Tag: Technology

Motive and Motivation

Who are you and what do you want? Why are you here? What’s in it for you? These are all natural questions when one arrives to a community out of the blue offering something new apparently “for sale.” I get it. And, that’s the situation in which I find myself, so let me endeavor to […]

AI – Good, Bad or Ugly?

You cannot read a news story today that does not somehow mention the implications of AI. Everywhere we turn, it’s part of the conversation. Some of that conversation is exciting and some of it is scary. There’s certainly a lot of hype and there’s definitely a lot of fear. I’ve recently gotten a fair bit […]

What if? Why not?

Lately, we’ve been pondering a lot of questions, but these are two that we like a lot. They’re kind of at the heart of why we’ve taken Talk to Me, Goose! in the direction that we have. These were some of the questions that underpinned the drive to create Talk to Me, Goose! and they […]

Seeing is Believing

We keep talking about Merlin and how we’re trying to reduce the level of effort, and this morning, I thought, “Why not make a little demo of how cool it is?” 30 seconds of Merlin making magic below. Because, it’s not just about reducing the level of effort. It’s about reconnecting with people. It’s about […]

Using AI for Good

When we started down this path to build the app, it was initially to find whether there was an existing solution for a realistic representation of my voice that could be used in the event that mine would no longer be available. I have shared in a separate post about that journey and what I […]

Realizing a Dual Use

When we launched into building Talk to Me, Goose! We focused on the initial use case to build something to help with communications. How do we support someone who loses their ability to speak? But, as development progressed, given the quality of the output and the ease of use, it became clear that there was […]