Pointalk
Point to talk at the bedside
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A bedside communication board for patients who cannot speak. Yes or no questions, pain scale, speak board and bed-by-bed rounds, shown in two languages on one screen.
Pointalk is a bedside communication board for people who cannot speak and the people caring for them. Use it when a patient is intubated, after a stroke or surgery, or when patient and staff do not share a language. It is designed for iPad in landscape and also runs on iPhone.
Two languages on one screen
The patient's language is shown large on top and the staff language small underneath. Choose each from Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish and French.
Speak board
Cards such as Water please, I need the toilet, It hurts and I'm scared. Tap a card to show it big and read it aloud with the device voice. Often used cards gather at the top.
Pain
Pick a level from 0 to 10, then tap where it hurts on the front or back of a body figure. Location and level are summarized in one line.
Question sets
Four built-in sets, Rounds, Needs, Before meals and Feelings, and you can write your own. The patient taps Yes or No and the next question appears. A Yes can lead to follow-ups such as how much it hurts and where.
Bed rounds
Register room and bed numbers, then ask bed by bed in order. Answers are saved automatically to each bed's records. When the round is done you get a per-bed summary you can share as text. Names are never entered.
Board
A screen to stand beside the bed: a large clock and date, hospital name and logo, today's schedule, visiting hours, how to call the nurse and short notes, all in the patient's language. When a scheduled time arrives a large popup announces it.
Letter board
Write with a finger on the handwriting board, or tap letters one at a time.
For unsteady hands
Turn on press and hold to select so brushing fingers do nothing. Flip the screen 180 degrees to show it to someone sitting across.
Records and privacy
Everything stays on the device and is never sent anywhere. No personal identifiers such as patient names are stored. You can erase everything in Settings, and export hospital settings and question sets as a file to move to another device.
Ads appear only on the staff screens for choosing a set and editing, never on the screens the patient sees. This app is a communication aid and does not replace diagnosis or treatment.
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The Korean letter board can now make every syllable. Compound vowels and double final consonants are combined automatically as you type, and a new key adds tense consonants. Korean patients can now write words such as restroom, I'm okay, doctor and I don't have it. Small buttons such as the remove buttons are also easier to tap.
The developer, Bumjoon Lee, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Size
- 6.1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- Provider
Bumjoon Lee
- Bumjoon Lee has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.
- Copyright
- © Bumjoon Lee