Show HN: The Answering Machine – A screenless AI phone for kids with questions(tdaltonc.github.io)
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Show HN: The Answering Machine – A screenless AI phone for kids with questions
https://tdaltonc.github.io/the-answering-machine/
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Incredible project, others have already pointed it out but the 67 double meaning is perfect
I would buy one of these!
*67 meets 411
This looks amazing! Is there a number hooked up to demo this out? Would love to send this to my nieces and nephews!
Sure! These should work until the free credits from the hackathon run out:
You can call the main agent at: +1(628)259-4098
You can call the 67 agent at: +1(414)928-8628
You can call the parents agent at: +1(828)373-8597
You can call the main agent at: +1(628)259-4098
You can call the 67 agent at: +1(414)928-8628
You can call the parents agent at: +1(828)373-8597
67 Mode is the greatest callback to 90's prank calls (I assume that was the intent - and if so chef's kiss with how it ties into the current status of 67)
The coincidence that *67 (the 90's caller ID blocker) and 67 (the inscrutable middle schooler meme) are the same makes me believe in meme magic.
67 MODE: There's also a privacy mode (dial 67) for older kids to ask questions they might not want to discuss with their parents. Safety guardrails still apply, but no summaries are shared. Hardware is a Grandstream ATA bridging an analog phone to Cartesia's voice API + Claude. The philosophical write-up is at the link above; the technical README is at https://github.com/TDaltonC/the-answering-machine.