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Enoch Leffingwell
PROBLEM
Ask AI Computer is a powerful always-on computer that can work in the browser for me, but right now I can only interact with it by typing. Every request has to be typed out, and then I have to wait, often a long time, for a single objective to finish before I can hand it the next one. That makes it hard to use throughout the day, especially on the go.
REQUESTED FEATURE
Allow me to have a live voice call with Ask AI Computer, where it can keep working in the background (including using the browser) while we talk, and can tell me out loud what it is doing and what it found.
Key capabilities:
  1. Voice calls with the always-on computer: a natural, two-way spoken conversation (interruptible, with clarifying questions) with the AI assistant that is running on the computer.
  2. Background browser work during the call: the assistant can keep using the browser in the background and narrate what it is able to do, what it has done, and what it needs from me.
  3. Spin up sub-agents or sub-tasks by voice: I can say something like "start a sub-agent to research X" or "run a subtask to update Y" and it kicks off parallel work immediately, instead of one long task blocking everything else.
  4. Multiple tasks at once: I can give it several different requests during the same call and it works on them in parallel, rather than making me wait for one objective to finish before starting the next.
  5. Check-ins and reporting back: the assistant oversees all the running tasks and gets back to me during the call (and afterwards) on the status and results of each one, and tells me when it needs approval or input.
  6. Works on mobile: the call should be usable from the mobile app, and ideally keep running with the screen off (see my related request).
WHY THIS MATTERS
This is a very important quality-of-life upgrade. I currently talk to other voice-enabled AI assistants multiple times a day, all day long, because being able to just speak and have things get done is so much easier than typing. Ask AI Computer is a great foundation, but it is not quite there yet without voice, sub-agents and parallel tasks. Adding them would make Ask AI a much more competitive, truly hands-free assistant for busy business owners, and cut the waiting time on every objective because tasks run side by side while I stay in the conversation.
Thank you for considering this!