Every toddler invents their own language. Babbu is my daughter Matilda's word for ball. By the time she says it correctly, I'll have already forgotten how it sounded.
Babbu is a private dictionary for the words only your child says, the mispronunciations, the invented names, the sounds that make sense to no one but you. No social features. No accounts. Just a growing archive of a specific, unrepeatable moment in your child's life.
- Add a word as your child says it, plus what it actually means
- Record their voice directly in the app
- Automatically matches an illustration to the word's meaning, translating it from any language
- Colour-code each card
- Search your collection
- Share a snapshot of the full dictionary with family as a single link
🛠️ Built with
Figma Make
Anthropic API — icon matching with automatic translation
Native browser MediaRecorder API — audio recording, no dependencies
localStorage — fully private, lives on your device
🔮 What's next
Live sync so the dictionary stays up to date for everyone
Family members can contribute words from their end
Milestones view — first word, tenth, fiftieth
A printed book of the whole dictionary
BABBU
Every toddler invents their own language. Babbu is my daughter Matilda's word for ball. By the time she says it correctly, I'll have already forgotten...