PopStory!!

Childrens story creator for children by children

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Childrens story creator for children by children

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A child-friendly story generator, which allows pre-reading children to select characters, locations and create unique audiobooks (with pictures!) to encourage engagement with storytelling. Textless UI, Generative AI, and multilingual (20+ languages).

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Launch tags:Parenting•Kids•Languages

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PopStory!!

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PopStory!! has been developed as a family project by an out-of-work dad and his two daughters who wanted to hear stories from a computer. It's meant to be a fun way for children to create stories, explore combinations, be inspired, and share what they learn. Let your child create a story, listen with them, and ask what they think; always interesting to hear the takeaways! We added a multilingual feature so (hopefully) you can create stories in your native language or maybe your parents language, a language you learned as a child and want to revisit, etc. Our family is from a minority-language background and it is very difficult to find childrens audiobooks, so this has been a wonderful feature for us. We currently use OpenAI API to drive story creation. The safety of these "public systems" is of huge benefit for this use-case, and we describe it a feature in discussions. Some things I've noticed: + Young children love the teddies, unicorns, etc in typical environments. + Older children have a little bit of mischief and put whales in a meadow, or dogs underwater, just to see what happens... + Adults are also allowed to create stories and usually start exploring the language options. I've really enjoyed making this product with my children, I hope other families enjoy it. At the moment, it is very basic, but we love it all the same. Hopefully, I will add more features in the future, but I am keen to get feedback on the commercial side. Two major features we have partially implemented: + playlists. + video creation. + animated stories with subtitles to help children learn to read. There is a lot of interest in it from adults as a way to learn second languages (try Italian, Spanish, French, German, and others), to support that product aspect we plan for: + bilingual story + multi-script story (english/chinese, korean/finish, etc). We also have an API which can serve the story content, assets, etc. and create new stories. Let me know if you would be interested in using this API. It doesn't have any documentation yet, but if there is demand...

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3yr ago

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Wow, very interesting. Definitely going to give it a try with my children. Thanks for launching this cool product ! Best of luck 🤞

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3yr ago

PopStory!!

Maker

@alex_epsi thank you! let me know how it goes!

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3yr ago

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@edwardgrundy tried this morning with kids (only had time to watch / listen to the demo video) and they liked it ! Will give it a proper try later this week 😎

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3yr ago

PopStory!!

Maker

@alex_epsi that's great, thank you! Keep in touch and I can drop you some story credits in exchange for feedback :D

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3yr ago

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What a wonderful concept! Encouraging pre-reading children to engage with storytelling in a fun and interactive way is a fantastic idea. How do you ensure that the generated stories are appropriate for different age groups, and can parents customize the content to align with their preferences?

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3yr ago

PopStory!!

Maker

@ricardo_luz hey, that's a great question! We currently design stories specifically for the 3-7 age group; stories are also tuned to language choice (character names, locations, etc will match language locale). We have a prototype for older children, with longer narrative structures, character arcs, etc. At that point, choice around narrative will become more important, but will require a different UI, choices around parental control etc.

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3yr ago

🎉 Stumbled upon this and couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship! The intuitive interface stands out. What inspired this particular approach? I've always been drawn to indie developers' stories and the unique paths they tread. Followed you to ensure I don't miss any updates on your journey!

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3yr ago

PopStory!!

Maker

@jakeharr well, i don't do frontend dev ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ also, watching kids using a computer: they are not following our rules! back in the day i would write games and data software in opengl prior to the UI packages like qt etc, each app had a bespoke UI. These days it's more of a curse because people feel it is "unintuitive" so getting the balance between expectation and bespoke is tricky.

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3yr ago

Looks really cool!

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3yr ago

congrats for launch! cool idea!

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3yr ago

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