Why we made Heritage Kids

A prototype for families in the UK, the US and Canada

Many children in diaspora families understand Yoruba and answer in English. They know the words. What they lack is someone patient to practise with, every day, without pressure.

Why a talking drum

The dùndún is the drum that talks. Lúlú is our own small drum character: it listens, it says your child’s words back in Yoruba, and it never marks an answer wrong.

Who reviews the Yoruba

Native Yoruba speakers write and record every word, prompt and praise line. They also rate how Lúlú scores tone, so the feedback is kind and correct.

How Lúlú works

  • Speech to text and text to speech for Yoruba and Igbo come from Spitch, and for Hindi from Sarvam, behind our own servers.
  • Lúlú’s replies come from Claude by Anthropic, inside rules written for children.
  • Your child’s voice clip is scored, then deleted. Only the text is kept.

Contact

Write to hello@heritage-kids.divineweb.co. A person reads every message and answers within two working days.