Altus Nova Launches Multi-User Voice Platform

Altus Nova Technologies has launched a free voice-based learning platform to help users memorize text. The platform was initially built to support Bible study groups, churches, and youth organizations, while the underlying technology blends custom speech recognition workflows, artificial intelligence-generated, contextually relevant study plans, and real-time device synchronization.

The project began with an early prototype using Alexa buttons, but the team quickly encountered significant limitations, such as fixed listening windows, unreliable pause handling, and a lack of support for multiplayer turn-taking. Altus Nova responded by building a completely custom voice experience from the ground up.

"We realized that if we wanted natural, real-time spoken interaction with multiple users, we had to build the entire system ourselves, from audio handling to turn coordination to cross-device synchronization," said Puru Agrawal, a co-founder and managing partner of Altus Nova, in a statement.

Key features of the platform include the following:

• Solo Memorization Mode: Users select Bible verses to practice. The system voice reads each passage aloud, pausing at key words, while users buzz in to speak the missing words. Spoken responses are analyzed for accuracy and progress is tracked over time.
• AI-Driven Study Plans: The platform uses AI to recommend relevant Bible passages based on themes such as courage, forgiveness, or purpose, and provides explanations to help users connect with the material.
• Multiplayer Competition Mode: Up to four users can join a shared session via a link. The system coordinates buzzer input, turn-taking, microphone access, scoring, and synchronized visual cues.
• Device Coordination Engine: Real-time synchronization ensures all devices reflect the current phrase, score status, and speaker turn.

"We're using the same architectural foundation to help utility companies build voice-based dispatching and coordination platforms for outage response teams communicating by radio in the field," said Jason Parrish, another co-founder and managing partner of Altus Nova, in a statement. "These systems require fast decision-making, reliable speech input, and multi-user coordination under real-world constraints. Projects like this let us test and prove those capabilities in meaningful ways."