Tuck it in.
Any toy can talk.

Tucket is a soft little speaker that hides under the clothes of the doll, bear or dinosaur your child already loves. You choose what it says. They do the imagining.

Try it on a toy How we keep it safe

An early ALLOIC design.

One squeeze It says something.
Two squeezes It asks a pretend question.
A long hug It says something kind.

An adult's hands tuck a small orange puck under the knitted jumper of a teddy bear sitting on a bed. — The puck is about this big: 56 mm across.

Remember the bear with a button in its paw?

It had five phrases from a factory. Tucket is that button for the toy your child already owns, with words you chose.

Five factory phrasesThe child runs out of them, usually within a week.Your words, as many as you like
One special talking toyBought new, while the loved one sits on the shelf.Any toy from 12 cm to 1 m
An open chatbot in the bedroomA microphone, a company server and no one checking.A voice you approved first

Try it on a toy

Use your own toy

Pick or take a photo. It stays in this browser and is never uploaded.

Drag the puck onto the toy, or press Tuck it in.

You can also tap the toy itself: once, twice, or press and hold for a hug. The voice is your browser's own, and every line is also shown as text.

You decide how far it goes

There are three ways to play and each one is a separate decision. The first two never use a microphone or the internet during play. The third is off until you move a switch on the puck by hand.

Your voice

AI: None
Microphone: Off
Internet in play: None
Account: Not needed

The paw button, but the voice is yours. Record a goodnight, a joke, or Grandma saying hello, and give each one to a squeeze. This is how it arrives, switched on.

A worn old teddy bear with a stitched patch on its paw.

Character

AI: Helps you write
Microphone: Off
Internet in play: None
Account: Not needed

Describe the toy in the app: Biscuit, a shy bear who loves soup. The AI drafts lines, questions and story starters. You read them, remove what you dislike, and send the rest to the puck.

A rag doll in a pale blue dress, with the puck strapped under it.

Conversation

AI: Yes
Microphone: Only while a squeeze is held
Internet in play: Through the Nest, at home
Account: Yes, the parent's

Optional and off by default. Your child holds a squeeze and talks, like a walkie-talkie. There is no wake word. Replies stay inside the character you approved and the play rules below.

The orange puck from above, with a tiny slide switch on its rim.

Family voices

Who: Only people you invite
Live audio: Never
Approval: You hear it first

Grandma, or an uncle overseas, can send a recorded message to the toy. You hear it first and approve it. Nobody can ever speak through the toy live.

The puck resting in its small grey charging dish on a bedside table in the evening.

You approve every word

Write a character, or record your own voice. Nothing reaches the toy until you have read or heard it. Then send it to the toy above.

Its lines

Nothing written yet.

Press Write its lines. You will get about fourteen, sorted by what the child does. Edit any of them, remove the ones you dislike, and listen before you send.

Only the lines you kept are sent.

It asks. They invent.

Seven rules. Press a toy to hear one.

It asks more than it tells
A question about a dragon beats a fact about dragons.
“If this floor was a big bowl of soup, what would we use for a boat?”
It follows the child's story
If the couch is a boat, the couch is a boat. It never corrects pretend.
“A customer just came in. Who is it?”
It leaves silence
One line, then it waits. It never talks over play.
“There's a puddle between us and the couch. How do we get across?”
It lets go
When the child stops, it stops. It never says “don't go” or asks for one more game.
“Okay. Bye for now.”
It is a toy, and says so
Asked if it is alive, it tells the truth.
“I'm a toy with a little voice inside. The pretending is all yours.”
It sends children back to people
Big questions, worries and anything risky go to a grown-up.
“That's a grown-up job. Let's go and ask one.”
It gets sleepy
After the play time you set, 20 minutes unless you change it, it yawns and rests. In quiet hours it only whispers goodnight.
“Big yawn. My eyes are getting heavy. Night night.”

These rules are fixed. A parent cannot switch them off and a character cannot override them.

A small child's hand squeezes the tummy of a teddy bear through its jumper.

Biscuit saysAsk me something hard.

Ask it the hard questions

This is Conversation mode. Type what a child might say, or pick one. You see what the toy says, why, and what you would be told.

Why it answered that wayPick a question to see the rule that applies.

What the parent seesNothing yet.

Nothing you type leaves this browser.

What it never does

These are design decisions in the hardware and the rules, so they hold whatever character you load.

Never always listening

The microphone has a slide switch that cuts its power. It ships off. Even when on, it works only while a squeeze is held.

No recordings kept

A voice is turned into text and deleted. It is never used to train anything.

No strangers

No calls and no live audio into the toy. Family messages are recorded and you approve them first.

No ads, no shop

The toy never mentions a product and cannot buy anything. No data is sold.

Not on the internet

The puck has no Wi-Fi. It talks only to its Nest and your phone, and pairing needs it touching the phone.

No account for two modes

Your voice and Character work with the app over Bluetooth and nothing else.

No unsigned software

The puck refuses any update that is not signed by the maker.

Nothing you can't erase

One button in the app wipes it. So does holding the puck on the Nest for 10 seconds.

Nothing is hidden from the parent

Every line the toy can say is readable in the app. In Conversation mode the text of what was said goes to your phone and nowhere else, for as long as you choose. The default is 7 days and it can be zero.

The puck

Bluetooth only. No Wi-Fi, no camera, no GPS, no screen.

The Nest

Charges the puck and is the only part on your Wi-Fi. Conversation works within about 10 m of it, so at home and nowhere else.

Your phone

Where you write, listen, approve and erase.

Tucket is designed around the toy safety rules of Canada, the United States and Europe (Canada's Toys Regulations, ASTM F963, EN 71), the battery standard IEC 62133, and the children's privacy laws COPPA, PIPEDA, GDPR and the UK Children's Code. It has to pass every one of them before a single puck is sold.

Made for small hands

56 mm

Too wide to swallow. The test tube used for small parts is 31.7 mm across, the inner circle here. Nothing comes off the puck that is smaller than the puck.

65 dBA

The loudness cap, measured at 25 cm, built into the hardware. You can turn it down. Nobody can turn it up.

Coin cells, battery doors and charging ports. The battery is sealed in, charges without wires and shuts down if it gets warm.

You hold the controls

This is the parent app. It works: change something here and the toy at the top of the page behaves differently.

Turn the loudness down and squeeze the toy again.
Switch on quiet hours and it only whispers goodnight.
Ask a hard question above and the note appears under Activity.
Try to choose Conversation without moving the switch on the puck.

Biscuit's puck

How it plays

Loudness

WhisperHardware cap

Gets sleepy after

Quiet hours, 7 pm to 7 am

Keep conversation text for

Family voices waiting

Activity

It fits the toy you have

Three ways to fit it come in the box, for toys from about 12 cm to 1 m tall.

The puck
56 mm across, 16 mm thick, 42 g. Soft silicone with a fabric face.
Everything in the box
Puck, Nest, two hug straps, two stick-or-sew pads, zip pouch, two washable sleeves and a USB-C cable for the Nest.
The Nest
A bedside dish that charges the puck. Putting it there at night is the toy going to sleep.
Hug strap
A stretch band under the clothes. It pulls apart under load. Two sizes.
Stick-or-sew pad
For toys with no clothes. The puck presses onto it.
Zip pouch
For a plush with a back seam or a pocket.

Will it fit yours?

How tall is the toy? 35 cm

What is it wearing?

Clothes No clothes A pocket or back seam

What it is made of

Puck	56 mm across, 16 mm thick, 42 g. Silicone shell, fabric speaker face, no seam a child can open.
Senses	Squeeze across the whole face (one, two, or a long hug), through clothes and stuffing. Motion: picked up, swung, rocked, laid down.
Speaker	One small speaker, capped in hardware at 65 dBA at 25 cm.
Microphone	One, behind a slide switch on the rim that cuts its power. Ships off. A short buzz tells the child it is listening.
Radio	Bluetooth to its own Nest and the parent's phone. No Wi-Fi, camera, GPS or screen on the puck.
Battery	Sealed 450 mAh rechargeable. About 10 days at 30 minutes of play a day. About 2 hours to charge on the Nest. Shuts down if it gets warm.
Nest	Wireless charging dish and the only part on home Wi-Fi. USB-C power.
Fits	Toys from about 12 cm to 1 m tall, with a hug strap, a stick-or-sew pad or a zip pouch.
Care	Sleeves are machine washable. The puck wipes clean. Take the puck out before a toy goes in the wash.
Ages	Designed for 3 and up.

Every number on this page is a design target.