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Super cute and well executed project. But after imagining how this would work in practice, my loved ones sitting down to talk to a box and getting text respons
by hombre_fatal 6y ago
Super cute and well executed project.
But after imagining how this would work in practice, my loved ones sitting down to talk to a box and getting text responses some indefinite time later to recorded messages they might not even remember the contents of (I wouldn't), it seems comically sad. It makes me think of how unsatisfying it is to attempt any real convo over SMS.
Then again, I'm sure it's a supplement to the weekly or monthly video calls they're already having where yaya gets to see and hear their grandkids. But I can't shake the pathetic vision of yaya recording a 10min voice message and then, three days later, getting "school is good thx yaya!!".
- davchana 6y agoHow about using some service to convert Grandma's speech to text, sending it as text to gkid, then gkid replies to it by "quoting it" (you long press the message, & then type reply, reply shows the original message too). Then printer prints both messages as bubbles or like paragraphs.
- Breza 6y agoThat's on the grandchildren. They need to learn how to reply to Yaya. "kthnx" won't work, but this will: "Hi Yaya, I just listened to your message about my first day back in school. Yes, I'm a little nervous about being around so many people after a year at home, but mostly I'm excited about seeing my friends again and getting to play sports. How are you? I hope your knee isn't acting up and you can get outside today. It looks like the weather is beautiful over there right now."