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Show HN: AI check-in app for people living alone

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I made https://AssureOkay.com the smart check-in app that gives solo dwellers peace of mind.

Our AI assistant calls you daily for a quick chat to confirm you're safe, and automatically alerts your emergency contacts if needed.

Help with independent living while keeping your loved ones worry-free. Simple, non-intrusive, and reliable - because everyone deserves to feel secure living alone.

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When initially looking at this my thought was that this is a way to ditch personal responsibility. How hard can it be to call your family member once every day or two to make sure there ok? Thinking about it more I could see this being useful for people with conflicting schedules such as night shift workers. I also think it may be helpful in cases where someone is in early stages of dementia and needs multiple check-ins a day. (I have no personal experience with dementia so may be totally off.) It may be good to update the description and marketing copy to have this be an addition to normal check-ins from actual care givers or family members.

great take! thanks for the feedback

I think this is pretty awesome.

I like the multiple attempts it you miss the first call. Maybe add the option to check in manually. Sometimes I am in locations without cell service, in meetings all day, etc.

Also voice recognition to prevent a different party from answering/confirming in the case of a kidnapping or domestic abuse.

you can definitely check-in manually if you wish!

Thanks for the great feedback

Is it necessary that this be an 'AI' app?

the AI part is the phone call with an AI assistant that assesses your wellbeing. not a necessity, a feature

Can the AI be disabled?

https://x.com/AndrewSchmidtFC/status/1849947375873425889?lan...

haha I chuckled. yes it can!

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