Built on Set. For the Set.
CrewTalk wasn't built in a boardroom. It was built by a working cinematographer who got tired of scratchy radios, dead batteries, and paying $50 a day to rent hardware that couldn't send a text message. We built the tool we wished existed — and now your crew can use it too.
Why We Exist
Here's what "industry standard" communication looks like on most sets: rent 30 radios at $40-60 each per day. Charge them all overnight. Discover that three are dead by call time. Spend the first 20 minutes of the day sorting out who's on what channel. Hope the range holds up across location. Then ask someone to text you a reference photo because the radio can't do that.
CrewTalk replaces the entire stack. Push-to-talk for instant voice — sub-100ms latency, faster than most two-way radios. Ten named channels per hub so Camera, Sound, Lighting, and Directors all have their own space. Direct messages and image sharing for the details that don't belong on an open channel. Whisper calls for private conversations. Live-Sight video for showing someone exactly what you're looking at instead of trying to describe it. And channel monitoring that lets supervisors listen to six channels simultaneously — the kind of feature that used to require a $3,000 Clear-Com beltpack.
Every feature was designed for people who work with their hands: Bluetooth and smartwatch PTT so you never touch your phone, Latch Talk for hands-free broadcasting, auto noise gate that calibrates itself to your environment, and Local Mode for locations with no cell service. The result is a professional communication system that deploys in minutes, costs a fraction of radio rentals, and does things traditional radios simply cannot do.
Who It's For
Film & Television
Your 1st AD calls "picture's up" on Channel 1. Camera confirms on Channel 3. You're monitoring both plus Sound on 4 — all simultaneously. The DP wants to see the crane angle before the move? Live-Sight. Craft services location? Drop a photo in the channel. This is what set comms should be.
Construction & Industrial
Superintendents keep ears on every zone with six-channel monitoring. Foremen latch their mics open while giving hands-on direction. All Call reaches every worker on site instantly for safety stand-downs. And when there's no cell service in the sub-basement, Local Mode keeps everyone connected over WiFi.
Events & Live Production
Share a QR code at load-in and have your day crew on comms in seconds. Stage managers, lighting, audio, and security coordinate in real time across dedicated channels. Whisper privately to the house manager mid-show. All Text pushes schedule changes to every phone with mandatory acknowledgment — nobody misses the update.
Ready to Retire the Radio Rental?
Create a hub, share a QR code, and your crew is talking in under a minute. No hardware. No IT department. No per-unit rental fees.