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About
Speakeasy solved a narrow 2018 problem. Flash Briefings — the short daily segments Alexa reads back when you ask "what's my flash briefing?" — needed a developer to build and host, which put them out of reach of anyone without an engineering budget. Dan Comand, a Toronto software developer, wrapped the whole thing in a form: write the text you want Alexa to read, or upload an MP3 to have the briefing run in your own voice, schedule it, and it goes out. He introduced it publicly in January 2018 and demoed it live at TechTO the following month, creating a briefing on stage and playing it back through an Echo, then said Google Home support was the next thing on the roadmap. The product did not last. The getspeakeasy.co address now serves an unrelated AI-interviewing product, so this page carries no website link.
Backers
No outside investment found — a solo-built product.
Quick answers
What did Speakeasy do?
It let anyone publish an Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing without code. You filled in a form with what you wanted Alexa to say — or uploaded an MP3 to use your own recorded voice — and scheduled when it went out.
Who built it?
Dan Comand, a software developer in Toronto. He introduced Speakeasy in a post in January 2018 and demoed it at TechTO in February 2018. His post also names a later venture, Plan A, a development agency for web, voice and chat products.
Is Speakeasy still available?
No. The product is gone, and its old address, getspeakeasy.co, now serves an unrelated AI-interviewing product — checked 10 August 2026. That is why no website is linked here.