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Re:Show HN: We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant by rckrd on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @12:27PM (#5286971)
Most of the requests seem made up, thats just my opinion though.
Re:Show HN: We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant by jayzee on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @09:40PM (#5290177)
I sent in the "I am including a link to zipped file which has a bunch of files. The files are pdfs and images of business cards with corresponding contact information. Please transcribe them: first and last name, title, address, email, and phone number" request.

Premier did an awesome job. Quick, accurate, and affordable. The best part was that I just submitted the request by email and got results back by email instead of having to spend time figuring out another web interface!

Re:Show HN: We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant by anandkulkarni on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @12:29PM (#5286988)
They're actually all real requests people sent in. What do you think could make it more apparent? Perhaps we could show the results?
Re:Show HN: We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant by unreal37 on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @03:13PM (#5288230)
You could credit them to anonymous people, and use quotation marks.

"I'm looking for help booking a trip for a family of 4 to France." - A Satisfied Customer from California, USA

"Help! My domain name for my website expires in a few days and I need to renew it." - A Satisfied Customer from London, UK

Re:Show HN: We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant by duck on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @01:03PM (#5287203)
Yeah, I think without the results those requests just don't offer much to a potential user.
Re:Show HN: We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant by prayag on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @01:23PM (#5287352)
This a sample of the anonymized history of projects that Premier has done in the past.