Show HN: "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” Reading App for Kids, Powered by GPT-4

by abhip • 3 years ago

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abi• 3 years ago

Hi HN,

Builder of Whimsy here. We built this GPT4-powered storytelling app to encourage kids to read more. We found that kids are far more engaged when the stories are about their specific interests. Some kids loves garbage trucks, some kids love Harry Potter, some kids love unicorns. With Whimsy, you can easily generate a story that your kid will be interested in. Once you pick your kid’s interests, we generate a few stories for each interest and you can pick the story that sounds most interesting.

The stories are also “Choose your own adventure” which adds another level of engagement for kids. It gives kids a sense of autonomy, and gets them more invested in the story when they can choose what happens next in the story.

We’ve had several parents play with the app since we started working on it. The parents and their kids especially have absolutely loved it! I’ve been using it with my nephew who normally would rather watch YouTube than read and he's a big fan.

There are definitely lots of AI-powered reading apps out there but we think we’ve built something that much easier to use. So much so that kids can easily use themselves (there’s no need to “prompt” the AI).

Would love to hear your feedback!

piceas• 3 years ago

I had a quick look but not with my kid yet.

The story I chose didn't include the interests I entered.

I like length and pace of each section.

The story had the same generic style that a simple prompt such as tell me a children's story with a few themes and a problem/goal. Perhaps try to give the stories a bit more character.

Consider removing A/B and use the option directly as the text for the button. Keep it simple.

Nice work.

Show HN: "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” Reading App for Kids, Powered by GPT-4

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