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Need UK based CTO to develop an English Language Learning Chatbot

Developer must be UK based (explanation given later).

Our end goal is to eliminate English tutors!

We need a UK based CTO on the team to:

  • Design and build the project

The chatbot will be built on either ChatGPT, or an Open Source model like Llama.

The bot should have text to speech and speech to text integrated and be able to respond depending on the input.

Bonus if you have previous experience of language learning.

I have the exercises I want the student to complete, they just need transforming into a chatbot.

This will be a full time position and paid accordingly. Equity could be an option if desired.


I am an experienced language tutor with some knowledge of web applications and coding.

We have a strong site already generating immense traffic so the marketing and acquisition of test users will be easy.

We are going for a UK government grant to develop a new ai powered language chatbot to help students learn English.

Developer must be UK based, and British national due to the conditions of the grant we will collect.

on July 21, 2023
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    It might sound pedantic, but if your end goal is to eliminate language teachers, you should be making poisen darts or something. Maybe your end goal should be to deliver conversation based drills over text and speech that help students learn English.

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      Thanks! Poison darts are way too expensive, and a little cruel?
      Eating them with code is far more ethical ;-)

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    Hey, this is interesting. I am a UK-based computer science academic, and programming practitioner! My university specialises in AI research - as such, this piqued my interest.

    Are you proposing we make an application that allows a natural conversation based off an AI model. I think Speak are doing something similar, and have a tone of funding. What you are talking about would require a huge effort, from an inter-disciplinary team.

    If you have a site generating good traffic: why not develop courses with a sprinkling of AI?

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      Hi Joe!
      This is a great suggestion. I think we will probably have something like this to get feedback on the mvp.

      Could you email me and we can talk a little more about this project?
      teaching (at sign) mcwwconsulting.com

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    A little more about me: I am good at marketing, brand building and strong in SEO. I used to be tutor but I switched everything online over 10 years ago.
    We are generating cash already, but to build a new product we need funding.

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      can you guide me about on-page SEO

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        Two insights:

        1. Speed (Cloudflare APO is solid)
        2. Look at the competition, see what's ranking, model your page on theirs.
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      Hey @mcwwwkke, I have built a STT->OpenAI->TTS app that could be applied to language learning.

      US based. Nonetheless, let me know if you would like to see the latest demo.

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        Absolutely! Please email me here:
        teaching (at sign) mcwwconsulting.com
        Please add IndieHacker to the subjectline. Thanks!

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          Hey @mcwwwkke, I have sent it over! Look for an email from Michael

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            So sorry Michael! Had a lot going on recently, but I found your email and just replied. Looking forward to chatting soon!