App Uses Artificial Intelligence To Help You With Your DIY Mistakes

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The new app, Fountain uses artificial intelligence to help you out with your home improvement projects, sorting your request to put you in touch with an expert who knows exactly how to help.

With the internet,you can learn just about anything on YouTube, WikiHow and the DIY Network about home improvement. The only problem is that, while the Web is great for finding facts and documents, it often falls short for more nuanced questions like, “why is my faucet leaking?” or “does this air filter look clogged?”

Fountain, a new app that recently launched in Beta form– aims to solve this problem. Instead of reading through forum threads and crowdsourced answer sites, the app allows you to video chat with a credible home improvement expert precisely when you need to.

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The app first ask you a simple question: What are you stuck on? Answer this question, and Fountain’s artificial intelligence system will process your response and then match you with a curated list of (human) experts who can help you out.

From there, you’re free to initiate a one-on-one HD video chat with the expert of your choosing — but it’s more than just a simple Skype call or Google Hangout.

The app also allows you to snap and annotate photos, to point out specific problems, and even share links and other relevant information to paint a clearer picture of what you’re trying to accomplish. It’s basically a faster, more immediate way to get a professional in your house. Instead of calling up somebody you found in the yellow pages and waiting for them to show up at your house, you can connect almost instantly over the web and bring them into your home virtually with the help of a mobile device.

Currently, the app itself is a free download (once you’re invited), but each question you ask costs five bucks per increment.  Depending on the expert you are working with, you will get about 15 minutes for Gardening and Plumbing advice, 12 minutes for Appliance repair, and 10 minutes for Interior Design. If you need more time, it goes in $5 increments.

That might sound a bit steep for a mobile app, but compared with the cost of an actual plumber or electrician, five bucks starts to sound downright cheap. It also might save you a lot of blood, sweat and tears.

To find out more or sign up for the Fountain Beta program here.




SOURCE  Digital Trends

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