Nothing you press here will reach the front desk screen until it is. Visitors are being told nobody is in. To connect it, do one of these:
You tapped a front-desk alert. Safari has not been connected to the screen yet — on an iPhone, alerts open in Safari, not the Home Screen app. Do this once: point the Camera at the pairing code (Settings → Pair a phone) and open it in Safari, then tap the alert again. It will open on that conversation from then on.
Every family here gets the same ask — never “were you happy?” first, and nothing offered in return. Those are Google’s rules, and they are why these reviews count.
A visitor who types rings you here. Your first reply is what answers them — no call is placed, and nothing but your words is sent. If nobody answers within half a minute the screen answers what it can and writes the question down, and your reply still reaches them when you get to it.
Typed conversations are in Chats. This box is for the words of a live call.
Everyone on shift gets every alert. With nobody on shift, the owner gets one alert for each visitor and the screen looks after them as usual. Available (the switch at the top) is different: it means this page, while it is open, takes live calls.
A Teacher gets alerts while on shift. A Director gets every alert, always, and sees every chat.
— scan this with their phone's camera, or send them the link. It works once, until .
A buzz on your phone whenever a visitor needs someone — a message, a call request, a missed call, a voice message, a tour or call-back request — even with this page closed. It uses the free ntfy app. Off until somebody turns it on, and then only phones that subscribe get anything.
Get the app: App Store (iPhone) · Google Play (Android)
Keep the code to yourselves: anyone who has it can read the alerts. Lost a phone, or somebody left? — every phone subscribed now stops getting alerts until it subscribes again.
Her mouth follows your microphone, so speaking still animates her. Everything else — blinking, breathing, the small movements — keeps running on its own. Hold a key to hold the pose; let go and she eases back. The arm keys are a tap, not a hold — she does it once. Her arms also move on their own while you talk, so she is never a portrait between gestures.
A face stays until you pick another — 1 clears it. space brightens whatever is on, for a beat.
| ←→↑↓ | turn and nod — where she is looking |
| shift + arrows | her eyes only, head still — glancing at you without turning |
| QE | tilt — the listening tilt, the most alive single thing here |
| WASD | move her head in the frame |
| ZX | lean back / lean in |
| space | brighten — a smile on top of whatever face is on |
| B | raise her brows |
| GH | wave · say hi |
| TC | thumbs up · clap |
| RY | shrug · thinking |
| ,. | point left · point right |
| 1…6 | the face she holds — neutral, warm, delighted, concerned, surprised, thinking |
Shown to the visitor while you are talking to them.
Screen name, payment links and the wording on the screen live in Settings & setup. Nothing there needs changing to work a shift.
No screen at the door? Print the door sign — customers scan it with their own phone and reach you here: typing, talking or video, nothing to install.