Keep the person at the center
Technology should support the exchange, leaving people free to look at and speak to one another.
Why we’re building Phontus
Understanding belongs
where people meet.
A conversation at the front desk. A question in a clinic. A family visiting a school. Language is part of the work, every day.
From real settings, for real settings
Bring interpretation
closer to the conversation.
Our early work with clinical teams, including dental and women’s health settings, helped shape a simple idea: interpretation should be available where people already talk.
Phontus is language-access infrastructure for the physical world. We bring purpose-built hardware, AI interpretation, human interpreters, phone conversations and deployment management into one system. The environment can change. The experience should remain familiar.
We’re starting with Spanish and English, with more languages in development.
The people behind Phontus
Talk with the people
building it.
We’re building around the practical questions: where a kit belongs, how a conversation starts and when a person should join. Our early work with clinical teams informs those decisions.
Tell us what your team encounters at the desk, in the room or on the phone. Let’s talk about where Phontus could fit.
Meet us in a conversation →The principles behind the product
Thoughtful technology.
Human priorities.
Make the next step clear
The screen should say what is happening, in words both people can follow.
Build for the place
A counter and a care setting have different needs. The hardware should fit naturally into each.
Connect the whole system
The people running a deployment should have a shared view of its devices, sites and use.
Let’s start a conversation