[vunderba]

Feedback - the landing page demo file which links to https://lingle.ai/demo.mp4 doesn't seem to play, instead it results in a 307 redirect to the sign-in page.

Also I've personally never tried it, but there was a fairly popular video based language chat tutor program called Call Annie which seems similar (talk with a virtual tutor who manages plan/vocab/etc). I don't think its active anymore but it might be a good reference point for you in terms of product fit.

[andrewfhou]

Thanks for pointing out the issue with the video, should be fixed now. Interesting product you sent, although personally I'm not a huge fan of these uncanny valley-esque AI avatar tutors. Might just be me though.

[vunderba]

Yeah, I think it came out a couple of years ago, which in the world of generative tech is basically the Stone Age. So it definitely has that sort of weird almost early Pixar/Wallace and Gromit look.

[darweenist]

Oh god, I just went to the Call Annie landing page and first thing I see is the freaky AI slop avatar...her face is the last thing I'd want to stare at while I stumble through my Japanese study session every day. I'd rather talk to the Duolingo owl I think. The lingle approach of just having my face on the screen is actually kinda clever. Maybe it could recognize by my expression when I'm confused and help me out lol. I can also see how I actually look during the conversation which imo is a big part of communicating.

[Ehou1117]

Of course everything looks bad with 20/20 hindsight. it's better than 90% of AI slop products out there right now.

This was back when agents were referred to as NLP generative chatbots lol, and I can guarantee you at a minimum the devs knew how to properly handle something as simple as say connection pooling, whereas most slop products these days are just an absolute shitshow behind the scenes.

[darweenist]

the classic defense of every failed product... "trust me, the plumbing was solid." users don't care. they saw a creepy AI face and closed the tab. you're essentially arguing that the titanic had excellent rivets.

[Ehou1117]

https://letterbook.ai

wtf even is this. Another wannabe AI SaaS product, your arguments sounds like any other YC founder who drank way too much VC cool aid.

[andrewfhou]

I think you mean kool-aid, which refers to the well known American fruit-flavored drink mix brand. "Cool aid" on the other hand is completely nonsensical.