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You'd charge $2/day? I think $60/month would seem quite expensive for an audio version of daily reminder text.

I also think this is a feature, not a product? Unless you perhaps make it a text-to-actual-speech API?

Probably a good point. The price point just may not be feasible. Thanks for your input!

It might still be worthwhile starting the venture, just to see where demand lies. I bet you'll stumble upon a successful formula that way.

I think I should. I think I should do this with my craziest friends and see what comes of it. Maybe word of mouth will get us the requisite numbers to make some money. Maybe we'll just at least have what we wanted for ourselves. Why not, right? It's like zero overhead. Thanks for your encouragement.

I just moved to Singapore a few months ago and have just gone through the (very efficient) motions of registering a business. I am still toiling away at the day job, but send me an email if you are interested in further discussion. My address is in my profile.

Totally feasible, but it'd probably have to talk dirty too.

(For you Something Positive fans: "It's like Nerdrotica meets New Relic" )

(oh god thats amazing)

Patti would talk dirty to me. And so would Lorna. And they're hot. That, and the fact that I know and love these people, might be the reason I was over-optimistic about the price point.

For a thought experiment, think what you could do at much higher price point (e.g. 100$ a day), and who might pay for that. Then scale down from there.

I was actually thinking about this.

Basically, do a thing like this for egotistical investors and bankers--how many do you think would pay large amounts of money just to enjoy having somebody read them the closing bell and after-market action on their stocks?

Shit, you could put together a basic portfolio tracker and script generator, and then just farm it out to spare VA talent.

Anybody interested in doing this?

Virtual girlfriend leaves personalized erotic messages?

See, that's entirely too sad for me.

( SaaS => sadness as a service )

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