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I hope this is helpful feedback:

* There are several small typos on the page ("How does it works?") that distract from its content.

* The testimonials strike me as all having the same writer's voice.

* What appears to set "Audrey" aside from, say, Alexa is the promise that you can take a moment to train the AI when it misunderstands you. That's a great feature; I can tell Alexa that she was wrong (via the app), but that's tedious and may take months to see my feedback enacted. Immediately linking what I said to the desired outcome for future use would be ideal. I'd like to see an example of what that looks like for this app, even if it's just a mock-up.

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The testimonials strike me as all having the same writer's voice.

Someone needs to come up with a service that generates authentic-sounding testimonials, complete with convincing headshots.

At the very least, one of them is obviously a headshot found from somewhere else. In general for a new service, I'd rather see no testimonials than testimonials of questionable authenticity.

Agree. They should have known their technical audience would pick up on this.

"Sincerity is the key to success. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made"

Convincingly human headshots that aren't just misappropriated likenesses of a real person? Sounds like an ML master's thesis to me!

It'd probably be easier to hire a bunch of models, cheaper too! :P

No no, the point is that they're supposed to look convincing, not like models!

Model doesn't need to mean the type you'd see on the catwalk at a fashion show, you could ask random people in the street if they'd take a quick headshot for a tenner even

I was thinking of this as I was reading this thread (America's Voices in The Onion): https://triviahappy.com/articles/who-are-the-people-in-the-o...

Thank you very much for the feedback. Will refill coffees and start working on those. We are sorry for the grammar, we will make those changes as soon as possible. Must have slip off our mind to get them checked due to caffeine overdose.

*Bow apologetically

Hi, I also noticed it says, "Set your routines with Audrey, such as like getting a Uber every morning." I think, "Set your routines with Audrey, like getting an Uber every morning." is a little clearer! App looks very cool though!

Thanks! We've updated it!

The landing page copy is still really bad - "Whenever Audrey do not understand your request, you can teach it so that it can understand you the next time."

How am I supposed to trust that you are capable of building an AI when you can't get basic grammar correct? Don't build a marketing page when you're bad at marketing :)

Edit:

Just to clarify - I mean that the poor grammar is likely due to that fact that English probably isn't your first language and has no relationship to your abilities writing software. But, for consumer facing products such as yours, it's probably important that you get these small things right.

Awwww, thanks. We are kidnapping an English professor right now to do the job. You folks deserve high-quality material and we have fail to deliver it. We are terribly sorry and will improve.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but if you are, please know that my comment wasn't meant to minimize your accomplishment of building and releasing an app. I honestly want you to succeed and think it would be sad if that opportunity never presented itself simply because of poor grammar on a landing page.

No no. I really do appreciate your comment. We're getting a person who is going to run through the landing page copy as soon as possible.

I also noticed a minor mistake on the automatic email acknowledging a signup to the waiting list.

Instead of saying 'merrier', as in more merry, it says 'marrier'.

We actually have a video showing how it works. It will be up on the site soon! I promise!

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