83% for heavy accents with overlapping speakers.

For an even more niche language, Roc basically became usable in the new syntax about two months ago (still has compiler crashes, there's a good reason it hasn't had a real release) but Opus writes it just fine after a couple corrections to handle the language's quirks.

I noticed this as well and the question caused me to go pretty deep into writing in general.

Switched to a 36 key ergo split with a tweaked alpha-thumb layout (R is on my left thumb, Space is on the right, base layout is Hands Down Vibranium V). Started learning Pitman shorthand (again) then switched to Noory Simplex and stuck with it. Became fascinated with Zaner's Method of cursive where the writing is done entirely through arm movement and using the rhythm of the muscle movement instead of by conscious control over the pen position. At the moment I can write at about 100wpm on a keyboard, 70wpm in shorthand, and 26wpm longhand.

I believe that the improved ability to learn comes from the need to focus on a concept for longer while writing and not on the motion of the writing itself. My ability to retain is better in cursive than in shorthand and I don't notice a significant difference in retention between keyboard and shorthand.