# TalkingPoints Reviews **Vendor:** Talking Points **Category:** [Classroom Messaging Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/classroom-messaging) **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 570 ## About TalkingPoints TalkingPoints is a nonprofit, two-way multilingual family engagement platform that helps build partnerships between teachers and families. Teachers can communicate via a free mobile app or online sign-in; parents via text, free mobile app, or online sign-in. Messages are translated into 145 home languages using human translators and AI. Named the Common Sense Selection for Learning \*"2021 Best Overall Family Communication Platform for Teachers and Schools,"\* TalkingPoints has enabled hundreds of millions of conversations among millions of families and educators in 2 of 3 schools across the country. TalkingPoints for Schools & Districts is a school/district-wide account with SIS integration and school/district-wide messaging capabilities. TalkingPoints for Teachers and TalkingPoints for Families mobile apps are available for iOS and Android, as well as online sign-in via the TalkingPoints website. Join the conversation and see why teachers and families love TalkingPoints! ## TalkingPoints Reviews ### 1. Makes equitable communication easy! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Traci T. | 5th Grade Teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 02, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** The best part about taking points is how it offers teachers, like me, the ability to communicate with parents of all languages. It makes the process super seamless! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I dislike how the program functions far better with parents who download the app -- I wish it would work just as well for parents who are just using it thought texting. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** TalkingPoints allow my communication to be equitable for ALL families -- whether we speak the same language or not. It allows me to partner with families, and vise-versa. ### 2. I use it to send out information and message parents of my students **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian J. | Special Education Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I like that I can create several different groups to send ot announcements to those that need the information or I can message parents individually. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Would love it if I caould drag and drop or copy and paste graphics **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves the problem of pushing out information to large groups of people and allows them to respond back. ### 3. Talking Points Builds A Bridge: Yes, it's time! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** AlmaAngelina V. | Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 31, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** What I find most helpful about Talking Points is that your communication goes out to parents with a fluent, professional translation that sounds like it was written in their language! You don't have to simplify your communication because you're not sure about using google translate or other online translation apps. Talking points has always been accurate for me and I've been using it for three years. It's wonderful that so many languages are available! I've used Russian, Spanish, Swahili and others. It saves time because it translates in all those languages. Your communications are saved and you can even save templates. It makes it easy to communicate with my multi language families. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** What I dislike is that because my district doesn't allow google docs, I wasn't able to copy/paste my students' profiles. I had to do it individually. However, it was well worth the time and effort at the beginning of the year. I have now used Talking Points for three years and find this initial work at the beginning well worth it. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have to wait on district translators to send out communications. I can send out communications to everyone at the same time. This has increased my communications to families because I don't have to wait on others to translate. ### 4. Talking Points is an excellent and efficient source of quick communication. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sandra A. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2024 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Talking Points is quick and easy to use. Ease of implementation, integration, and features are all excellent. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** There is nothing that is not good about Talking Points. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication with parents is easier and more effective. ### 5. Overall great, the app is terrible **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Meagan W. | Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** This app is a spectacular resource to use in connecting with families who speak languages I am unable to communicate in. It's so nice to know families are still able to know what's happening in our class without the use of constant translators. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Sometimes the translations can be inaccurate/confusing which is likely true for any automated translation service. My biggest problem with this resource is the APP. I was made an admin in my district three years ago and never noticed any differences in my app other than being able to connect with more students. Then, all of the sudden at the beginning of this school year I (and others) can no longer send messages from the app, they just disappear. After being in contact with support for a month, they closed my case because I just kept telling them it wasn't working??? And when I inquired about this they told me it was because I was an admin so it wasn't supported but 1. I've been an admin for 3 years and it hasn't been a problem and 2. There's nothing that looks physically different about my app since becoming an admin. There was also no mention of if they were working to solve this problem or any other solution. Just continually closing my help ticket. We're coming up on 6 months of this being an issue. This is a great resource, but without use of a phone it is nearly impossible to use in addition to being extremely impractical. It's frustrating that I can't use it to the full extent given that I know my district pays a lot of money for the resource. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Comminicating with families who spoke a language that was different than mine without always needing to get a third person involved. ### 6. So helpful, and utilizing! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexis J. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 07, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I get to share announcements with parents! It's so helpful & the program also does the translations for me so I don't have to! An easy to use program **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I honestly don't have any dislikes about TP but I would recommend maybe adding more languages so that we are able to speak to different families! **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm able to send out class announcements as a whole instead of sending each person an individual message which is a time saver for sure ### 7. Great way to communicate! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 20, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I have loved using Talking Points this year because I was able to reach EVERYONE in my classroom, every time! Whenever I sent out a message I had parents with different home languages messaging me back and this was so helpful from years past! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I think the only things I didn't like were the glitches, like how it loads the names. That was really the only thing. I think these kinds of issues can be easily solved with experience and feedback. **Recommendations to others considering TalkingPoints:** My advice is to use it! Get parents to use it and sign up for the app because it was so helpful to be in contact with every single parent this year! I loved it! **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is solving being able to reach all parents and making sure everyone is getting the intended message! I have full communication with my parents. It really helped when we had our field trip. ### 8. Easy and Convenient Line of Communication **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angelica R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 26, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** TalkingPoints is an efficient platform that makes teacher-parent communication easier than ever. It keeps track of how many messages you send and who is reading the messages. It is also great to be able to write in English and the parent can easily change the messages to their native language. The templates provided are also super helpful. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** A few times it seems to glitch or be slow or out of service. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes communication with parents easy and convenient. I can message quickly to individual parents, groups of parents, or the whole class. I do not have to send paper notices or communication letters. It is easier and faster to communicate with parents. ### 9. So great! I use it every year. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cortney T. | Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I love that parents can receive messages whether they have the app or not. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I have not found anything yet that I dislike and I have been using Talking Points for five years. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Parent contact can happen much more quickly. I do not have to make individual phone calls to tell parents about upcoming tests or information. ### 10. I like that I can communicate important information to a lot of parents all at once. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark P. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I think it is an easy way to send out information that will go straight to a parent's phone. This way I can communicate effectively and in a timely fashion. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I have not found anything I dislike about TalkingPoints thus far, and that is saying a lot because us teachers always seem to complain! **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can now communicate to parents in a timely fashion and send out vital information to those parents who really need it. ### 11. Absolutely love it! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tayler B. | Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Compared to other communication apps I have used, TalkingPoints is simple and efficient. Many parents don't want to sign up and go through all the difficulties that others require. So far, I have had zero complaints! TalkingPoints has made this piece of teaching so much easier! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** There isn't anything to dislike! TalkingPoints is simply amazing! **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Many of my parents are hard to reach by phone but easily reachable by text messaging or emails. TalkingPoints is allowing and providing communication that otherwise would not happen! ### 12. So Easy! Communication LInes are Open! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kara G. | SpEd & Alternative Ed. Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Talking Points allows me to respect parents by communicating with them in their language - quickly. I don't have to use another source to paste my writing into, translate, then copy and paste. It was soooo easy to get started, and it is really simple to use! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I wish the communications could be forwarded to my actual phone number so I didn't have to log into another place to communicate and check messages. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have been getting students from so many different languages enrolled in our school, and for most of those, we don't have someone working at our school who can speak that language. I can now send messages in so many different languages easily! A recent influx of students whose families only speak Burmese was a challenge to communicate with until I found Talking Points. ### 13. Talking Points is a Must Have **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Susan M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I am an ESL Specialist and Coordinator. I do a lot of professional learning for teachers across many school districts. Talking Points is the very first platform we promote for connecting and communicating with families as a way to make them feel welcome, valued and members of our school and greater community! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Based on my use and needs, I have not encounter any situation where I thought to myself, "I wish the platform had this feature," but if I ever do, I'll be happy to share my thoughts and ideas. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Talking points is a user friendly way for me to communicate success and challenges I may need to share with my families as any other communication that can bring our families into the school community and greater community. ### 14. Excellent **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Karen W. | Adjunct Professor Of English, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 12, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Talking Points is easy and convenient when communicating with parents. It takes away barriers to communication by translating messages for me. It is the best app I've used in terms of integration, ease of use, and effectiveness. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** It can be a bit confusing seeing new messages. Sorting and filing could be better. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves my translation needs. Communication with non English speakers is really easy. ### 15. Better connect to parents **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gretchen N. | Substitute Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** That it communicates with parents in their native language. I no longer have to find someone to make contact with my Spanish speaking parents. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I haven't found anything yet. Everything is great. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy and quick ways to reach parents in their native language. ### 16. TalkingPoints **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kelly K. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** The ability to talk to parents seamlessly and effectively. The application makes the notification easy and fast when emails accounts can be overloaded. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Honestly, there isn't any thing that I haven't enjoyed about using it. My connection with families is much better. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to provide effective communication to families that otherwise I would not be able to have a relationship with due to a language barrier. ### 17. Talking Points stands alone in communication **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eric H. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Talking Points is hands down one of the best apps I have used when communicating to parents. This wonderful app completely eliminates the language barrier we as educators sometimes face. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** With the elimination of the language barrier and the ability to communicate just as you would through a text, I have yet to find a weakness or challenge with this app. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** This app solves the language barrier and allows my teachers to communicate with parents at any time. No more waiting for a translator or having the student speak for you. ### 18. Awesome tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aree R. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 20, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I don't know how they did it but this resource is remarkable! I am grateful be able to contact families who speak another language without an interpreter every time! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** The process of adding students could be a bit more streamlined and there should be an option to identify one's position in lieu of teacher as a default. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication with others whose primary language is not English. ### 19. Amazing translation tool to talk with parents **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ASH B. | Teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I love that TalkingPoints automatically translates what's written into the language the parents/guardians indicated. Makes communicating SO much easier! And parents/guardians ACTUALLY reply back! (Versus email, which always seems to be hit or miss. This goes too their text message hub.) **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I don't like that there is a 600 character limit. When I'm writing to parents about a delicate situation, I need to know that the entire message is going to go through. I also don't like that I can't message my students on there as well as their parents/guardians. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** I no longer need to use other web-based translation services because TalkingPoints does it for me/them. It's fantastic!! And it takes away the hassle of emailing the parents/guardians. Makes everything more effective and practical. ### 20. Simply the Best Tool for Parent Communication! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lee F. | English and Theory of Knowledge Teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 28, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** It's so easy to communicate securely with all parents in a class or one parent individually. They have every feature a teacher could want, and it's all so thoughtfully packaged in a highly-intuitive, highly-functional design. It's the best technology tool I've ever used as a teacher! Absolute game changer. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Nothing. It's so well designed. I literally can't imagine anything realistically being better. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Parents get flooded with emails. It's impersonal and inconvenient. But TalkingPoints overcomes language barriers and allows parents to communicate via text in their native language! ### 21. Excellent way to ensure communication with students and parents!! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John E. | Networking/Cybersecurity Instructor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** It is very easy to use as a teacher and for my students **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I havent found anything that I dislike yet. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Biggest problem it is solving is afterhours communication. It provides a pathway to communicate with parents and students after classroom hours. ### 22. Amazing tool for family outreach! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kym Z. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 10, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I love that TalkingPoints automatically translates my messages to the preferred language of each of my students' families. It's such a great tool! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I wish I could set working hours to avoid receiving TalkingPoints notifications from families at night. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's solving many issues when my students' families do not speak English-- I can communicate to them directly without the need for a translator! ### 23. Sterling Zavala’s TalkingPoint review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sterling Z. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** That is translates things for me when I need to talk to parents **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** That sometimes it translates things wrong or in a rude tone. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have to translate in my head I can type what I need and then send and TalkingPoints translates it for me. ### 24. Effortless correspondence with parents **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Roxanne B. | Teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Talking Points is the easiest way for teachers to connect with parents. It's an app that alerts your parents to new messages for quick communication. Additionally, parents can have the messages translated into their home language. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** At this point, the only downside is having to set up our classes every year. It would be nice if Talking Points were able to "talk" to our grading system so that we could just pull in the members of each class. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping me gain back time so that I can use that extra time doing other things in my professional life that needs done. ### 25. Benefitting teacher/family relationships **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kelsey H. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** TalkingPoints helps me bridge the language gap I face with the families I work with every day. I have yet to use a platform that is so user friendly in its servicing. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Setting up your contacts can be a challenge. I have several contacts mislabeled because there were just too many steps involved. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is so much faster to speak with families in other languages. It's no longer a hurdle I have to climb. ### 26. An awesome tool!!!! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rosemary A. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 16, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** The ease of using the tool for teachers and parents. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Nothing at all. It fits my needs. It works well. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Explaining school expectations and behavior management to parents. ### 27. Very helpful platform! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Inna H. | Volunteer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 08, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Build-in translator feature facilitates communication and significantly lowers language barriers. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** It's not easy to set up all the contact info even using the spreadsheet. I hope this feature improves. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to reach out to parents in no time via direct messages or newsletters. ### 28. So useful for teachers! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Victoria G. | Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** - convenient and user friendly - solid translation software - easy to reach parents without them needing to first download an app - keep parents up do date about student progress **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Sometimes tedious to manually input contact info but this isn't their fault - there isn't a way for me export parent contact info from MISIS our school platform **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** texting parents in English and Spanish, scheduling messages, talking to parents in conversation rather than one way announcements, computer messaging not connected to my phone # ### 29. Important Communication Tool for All Languages. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lacy G. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** It's so wonderful to be able to talk to all of my students' families. It's really been a useful tool for me this year for positive and negative communications. Other platforms don't translate into the family home language and that's been so helpful. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I dislike my district's log in process to get to TalkPoints. I also think the desktop platform could be better organized. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's benefitting my multicultural community across the board. It really has been so great. ### 30. Talking Points has transformed our school **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tom S. | ESL Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** We have a very diverse student population at our school and we appreciate being able to send messages home that can be translated into the students' home languages. We really appreciate being able to reach all of the families simply and for them to respond back. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Sometimes, the translation is not always accurate for what we are trying to say. I am not sure what kind of translation application is being used. As a school, we'd like to see this part improved for better communication with families. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is solving the problem in our school of how many different languages are spoken at our school. It has changed how we can communicate a lot more with our families without having to translate everything that we send. ### 31. Easy to communicate with players **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christina B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 10, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** It's great! Easy to learn use and reach all players at once **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Nothing it's alll good. Easy to use and communicate with families. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't have to give out phone number for all the players and families to get a hold of me ### 32. A convenient way to converse with parents in groups **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jennifer S. | ESL teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I appreciate that this app connects to our school app that easily allows us to send group messages and translates it into the native language. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Sometimes the translations aren't completely accurate and it sometimes breaks it in disorganized sections. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communication between school and homes where English is not the first language. ### 33. Awesome! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dwehdy S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** TP gets messages quickly to parents as well as the students. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I don't have any dislikes yet. I have been able to get to my parents easily. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting in touch with parents directly ### 34. Wonderful Resource! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bridgette D. | EE Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** TalkingPoints is a great communication tool for connecting with my students' families who have a first language other than English. It is easy for both parties to use and has helped me securely and accurately send important information. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** There are no downsides to this resource; I enjoy using it! **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** When working with families from diverse backgrounds, a language barrier is always challenging. With Talking Points, I don't have to worry about my message being translated incorrectly or not getting sent to the correct person. ### 35. Great app for educators **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 07, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I love how I can easily communicate with my parents through text and they can easily reply back through their smartphones. It's also great to communicate with my parents that speak other languages besides English. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I can't think of anything I don't like about this platform. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Language barriers ### 36. Easy Translation App for The Classroom **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** CORI W. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I love that it is extremely user friendly to set up and it is a great resource to communicate with families who speak another language at home **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I would like to know more about the different language options available and how to share it with all families **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** english to spanish translation ### 37. TP makes connecting with parents/guardians a breeze! It is very user-friendly and intuitive. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erica E. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** The upsides are ease of use, documentation, communication between platforms like PowerSchool, and the ability to switch between admin and teacher accounts if you have both. I love using this app to easily communicate with parents and be able to provide documentation of these interactions. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Not applicable. There is nothing I dislike. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping to bridge the gap between home and school. ### 38. Easy way of parent communication **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** You can send multiple text messages to parents at the same time. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I am bilingual and I Can communicate on both Spanish and English and it translates the messages and it's hard to understand them so I prefer to read them in Spanish. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Translations it helps to translate to Vietnamese and multiple languages . ### 39. Translates for parents **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aneesah N. | Teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Translation Translates to languages that I would normally not have the capacity to access and make a connection to parents. There is really no comparison to the school connect that we use at the moment because it does not translate. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** My district doesn't support it. Also, I wish that it connected to infinite campusTranslates to languages that I would normally not have the capacity to access and make a connection to parents **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** My district doesn't support this platform. We do school connect which does talk to infinite campus. So it could be more helpful and that way but it is not you should talk to Jcps S ### 40. Excellent Platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Desdemona L. | English Language Art Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I'm a teacher and Talking Points has been an excellent platform for my parents and I. I also love the fact that it can set to translate in Spanish to make it easier for some of my parents as well! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I don't dislike anything Talking Points. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps to solve communication issues with my parents. ### 41. Time savor **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Leticia J. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I am able to quickly post a message to all parents quickly and efficiently. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** Character count when sending a message out to parents. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quick way to send messages. ### 42. One of the best communication apps for educators **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Teresa M. | 4th grade reading teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I absolutely love TalkingPoints for many different reasons. We have very high population of learners at our school who are ESOL. TalkingPoints always for me to communicate with all my parents with little to no language barriers because both teachers and parents can select the language in which they would like to send and receive messages and TalkingPoints does a wonderful job of translating with no delay in receiving them on either end. The flexibility of adding families is seamless also and they offer multiple methods to do so. There is both a teacher and a parent app and there is no limit to the text or messages that you send to your families. Getting start is easy also. I could go on and on about how amazing this tool is but you will never know until you try it for yourself! So ahead try it! I promise you won't regret it at all! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** There is not much that I can say that I don't like about TalkingPoints. Compared to some of the other communication apps I have used in the past TalkingPoints is a top Tier app to use! **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** From a business perspective TalkingPoints makes communication with all my parents regardless to languages easy to do! There is never a problem with sending and receiving messages and they never limit the amount of characters I am able to send per messages which means I can say I need to say in one whoop, send and move to the next task. ### 43. Convenient **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Winifred Y. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Direct message to parents cell phone, and class announcement. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** A little bit complicated to add new student on my list, particular for those afterschool program or clubs. It doesn't sync. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Do not need to give my cell number to parents. ### 44. Helpful tool! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maria José M. | Lector especializado, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** The feature I love the most is that it translates the messages from English to different languages spoken by our students' parents. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** It will be great to have the opportunity to set an out of office/school hours so we don't get notifications until the next day. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Engaging with my students' parents, especially the ones that speak a foreign language. ### 45. Boston Curley SPED/ESL Teacher gives Thumbs Up **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Charles T. | ESL-SPED Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2022 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I like that ENails are HIGHLY LIKELY to be read by student caregivers and it's ability to translate from English to best understood home language! **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** EMails are NOT ALWAYS the best way to make contact. There is a need for accurate cell phone number. When Talking Points App's on a parent phone; that's ideal. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I wish to share happy, corrective, and serious matters, Talking Points has been a boon for effective communication! ### 46. Great App for keeping in contact with parents and proving updates! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Allows parents to connect with teachers especially in regards to providing updates. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** There's nothing that I've found to dislike since using TalkingPoints. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** A lack of communication between school/teachers and parents. It allows us to keep in touch and provide updates when needed in one spot and cuts out the need for parents to have teachers personal contact numbers. ### 47. I love how easy and efficient this app has been with communicating with parents. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarah T. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 28, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Parents are very receptive to the messages I send. It makes it easier to organize data for families. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I don't really have any dislikes as of yet. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** How to engage families of ELL/MLLs and it's helping me stay connected over various issues across the board. ### 48. Easy Communication **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** Talking Points is a great way to easily connect with parents and stay in communication with them. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** The app platform is glitchy and a bit difficult to navigate. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting communications to families faster. ### 49. Great resource **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tonya S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** The most helpful is the communication I am able to do with non English speaking people. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I am not sure yet I have found a downside to using it. My parents haven't had any problems with using it. **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** My no parents can communicate quickly ### 50. Outstanding way to communicate with your students **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elizabeth B. | English Second Language Instructor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2023 **What do you like best about TalkingPoints?** I love being able to communicate with my students and with Talking Points the students can receive the message in their own languages! It's a great and outstanding to talk and connect with my students. I highly recommend this app. **What do you dislike about TalkingPoints?** I can not think of anything negative about using Talking Points. Great and easy to use! **What problems is TalkingPoints solving and how is that benefiting you?** I love that TalkingPoints is able to translate into the student's native language and my students love this and enjoy seeing the message in their own language! ## TalkingPoints Discussions - [Can teachers or users share information and contact lists?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-teachers-or-users-share-information-and-contact-lists) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [H](https://www.g2.com/discussions/talkingpoints-h) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [What is an efficient way to set up talking points for 150 phone numbers?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-an-efficient-way-to-set-up-talking-points-for-150-phone-numbers) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [What's next?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/talkingpoints-what-s-next) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Does talking points cost money?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/does-talking-points-cost-money) - 13 comments - [View TalkingPoints pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/talkingpoints/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-12+04%3A51%3A48+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=7dbcfccc-1b69-4f8b-9ca1-9fea70278ef5&secure%5Btoken%5D=0e0af22be4fe6c15c38fae148a8a52d9b2de981543f6b5b525ccda5942ca3332&format=llm_user) ## TalkingPoints Features **Functionality** - Multimedia - Mass Messaging - Push Notifications - Student Messaging - Analytics **Integration** - Message Sync - LMS Integration - Classroom Management ## Top TalkingPoints Alternatives - [ClassDojo](https://www.g2.com/products/classdojo/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (354 reviews) - [ParentSquare](https://www.g2.com/products/parentsquare/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (334 reviews) - [Remind](https://www.g2.com/products/remind/reviews)