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A voice reminder for your relative with dementia — Cambridge trial

I'm Michael, building RemindMeVoice here in Cambridge (UK). Looking for families in and around Cambridge with a relative living with dementia who'd like to trial it. No cost during the trial, no commitment to continue afterwards. The trade is your honest feedback.

Tell me about your situation
The RemindMeVoice prototype: a small white device with a circular button on top, sitting on a wooden kitchen table beside a HomePod and a sunlit window.
The current working prototype, on a kitchen table in Cambridge.

Who I'm looking for

This is a small, local dementia support trial in Cambridge and the surrounding villages — voice reminder technology for families dealing with dementia at home. The trial covers Cambridge (UK) and nearby places within around fifteen miles or so (Histon, Cottenham, Ely, Newmarket, Saffron Walden and similar). It's most useful for families where your relative:

  • is living independently at home (alone or with a partner), with dementia
  • struggles to tell the time or know what day it is — clocks, watches and written day-of-week calendars all start to blur
  • has trouble remembering what's on today — visits, appointments, mealtimes
  • finds anything written difficult to follow, whether on a screen or on paper — even a wall calendar or written schedule. A calm voice lands better.

If that sounds like your situation, this is exactly the shape of person RemindMeVoice is being built for.

A bit about me

I have a Computer Science PhD and have spent two decades in tech and research. I've built assistive tech before this — it's an area I really care about.

More relevantly: my mother lives with dementia. RemindMeVoice started because the existing tools — phones, apps, smart speakers, even the dedicated dementia day-clocks — kept failing her. The first version was a button on her kitchen table that, when she pressed it, told her the time, the day, and what was happening. She used it. That was the moment I knew it was worth building for others.

I'm now looking for a small group of families in and around Cambridge to trial and help shape the product.

A few promises about the trial

  • No cost during the trial — no upfront payment and no surprise bills. I'll walk you through everything before you agree to anything.
  • There's no commitment to continue after the trial — hand the device back, or, if you'd like to keep it, continue on our standard plan (£79 for the button, then £14.99/month, cancel any time)
  • You can withdraw at any time, no questions asked
  • Feedback is voluntary — share what you're comfortable sharing
  • Direct contact — if something stops working, you call me, not a support inbox
  • I won't share your personal details publicly without your explicit say-so
  • This is not an emergency system, not a medical device, not a replacement for care — it's a voice reminder, used alongside whatever else is in place

About RemindMeVoice

The short version: one button, a calm voice, today's plans read aloud. The long version is on the main site.

Your relative presses one button on a small device on their kitchen table. They hear, in a calm natural voice, the time, the day, anything happening today, and any reminders the family has added. No screens, no apps, no wake-word. Family members update the schedule from a phone or laptop, from anywhere.

The product is built around the realities of mild-to-moderate dementia: tactile, predictable, no things to remember. It's not a medical device, not a safety system, not a replacement for care — just the calmest possible answer to the question "what's happening today?"

See the full product page →

Or build it yourself

If you're technical and would rather build your own than buy the managed product, the DIY guides are open-source.

Voice button — DIY guide → Home Assistant + a £150 hardware kit. ~2–4 hours to set up. TV control buttons — DIY guide → Six coloured buttons replacing the TV remote. ~3–5 hours to set up.