labs@atheron:~/industries/childcare/localization$ localise --languages --help-centre

Parent help in any language

Your handbook, answered in each family's language.

Directors answer the same handbook questions every week, in several languages, often in the evening. A help centre in your families' languages, with an assistant that answers from your own handbook, takes those questions and passes anything about a child to staff.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Your handbook, not the internet

Answers come from your handbook and policies, so the assistant never invents a rule.

Each family's language

Pages and answers in the languages your families speak, with native review where it matters.

Children are for staff

Any question about a particular child goes to staff. The assistant holds no children's details.

Easy to keep current

Your team updates closures, hours and policies without a developer.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectWeb appAIFrontier model

Parent handbook assistant

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A childcare centre's director answers the same questions about hours, closures, illness policy and what to pack, by email, in several languages, often in the evening.

// What we would build

A help centre written from the centre's own handbook and policies, and an assistant that answers parents from it in their language and passes anything about a particular child to staff. It uses a frontier model through its API: the handbook is not private and traffic is low.

// What is in it

Answers from your own handbook and policies
Replies in the parent's language
Anything about a particular child passed to staff
No children's details in the conversation
Your team updates the handbook without a developer

// Stack

Frontier model API
Next.js
PostgreSQL with pgvector
DigitalOcean

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$86,900 to US$133,000, delivered within 21 weeksCAD 123,800 to 189,300
Hosting: ≈ US$218 a monthCAD 310 a month
Support: ≈ US$1,000 a monthCAD 1,425 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

AI route: Frontier model
Model running cost: ≈ US$42 a monthCAD 60 a month

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Specification and evaluation plan: 0.4 weeks
Design approved: 2.4 to 3.4 weeks
Core features: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Full build: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Working pilot: 3.9 to 6.4 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.9 to 1.9 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Production: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 24,760 to 37,860
Discovery 2%: CAD 2,476 to 3,786
Specification and evaluation plan 10.2%: CAD 12,627.60 to 19,308.60
Design approved 2%: CAD 2,476 to 3,786
Core features 6.2%: CAD 7,675.60 to 11,736.60
Full build 4.1%: CAD 5,075.80 to 7,761.30
Working pilot 30.7%: CAD 38,006.60 to 58,115.10
Testing and fixes 2%: CAD 2,476 to 3,786
Launch 2%: CAD 2,476 to 3,786
Production 10.8%: CAD 13,370.40 to 20,444.40
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 12,380 to 18,930

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Which languages can the childcare help centre offer?

Any you choose. We start with the languages most of your families speak.

Can the handbook assistant tell a parent about their own child?

No. It answers general questions only and passes anything about a child to staff.

What if the handbook assistant does not know an answer?

It says so and passes the question to the centre rather than guessing.

Back to the industry: Childcare and early learning About the service: Localization and support setup

// next

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