This reminded of the movie "Her"(2013) where the actor worked at a company with a similar use case. The difference being they wrote the letter for you (by dictating it to the computer) and then mailed it to the person. Wish they could do that!!
Show HN: Letter from You – Handwritten letter, mailed for you
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#22reminds me of violet evergrand
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#23I don't understand one thing. The customers know that companies are here just to make money. Then why do they think the letter is coming from the heart? Why don't they think it is some marketing guy's ploy to extract little more value/money?
Sometimes you’ll build up long lasting, trusting and mutually beneficial relationships with some of your best “customers” (a person you do business with inside a company) you’ll even do business with these individuals across different companies. The times I’ve sent my customers something (be it a swag pack, bottle of drink or anything) it’s been really appreciated. A handwritten letter would be amazing! I did send a…
That's a good point, I guess it means more than a printed letter. But I'm still skeptical that you can outsource something as personal as your own hand writing. I feel it breaks down trust and diminishes the effect of your real hand written letters ...
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#24Could Amazon's mechanical turk be used for this?
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#25What everyone is really waiting for is when the Microsoft research voice changer is finally production ready and there will be a service to call whoever you want(parents/significant other) and just pretend to be interested in what they tell you. If scheduling comes up pretend to need to sync the calendar and if anything really hard surfaces feign a work call/ cell phone trouble. People will feels much more loved and…
and then emails you a summary.
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#26So is the custom handwriter an AxiDraw Pen Plotter?