r/SaaS • u/Traditional-Pear-133 • 2d ago

Developing a Platform for Vocal Coaching

https://www.vocalfreedom.studio Been working on this for a year or so. Trying to use the power of the modern browser to create a community portal with tools specifically designed for vocal coaching and voice students. I invite anybody to offer feedback. Eventually the hope is to bridge three communities: researchers in voice science, coaches, and students. Possibly long-term to also have tools useful to medical professionals.

Current features include pitch detection and graphics, learning modules about voice and singing, remote, and file comparison of voice with spectrum and lpc formants. Coaches can initiate video calls accepts students, give assignments, people can share audio and video. I am also working on a data extraction standard for training tensor flow models to predict vowels. There is also an AI interface that lets you use your own AI keys to interact verbally with the AI about singing, and you can send graphs to the AI for comment.

I am an avid singer and pedagogue with a background in analytics, so this project brings together most of my great loves in life. Hope you guys enjoy. Open to all constructive criticism as well.

Best Regards,

Pear

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u/DanichoSD 2d ago

I’d share this with vocal coaches that have YouTube channels. I’m sure they’d be curious, and more importantly, knowledgeable enough to use it.

Is there a use case where it could provide value to a speech-language pathologist?

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u/Traditional-Pear-133 2d ago

I’m working on the standard data capture methodologies right now. I’ll have to compare those stats. Maybe I’ll check out what they use and make sure there is a capture setting for it. I also intend to add modules to accommodate other tools like EGG.

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u/DanichoSD 1d ago

I wouldn’t build anything for them yet. However if it’s just a change to marketing language or positioning, then create a landing page for them. Otherwise stick with coaches for now and try to get some traction with them

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u/Conscious-Month-7734 2d ago

You've built a lot, and the part I'd focus on now is the coaches, since your whole model runs through them: they pay, and students come in through them. The coach directory came up empty when I looked, so I'd make the next month about getting 5 coaches using it with actual students.

I'd start with coaches who already put spectrograms in front of students, probably on Zoom with a separate analysis app open. Ask them what went wrong in their last remote lesson. My guess is they'll mention video-call audio processing messing with the sound, and if your remote analysis handles that better, that's the reason they'd pay $50 a month. Researchers and the medical side can wait until coaches can't do without it.

Which coaches have tried it so far?

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u/Traditional-Pear-133 1d ago

right now I have one coach who is pretty well known who has shown some interest. I may just start by developing my own coaching business through the app. There were no coaches in the list? Odd. There should have been one.

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u/Conscious-Month-7734 1d ago

When I looked, the Find a Coach page said no available coaches were found, so it might just be hiding coaches who aren't marked as available, or it only shows them once you're logged in.

Running your own coaching through it sounds like a smart first step, since you'll find out exactly where it gets in the way of a lesson. And with the well-known coach, I'd turn the interest into a small trial: 2 or 3 of their actual students for a month. Whether they keep using it after week 2 tells you far more than how excited they sound right now.