u/kamscruz

I asked here a while ago what people actually do with all the information they have after a sales meeting, and the replies were really useful.

one thing I kept thinking about afterwards was trust.

say you walk out of a meeting and tell your CRM:

“met Paul from Atlas today. they need 250 valves, budget is around $18k and I need to follow up next Wednesday.”

if the system understands that and puts the information into the right fields, would you want it to save everything immediately?

or would you still want to see the record and confirm it first?

because there seems to be a tradeoff here.

if you have to review and confirm every single thing, you start losing some of the convenience of just talking to the CRM.

but if it saves everything automatically, one misunderstood customer name, amount or follow-up date could be a much bigger problem.

I've been building and testing a voice-first CRM around this, and this is something I'm trying to get right.

for people who actually use CRMs every day, where would you draw the line?

would you want everything confirmed before saving, only important fields confirmed, or only be asked when the system isn't confident about something?

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Hi community members,

I’ve built a webapp which allows free live speech to text, audio/video file transcription, YouTube URL to text transcription and TTS.

A user signed up in December 2025 and used the app extensively for the first month and after that there’s no usage.

I’ve written to him 3 times asking for the feedback and what’s missing, what’s good, etc. The user has never reverted.

I feel guilty he’s paying and he hasn’t been using. Perhaps he’s forgotten to cancel the sub. What would you do in such scenarios?

EDIT: I forgot to mention that this user used the web app extensively for audio/video transcription during the first month of sign-up (within the allowed limits).

Hello community members!

I've been building a website called ELI5 over the last few months. the idea is simple: help people understand complex topics in plain English.

Instead of getting a short AI response, ELI5 generates a structured explanation with visual diagrams, multiple explanation levels (from beginner to expert), and links to sources so you can verify the information or continue reading on your own.

To make the explanations more useful, it doesn't rely only on an LLM. It also searches publicly available information from Google Search and YouTube to gather relevant context before generating an explanation.

As people use the site, it has gradually grown into a public library of explanations. There are now 500+ topics covering science, technology, history, finance and many other subjects.

One thing I kept struggling with was the homepage. It felt like a generic AI tool, even though the product had evolved into something much more educational.

So I spent the last few days completely redesigning it. I used ChatGPT-5.6 Sol as a thinking partner to iterate on the copy, layout, navigation and overall positioning.

I also recently added a Sponsor page where companies can sponsor individual explanation pages if they're relevant to their product or industry. The goal is to keep the sponsorships contextual and transparent rather than filling the site with generic ads.

Another decision I made from day one was to keep the product accessible.

It's completely free to use:- no subscriptions, no sign-up, no login, and no paywall. I wanted anyone to be able to learn something new without creating an account first. Information should be free and shouldn't come at a cost.

You can simply open the website and start learning.

I'd genuinely appreciate some honest feedback from fellow builders.

1/ If you landed on the homepage for the first time, would you immediately understand what the site does?
2/ Would you use something like this?
3/ Does the homepage build enough trust?
4/ Is there anything that feels confusing or unnecessary?

I'm not looking for compliments....I really want to know what you wud improve before I keep building.

Website: https://eli5.cc

I'm also planning to let users generate short YouTube-style explainer videos for any topic they search. Do you think that's something you'd actually use?

Thanks for taking the time to have a look!

Old Homepage

New Homepage (GPT rewrite)

Hello community members!

I've been building a website called ELI5 over the last few months. the idea is simple: help people understand complex topics in plain English.

Instead of getting a short AI response, ELI5 generates a structured explanation with visual diagrams, multiple explanation levels (from beginner to expert), and links to sources so you can verify the information or continue reading on your own.

To make the explanations more useful, it doesn't rely only on an LLM. It also searches publicly available information from Google Search and YouTube to gather relevant context before generating an explanation.

As people use the site, it has gradually grown into a public library of explanations. There are now 500+ topics covering science, technology, history, finance and many other subjects.

One thing I kept struggling with was the homepage. It felt like a generic AI tool, even though the product had evolved into something much more educational.

So I spent the last few days completely redesigning it. I used ChatGPT-5.6 Sol as a thinking partner to iterate on the copy, layout, navigation and overall positioning.

I also recently added a Sponsor page where companies can sponsor individual explanation pages if they're relevant to their product or industry. The goal is to keep the sponsorships contextual and transparent rather than filling the site with generic ads.

Another decision I made from day one was to keep the product accessible.

It's completely free to use:- no subscriptions, no sign-up, no login, and no paywall. I wanted anyone to be able to learn something new without creating an account first. Information should be free and shouldn't come at a cost.

You can simply open the website and start learning.

I'd genuinely appreciate some honest feedback from fellow builders.

1/ If you landed on the homepage for the first time, would you immediately understand what the site does?
2/ Would you use something like this?
3/ Does the homepage build enough trust?
4/ Is there anything that feels confusing or unnecessary?

I'm not looking for compliments....I really want to know what you wud improve before I keep building.

Website: https://eli5.cc

I'm also planning to let users generate short YouTube-style explainer videos for any topic they search. Do you think that's something you'd actually use?

Thanks for taking the time to have a look!

Old Homepage

New Homepage (rewritten by GPT)

I’m building NoUploadTools as a simple directory of web tools that respect users’ privacy.

The goal is to list tools that are:

\- Open source
\- Zero login
\- Work offline / client-side where possible
\- Free forever
\- No ads
\- No file uploads to a server

Site: [https://nouploadtools.com\](https://nouploadtools.com/)

If you’ve built a tool that follows these principles, feel free to [submit it](https://nouploadtools.com/submit).

Would also love feedback from the webdev community on what else should be required before a tool is listed.

Edit: NoUploadTools is now open source.

GitHub: [https://github.com/digitalwareshub/nouploadtools-new\](https://github.com/digitalwareshub/nouploadtools-new)

I have been building SHRP for a few months now. It’s a browser-based workspace for working with voice, audio, video and transcripts.

Right now it includes:

1/ live speech-to-text with quick actions like AI Enhance, Translate, Save locally and Save to cloud

2/ audio and video file transcription with speaker labels and exports like TXT, SRT and VTT

3/ submit youtube URL-> transcript extraction with TXT, SRT and VTT exports

4/ text-to-speech in 60+ languages with more than 2,000 voices

5/ summaries, action items and other transcript outputs

6/ a dashboard with saved history and project folders

7/ API and MCP access

There are free tools people can try without creating an account, while the workspace is for saving work and continuing later.

I’m now working on AI Workflows, where users will be able to queue multiple audio or video files, leave them processing in the background and return later to completed transcripts and outputs.

I would appreciate honest feedback on two things:

- does this make sense as one workspace, or does it still feel like several unrelated tools?
- which part would actually be useful enough for you to return to regularly?

I noticed a few users signing up using temporary email services.

My first reaction was to block or delete those accounts.

But when I checked the activity logs in the admin panel, one of them had actually uploaded a WhatsApp voice note and generated a transcript. Another had used the speech-to-text feature multiple times.

now Im confused because.....

on one hand, disposable emails can be used for abuse, avoiding limits, and creating multiple accounts.

and on the other hand, some people clearly care about privacy and may still become legitimate users.

How do you handle this?

- block all disposable email domains?
- allow them but limit features?
- judge users based on behaviour instead of email provider?

what would you do?

I noticed a few users signing up using temporary email services.

My first reaction was to block or delete those accounts.

But when I checked the activity logs in the admin panel, one of them had actually uploaded a WhatsApp voice note and generated a transcript. Another had used the speech-to-text feature multiple times.

now Im confused because.....

on one hand, disposable emails can be used for abuse, avoiding limits, and creating multiple accounts.

and on the other hand, some people clearly care about privacy and may still become legitimate users.

How do you handle this?

- block all disposable email domains?
- allow them but limit features?
- judge users based on behaviour instead of email provider?

what would you do?

I'm thinking about building something called TalkMate and wanted some honest feedback before I spend weeks on it.

first thing- when you search for talkmate or talk mate or talkmate ai on google, my site shows up on the first page of SERP, position 1 or position 3 or 4. being on first page of SERP is significant and I wanted to make use of this positioning and build something....

The idea is simple:

you open a website, press a button, and start talking.
No typing. the AI talks back instantly in your language.

A few use cases I'm considering:

1/ Friendly conversation when you just want someone to talk to
2/ Interview practice
3/ Thinking out loud through ideas or decisions
4/ Travel companion (asking how to say things, understanding situations abroad, etc.)

The thing that got me thinking about this is that voice feels completely different from chat. When you're walking, driving, cooking, traveling, or just tired, typing is annoying. Talking is natural.

What I'm unsure about is whether people would actually pay for something like this when Siri, ChatGPT Voice, Gemini, and other assistants already exist.

Would you use something like this? If not, what would stop you?

Trying to figure out whether this is worth building or whether I'd be wasting my time.

I'm curious if people actually want something like this, so I've opened an early access waitlist.

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I'm thinking about building something called TalkMate and wanted some honest feedback before I spend weeks on it.

first thing- when you search for talkmate or talk mate or talkmate ai on google, my site shows up on the first page of SERP, position 1 or position 3 or 4. being on first page of SERP is significant and I wanted to make use of this positioning and build something....

The idea is simple:

you open a website, press a button, and start talking.
No typing. the AI talks back instantly in your language.

A few use cases I'm considering:

1/ Friendly conversation when you just want someone to talk to
2/ Interview practice
3/ Thinking out loud through ideas or decisions
4/ Travel companion (asking how to say things, understanding situations abroad, etc.)

The thing that got me thinking about this is that voice feels completely different from chat. When you're walking, driving, cooking, traveling, or just tired, typing is annoying. Talking is natural.

What I'm unsure about is whether people would actually pay for something like this when Siri, ChatGPT Voice, Gemini, and other assistants already exist.

Would you use something like this? If not, what would stop you?

Trying to figure out whether this is worth building or whether I'd be wasting my time.

I'm curious if people actually want something like this, so I've opened an early access waitlist.

Ive spent a good part of my life living and working abroad and Ive run into this problem more times than I can count.

You're standing in front of someone who doesn't speak your language. it could be a landlord, receptionist, doctor, taxi driver, shop owner, doesn't really matter.

....and then- you open a translation app and it works for the first sentence.

then they ask a follow-up question.

then you need to explain something more complicated.

then they respond with three sentences.

and suddenly you're both awkwardly passing a phone back and forth and the conversation falls apart.

Ive experienced it enough times that I'm considering building something specifically for this.

it's not another language learning app.

BUT more like a "real-time interpreter" that helps two people actually have a conversation.

The idea is simple: You speak in your language -> the other person speaks in theirs -> the app keeps the conversation flowing naturally - "Voice in, voice out"

built for real situations rather than language learning

The target users would be:- travellers, expats, international students, remote workers and people living abroad

What I'm trying to figure out is:

1. Is this actually a painful enough problem?
2. Would you use something like this?
3. What situations would you use it for?
4. What existing app already solves this well or what do you already use in such case scenarios?
5. Most importantly: should I NOT build this and spend my time on something else?

I've spent the last few months building a speech-to-text and text-to-speech tool.

One thing that surprised me while working on the TTS side:

everyone talks about voice quality, but almost nobody talks about the actual listening experience.

after generating hundreds of audio files, I realised that even a great voice becomes tiring if the pacing is wrong.

if its too fast? Sounds robotic. if too slow? You lose attention after a few minutes.

I've started noticing this everywhere now, including YouTube videos and audiobooks.

For those of you who use TTS regularly:

What matters most to you?

• Natural voice quality?
• Speed controls?
• Language support?
• Cost?
• Ability to download audio?
• Something else?

I'm genuinely curious because the answers are often very different from what builders assume.