Open with "the headline is…" instead of "so basically what we did was…"
+20 XP◆ Mission
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Q2 Roadmap Review — with Marcus, Alana, David
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You
LIVE · 12:04
Marcus speaking
12:01"What's your honest read on bandwidth?"OPEN
12:03Marcus paused — your turn coming up.CUE
SOTTO LISTENING
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
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Sotto
The Demo
See Sotto in motion.
A walkthrough of the live companion — cues, cultural brief, and the calm HUD, in a real conversation.
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About
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Sotto is the first companion for cross-cultural meetings.
It listens to the room you're in — the tone, the timing, the unspoken rules —
and whispers one phrasing that lands.
For the moment when you understand the language, but not the room.
Tabitha Han
Designer · Researcher
Project
Sotto — Voice Companion
Industry
AI · Communication
Location
Seattle, Washington
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Problem & Solution
Problem
In global meetings, the hardest part isn't the language. It's the room. The unspoken register, the timing of disagreement, the cost of pushing back. Smart, capable people lose turns not because they can't speak — but because no one tells them what the room expects.
Solution
Sotto reads the room in real time. Tone, register, timing, cultural cues. Then whispers one phrasing in your ear — calibrated to who is speaking and what they expect. Your voice. Your judgment. Better context.
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User Research
78%
of non-native English professionals withhold contributions in meetings due to phrasing anxiety.
average window before a meeting turn passes — far shorter than the time it takes to translate, decide, and speak.
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Companion Avatar
One companion. A thousand voices.
Sotto isn't a neutral AI assistant. It's a coach who shares your origin, knows your industry, and speaks your register. Calibrated appearance, voice, and tempo — because cultural intelligence can't be delivered by a generic chatbot.
YOUR COMPANION
Yuki · Tokyo
PM · Tech · Direct register
ArjunIN · Eng
MarcoIT · Design
AmaraNG · Exec
SofiaUK · Media
ZaraKE · UX
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AppearanceHalo color & weight tuned to your cultural register.
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VoiceAccent, tempo, breath — calibrated to your origin and pace.
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PersonalityCaring motive — never neutral, never manipulative.
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Live Cues
Real-time phrasing, delivered in your ear.
Sotto listens to the room, marks each opening or pause, and slips a single phrasing into your peripheral view — calibrated to tone, timing, and the cultural register of the speaker.
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You
LIVE · 14:22
Alana speaking
14:18"Where do you see the biggest scope risk?"OPEN
14:21Alana paused — your turn coming up.CUE
SOTTO LISTENING
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
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◆Brief
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14:22 · Q2 Roadmap Review
PERIPHERAL · LIVE
Marcus is asking about bandwidth — Sotto surfaces a single phrasing on the rim of view.
Marcus · "honest read on bandwidth?"
SOTTO WHISPERS
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
CC
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Pre-Meeting Brief
The 60 seconds before you join.
One mission, one phrasing rehearsal, and the room context — drawn from the calendar invite and prior threads, so you walk in already half-fluent in the conversation.
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Today's mission
A single behaviour to practice today.
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Phrasing rehearsal
The opener to use, with the one to avoid.
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Streak + XP
Daily mission rolls into your fluency arc.
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Tomorrow at 9:00 — let's prep.
Q2 ROADMAP · 4 PEOPLE · 30 MIN
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CONTEXT · FROM INVITE
Marcus wants risk first
Open with "the biggest risk is timeline" instead of "there are a few things to consider…"
⌗ Glossary · 3◐ Cultural note
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Rehearse
Marcus prefers direct disagreement over polite hedging.
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Reflect & Grow
The lessons stay. The anxiety doesn't.
Each meeting becomes a star on your fluency map — what you mastered, what's still fading — and a peer card from someone working through the same shape of difficulty.
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GROWTH
Your fluency map
Constellation
+41% confidence
28 phrasings · 6 weeks
masterednewfading
"Lead with the finding" joined the mastered cluster this week. Two phrasings are starting to fade — Sotto will resurface them.
Skills preview
7-DAY
Headline-first78%
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SKILLS · 7 DAYS
Behaviour metrics
This week
VS. LAST
Headline-first openings+22%
You're starting answers with the finding, not the setup.
Hedging filler−18%
Fewer "kind of," "I guess," "maybe" before claims.
Hold the floor+12%
Pausing instead of yielding when interrupted.
Question-stacking+9%
Watch for asking three questions in one breath.
Peer working through the same shape
Mei · 上海 PM · 4 yrs
+12 nearby
"I dropped 'so basically' as a warm-up — replaced with a single sentence headline."
WORKED+38% confidence in 3 weeks
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The App
Eight surfaces, one rhythm — every Sotto screen you'll touch in a day, from onboarding through the morning brief to live cues and weekly fluency.
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STEP 1 OF 2
Where does your English carry from?
JPJapan✓
INIndia
CNChina
NGNigeria
KRSouth Korea
Continue
01 · Onboarding · Origin
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STEP 2 OF 2
Which room do you speak in most?
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Tech & Product
Roadmaps, retros, stand-ups, exec reviews — direct register, headline-first openings.
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Healthcare
Rounds, handoffs, family conversations — careful register, hedged language.
Start listening
02 · Onboarding · Vertical
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Hi, Yuki — ready for today.
TODAY · 9:00 AM · 30 MIN
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TODAY'S MISSION
Lead with the finding
Open with "the headline is…" instead of "so basically what we did was…"
+20 XP◆ Mission
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Q2 Roadmap Review — with Marcus, Alana, David
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03 · Brief · Yuki
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Hi, Daniel — investor sync at 11.
TODAY · 11:00 AM · 25 MIN
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TODAY'S MISSION
Pause, then answer
Take one breath before replying. "Let me think for a moment."
+20 XP◆ Mission
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Series B sync — with Sasha, Ravi, Lena
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04 · Brief · Daniel
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You
LIVE · 12:04
Marcus speaking
12:01"What's your honest read on bandwidth?"OPEN
12:03Marcus paused — your turn coming up.CUE
SOTTO LISTENING
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
Next ▸
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
05 · Live · In-meeting cues
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14:22 · Q2 Roadmap Review
PERIPHERAL · LIVE
Marcus is asking about bandwidth — Sotto surfaces a single phrasing on the rim of view.
Marcus · "honest read on bandwidth?"
SOTTO WHISPERS
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
CC
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06 · Peripheral · AR Whisper
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GROWTH
Your fluency map
Constellation
+41% confidence
28 phrasings · 6 weeks
masterednewfading
"Lead with the finding" joined the mastered cluster this week.
Skills preview
7-DAY
Headline-first78%
◆Brief
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✦Debrief
07 · Debrief · Constellation
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SKILLS · 7 DAYS
Behaviour metrics
This week
VS. LAST
Headline-first openings+22%
You're starting answers with the finding, not the setup.
Hedging filler−18%
Fewer "kind of," "I guess," "maybe" before claims.
Hold the floor+12%
Pausing instead of yielding when interrupted.
Question-stacking+9%
Watch for asking three questions in one breath.
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
08 · Debrief · Skills
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Set your context
Two questions, one minute.
Sotto asks where you're from and what room you mostly speak in — so the first phrasing already feels like yours, not a translation. Two taps, then it's listening.
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STEP 1 OF 2
Where does your English carry from?
JPJapan✓
INIndia
CNChina
NGNigeria
KRSouth Korea
Continue
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STEP 2 OF 2
Which room do you speak in most?
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Tech & Product
Roadmaps, retros, stand-ups, exec reviews — direct register, headline-first openings.