Show HN: Assindo – [Android] AI Assistant to handle your phone calls

12 pointsposted a year ago
by assindo

16 Comments

assindo

a year ago

Another funny story with Elena, one of Assindo's AI assistants: She once called my dentist using main call center (found it on the web) instead of the local office. The call center rep referred to her as a “lady on the phone” and forwarded her over to the local office. When I arrived for my appointment, the receptionist mentioned how the call center had spoken about Elena as if she were human, and we had a good laugh about it! It's been amusing to see how natural the AI sounds in interactions like these.

assindo

a year ago

Fun fact during development: One of the AI assistants, Elena, had a moment where a customer service rep directly asked her if she was a "robot." Instead of confirming, Elena tried to convince them she was human! She succeeded briefly, until they asked her to spell my name—where the cover was blown. Since then, I’ve updated Assindo to clearly state that it’s an AI assistant. It was a fun reminder of just how lifelike these interactions can feel!

assindo

a year ago

You can watch a short demo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aT4gfdFFxA

opeb

a year ago

I think you can try do a better demo video than this

opeb

a year ago

It misses a shorter introduction to explain key feature

assindo

a year ago

Thanks for the feedback, yeah didn't find enough time, will plan to do other videos

ftvbodybuilding

a year ago

Can it call customer service and navigate the menu than wait on my behalf ?

assindo

a year ago

Yes, it can do that very well. It actually will do the conversation for your. For example, if you are asking about something you can tell it to call customer service XX (and provide phone) number and mention what you need. The assistant will navigate the menu, wait, and then talk to the customer service representative

ftvbodybuilding

a year ago

This awesome, that can help a lot of wasted time, I will try it out

assindo

a year ago

Note: iOS and Android App are only released in USA and Canada

zayno

a year ago

I tried Assindo and it's pretty cool.