A QR code at every counter. Every door. Every building. Scan. Tiles appear. Tap. Your device speaks for you. One tap. Any language. Any building. Any phone.
The Goal
Every institution assumes you can say what you need. Translation assumes you can speak. Forms assume you can write. Nothing helps when you can do neither.
"Translation requires you to speak.
What if you can't?
Paper requires you to write.
What if you can't?
Tap a tile.
That's all it takes."
This is the gap TinkyTown fills. Not an app. Not a device. Infrastructure — like the ramp beside every staircase.
How It Works
No app to install. No account. No reading required. Works on any smartphone in any language.
Step 01
A QR code lives at every counter, every door, every relevant surface. The visitor scans it with their phone camera. No app needed — it opens instantly in the browser.
Step 02
Visual tiles populate the screen — already localized to their language. Pictures. Short words. Color-coded by meaning. No sentence-building. No cognitive load. Just tap what you need.
Step 03
The phone reads the message aloud in the listener's language. The visitor's meaning is communicated. Fully. Precisely. Instantly. As if they had spoken the words themselves.
I've seen everything, and now I can officially say I've seen it all. TinkyTown fully solves the issue of nonverbal communication. Every place needs to adopt this ADA solution today.
— Stacey Lumley, Statewide Digital Accessibility Lead, State of Connecticut
Everywhere
Anywhere a person needs to communicate with a person behind a counter, a desk, or a door — TinkyTown belongs there.
Town halls, courthouses, DMVs, licensing offices — anywhere civic access is a right, not a privilege.
Intake desks, ERs, pharmacies. When you can't describe your symptoms, every second matters.
Full ordering flow — menu items, customizations, allergens — without speaking a word.
Walmart, Target, grocery stores. Customer service counters where "Can I help you?" needs a real answer.
Gate agents, check-in desks, bus drivers. Travel is stressful. Communication shouldn't add to it.
Front desks, nurses' offices, IEP meetings. Every student deserves to be heard.
Asking for a stop, reporting a problem, getting help — in motion, in any language.
Probate, family court, clerk offices. Judicial access is a constitutional right. Communication enables it.
911 call centers, emergency rooms, crisis desks. When it matters most, silence shouldn't be a barrier.
By the Numbers
Used in Town Halls Like Yours
TinkyTown is already configured for the departments your residents walk into every day.
Birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, dog licenses, land records. Full conversation drill-downs for every service.
Property tax, motor vehicle tax, payment plans, tax bills, exemptions. "How much do I owe?" → one tap.
Permits, inspections, renovations, code compliance. Residential, commercial, electrical — all covered.
Property values, appeals, exemptions, property maps. "My assessment seems too high" → one tap.
Register, check status, absentee ballots, polling places, address changes.
Directions, restrooms, elevators, accessibility help, language interpreter requests. The first point of contact — covered.
Multilingual Communication
Serve every resident — regardless of language. Tiles display in the visitor's language, spoken output in the staff's. Bilateral real-time translation. No interpreter needed.
$3–$9/minute. One language at a time. Requires the person to speak. Useless for nonverbal residents.
$75–$150/hour. Must be scheduled in advance. Only helps if the resident knows sign language. Most don't.
$700/mo. 120+ languages. Unlimited visitors. Works for nonverbal, deaf, mute, brain injury, dyslexia. No speech required. No scheduling. Instant.
Live Example
This is West Hartford Town Hall. Real departments. Real room numbers. Real conversations. Try it yourself.
This is exactly how it works inside a town building.
Try West Hartford Town Hall →Takes 60 seconds. No sign-up. Works on your phone right now.
The Mission
We are mapping the United States, one building at a time — placing the equivalent of a wheelchair ramp at every counter where a nonverbal person might need to be heard. This is not software. This is not an app. This is infrastructure.
The ADA defines auxiliary aids as institutional responsibilities. TinkyTown is that aid for communication — provided by the building, available to all.
You don't build sentences. You don't remember words. You tap a picture that already says what you mean. Designed for users at their most vulnerable.
No app. No login. No account. No money. Any phone. Any language. Any building. The only requirement is a working phone camera.
We're building a communication layer across the United States — a map where every lit dot is a building where no one is left voiceless. Connecticut is live. The rest of the country is next.
Trust & Compliance
Reviewed by Connecticut's ADA Compliance Officer. Recognized as a qualifying auxiliary aid under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The only QR-based communication infrastructure of its kind. Patented. No competing product does what TinkyTown does.
No user data is stored. No analytics on individual users. No login means no profile. Privacy is architectural, not a policy.
Aligned with Connecticut's Assistive Technology Act. Eligible for state procurement and municipal ADA compliance programs.
I've seen everything, and now I can officially say I've seen it all. TinkyTown fully solves the issue of nonverbal communication. Every place needs to adopt this ADA solution today.
— Stacey Lumley, Statewide Digital Accessibility Lead, State of Connecticut
Get Started
We configure the system for your specific building — your floors, your departments, your services — and place QR codes at every relevant counter. Setup takes days, not months. Your visitors can communicate from day one.
Questions? Email luke@agewellalliance.org