Community-controlled talking flashcards Built to carry language, voice, and culture into everyday play.
Indigenize is a simple system: your word list, your recordings, your approvals. We load your audio into physical learning tools so children can hear and practice language at home and in learning spaces.
What it is
A talking flashcard reader + card sets that play audio when a card is inserted. The same hardware can be localized for different communities—language and recordings are community-controlled.
How it works
1) Choose words/phrases. 2) Record in your voices (we can help). 3) We load and deliver kits for home, classrooms, and language nests. You own the recordings and content—never reused, resold, or shared.
Status
Flashcard readers and decks are the first format shipping sooner. A touch-activated plush companion is in development as a second format using the same approach. Selected as an MIT Solve solution.
Good fit for
Language nests · Nations · educators · community programs · pilot partners looking for a practical tool that is easy to localize and deploy.
If you reach out, include: your community/organization, what language you’re working with, and what you want the tool to support (words, phrases, songs, stories). I’ll reply with the audio workflow and pilot options.
Touch-activated plush companion (in progress)
A soft, child-friendly plush designed to use the same community-controlled audio approach. Touch points trigger recordings—words, phrases, songs, or stories—recorded in your voices. This format is still in development and will follow the flashcard readers.
Formats
Shipping first
Talking flashcard reader + decks. Best path for pilots and early rollout because it’s quick to customize, easy to ship, and easy to use.
Coming next
Touch-activated plush companion using the same community-controlled audio approach. Timing depends on final sample confirmation and manufacturing.
The point is not the form factor. The point is that communities control language, recordings, and approvals.
Language nests · educators · Nations · community programs · pilot partners
Based in Coast Salish territory (Nanaimo, BC). Indigenize is Indigenous-led and built with community control as the default.