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murmur
practice tough phone calls with AI before you make them
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practice tough phone calls with AI before you make them
132 followers
Dreading a phone call? Practice it first. Murmur is an iOS app that lets you rehearse real-life phone calls with AI before making them for real. Call your doctor about test results, negotiate rent, prep for a job interview, or handle a difficult return - in a safe, judgment-free space. Pick a scenario (40+ built-in, or create your own), have a real voice conversation with AI, get instant feedback on what you said and how to improve. Not a chatbot - a real voice call simulator with AI coaching.
@valzevul This is super relatable — the “hoping they don’t pick up” part hit hard 😄
Really like the idea of practicing real conversations with an AI that actually pushes back. One thing I was wondering — have you explored showing a more “live” feel of the experience on the landing?
Like a quick simulated call flow or visual example of how a conversation evolves could make the value click instantly for first-time users.
Feels like once people *see* the experience, they’d be much more likely to try it.
@valzevul Also had a quick thought on highlighting the “real conversation feel” more clearly in the first few seconds — I think that could significantly improve first-time user conversion.
Happy to share a quick concept if you're open 🙂
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@vinayverma thanks, that's a great idea to make the landing more interactive! As I am building a mobile app, not a web-service, my primary goal is to get users to download the app first - at which point they get to see the demo onboarding and try the real live call.
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Hey Product Hunt!
I grew up texting. My generation booked things online, ordered through apps, and found every possible way around talking to strangers on the phone. So most of us never really learned how to be comfortable making calls.
Not the "I hate small talk" kind of uncomfortable - more the kind where you rehearse what to say to a doctor's receptionist for twenty minutes, then hope they don't pick up. Job hunting made it worse: phone screens, salary conversations, follow-up calls - each one felt like a test I hadn't studied for.
So I built murmur: an iOS app that lets you practise stressful calls with AI before making them for real. The AI plays the other person with a real voice, and gives you feedback after. Doctor's appointments, landlord negotiations, awkward returns, mock interviews, salary talks - and custom scenarios if you have a specific call you're dreading. The AI shows emotions, hesitates, pushes back, and tries to behave like an actual person on the other end.
Murmur got featured in the App Store's "Best New Apps and Updates" a few days ago, and it's for anyone who has ever made a phone call in their head before making it for real. Would love to hear what call you'd practise first.
@valzevul Love this for Gen Z/Alpha job hunters dreading recruiter screens. Have you practiced any salary negotiation scenarios yet? How does the AI handle pushback on counteroffers?
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@swati_paliwal absolutely! Well it’s not really a negotiation agent - otherwise I’d be launching a different (and probably a more profitable) product, but it will do its best within the provided timeframe.
Hello!
I tried murmur and I have some notes,
1.It was very hard to find the app on the appstore, I had to search for murmur ai because lots of apps had the same name, maybe you wanna change it to murmur practice or something that helps users get there faster
2.In my case i was not able to test it properly as it directed me to the demo and later on it asked me to make a payment, I was not able to test it in any way, i believe is hard to get users to pay if you dont give them even a small sneak peak.
3.UX: I feel its very closed, I cant access anything , cannot setup my language preferences, speed of speech anything (maybe this changes with the premium features but im not sure)
would love to test it out though!
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@carolinahunts thanks for giving it a try! The title of the app depends on your App Store language, but generally it's "murmur: ai practice calls". The paywall you encountered during the onboarding is one of the a/b tests I am running - but it can be dismissed, you should still be able to try the app for free (please drop me a message if not, then this is a bug).
Appreciate the feedback regarding UX - at the moment the language preferences and speed of speech are not customisable, the agents will reply in the language you speak, and they will speed up/slow down if you ask them to. I will explore adding more clear controls though, thank you!
The "hopes they don't pick up" thing is so real. What makes this interesting to me is whether the AI actually pushes back - most roleplay tools are too agreeable and you walk away feeling more confident than you should. Does murmur simulate the person being annoyed, distracted, or just saying no outright? That is the scenario that actually trips people up.
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@mykola_kondratiuk it does, and there are scenarios where the user has to work around the outright no (e.g if you try to book a table at a restaurant, one of the objectives is to ask for a window table, but the scenario tells the agent that all window tables are already booked and they can only offer a waitlist). That being said, we keep things PG-13, so even when the agent gets annoyed or agitated, it sticks to certain constraints.
I'd actually use this for practicing calls in a second language. When I was in the US, making phone calls in English for things like appointments or reservations was always way more stressful than it needed to be. Being able to practice the exact conversation beforehand would have helped a lot. Does it support other languages like Japanese, or is it English only for now?
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@ray_artlas great question, thank you! Right now all scenarios/instructions for agents are in English, but if you start speaking in a different language, the agent will switch too. I will eventually localise the app itself as well, but users can already practice conversations in foreign languages to make those less stressful.
Practicing phone calls before actually making them — that's such an underrated anxiety reducer. Do you track how confidence changes across multiple practice sessions for the same scenario?
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@greythegyutae thank you, right now there is no way to compare confidence changes for the same scenario (as I encourage users to explore them all first), but you can track how your overall confidence changes as you use the app.
Congrats on the launch! The "rehearse before you call" concept is something a lot of people need, but I believe nobody has built well until now? At least, for me, it's the first time seeing it like this - great work!
Curious whether you've considered business scenarios like investor calls or client negotiations. At CoreSight, we work with founders who'd probably use this before a fundraise.
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@andreitudor14 thank you, that means a lot!
Yes, I’ve definitely been thinking about that direction. The app already supports custom scenarios, so in practice it can simulate anything from investor conversations and fundraising prep to client negotiations and job interviews.
Right now I’m keeping that flow somewhat capped while I work through the cost side, but if CoreSight sees a real use case here, I’d be very open to discussing a pilot or a commercial/team version.