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Re:Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice... by meiraleal on Thursday August 15, 2024 @02:18PM (#41258903)
There is not even one reliable and proven "voice agent" yet (correct me if I'm wrong but the best available, elevenlabs, isn't that great yet to be a voice agent) but there is already companies selling the test of voice agents?

Selling shovels on a gold rush seems to have become the only one mantra here.

Re:Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice... by sumanyusharma on Thursday August 15, 2024 @04:14PM (#41259892)
It's a bit of a catch-22.

Making current voice agents reliable is incredibly time-consuming and complex. This challenge has kept many teams from pushing their agents into production. Those who do launch often release a very limited, basic version to minimize risk. We frequently talk to teams in both camps.

As a result, there aren't many 'killer' voice products on the market right now. But as models improve, we'll see more voice-centric companies emerge.

Teams are already calling their agents by hand and keeping track of experiment runs in a spreadsheet. We're just automating the workflow and making it easier to run experiments!

Re:Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice... by bongodongobob on Thursday August 15, 2024 @03:13PM (#41259375)
As a test, I asked GPT to call my phone company and get my account balance. It worked and even declined some program they tried to sign me up for. Blew my mind.
Re:Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice... by kgc on Thursday August 15, 2024 @04:05PM (#41259828)
What were the steps to get it to make a call?
Re:Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice... by bongodongobob on Friday August 16, 2024 @12:41AM (#41263219)
I just set my phone next to another phone and put them both on speaker. It didn't actually dial a number, but I'm sure it could if you used the API and gave it a "tool".