Hello Hacker News community,<p>We're developing an AI Assistant designed specifically for restaurant operations. It’s crafted to take orders via phone calls and directly input them into the restaurant's POS system, effectively bridging the gap between customer interaction and order processing.<p>We need your help to fine-tune it:<p>- If you're in the US, please call 650-460-2286. Feel free to place a mock order or inquire about menu items.
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I asked it if it spoke spanish, said yes, I then asked some stuff in spanish and it responded in English anyways.<p>Sometimes it would hang unnaturally for a long time after I finished speaking and then do the beep to "confirm receipt" of what I said. I think that may need to be more sensitive?<p>The voice was a little andro - make it more manly or more feminine to make it more human.<p>Good start!
It doesn’t seem to listen to other languages besides English.<p>I tried Spanish and Portuguese (Br).<p>It thought pedir (to request) was a flavor.<p>I also asked for bread, water, and cheese and only responded with Bubble tea.<p>I waited almost 30~ seconds after ordering, to find out it didn’t hear my original request. Might suggest shortening the retry.
Worked quite well! I would say it's usable by savvy people today. However the delay and turn-based interaction would preclude my parents from using it successfully. Nice work though!