The Lab is not research for its own sake. Two products are in people's hands today, and they are where the models get tested against how people actually speak.
Gamified mobile learning on iOS and Android. 180+ words, cultural modules, strong ratings.
An AI-native pocket elder dictionary. Ask what a word means and get the cultural context an elder would give you, not just a gloss.
Full speech-in, speech-out conversation. The convergence point of everything the Lab is working on.
In each of these, voice is not a nicer interface on top of an existing service. It is the difference between a service someone can use and one they cannot. Education is where we are today. Finance and health are where we are heading.
Learning a language you grew up hearing but were never taught to read, by hearing it spoken properly.
Banking and money services that answer in the language the customer actually banks in.
Triage lines and maternal-health follow-up calls conducted in a patient's home language.
Institutional pilots, speech data, and research collaboration. We are a small team in Nairobi working on infrastructure that takes years.