My Phone
A free resource · Prototype
A calm, simple home screen
When a phone or tablet becomes a maze of icons, the things that matter get lost and most of it goes unused. My Phone replaces the busy home screen with a few big buttons: the people to call, shown by their photo, a camera, the photos, today, and a simple Help button. Everything else stays hidden. No menus, nothing to search for, and the buttons never move.
It opens in a new tab in your language, and works on a phone, tablet or computer — even offline once it’s open. On a phone, tapping a face starts the call.
What it does
- A fixed grid of large buttons that never move — tap a familiar face to call, take a photo, look through pictures, or see today at a glance. Tapping a face speaks the name aloud.
- A carer sets it up on the device — who to call (with a photo and number), a gentle plan for the day, and reminders shown one at a time with a single “OK”. No system notifications, and finished tasks return home on their own.
- Bigger text, high contrast, spoken prompts, a seeing-side layout, and — if it helps — a plain dialler and buttons that open My Voice and My Day right inside it. Six languages, works offline.
Who it’s for
Anyone finding a modern phone harder than it needs to be — with dementia or memory changes, or after a stroke — and the families and carers who set it up for them. No sign-up, no cost, nothing to install.
Also from Valora Parentis — My Companion: a gentle daily check-in so you know a parent living alone is okay. See My Companion →
Free, and a work in progress
This is an early prototype we’re sharing openly in the hope it helps. It’s a calmer way to use a phone — not a medical or emergency device. The Help button calls one person you choose; it does not reach emergency services, and any pendant alarm or care arrangement stays exactly as it is. Use it, share it, and tell us what would make it better.
These free tools come from Valora Parentis. If it's the whole computer that overwhelms someone — not just a phone or a message, often after a stroke — that's what we make: a Windows app that turns it into one calm screen of a few big buttons. One payment, no subscription. See the My World app for Windows