Press kit
Talking Manual for the press
Everything you need to write about Talking Manual: the facts, videos, images and live demos you can try yourself. Questions and interviews: hello@talkingmanual.com.
In one paragraph
Talking Manual gives any product its own voice assistant, reached by scanning a code that comes with it. Owners ask anything by voice or text and get answers from the official documents for their exact product, with the source named. Anything that needs a person goes straight to the business that sold it, already explained. It is built first for car dealerships, RV and camper dealers, and board and card game publishers. It is not customer service: it answers the everyday questions nobody would call about, and hands real problems to people.
Facts
| Company | Talking Manual is a product of Archieboy Holdings, LLC, Marlborough, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Launched | September 2026 |
| Founder | Robert "Bo" Bennett, PhD |
| Markets | Car dealerships, RV and camper dealers, board and card game publishers |
| How owners get it | A QR code: on a sheet in the delivery folder (cars and RVs), or in the rulebook or box (games). No app to download and no account; it installs on the phone's home screen. |
| What it answers from | The manufacturer's or publisher's official documents for that exact product, plus the business's own documents such as service menus and FAQs. Vehicle recalls are checked live against the US government (NHTSA) database. |
| When a person is needed | The request is emailed to the dealership or publisher with the owner's confirmed contact details and the conversation. Game players give no personal details at all. |
| Pricing | One-time setup of $499 per car or RV dealership location, $99 per game; then usage-based plans from $49 a month, the same for every industry. Pricing |
| Contact | hello@talkingmanual.com |
Try it yourself
These are public demonstrations. Voice works best on a phone: tap the microphone and talk, and interrupt it whenever you like.
- A 2027 Kia Sportage Plug-In Hybrid, answering from Kia's owner's manual and guides.
- A 2026 Grand Design Reflection 298BH travel trailer, answering from Grand Design's owner's manual, warranty guide and brochure.
- Hearts, the classic card game, with a rulebook Talking Manual wrote.
Talking Manual is not affiliated with Kia or Grand Design. The vehicle demonstrations use each manufacturer's publicly available manuals, and requests made in the demos are simulated, so nothing is sent.
Videos
Each video includes a real conversation with the assistant, recorded live and unscripted. The owners and players are voiced by actors; the dealerships, the publisher and the game Kelp & Kettle are fictional.
| Market | Full video (16:9) | Social cut (4:5, under a minute) |
|---|---|---|
| Car dealerships | Watch or download · 2:40 | Watch or download · 0:38 |
| RV dealers | Watch or download · 3:22 | Watch or download · 0:52 |
| Game publishers | Watch or download · 3:04 | Watch or download · 0:58 |
Images
Free to use in coverage of Talking Manual.
Logo, for dark backgrounds (PNG)
Car assistant on a phone
RV assistant on a phone
Car dealership (illustrative)
RV owners (illustrative)
Game night (illustrative)
The three scene photographs are AI-generated illustrations, not photographs of customers.
Story angles
- Car dealers: the delivery folder is where service loyalty is lost. New owners have dozens of small questions in the first months, and the answers sit in a manual of several hundred pages.
- RV dealers: a new RV owner is suddenly responsible for water, propane, two electrical systems and a dozen appliances. The walk-through ends in the lot; the questions start at the first campsite.
- Game publishers: the rulebook is where a new game wins or loses its first play. Every question players ask shows the publisher exactly where the rulebook needs work, before the next printing.
- Why not just ChatGPT? A general assistant does not know the exact product, the business that sold it, or the owner's history, and it cannot pass a request to the dealer.
About the founder
Robert "Bo" Bennett, PhD, is the founder of Archieboy Holdings, LLC, a Massachusetts company that builds AI-powered products and websites. He holds a PhD in social psychology and is the author of Logically Fallacious.
