We work on Herodot AI for more than two years moving from just a nice concept to truly reliable, easy to use app. Our task is to give you a feeling that you walk and travel with a knowledgeable local friend, who can guide you pretty much like a human, telling exciting stories on what is around, whatever catches your eye. Due to Google Cloud AI startups support program, we could make many of app features free. We hope you try and enjoy it on your next trip!
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Combining CV, geolocation, and narrative generation to turn static landmarks into dynamic story experiences is a clever approach. Key tech likely involves multimodal understanding + RAG retrieval + real‑time location fusion—especially watch offline usability, historical fact‑checking, and privacy handling. If an API opens up in the future, it could spark a city‑storytelling developer ecosystem. Downloaded—testing in‑person this weekend.
Love this idea. I often travel and see interesting places but never get the full story in the moment — having context from a photo or map right there feels super useful. Curious to try this on my next trip and see how natural the storytelling feels in real situations.
Congrats on the launch! Been travelling a lot lately and is something i could really use. Best of luck!
Actually used this during a weekend trip recently and the storytelling is spot on. It’s way better than standing around reading those tiny plaques at landmarks. Being able to just snap a photo and get the history immediately felt like having a personal guide in my pocket. Highly recommend!
Congrats on the launch, team! As a fellow builder of AI tools (working on real-time translation apps), I love how Herodot turns sightseeing into storytelling adventures with photo recognition and multi-language support-perfect for overcoming travel language barriers. Excited to test it in Europe soon! 🚀
The combination of photo recognition + local storytelling sounds perfect for those spontaneous travel moments when you spot something interesting but have no context. I'm particularly curious about the audio quality improvements you mentioned—does the new TTS sound natural enough to feel like a real guide, or does it still have that AI feel?
Trips are no more boring - really love what Herodot could furnish for travellers!
I’ve lived in London my whole life and still keep discovering new spots. I tend to enjoy things more when I can listen rather than read, which is why the audio feature really stood out to me.
Hey Oleg — congrats on the launch 👏
I work closely with short-form creators who demo AI apps in real travel scenarios. If you’re open, I’d love to share a few creator profiles that could showcase Herodot in action.
Love the audio feature! I travel a lot and usually end up doom-scrolling Google for info whenever I see a monument, so having an AI guide instead sounds much better. Since this is your 4th launch, I’m curious—what’s the biggest update in this version compared to the previous ones?
This is a nice idea. Last couple of years, I have been trying to travel a bit more and understand more about culture and the historical places. What major adjustments can we spot in this launch?
Congrats on the launch!
While reading the description my initial thought is it's just Google Lens+Gemini but as someone who likes to travel but not very good in directions and almost always have limited time in planning and researching - what got me excited was the possible emotion behind using the app while on a holiday. You got me with this - feeling that you walk and travel with a knowledgeable local friend, who can guide you pretty much like a human, telling exciting stories on what is around, whatever catches your eye.
Congrats on the launch — love how Herodot turns casual sightseeing into rich, story‑driven travel 👏
Hi Hunters and Makers! This is our launch number 4 at Product Hunt. Since our first launch, we steadily moved step by step, trying to make our product better, collecting user feedbacks, adding new features and upgrading with new models. Now Herodot AI is better than it has ever been - more engaging, accurate and faster stories, close to human level and faster audio quality.
And, real user feedback is still the most important for us. And I found it is so difficult to get. Please, try our app (we added promo code for free use) and share your thoughts on what we can add or improve to make it your favourite app!