TypeVoice vs VideoAsk
VideoAsk proved the idea. TypeVoice is the maintained, AI-native successor.
Credit where it's due: VideoAsk was genuinely ahead of its time. It proved that people will answer a form out loud, that asynchronous conversation beats a wall of text fields, and that hearing someone changes how you judge them. If you were an early VideoAsk user, you already believe everything this page is about to say.
But VideoAsk was built before modern AI, and it was acquired by Typeform, where it now lives as one product in a large portfolio. If you have watched it lately, you have probably noticed what we noticed: the pace of new ideas is not what it was. We won't put words in their roadmap, so judge for yourself by their changelog. TypeVoice, meanwhile, is one team's entire company, shipped and maintained as the only thing we do.
The deeper difference is what happens after someone answers. VideoAsk hands you recordings and transcripts, and then the work begins: you watch them, take notes, and decide. TypeVoice was designed the other way around. Every answer is transcribed, mined for the structured fields you asked for (revenue, budget, timeline), and scored 1 to 100 for seriousness with the rationale written out. Your inbox arrives ranked. You listen to the top three, not all forty.
We also made an unfashionable bet: voice, not video. A camera adds friction and performance anxiety, and for screening it mostly adds information you should not be judging on anyway. Voice keeps the signal (specificity, energy, hesitation before the budget question) and drops the rest. Applicants answer from a parked car or a hallway, and they actually finish.
If you want async video conversations with customers, VideoAsk is still a fine tool. If you want applications answered out loud and pre-ranked before you spend a minute on them, that is the product we build all day.
| TypeVoice | VideoAsk | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary medium | Voice only, on purpose. No camera, no video anxiety, works anywhere. | Video-first. Async video conversations, with audio and text as alternatives. |
| What happens after an answer | AI transcribes, extracts structured fields you define, and scores 1 to 100 for seriousness with the reasoning written out. | You get the recordings and transcripts. Watching, judging, and ranking is your job. |
| Built for screening | Live mic only, no file uploads, limited retakes, per-answer time limits, script-reading flags. | Built as a conversation and engagement tool, not as an applicant filter. |
| Respondent friction | Open a link and speak. No account, no app, no being on camera. | Being on camera is the point, and some of your best applicants will hate that. |
| Where the product sits | The entire company. This is all we build. | One product inside the Typeform portfolio since its acquisition. |
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