needed to find a kids’ orthodontist. made a tiny voice agent: feed it numbers, it calls, asks about price/availability/insurance, logs the gist.

it kind of worked. the magic was the smallest UI around it:

- timeline of dials + retries

- "call me back" flags

- when it tried, who picked up

- short summaries with links to the raw transcript

once i could see the behavior, it stopped feeling spooky and started feeling useful.

so yeah, copilots are cool, but i want HUDs: quiet most of the time, glanceable, easy to interrupt, receipts for every action.