Dearword

Dearword

Say it your way.
They hear it in theirs.

Speak into your phone. Dearword makes your words gentle and simple, translates them, and reads them aloud in a warm, natural voice for the parents and grandparents you love.

Tell me when my language is ready Icelandic family? Get early access →
A speech bubble on a string, carried by a paper bird over the hills to a small house

Distance shouldn’t make words harder.

When a parent or grandparent goes back to their first language, everyday messages get lost. Dearword carries them home: clearly, kindly, out loud.

How it works

  1. 01
    SpeakHold the button and talk as you normally would.
  2. 02
    SimplifyLong sentences become short, kind and clear.
  3. 03
    TranslateInto the language they grew up with, the everyday way it’s spoken.
  4. 04
    PlayA warm, natural voice says it, slower if needed.
“Some things should be said in the language you were sung to sleep in.”

Starting with Icelandic. More languages are on the way.

Be first when your language is ready.

Tell us which language your loved one speaks. We’ll email you once when Dearword supports it. That’s all.

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