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Hi all,

I run a business that honours deceased pets by allowing their grief-stricken owners to reminisce about their life with storytelling.

I've had some success, and my existing customers really liked it. But there's a major barrier for people: typing is long, boring and can feel like homework.

To fix this, I'm experimenting with a voice recording feature, which I'll then plug into Whisper to transcribe their words into text. So essentially, they can "write" a book without typing a single sentence!

Now, I'd love for some of you who have/ have had pets to test it out! I know you have busy lives— so I made it extremely short!

I'm mainly testing how accurate my transcription software is when tackling different accents, genders and voice tones. So this would be really helpful.

Feel free to speak your mind when answering the prompts and don't be shy, upload some photos of your pet too!

NOTE: If you're privacy conscious, rest-assured I won't be storing your submissions for long. Your audio file will be plugged into Whisper API to test transcription, and your photos (along with your data) will be erased when testing is done!

Feel free to check it out here: Fastlane Form2

Thanks in advance,

TWG
 
Done. I'm driving (my car is my office these days) and had my phone connected to my car's system, so I'm not entirely sure how clear my voice came through..
 
It can be hard getting people to fill out forms. I had a look at the first two pages and wasn't sure what would happen next. I then bailed (but was watching a football match on TV so you have that to compete with). Maybe let people know in advance what they'll be doing when they start the form? Keep trying. Figuring out how to get responses from people is well worth it.

One tip is to not try to convince people to fill it in, but find people who *already* want to fill it in. Is that possible?
 
Done. I'm driving (my car is my office these days) and had my phone connected to my car's system, so I'm not entirely sure how clear my voice came through..
Thank you so much. Honestly, the fact you were driving might even be better for my test. Thanks again!
Maybe let people know in advance what they'll be doing when they start the form?
Thanks Andy. The user gets here via my website at petpapers.ie and the nature of the topic is clearly illustrated as part of my sales funnel. I just cold dropped my form page to test out different voice samples from you guys— because I don't expect anybody here to buy— yous are too busy bootstrapping your own businesses, haha!
I don’t understand this. You want people to say something about their past pet and they you convert it into a book?

Wouldn’t it be harder to get people to talk about it vs writing it?
It's a form of narrative therapy. My website petpapers.ie gives the user more context, then, they're referred to the form page as part of the funnel.

And I'm giving people the option to either type out their answers or upload voice clips. Some people may love the concept but dread the idea of long, arduous typing. Others might hate the sound of their own voice and opt to type it out. It's just a way to skew value and destroy barriers to entry.
 
Can your AI ask them questions? I've seen people get Gemini to ask them questions like the host of a podcast.
 
Can your AI ask them questions? I've seen people get Gemini to ask them questions like the host of a podcast.
Possibly, but I'll probably only look into this when scaling. Right now, I have a pre-made template that gets populated via Zapier. I don't think this is something crucial right now, but it's worth noting.
 
Only pet that is deceased is Bailey (Cat), I miss her, but I have moved. I have a picture of her for memory.
 
Only pet that is deceased is Bailey (Cat), I miss her, but I have moved. I have a picture of her for memory.
Thanks for the input, Zach. It would be much appreciated if ya could fill out the three questions in my form! I really need some different voice tones for testing lol!
 
Still looking if anybody would like to help
 
Curious. How do you earn money from this? Or is the purpose only to help people?
 
How can I help?
Thanks Moondancer.

Just head to this link: PetPapers Audio Alpha
And upload three voice notes using the recorder widget.

Even if you don't have a pet, you can just ramble about any topic. I'm trying to test my transcription software's accuracy with different voices and accents.

Your recording will be deleted once testing is done, don't worry!

Curious. How do you earn money from this? Or is the purpose only to help people?
I produce pet memorial books from the information gathered from these forms. I've had some success, but the long, arduous typing is a barrier to people. So, I created a way for them to upload their voice, and my software transcribes it for them. That's what I'm testing here.
 
Thanks Moondancer.

Just head to this link: PetPapers Audio Alpha
And upload three voice notes using the recorder widget.

Even if you don't have a pet, you can just ramble about any topic. I'm trying to test my transcription software's accuracy with different voices and accents.

Your recording will be deleted once testing is done, don't worry!


I produce pet memorial books from the information gathered from these forms. I've had some success, but the long, arduous typing is a barrier to people. So, I created a way for them to upload their voice, and my software transcribes it for them. That's what I'm testing here.
Will do tomorrow morning, goodnight.
 
Thank you very much!

Edit: Just realised I linked you to the longer version, so double thanks for the effort lol
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