Elderly users struggle with text-based digital interfaces

“Anam Cara-3: Why we think AI needs a face Hey HN, we're Ben and Caoimhe, cofounders of Anam. We built a service for interactive avatars and just shipped our latest model, cara-3. Try it at anam.ai, no sign-up required, or build with it at lab.anam.ai or anam.ai/cookbook. Some context on why we're working on this: faces carry emotional signal that text and voice don't. Almost half the human brain is devoted to visual processing, and it's one of the first things we learn a”

“Ask HN: Easiest UX for Seniors I have been running a SaaS for ~10 years used heavily by people 65+ and a lot of them are tired and frustrated about remembering the domain/path to login screen and then which email/password they used, having to go through the whole forgot-password-flow, etc. I have tried simplifying this as much as i can but I feel like there must be better options. Google sigin in is confusing for them because they get thrown into Googles horrible UX flow where they mig”

“Show HN: Real-time avatars that change emotions as you talk Hey HN, we're Ben and Caoimhe, cofounders of Anam. We build interactive avatars and just shipped our latest model, cara-4. This is the first avatar model which can naturally shift emotions and expressions during the conversation; a feature we’re calling “Director Notes”. The way it works is relatively simple: we have an LLM provide cues such as [laughter], [sad], [warm] interleaved with the speech, which we then condition our anima”

“Show HN: Omi – watches your screen, hears conversations, tells you what to do Spent 4 months and built Omi for Desktop, your life architect: It sees your screen, hears your conversations and will advise you on what to do next Basically Cluely + Rewind + Granola + Wisprflow + ChatGPT + Claude in one app I talk to claude/chatgpt 24/7 but I find it frustrating that i have to capture/send screenshots of my screen and that it doesn't help proactively during my work Whenever omi se”

“Show HN: I built a toy that plays grandma's stories when my daughter hugs it This was a project I built for my daughter's first birthday present. For context, I'm a surgical resident in the UK by background and am currently taking a year out of training to study a masters in computer science. My daughter just turned one. There are two things she really loves: the first is particular soft toy that she just can't live without, and the other is a good story book. Her grandparents liv”