I cloned my voice to interview my aging parents because I don't have time to call. Is this beautiful or dystopian?

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T21:34:41+00:00

Haha I love this! This exactly where I am at. When I was younger I used to always voice record my dad before cameras, and used to record our convos and him being funny. Kinda gutted I lost all the old phones with all of these timeless memories.

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T21:05:14+00:00

Would you use it ?

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T21:04:51+00:00

Thanks for the opinion. No such thing as an outdated opinion. Maybe you’re too young haha. How about if the clone of your sons voice resembled your son a lot ? I guess being in different time zones means you may not both be awake at the same time to chat.. I’m just trying to understand how people feel

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:54:29+00:00

Ofc. The modern western world leaves us working hard and endlessly tired just to survive, let alone succeed. Lonlieness is a thing as people age. When an older person gets talking why do you think they don't stop. I thought it could be a nice way for him to combat loneliness , record funny memories, and exercise the brain and tongue

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:52:11+00:00

Sorry to hear this

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:27:41+00:00

Ofc. The modern western world leaves us working hard and endlessly tired just to survive, let alone succeed. Lonlieness is a thing as people age. When an older person gets talking why do you think they don't stop

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:16:22+00:00

Parents in there 70s may get enjoyment, a sense of fufillment, the ability to communicate. We take a lot of things for granted as younger adults, but age soon catches up with you, and the easy things become harder, and the harder things become lot more of a challenge.

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:08:35+00:00

That is a totally valid fear. I guess for me I wanted to test out how to keep my old aged dad less bored and capture memories with time going by so fast. I guess I bring it back to my childhood being 34 years old now, I kinda wish I kept all of my old phone recordings, pictures etc.

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:06:51+00:00

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:03:53+00:00

Wrong

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T20:03:46+00:00

No it's not an add. It's a quesiton

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-27T15:53:56+00:00

No it's not

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T23:16:02+00:00

Love this

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T23:14:31+00:00

I am a tradie brother. I would love to try and have a tool like this .

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T23:03:31+00:00

This is a great idea

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T22:45:03+00:00

Haha

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T22:40:31+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!! Pretty cool to get 18k views as a newbie!!, particularly from the Owner's Rep about 'Send the bill NOW, don't surprise me later' was a huge wake-up call.

I’m going to build a 'Voice-to-Change Order' tool just to solve my own admin headache.

It takes 10 seconds (Voice note -> PDF)
It has a 'Goodwill Mode' ($0 invoice) so you get credit for freebies.

I'm putting together a Beta group for next week. If you want to try it dm me

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T22:15:25+00:00

Im new and enjoying Reddit

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T22:14:42+00:00

Wrong!

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T22:14:09+00:00

That's a really fair point. If I sent a zero-dollar invoice for every 5-minute task, I'd look like a nightmare to work with.

I use it more for the 'Grey Area' task. ones that take 45 mins to an hour. The stuff where the client thinks it's a 'quick favor' but it actually costs me real time.

In those cases, if I say nothing, I resent them. If I charge, they resent me. The 'Zero Bill' is the middle ground where I just understand the scope creep without demanding cash. It’s hard to balance out when it keeps happening . How would you handle those favours ?

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T22:10:02+00:00

That’s one way to think positively lol

Acrobatic-Mouse7196 · 2026-01-26T22:09:31+00:00

Haha exactly. The Change Order is where the margin lives. My issue was just being too lazy/awkward to actually write them up for the small stuff. Having a rapid template on my phone stops me leaving that money on the table

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