Better decisions
Understand which trade-offs the public can live with, and which it cannot.
Public engagement that goes deeper
From quick reactions to considered public judgment
Covoice invites people into a natural, flowing conversation that helps them think a topic through — so decision-makers learn not only what the public prefers, but why, and what it is willing to accept.
- A natural conversation
- Neutral by design
- Privacy first
Meet Covoice
A calm partner for a natural conversation: it listens, responds to what people actually say, and helps them weigh what really matters to them.
Why surveys alone miss the picture
Most people arrive with an opinion already formed. A survey records it in seconds — without weighing trade-offs, costs or the other side. The result is a popular graph, not real understanding.
A typical survey
- Captures a first reaction
- For or against, with no context
- No sense of what people would give up
- Hard to act on
A Covoice conversation
- Helps people think the issue through
- Surfaces reasons, concerns and red lines
- Shows which compromises people can live with
- Ready for a decision
How it works
From the first question to the published decision, in five clear steps.
- 1
Open a topic
Set the question, the context and what you need to learn. Add background documents if you have them.
- 2
Invite people
Share a link by WhatsApp, email, your website or a QR code.
- 3
A conversation for everyone
Each participant has a short, natural conversation on their phone, by typing or by voice.
- 4
Get the insight
Clear numbers alongside the reasoning behind them, in one decision-ready view.
- 5
Close the loop
Publish what you heard and what was decided, so participants see that their voice mattered.
Everything a deeper engagement needs
Adaptive conversation
Each conversation follows what the participant actually says.
Your background knowledge
Share reliable information at the right moment, without overload.
Structured questions, in context
Choices and rankings that come up when they make sense.
Combined mode
Fixed key questions, each followed by a short conversation about why.
Insights dashboard
Distributions, themes, compromises and red lines in one place.
Close the loop
Publish the outcome back to the people who took part.
What your organization gets
Rebuilding trust
A two-way process where people see that they were heard.
Voices you don't usually hear
A short, easy conversation reaches people who never come to a public meeting.
Built for organizations that make public decisions
Government ministries
Policy and regulation shaped with real public input.
Public bodies
Services and plans that reflect what people need.
Local authorities
Neighborhood and city decisions residents understand.
Nonprofits & communities
Deeper listening to the communities you serve.
Our standards
Neutral by design
Covoice never takes sides or tries to persuade.
Privacy first
No profiling. Identity is kept apart from what people say.
Transparent
Participants know what happens with their input.
Grounded in research
Built on decades of research in deliberative democracy.
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