TalkBeam for Manufacturing
TalkBeam is a push-to-talk walkie-talkie app that connects operators, maintenance, quality and supervisors across your plant on channels by line and department, hands-free through headsets, with man-down detection and a searchable record of every shift.
CH 01The problem
Downtime is expensive, and a lot of it starts with “I couldn’t reach maintenance.”
An operator with a down line calls for maintenance on a crowded channel and waits.
With TalkBeam
A dedicated maintenance channel, with priority talk for supervisors, means the right tech hears the call the first time.
Radios on a loud floor are hard to hear and harder to use with gloves on.
With TalkBeam
Talk through a Bluetooth headset, including hearing-protection headsets that connect over Bluetooth, and tap once to talk in Hybrid mode.
Night shift fixed something, and day shift doesn’t know what or how.
With TalkBeam
Every transmission is transcribed and searchable, so the next shift can find what was said about a machine.
Maintenance techs work alone in mechanical rooms, on roofs and during weekend shutdowns.
With TalkBeam
Lone-worker check-ins and man-down detection alert a supervisor if someone stops answering.
A drill, a severe weather warning or a line change has to reach everyone, fast.
With TalkBeam
An all-call reaches every channel at once, and automated broadcasts read severe weather warnings for your site aloud.
CH 02A day on TalkBeam
A two-shift plant runs line, maintenance and quality channels on TalkBeam Enterprise.
Two days later the same jam happens on night shift. The tech searches “guide rail” and finds Priya’s fix in seconds.
Illustrative scenario. People, places and times are made up; the features are real.
Line 3 is down. Case packer jammed at the infeed.
Copy, sending Priya. Two minutes.
Cleared. A guide rail was loose; I tightened it and we’re running.
Quality copies. Holding the last 20 cases for inspection.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lake County until 2 PM. Damaging winds possible.
Close the dock doors. Outside work stops until the warning ends.
CH 03What you get
Everything a two-way radio does, on the phone, headset or vehicle your people already have, plus the things a radio never could.
A channel per crew, site, shift or job, and the people who need each one. Supervisors can sit on all of them.
Supervisors cut through the chatter mid-sentence, or reach every channel at once with one hold.
Tap once to open your mic, tap again to close it. Built for people whose hands are busy.
Talk through AirPods, a Bluetooth or wired headset, Ray-Ban or Oakley Meta glasses, Apple Watch, CarPlay or the phone itself.
Every transmission becomes text with a time and a name, so anyone can scroll back or search what was said.
People working alone get an “Are you OK?” check-in on your schedule. A missed check-in escalates to a supervisor.
When a phone detects a crash or a fall with no movement and nobody answers “Are you OK?”, supervisors get an alert with the location.
Severe weather warnings, thunderstorms, earthquakes, air quality and extreme heat near your sites or crews, read aloud on your channels automatically.
Features marked Enterprise are part of the Enterprise plan. TalkBeam isn’t an emergency service and doesn’t contact 911.
CH 04Plans
Both start with a 14-day free trial for up to 50 people. No credit card.
$8per person / month
or $6 billed yearly · 5–50 people
For a plant or shop of 5 to 50 people: channels by line or department, priority talk and all-call, direct talk, SOS and transcripts.
$15per person / month
billed yearly · 25+ people · $13 from 100 · custom from 500
For larger plants and multi-site manufacturers: man-down detection, lone-worker check-ins, automated severe weather broadcasts, single sign-on, retention and exports, an audit log and an uptime SLA.
Weighing it against your radios? Compare three years of costs, or read the 30-day radio replacement playbook.
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CH 05See it in action
In our 2½-minute demo, a fictional ambulance company dispatches with an all-call, reroutes a crew over private direct talk, hears a flood warning read aloud in every unit and reviews it all in the transcripts. Every feature in it is real.
Or try the demo company yourself. In the TalkBeam app, open Me → Company and enter this code:
HCEMS247
TalkBeam for iPhone is in early access. Get early access.
CH 06FAQ
For most plants, yes, as long as your Wi-Fi or cellular coverage reaches the floor. Test it during the trial in the places radios struggle with too: mechanical rooms, freezers and behind heavy equipment.
Only on a device approved for that area. TalkBeam is an app; it doesn’t change what a phone is rated for, so follow your site’s rules for classified and explosive-atmosphere areas.
Yes. Put maintenance on every line channel, or give maintenance its own channel that operators call into.
Every transmission becomes searchable text with a time and a name. Enterprise adds retention settings and CSV export.
Yes. The 14-day free trial covers up to 50 people with no credit card. Start with one line or one shift, and add more when it works.
Teams is $8 per person per month ($6 billed yearly) for 5 to 50 people. Enterprise is $15 per person per month billed yearly, from 25 people. The radio cost calculator compares it with your radios.
Try TalkBeam free for 14 days with up to 50 people. No credit card, and no radios to buy.