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Loquis for Developers — Localized audio stories for your apps

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Loquis is the provider of location based audio stories. Developers can use Loquis to build innovative audio tours experiences or drive monetization & engagement in their apps... because a world without stories is like a movie without voices​.
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Mike Chen
Hello product hunters! 👋 After completing our latest round of funding this year, we are very excited to open up our platform for all makers to leverage our 1 million+ audio stories in their products. Started in 2018 and doubling our audience and revenues in 2023, Loquis has become as Italy's premier audio platform 🎧 that interwinds captivating stories with iconic destinations. We are now ready to help developers engage their audience and foster connections between brands, destinations, and intrepid travelers worldwide 🌍. What can you do with Loquis? Here are 5 examples 📍 Embed story maps to help your users book hotels, find apartments, or showcase things to do around your venue/ event 📍 Dynamically embed 1m+ audio stories as carousels into your magazine or blog to boost engagement or monetization 📍 Create the most relevant audio story playlist in real time based on a travelers location to drive destination engagement or ancillary sales 📍 Use our audio guide API to create next generation audio guide + mobility and infotainment experiences 📍 Our content factory can help brands create their voice and audio content at scale for online or offline channels Want to see how Loquis works? Sign up and start exploring embedding our story maps or ping mike@loquis.com and let us know how we can help with your project. Our team will be here all day to answer any questions you have. drop a comment 👇! 🚀
Mike Chen
@rakhi_sen1 thanks rakhi!
Andreas Sohns
Congrats on your Launch! I really like the localised aspect of Loquis, it will allow for personalization experience, but how do one can ensure accuracy?
Mike Chen
@andreas_sohns great question! Thr radius of your story pool around a given location is dynamically adjusted based on the density of story in a specific area!
René N
This looks cool! As someone with one of my many projects being a content learning platform, this could be something we would use. Congratz on the launch 🚀
Mike Chen
@rene_nielsen_dk that would be awesome, we would love to work together!
Tony Han
I remember seeing another app like this where you can share stories on a road trip. I think this is what I want when I go visit. I often look at cool buildings, but can barely learn any history from it unless I really look for it. Such a great concept if it's used in travelling, but also could be a great product just for locals to share their stories, memories about their cities (I've seen tons of FB groups sharing old photos, why not old stories!). Congrats @loquistheborg and team on the launch!
Mike Chen
@tonyhanded thanks tony, preserving history and culture is actually one of our core objectives!
Pavel Bocharov
Congrats in the launch! This is a cool product, it actually can be used not only for audio tours, but also to aid people who need help or information in unknown places. Upvoted!
Mike Chen
@pavel_bocharov Thanks Pavel, you get our vision, love it.
Andriy Semenets
Congratulations on the launch! What would you say was the most challenging part from the engineering perspective? Thanks.
Mike Chen
@semanser I think with most startups trying to to do heavy lifting with large amount of data (& metadata) within resource constraints is the biggest challenge.
Selly Park
Love this! I have many fond memories of learning new things at museums with audio guides - with this! Travel would be such a new and exciting experience 🙌🏻
Mike Chen
@selly_park thanks Selly so good to meet another travel fan
Patrick Lamar Martin
Interesting concept. On a trip right now, might try it out. If you don't mind the feedback, I had some clunky loading with the landing page and it took me a bit to know what's it is all about. Think you might benefit from giving it a few touches. Best of luck!
Mike Chen
@patrick_lamar_martin thank you so much for the feedback.Do you think it might be easier to digest if we started tallking about the developer program first then the embeddable map? thanks so much
Pier Ludovico Bancale
Well thought, built and executed. I’d love seeing more functionalities to use the app on the move though.
Mike Chen
@pier_ludovico_bancale Thank you pier, TBH there are so much stuff we want to build, but we are still a small team. That's why we think the API program is a good way to get alot more ideas to market ❤️
Lakshya Singh
This seems amazing! this is definitely going to be a part of my next travel destination!
Mike Chen
@lakshya_singh yassss! 🤩
Amelia Charlie
Does Loquis offer analytics on audio content performance? The feature is exactly what my app needs to boost user engagement.
Mike Chen
@amelia_charlie hi Amelia, of course we have analytics on audio content as user engagement… or do you mean audio analytics as a service?
AJ Youssef
This looks really cool, makes me want to build a travel app or something where I could utilize this. Great work!
Mike Chen
@lifeutilityapps Please dooooooooo! 🤩
Ananya Dutta Roy Chowdhury
Loquis sounds like a game-changer for developers looking to enhance user engagement through location-based audio stories. Building immersive audio tours or integrating storytelling into apps could really transform user experiences. Excited to see how developers will creatively leverage this platform to bring locations to life with stories.
Mike Chen
@ananya_dutta_roy_chowdhury hi Anaya,we are curious to find out also!
Yaniv Ben Hemo
Very cool idea. The usual issue is that oftentimes it just does not cover enough ground or just sticked to the tourist places. A cool edge would be if it could generate some "local" information (in tone as well), less Wikipedia
Mike Chen
@yaniv_ben_hemo1 thanks Yaniv thank you for awesome feedback and you are absolutely right. our conversge is strongest in Europe since we started in italy. But we are bringing on new creators and content partners everyday and not coverage will significantly increase by next year.
Stefans Keiss
Congratulations on the launch! Can users also create their own audio stories on Loquis, or is it limited to the existing 1 million stories?
Mike Chen
@memphys_sk we have small creators to large brands using loquis to create content daily and also anyone can create content so our stories are growing fast.. i think we are projected for 1.5m loquis by next year.
Bruno Pellegrini
@memphys_sk Hello Stefans, anybody can create their own audio stories in 7 differente languages, everywhere.
YC J
I love how you are giving brands their voices without breaking the bank! Startups need this!
Mike Chen
@yc_j yes we started speaking with a few high-end brands and so far the response is positive!
Loquis for Developers is a brilliant idea. The potential for creating unique audio experiences is immense. Are there any case studies available?
Mike Chen
@nabeel_amir hi nabeel that’s a great idea to publish the case stories. We have many from Trenitalia to lonely planet. Will work on this with the team!
Rohan Chaubey
Congrats Hamza and team on the launch! :)
Salar Davari
Cool app. Congrats on the launch guys.
Mike Chen
@salar__davari Thank you salar.
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Hey @loquistheborg, this sounds super exciting! I'm really impressed with how you've doubled your audience and revenues this year. It’s awesome to see Loquis becoming such a key player in audio storytelling! 🎉 Your examples for developers are spot on! Embedding audio stories could really enhance experiences for travelers and brands alike. Keep up the amazing work! Can’t wait to see what people create with Loquis!
Mike Chen
@blankwebdev we found that while some developers prefers APIS to access the stories a lot of publishers rather have widgets because they are easier and faster to deploy. Thanks for you support!