Growing up as an immigrant child, I often found myself in the role of a translator for my parents. This is a big issue for most immigrant families and individuals alike. I have definitely felt their pain when I go abroad and can’t speak the language. It feels like you’re mute.
But luckily I built a tool that just let’s them take a picture of their whatever they want to read, select their language of choice and start asking questions. WhatLetter
Figured I’m not the only one who deals with this problem. My parent’s have been using it for a while now which has reduced my phone calls with them to actually good conversations vs “Hey what does this say” or freaking out about Credit Card offers lol. However, given there’s so much software in the world, I’m not too sure about how to make this grow and make it profitable. As a young entrepreneur I’m trying to stay in the arena until I can figure it out.
Feel free to give me some feedback and maybe ways that have worked to grow software products for consumers. In this case, target audience who won’t find this on their own.

  • jskyerabbit@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Google Translate does this for free so it may be tough to make profitable.

    I live in Vietnam as a foreigner and can open my camera with Google Translate and point it at a menu and it’ll translate it on my screen.

    I can also upload pdfs or pictures and get translated versions. Etc

    I would think that in order to make it profitable you would need to find your target audience that is willing to pay for your service or willing to put up with any ad revenue etc you have on your app. And just build that audience.

    Best of luck.

    • sepehr_fard@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That’s a good start but it doesn’t provide a chat system where you can inquire deeper. I agree that it’s a nice start but the point of this tool is actually understand what you’re reading and it gives you quick action items of what to do next.

    • TourApprehensive2155@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I thought this too until I saw the chat, knowing parents and their relationship with technology, this is actually brilliant, they can ask all their questions to the AI and it leaves no room for confusion.

          • jskyerabbit@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            I would test a few different prices in marketing and whatever one gets the most traffic probably go with that one. Maybe $9.99 a month or $99 for the year.

          • jskyerabbit@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            I would test a few different prices in marketing and whatever one gets the most traffic probably go with that one. Maybe $9.99 a month or $99 for the year.