FluentPet: Learn what it is and who makes it

What FluentPet is

FluentPet is a system of HexTiles and recordable sound buttons designed to help you teach your learner to communicate. It is inspired by Christina Hunger’s work with her dog Stella.

FluentPet sells two product lines:

• Speak Up! Buttons record and play a word on the button itself.
• Connect Buttons link wirelessly to a Connect Base, which plays the word and sends each press to the FluentPet app.

To compare the product lines and pick a starting kit, see Kits: Choose your first FluentPet kit. For more about each product line, see Speak Up! Buttons and Connect.

For detailed information on the FluentPet system, see the Scientific Integrity page on the FluentPet website.

Who makes FluentPet

The FluentPet tiles and button system was developed by Leo Trottier, a California-based cognitive scientist trained at the University of California San Diego, in close collaboration with the Canine AAC Test Pilots, a group of people based in the US, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, Australia, and beyond, who have made incredible progress teaching their dogs to use sound buttons to express themselves.

Research FluentPet supports

Leo Trottier started CleverPet while a PhD candidate in Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego. FluentPet shares what it learns with the Comparative Cognition Laboratory at the University of California San Diego, to better understand how dogs and other animals use sound buttons to express themselves.

To take part in this research, join the FluentPet Community, which explains how to sign up. You do not need FluentPet buttons to take part.

Where FluentPet is based

FluentPet is officially registered in California, but our teams work remotely from all over the world.

Where the products are made

FluentPet products are made in China. See Products: Check materials, safety testing and manufacturing.