Show HN: Let's Play (Voice AI) Ball – A Baseball Strategy Game

My 8 year old son is obsessed with baseball. It’s unfortunate because 1) I deeply love lacrosse (I was the leading scorer my sophomore year for UC Davis! Never miss an opportunity to say it!), 2) I don’t know much about baseball, and 3) he’s a diehard Yankees fan.<p>Although I can’t do anything about his team affiliation or the current 3-0 Yankees deficit in the 2024 World Series, I can do something about teaching him baseball strategy -- despite knowing little about baseball myself. I built this Voice AI game for him to learn more about baseball strategy. In the game, the Voice AI describes a baseball scenario, and the caller has to describe what the defensive player should do. To try it out, call (530) 203-8359.<p>While my son is obsessed with baseball, I’m equally obsessed with Voice AI. Voice AI is eating the world. We’re seeing Voice AI consume pre-existing call volume (e.g., lead qualification calls, customer surveys, medical appointment setting) and creating a deluge of new call volume enabled by the Voice AI medium (e.g., role playing for professional development (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;solidroad.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;solidroad.com&#x2F;</a>), an AI that introduces you to people with similar interests (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boardy.ai&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boardy.ai&#x2F;</a>), and, yes, voice-first baseball games to make you feel like a better dad).<p>If you’re building in Voice AI and are as enthralled with Voice AI as me, check out what we’re building (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;voice.canonical.chat" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;voice.canonical.chat</a>) when we’re not building fun voice-enabled AI applications. We love meeting other people in Voice AI and helping them improve their Voice AI agents!<p>Tom <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;tom_shapland" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;tom_shapland</a>