TalkingPoints Family Engagement Translation Tool

TalkingPoints’ intelligent messaging app uses machine learning and natural language processing to provide personalized coaching for parents and teachers. TalkingPoints’ multilingual app connects parents and teachers so they can build trusting relationships—without language, tech, or cultural barriers.

Benefits

Connect school leaders, teachers, and families through one platform
Centralized analytics
Highest-quality translation

Main Features

App with translation in 100+ languages
Two-way communication with all families across over 100 home languages
The only platform investing in enhanced education-specific translation using humans and machine learning
Reach all of your families, which is even more critical during remote and hybrid learning

Primary Audience

Teachers
Schools and Districts
Families of under-resourced, multilingual communities

Learn More

Edtech Grantees of Google AI Impact Challenge

Another grant—$1.5 million—goes to TalkingPoints, a San Francisco-based developer of a family engagement platform that facilitates multilingual communication between educators and parents. The tool essentially allows teachers to send messages via text, web or mobile app that can be automatically translated into 25 languages.

Evaluating Innovation in Family Engagement

Beginning in 2015, local and federal law began requiring schools to provide programming intended to promote parental engagement in their children’s education. TalkingPoints was founded that year to drive student success — especially in underserved, diverse communities — by using accessible technology to unlock the potential of families to support their children's education.

Ms. Vitale

2nd Grade Teacher

Ms. Vitale

2nd Grade Teacher

I think the success this year was really in keeping those lines [of communication] open with parents and the peace of mind that I have that ALL of my families are getting the same information. Also, they all have the same opportunity to communicate with me as well.

Heejae Lim

Founder and Executive Director

TalkingPoints

Heejae Lim

Founder and Executive Director

TalkingPoints

Providing multilingual support to connect families and schools is key to serving a shifting demographic of learners

Ms. Cardenas

8th Grade ESL Teacher

TalkingPoints User

Ms. Cardenas

8th Grade ESL Teacher

TalkingPoints User

Teachers have busy schedules and don't have a lot of time to learn how to use a new tool, but what I shared with our team and want other educators to know is how easy it is to communicate with parents through TalkingPoints. I love it and use it every day!