Why voice
Typing doesn't work when your hands are full. So most on-site quotes end up as “I'll email it tonight,” and tonight turns into three days later. With voice-to-quote you describe the job in front of you, the app prices it, and the quote's in the customer's inbox before you've loaded the van.
Useful for boiler swaps mid-job, roof repairs from a scaffold, flue runs in airing cupboards, sparks in the loft. If you can talk through the job, you can quote it.
What the app does with your voice
The recording gets transcribed, then the AI reads the transcript and works out what you described. From something unstructured like “two-day bathroom refit, rip the old suite out, new shower, basin, toilet, retile the walls, all new pipework,” it pulls out:
- The trade (plumbing, bathroom fitting, etc.)
- Materials and quantities, with sensible wastage
- Labour hours or days based on the scope
- Trade-specific lines like tanking, second fix, or commissioning, the bits customers don't know to ask about
- VAT at the right rate
You review the lines, tweak anything that's off, then send. The customer gets a branded PDF with your logo, VAT number, and payment terms.
Tips for better voice quotes
The more context you give the app, the closer the first draft is to what you'd write yourself. A good voice description usually covers:
- What needs doing. Plain English summary of the scope.
- Spec. “Porcelain tiles” not just “tiles.” “25kW combi” not just “boiler.”
- Access. Loft access, scaffold needed, awkward pipe runs. These affect labour time.
- Anything the customer's supplying. So those items come off the materials total.
You can mix voice with photos and video in the same quote. Voice is usually the fastest way to add detail the camera doesn't catch.
What happens to your recordings
Voice goes to the backend, gets transcribed, runs through the pricing engine. We don't keep raw audio beyond what's needed to produce the quote. Drafts stay in your account while the quote's pending, then the underlying audio is purged.
Your job descriptions, recordings, and customer details aren't used to train any AI models. Encrypted in transit and at rest, GDPR compliant, UK/EU servers.