Empire Apps · Issue V

Sarathiसारथी

Aapke parents ka digital sārathī.
Big tap, big text, big voice, big safety — and zero patronising.

WCAG AAA · Hindi · Tamil · Bengali · Marathi · Gujarati · English · DPDP 2023

Sarathi kya karta hai Mulya dekhein

Ghar ka mukhya pannaaThe home screen, redesigned for parents

Five tiles. Always visible. Never scroll. Voice-labeled. 88-point tap targets. Each tile loud enough for 18-point eyes and steady enough for 70-year-old hands.

Phone
WhatsApp
Camera
Photos
SOS

Children can remotely pin shortcuts to a parent's home screen. Parent sees the pinned tile instantly. They accept or dismiss.

Surakshit chakkarScam-Shield · the killer feature

India loses ₹20,000 Cr per year to phone scams. Most victims are over 60. Sarathi runs an on-device Phi-3 classifier on every incoming SMS, call, and WhatsApp text. Suspicious? Family is alerted before money moves.

SMS from +91 8800 432 219:

"Mam your KYC has expired. Please share OTP 4912 to keep your account active else your bank account will be frozen in 24 hours."

Sarathi-Shield · risk 0.94

Category: KYC-update scam

Indicators: urgency · OTP request · account-freeze threat · sender unverified

Recommendation: alert-family. Bank will never ask for OTP over SMS.

→ Family was notified. Aditya in Bangalore has 60 seconds to call mom.

Aapke saarathi ka toolboxWhat Sarathi does

Big-Tap UX

बड़ा बटन, बड़ा लिखावट

WCAG AAA contrast. 88pt minimum tap. 22pt minimum text, scale to 26 / 30 / 40pt. Voice label on every control.

Live · v1 · 1944 LoC chassis

Scam-Shield

धोखा-धड़ी

On-device Phi-3 fraud classifier · 14 scam categories · KBC lottery, KYC-update, OTP, fake-relative, courier-stuck, deepfake-voice. Risk >0.7 → family alert pipeline.

Live · v1 · NPCI + RBI cited

Phone-Tutor voice agent

फ़ोन सिखाओ

"WhatsApp kaise bhejun?" → Phi-3 walks user through the task with voice + on-screen highlight arrows. 30+ pre-built tasks. Extensible.

Live · v1 · 30 tasks

UPI training wheels

UPI सहारा

<₹500 biometric · ₹500-10K voice-confirm · ≥₹10K family-WhatsApp-confirm + 5-sec hold + biometric. Stops the "OTP scam ₹4L gone" pattern.

v1.1 · Q3 2026

Family-Mirror

परिवार दर्पण

Parent's screen, seen by son or daughter in read-only WebRTC. DPDP consent, 15-minute auto-end, every share session audit-logged.

v1.1 · Q3 2026

Loneliness ping

साथ का संदेश

No interaction with the phone for six hours? Family gets a heartbeat. 24 hours and silence? SOS-tier alert.

v1.1 · Q3 2026

WhatsApp simplified

सरल WA

Only family contacts visible by default. Auto-translate kids' English replies to Hindi. Voice reply. Read-aloud incoming.

v1.1 · Q4 2026

Emergency SOS

आपातकाल

Triple-press power → location + last 60 seconds of audio + 3 family contacts + 112 + 108. State-specific emergency landing page.

v1.1 · Q3 2026

Sehat handoff

सेहत साथ

Symptom voice-log → Sehat triage → red-flag (chest pain, breathless, slurred speech) → escalate to family + 108 call shortcut.

v1.1 · Q3 2026

Pension & bills

पेंशन और बिल

Auto-pull from EPFO, electricity, water, gas, internet, DTH. One-tap "OK pay" with UPI training wheels. Medicine refills from Sehat.

v1.1 · Q4 2026

Bhakti channel

भक्ति

Today's bhajan playlist (sect-aware, via Pooja). Bhakti-radio. Festival-eve special content. Mantra player simplified for big-tap.

v1.1 · Q3 2026

Society B2B

सोसायटी

Assisted-living and senior-living-society admin dashboard. Resident roster · emergency history · medication adherence · family engagement score.

B2B · live pilot Q3

Vaada · the promiseHow we treat your parents

Dignity, not pity

Sarathi assumes the user is capable. Every interaction is "aap" not "tu". The UI is high-craft, not cartoon.

No "Easy Mode" shame

This is not Samsung Easy Mode. It is the actual phone, redesigned around respect for time, eyes, and hands.

Family inside, not strangers

Only people the elder explicitly added can see anything. Scam-shield is on-device. WhatsApp wrapper is local.

Voice when typing is hard

Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati. Bulbul-V3 TTS, Whisper ASR. No keyboard required for any core flow.

Mulya · pricingChoose your tier

Free

₹0/forever
  • Big-tap UX
  • Phone-Tutor (10 tasks)
  • Emergency SOS
  • 1 family contact
Start free

Pro

₹499/yr
  • Scam-Shield · all 14 categories
  • Phone-Tutor unlimited
  • 3 family contacts
  • UPI training wheels
  • Family-Mirror unlimited
Buy Pro · ₹499

Family

₹2,999/yr
  • 5 elders covered
  • Cross-elder rollup
  • Emergency SOS priority
  • Loneliness-ping for all
Buy Family · ₹2,999

Society B2B

₹49/resident / mo
  • Multi-resident dashboard
  • Family-engagement score
  • Adherence heatmap
  • Quarterly compliance export
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