NZ schoolboy builds tool to help people who struggle to speak join conversations

Jack Harker, a Year 11 student at ACG Parnell College in Auckland, has created Parley, a tool that helps people who find speaking difficult take part in real-time conversations. Inspired by his uncle, who has cerebral palsy and helped test it, the project won the Years 11-13 category of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow New Zealand 2026.