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Otto ā Your personal AI biographer
Share your stories and watch them turn into a personal history with Otto. Just talk about your memories, milestones, or daily adventures. Heck, even tell the story of building your startup. Try it out with beautiful free chapter.
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@ashitaa beautiful idea! Please translate it to Spanish and Portuguese so I can send it to my grandparents and parents ā¤ļø This is lovely.
Congrats on the launch @ashitaa š
What would you say is the target audience for Otto? And what would be their main use cases?
All the best with the launch!
@jgani thanks Jonni.
two key use cases - narrating + preserving personal histories and keeping track of your daily life and big moments as a tool for reflection.
right now focused on the former
@bonvisions Hey Bon - Otto is a palindrome and I'm a literary nerd lol.
thank you for your kind words.
Hi Ashita,
What a thoughtful concept behind Otto! The idea of easily preserving personal histories is truly wonderful. I'm curious, does Otto help guide the conversation with prompts, or is it more of a free-flow storytelling experience? Can't wait to capture a chapter of my own journey. Wishing you the best with this launch!
Cheers!
@alex_dulub Hey Alex - there are guided questions. like a mini interview. def try out an intro chapter to take a look.
this is super interesting. will def want to give this a proper try, will definitely require some commitment, but seems totally worth it
@ashwinl thanks - point noted on mobile.
re: use cases - there's a Lucius Malfoy - professional blond chapter floating around
I'd love to give this to my parents and friends to learn more about them and hear their story.
Just came here to say I really like the statement "Memoirs for mere Mortals"! Nice concept, will check out.
you wanna get money too fast. just 1 chapter for free.
the idea is good
but donāt do your startup just for money.
also recheck on mobile version of your website. thereās broken places. (last iphone)
Great product idea, there are so many use cases for this. One that immediately comes to mind is for the elderly. My husband was keen to capture his Mum's life story (while she remembers it!), but she's going blind & has arthritis so this solves all those barriers.
Another use case are kids with dyslexia like my son. He hates writing & reading, but is an amazing storytelling with audio tools.
Is there an app available in the Australian app store? I couldn't find one? Or it's a desktop tech for now?
@emily_willis1 Emily - I love both of these use cases. Def personally relate to wanting to capture life stories of people you love while they are still with us (and remember it).
What kinds of storytelling tools does your son use?
It's desktop tech right now and mobile web should work soon. No app at the moment. Would you say you have a preference for apps over web?
@ashitaa web is fine for now for sure! I only asked about mobile as I reckon for capturing those āmomentsā when a story idea comes to you, youāre more likely to have your mobile with you to capture it in Otto. For kids, creative folks and the elderly, a mobile is a device thatās got a really low barrier to entry (itās more accessible). I can imagine if I was walking in nature & had a creative idea (where all my best ideas come to me!) a mobile app would be fab!
@emily_willis1 I hear you on accessibility and low barrier to entry for kids and the elderly.
Hey Ashita! This is something I really want to try with my granny. I've been thinking of capturing all the stories she's shared so I can always have something to pass on to the next generations.
This is a cool idea! I'm always looking for better ways to capture the memories of this time with my kids
@nielshoven I love this.
What are the types of things that you want to capture? This is a public forum so only share what you're comfortable.
Would you like for them to read what you've written or would you like it just for yourself?
In a world of AI wrappers doing all the obvious things, Otto is such an interesting fun deviation. Have you thought about having it interview other people (grandparents, etc). I also think the name is so perfect (although maybe not for interviewing other people). Good luck with the launch!
@carterparks Hey Carter - that's a great idea. I'm assuming you mean an actual back and forth interview.
Have you been thinking about interviewing your grandparents? What have you used or tried?
Waw congrats on the launch š Stories are really about how we experience the world as human beings. I'm so stocked to see new storytelling projects!
@diwan_liwe_pena_albert absolutely. stories are really about experiencing the world as human beings.
thanks for the kind words, Diwan.
@ashitaa That doesn't sound bad and reminds me of another player in the biography game who also works with voice-only. How do you assess the problem that very few people can tell stories in full sentences and use a lot of filler words?
As the founder of Meminto Stories, I have been dealing with this problem for a long time. We developed a telephone assistant that simply calls old people without smartphones and asks them a question about their lives. It turned out that many people couldn't do that, which I found amazing.
I hope your approach works. Maybe we can exchange ideas sometime!
Best regards!
@albert_bruckmann that's a super cool approach. what made you decide to build Meminto Stories?
def would love to exchange ideas.
@ashitaa Thank you! For me, like you, it was the death of my grandmother. She left us her life on dozens of sheets of paper, completely unstructured and jumbled. I immediately realized that there was a problem here and developed a solution. Meminto is now used all over the world and we send books from Canada to New Zealand.
I even had the chance to appear in the German version of "Shark Tank" with it :-D
Let's talk sometime. You can find me on Linkedin or book an appointment here: https://meetings.meminto.com/boo...
Best regards, Albert
I always think about start writing, not specifically autobiography, I see Otto a good starting point to practice and inspire myself to write! Good luck with the launch!
@mekyal_amiri that sounds lovely, Mekyal. all the best with being inspired to write.
thanks for the kind words.
Congrats @ashitaa on launching Otto! š
It's such a brilliant concept - turning personal stories into a digital memoir.
How does Otto handle editing and structuring longer narratives? Also, how does Otto handle sensitive or private information in the stories shared?
@imaravind Thanks Aravind.
We do structured sessions based on themes to organize your story into chapters that make sense. Chapters are created based on direct transcripts from your interview with Otto.
We take privacy seriously and all your personal data and stories are encrypted and protected and accessible only to you. The language models operate within a closed system - they generate text without retaining any information post-session.
You have complete control over your data, with the ability to edit, delete, or permanently remove information at any time.
What do you hope to use Otto for? Feel free to DM if it's sensitive.
@ashitaa Got it! Makes sense.
> What do you hope to use Otto for?
I don't know.. probably a digital memoir for my toddler daughter to go through when she grows up š
Good luck with the launch!
@imaravind awww. love that, Aravind. I like that you're looking ahead. I'm always fascinated by the stories we tell.
Curious - What kinds of stories would you tell her - more generally focused on your life or words of wisdom for her?
The idea of a personal biographer that requires zero typing is pretty rad. Who wouldn't want to be the hero of their own story, right? Gave you an upvote because storytelling without the hassle of typing sounds like a dream.
Out of curiosity, for someone with a ton of stories, does Otto help organize 'em by themes or is it a free-for-all? Just wondering how my memoirs will shape up.
@aman_wen haha, thanks Aman. I hear you - I prefer to talk than having to type stuff out.
Otto organizes your stories by themes so not a free-for-all.
Free-for-all is a ton of fun but also pure chaos.
How long have you wanted to write your own memoir? Have you written anything yet or is the concept intriguing?
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