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I like the idea of a virtual local guide, someone you can call while in a foreign country to help with language, directions, booking stuff. Just someone with re
by almost 16y ago
I like the idea of a virtual local guide, someone you can call while in a foreign country to help with language, directions, booking stuff. Just someone with reasonable local knowledge, both languages and the internet.
- stcredzero 16y agoThis could be a great job for wheelchair-bound people in the particular visited country. (Though it wouldn't be limited to such persons.) I could imagine a service that uses smartphones and communications apps like Facetime as a sort of "poor man's telepresence" to enable on-demand translation and protocol/culture navigation service. (It would involve much more than language translation and would leverage a person's commonsense knowledge.) This could be monetized through monthly and weekly availability charges, and be subject to "throttling" the most frequent users by progressively lowering their queue priority.
- eddmc 16y agoHave a look at http://tripbod.com http://tripbod.com who provide a service similar to what you are taking about. Tripbod are at the Launch Conference this week so may well be on pitching on stage at some point