Retelling Style + Fidelity
Hypothesis: Users will understand the product better if Persona / Retelling Style and Fidelity are separate controls.
Decision: Should Retelling Style + Fidelity become the core transformation UI?
Open study →Nice Right Labs · Understand
Interface Studies
Coded decision studies for the next Understand app: OOUX, ORCA, IA, IxD, YAGNI, trust, and product-led growth loops made tangible in working prototypes.
Current object model
Passage ├─ Original ├─ Retelling │ ├─ Retelling Style / Persona │ ├─ Fidelity / Source Distance │ └─ Output Text ├─ Performance │ ├─ Voice │ ├─ Voice Capability │ └─ Playback └─ Listening Session PLG Objects ├─ Sample / Proof Passage ├─ Shareable Retelling ├─ Continue Moment ├─ Upgrade Trigger └─ Invite / Feedback Request
Full coded studies
Passage-first Stage
Hypothesis: The app should organize around Passage, not Reader / History / Voice chrome.
Decision: Should Passage become the root app object?
Open study →Performance Capability
Hypothesis: Premium is more compelling when framed as expressive performance capability, not generic cloud voice quality.
Decision: Should premium be positioned around style-following expressive performance?
Open study →Sample Aha
Hypothesis: First-run should begin with curated proof passages before asking users to paste their own text.
Decision: Should samples be P0 onboarding objects?
Open study →Compare / Trust
Hypothesis: Serious texts need enough Original ↔ Understand comparison to create trust without turning the app into a study tool.
Decision: How much Original ↔ Understand comparison should the app expose by default?
Open study →Continue Loop
Hypothesis: History should become Continue / Library, not primary navigation.
Decision: Should History be reframed as Continue / Library?
Open study →Composed User Story
The working candidate flow that combines Passage, Retelling Style, Fidelity, Performance Capability, Continue, and PLG artifacts.
Decision: Can these models work together as the app direction?
Open prototype →Candidate mental models not fully built yet
Retelling-first
Should the generated Retelling be the hero object?
Deferred unless the first studies show this model deserves a full route.
Fidelity-first
Should source-distance be the primary first choice?
Deferred unless the first studies show this model deserves a full route.
Persona / Medium-first
Should users choose the kind of telling before text?
Deferred unless the first studies show this model deserves a full route.
Coach / Guide-first
Should the app act like a tutor/guide?
Deferred unless the first studies show this model deserves a full route.
Narrator-first
Should a narrator/host become the product face?
Deferred unless the first studies show this model deserves a full route.
Workflow-first
Is import/process/save/share the main frame?
Deferred unless the first studies show this model deserves a full route.
Product-led growth lens
PLG is modeled as product objects, not marketing garnish. No growth ask appears before aha.
Sample
Try before paste.
Try before paste.
Aha
Hear the retelling work.
Hear the retelling work.
Share artifact
Before/after retelling.
Before/after retelling.
Continue
Resume what mattered.
Resume what mattered.
Upgrade
Expressive performance boundary.
Expressive performance boundary.