Hey Fellow Product Hunters! My name is David Justice (Yes, like the famous Atlanta Braves MLB player...😒😂) and I am super excited to announce the launch of Talo, an IOS app that I have been passionately working on for the past 5 months. * App Store has been a pain so decided to launch a week early and build a waitlist. Visit site to join waitlist to be notified when app is available on App Store. Sorry for any inconvenience! 🧐 Why And What Is Talo? Talo's sole purpose is to fight the feeling of disconnection and loneliness for someone with an ethnical background, especially the smaller cultures like Filipino or Samoan (only 220k worldwide). My wife is Samoan and I am African American. When we lived in the Northeast, our kids were exposed to Black culture, but we couldn't seem to find any other Polynesian descendant families to engage with as well. My wife missed her family and friends from out west, and our kids were missing out on the experience of growing up with both Black and Samoan cultures. What started as just a tool to help myself learn about my kids and wife's culture while teaching for them (kids) as well, turned into something even bigger. In short, no matter where you are, if you have an internet connection, you can engage with your culture. 📋 Examples of How Talo Can Make A Difference - Moving to a new state or country? Find other people of your culture in the location you're moving to or nearby. - English your first language since you're a second generation immigrant? Complete simple learning tasks to gradually gain a basic understanding. While you're learning, hop back and forth between your native tongue and English in a chat room with our Magic Translation feature. - Want to pass on traditions to your kids? Play one our authentic audio stories to your kids during bedtime or complete one of our arts and crafts projects together. While my ultimate goal is service all ethnicities, currently we are launching with 3 ethnicities: Samoan, Filipino, and Nigerian. My goal is to add support for 1-2 more ethnicities each month. This doesn't mean if you don't identify with one of these cultures that the app isn't for you. The app is best and most effective for the following situations: - You are one the specified ethnicities - Your kids are mixed and identify with one of the specified cultures - You have a spouse, family or friends who identify as one of these ethnicities and you would like to learn about their culture. - Generally are just interested in learning about one of these cultures. The purpose of this launch is do build a waitlist, as Talo will be available on the App Store within the next two weeks. If you’re interested in trying out the app or just being notified when it’s available. Visit talo’s website taloapp.com and join waitlist. Thanks in advance!