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Boilerplate

Zika Care is a voice companion that lives on the phone an older person already has. They can call it any time, and it calls them too. It talks for as long as they like, gets real errands done for them — by app where one exists, by telephoning the business where it doesn’t — and sends their family a two- or three-line digest afterwards. It needs no app, device or account on the older person’s side, always identifies itself as an AI, and asks for the older person’s own consent before the first call. Zika Care is currently pre-launch and taking waitlist sign-ups.

What
A voice companion for older adults on an ordinary telephone: calls whenever they like, errands, and a short digest for family.
Who pays
The family member who sets it up. The older person never handles money.
What she needs
Nothing new. Any landline or mobile.
What makes it different
Turn-taking built for older speakers (2 s minimum wait); errands by phone where no app exists; support for hearing loss, unclear speech and low vision; nine limitations disclosed before purchase.
Stage
Pre-launch. Taking waitlist sign-ups; not yet serving families.
Contact
press@zika.care

Logo

A small Night tile holding three rising sound bars: a voice getting stronger. On the site the bars move with any call that’s playing. The wordmark is set in Newsreader, with care in italic sky. Please don’t recolour, rotate or redraw the mark, and leave clear space around it equal to one bar’s width.

Zika Care
Zika Care

Colour & type

Ink

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Paper

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Sky

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Sky ink

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Sky deep

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Mist

#D8E9FB

Headlines in Newsreader, text in Inter, figures in Courier Prime. All three are open-source. Red is reserved for urgent alerts and never used as decoration.

Too far away? Not from their phone.