Talk2NatureOpen in Safari
Visit the app, open Share, choose Add to Home Screen, and confirm Add. Keep “Open as Web App” enabled if your version shows that option.
Apple’s installation guide ↗THE TALK2NATURE FIELD COMPANION · EARLY RELEASE
Your next encounter.
A little more understood.
A free, open-source web app for listening, observing and exploring animal sounds. Start on your phone, keep your recordings on your device, and help us make the tools better.
No account needed. No animal translation, species identification or recording upload.
THREE WAYS TO BEGINListen outside.
Listen outside.
Notice the familiar.
Examine a sound.
Outdoor voices · Shared moments · The sound desk
Find your moment ↗CONNECTED TO THE WEBSITE. AT HOME ON YOUR PHONE.
Open now. Add to your home screen.
Open in Chrome
Use the app’s Install button when available, or the browser menu’s Install app / Add to Home screen option. Availability and wording depend on your browser.
Browser installation guide ↗Use the same tools
Open in your browser. Supported browsers also offer installation. The Station’s large-screen layout is for the current screen; remote TV pairing is still planned.
Open the field companion ↗This is an installable web app. There is no App Store or Google Play listing yet. Installing it does not enable unattended or background recording. Physical iPhone and Android installation testing remains outstanding.
SMALL SESSIONS. CAREFUL RECORDS.
What you can do today.
- Run a temporary eight-second phone microphone check at home, away from animals.
- Start a local microphone session of up to five minutes while the app stays visible.
- Capture sound candidates and mark naturally observed behavior or voices.
- Save all retained clips and your journal in one ZIP; unzip it to review a WAV.
- Optionally save public app pages and tools for offline use.
What stays yours.
Audio and notes stay in working memory until you export. The phone check keeps only aggregate readings in the open page and never saves or uploads sound. The offline cache contains only public pages, code and artwork. It never saves recordings or private workspace responses. Export before closing, replacing a session or updating the app. Downloads remain on your device.
Microphone permission is separate from installation. Record only where permitted, including permission from people who may be audible. Observe naturally; do not provoke an animal.
To remove offline app files, clear this site’s storage through your browser settings. Removing a home-screen icon alone may leave browser data.
Read the privacy details →BUILDING IN THE OPEN
Help shape the next release.
An experimental Android Station source preview is available for developers. It has a user-started foreground service, a visible Stop control and bounded encrypted on-device sessions. It is source only: there is no signed APK or store release, and physical-phone and field validation are still open. We need device checks, independent workflow reviews and a qualified scientific collaborator. Automated animal playback and general translation are not available.