Estimates from photos and a voice note
Take a few photos at the walkthrough, say what the job needs, and Quotebird drafts the estimate from your price book. Every price is yours, and you check the quantities before it leaves the driveway.
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How does an estimate from photos work?
Tap the camera button and photograph the job; the first five photos go to the AI. Then say what needs doing in a voice note of up to three minutes, or type it. One measurement does more than any photo: “bathroom 8 × 10 ft, ceiling too” gets you better quantities than a guess from the pictures.
Tap Draft the quote. The estimate opens right away and its lines show up a few seconds later, each an item from your price book with a quantity and a unit, like per linear foot or per job. You can keep working on the estimate while it drafts.
Can I estimate from pictures a customer texts me?
Yes. When a homeowner texts you a photo of a leaking faucet or a cracked tile, save it to your phone’s photos and add it with Choose from library. Type what they told you into the note, and the draft works the same way. Its Worth checking list tells you what to ask them before you send the estimate.
On the Pro plan, homeowners can send them to you themselves. Put your request link on your website or social pages; they fill in their name, the address, what they need and up to ten photos, and it lands in Quotes as a draft estimate with the photos on it. If they agree to an AI draft, the lines are waiting when you open it.
One walkthrough, drafted
Daniel Rivera is the handyman in Texas we use for the screenshots on this site. At one house he took two photos and recorded nine seconds:
“Swap the garbage disposal, patch the drywall by the back door and rehang the closet door. It’s rubbing at the top.”
What the draft listed
- Appliance installationSwap the garbage disposal
- Drywall patch repairPatch the hole by the back door
- Door adjustment and repairRehang the hallway closet door
- Joint compound
- Touch-up paint
- Hardware and fasteners
What it assumed
- The customer supplies the new disposal unit.
- The drywall hole is smaller than 6 inches across.
- The closet door and frame are not damaged.
Worth checking
- Is the disposal hard-wired or plugged in?
- Do you have paint that matches the wall?
Each line took Daniel’s own price, and Quotebird added the 8.25% sales tax he entered. The assumptions can go onto the estimate as notes, so the customer sees the new disposal is theirs to buy.
Who sets the prices?
You do. The AI picks items from your price book and estimates how many; it never writes a dollar amount. Each line is the quantity times your own price. Work your book doesn’t cover comes in marked No price for you to fill in.
Every quantity the AI came up with is marked AI estimate, confirm. Open the line, check it and tap Save, and it’s yours. If any are left, Quotebird says so before you send.
How does sales tax work on a drafted estimate?
Quotebird adds the sales tax, not the AI. Each item in your price book starts taxable or not by your state’s rules for labor and materials, and the drafted lines keep that setting; you can change any line yourself. In New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, West Virginia and Iowa, one tap tells Quotebird whether the job is a repair or a new installation, and the lines’ tax follows.
What happens to the photos?
Quotebird asks before it sends anything. The photos, the note and the voice note go to OpenAI’s AI only when you ask for a draft; OpenAI doesn’t train on them and deletes them within 30 days. Photos can show a customer’s home, so take what the job needs. You can turn AI drafts off in Settings; our privacy policy has the rest.
What if there’s no signal?
Take the photos and tap Draft the quote anyway. The estimate waits as Waiting to start and drafts itself once the photos and the voice note have uploaded, so a basement or a job out past the last cell tower doesn’t hold you up.
Questions
How accurate are the quantities?
As good as what the photos show and what you say. A measurement in the note beats the AI’s guess, and the voice note is transcribed by machine, so a number that sounds off comes back as a question. That’s why every AI quantity waits for you to confirm it.
Does the estimate say AI was used?
Yes. An estimate drafted with AI prints “This estimate was drafted with the help of AI. The business set the prices.”
Which trades does it work for?
Any trade with a price book. Starter books for ten trades, from handyman and plumbing work to HVAC, roofing and auto repair, get you going, and the AI only ever picks from your own items.
How many drafts can I make?
Up to 20 an hour. AI drafts come with the Standard and Pro plans, and Write it myself skips the AI whenever you like.
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Questions? Write to us at support@quotebird.app.