1. Milli - Bring Text to Life
EECS 441 Design Presentation
Alex Mang (alexmang)
Charles Wang (cvwang)
Marion Xu (xmarion)
2. Problem: too much content to consume
Too Much Content
The Washington Post
published an average of
1200 stories, graphics
and videos per day
The average person
spends 16.3 minutes
reading news every day,
compared to 50
minutes spent on
Facebook and 4 hours
on TV
The average length of a
New York Times is 1200
words
Too Little Time
Most content is
long-form text
3. Solution: one step text-to-speech
Too Much Content Too Little Time
Most content is
long-form text
Another way to
consume
Consume
on-the-go
Listening improves
the narrative
Consume content more
effectively, increasing the
amount we can consume
Allows multitasking, making
more efficient use of time
Provide alternatives to
information consumption
through audio medium
4. Current Solutions (Competition)
Milli
Content Web content -
articles, blogs, etc.
180,000
Audiobooks
Uploaded
podcasts
Music, podcasts,
videos
Features Smart Speed,
15 Second Jump
Save Position
Audio Control
30 second Jump,
Save Position
15 Second Jump Radio, Weekly
Discovery
Revenue stream Currently no
revenue, Eventual
advertising
Individual book
purchase, Monthly
subscription
No revenue
stream
Premium monthly
subscription