Voice-first, no reading required.
Most apps for kids ages 5 to 8 assume the kid can read. Most ages 5 to 8 can't — at least not at the speed needed to enjoy a creative tool. Inklings flips it: your child talks to Sparky, and Sparky narrates the story back. Reading is optional everywhere.
How it works
Sparky asks one question at a time — “Where are we today?” — and shows three or four giant tap-buttons with emoji. Your child can tap a button or say the answer out loud. We use the browser's built-in speech recognition — no audio leaves the device unless your child taps the mic.
Why tap-first instead of voice-first
Voice recognition on small kids is unreliable. Their pronunciation isn't consistent, browsers vary, ambient noise is real. We built it as tap with optional voice, not the other way around. If voice fails, the kid taps. They never see an error message — Sparky just keeps going.
Sparky is bounded, not a chatbot
Every choice your child sees is a chip we wrote and tested. Sparky doesn't take freeform input. There's no way for your child to wander into an open conversation with an AI — every path leads somewhere safe.