I built a free tool for breaking down tasks into manageable subtasks
Hi HN! First time posting. I created a tool for my Autistic son who is in high school junior battling severe ADHD symptoms. His difficulties include; 1. Time blindness 2. Lack of executive functioning skills 3. Task initiation issues These three were severely affecting his grades. We had a consultation with a Developmental Psychologist who prescribed Concerta that improves his ability to focus in class. In addition he also has the boilerplate ADHD accommodations(2X time on tests and quiet place to take the test). These collectively improved his test taking abilities. But, when it came to his…
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VoxTodo is a free web tool that breaks down large tasks into smaller, manageable subtasks. Designed for students and individuals with ADHD, autism, or executive functioning challenges, it helps users overcome task initiation difficulties and time blindness by creating structured step-by-step plans. The tool addresses the overwhelm that comes with complex assignments, making it easier to understand and complete work on time.
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Hi HN! First time posting. I created a tool for my Autistic son who is in high school junior battling severe ADHD symptoms. His difficulties include; 1. Time blindness 2. Lack of executive functioning skills 3. Task initiation issues These three were severely affecting his grades. We had a consultation with a Developmental Psychologist who prescribed Concerta that improves his ability to focus in class. In addition he also has the boilerplate ADHD accommodations(2X time on tests and quiet place to take the test). These collectively improved his test taking abilities. But, when it came to his completing his assignments and other submissions "ontime", he is left to his devices. I realized after observing him closely(with his consent :-)), that his real problem was that, the task at hand was overwhelming him. He didnt know how to go about piecing the various sub-tasks that went into completing that task at-hand. For example, for one of his literature class; he had to write a term paper on the book "Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are dead". This was very over-whelming for him which prevented him from starting on-time. I created www.voxtodo.com to help him; 1. Manage his workload - Break down his tasks into sub-tasks 2. Plan his work sessions- sign-in using google credentials and lets him load the tasks into his Google calendar 3. Track his progress - Setup alerts(custom alert frequency) to receive alerts on his Phone/PC wherever he is working 4. Stay organized - He can close out the task within the app which then removes the task from calendar and removes the alerts. That gives him a big high knowing he completed a task from his todo-stack. 4. Track time spent- Each subtask has timers that he can start and stop. And there is a dashboard view where he can view metrics on which task he spent the most time on. Here is a snap-shot of one of his working session; https://imgur.com/a/nf1FpkA I tried it on one of my own tasks, where I am trying to recreate the Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models from scratch and it gave me these steps to follow through; https://imgur.com/a/nf1FpkA Tech Stack Flask with JINJA2 templates with Tailwind CSS for styling and SQLite database hosted on Pythonanywhere($5/month hosting and love it) Google Auth for calendar access OpenAI API(GPT4o) for task breakdown Would love for you to try the app and recommend it to others. Would it equally appreciate any bugs. i have tested in on all major browsers, but there might be some lurking bugs somewhere. If you have a specific feature request, i have a repo where I am collecting them. Here is the issues template; https://github.com/ultrasounder/Voxtodo-features/blob/main/g... Cheers, Ananth
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