Built a tool that lets students ask questions and get answers from your course videos (with timestamps) — looking for feedback
Hey all,
I'm a developer, and I got curious about a problem a lot of course creators have: you've got hours of video content, but if a student has a question, they either dig through everything themselves or just DM you directly (again).
So I built a small tool over the past couple weeks: you upload your course videos, and it lets students ask a question in plain English and get an answer that points to the exact video + timestamp where it's actually covered. No more "I think I mentioned that somewhere in module 3."
It's very early — I built it to solve what seemed like an obvious gap, but I don't actually run a course myself, so I genuinely don't know if this matches the real pain point or not. That's why I'm here.
A few honest questions if you have a minute:
- Is this actually a problem for you, or do you have a workaround that already works fine?
- If it is a problem, would something like this be worth paying for, and roughly what would feel fair?
- What would make you NOT trust/use a tool like this?
Not trying to sell anything here (it's not even really ready to sell) — just trying to figure out if I'm building something useful or something nobody needs. Happy to share more details or a demo link if anyone's curious.
Thanks for reading this far 🙏
Posted Jul 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC