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husseinfazal··on Show HN: Wise – Mechanical Turk-like service with a Stripe-like API
thanks dang.
husseinfazal··on Show HN: Wise – Mechanical Turk-like service with a Stripe-like API
We can handle both .mp3 and .mp4. The current pricing we have listed is the base price per api call for simple image moderation. Longer/more complex tasks will of course cost more. Feel free to fill out the form on the website and someone from our team will reach out to you with more details. Thanks!
husseinfazal··on Show HN: Wise – Mechanical Turk-like service with a Stripe-like API
Accuracy/Confidence is calculated based on the number of workers who have submitted an answer and the accuracy score that each one of those workers has.

In order to increase accuracy %, we simply push the task out to more workers. i.e. the exact same image moderated by 3 high-quality workers may have a 90% confidence level while pushing it out to 5 high-quality workers may increase that confidence to 95%.

husseinfazal··on Show HN: Wise – Mechanical Turk-like service with a Stripe-like API
Yes true. Sorry. Will do moving forward!
husseinfazal··on Show HN: Wise – Mechanical Turk-like service with a Stripe-like API
We are not actually built on MTurk. The tagline is there to allow people to quickly understand what type of tasks we can complete.

We bring on our own workers that have been vetted and tested by us - and are also open to working with workforce providers. In terms of scaling, we are not concerned about the supply (workers). There are a very large number of workers available - and quality can be moderated with the right onboarding and testing processes. The more difficult side of the equation is the demand side. By building a simple RESTful API - we hope to be able to generate consistent demand.

husseinfazal··on Show HN: Wise – Mechanical Turk-like service with a Stripe-like API
pkfrank - thanks for the comment. we are still working through the pricing model. The current model is on a per-request basis but we are also exploring a monthly fee to keep the quality of the companies that request tasks high. What kind of tasks do you think we should focus on?