Tippy Talk
Communication for all
We partner with TippyTalk Inc. to provide access to this two-way communication tool for non-speaking and speech-impaired people in Ukraine. We adjust the tool for Ukrainian users and subsidize the solution for those who can not afford it
Tippy Talk is a two-way communication tool for non-speaking and speech-impaired people. The tool improves social inclusion and autonomy, opens new educational opportunities, and promotes a barrier-free society. TippyTalkers create a simple sentence by selecting illustrations. This becomes a written message read aloud or sent to a TippyTalker’s private community member, who can respond with video or audio.
IMPACT
Improves social engagements and autonomy of people with communications disorders
Improves in-family communication and reduces tensions
Promotes social awareness about communication disabilities challenges
Opens new educational and learning opportunities
We give a voice to those who don't have one
CURRENT STATE
Our achievements as of today:
We have localized the TippyTalk for Ukrainian users: 30 users as of today.
We have presented TippyTalk to 20 organizations, 60 domain experts, and 13 families with people with communication disorders.
We have started 15 pilot projects.
We have subsidized the solution for those who can not afford it (tablets and licenses to families in crisis).
We constantly analyze the needs of our targeted group and explore existing digital solutions to address those.
We have offered continuous technical support for the projects.
We have had first users’ feedback and innovative findings.
We have 4 experts involved and have received professional feedback.
We have identified bottlenecks of the most common mistakes in the domain.
GOALS FOR 2023
- build a tool promotion plan and start a campaign.
- create a community network and educate volunteers for effective large-scale mentoring of TippyTalk users.
- increase both private and institutional users’ networks.
- build a process for supporting sponsored tool adoption.
- launch a full-scale educational/mentorship program to increase the number of professional TippyTalk ambassadors. To accompany families, and organizations and start building networks.
