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What is the tech/support lift required to implement Namecoach?

Namecoach is 100% cloud-based. For most uses of Namecoach the lift is minimal, and you can start seeing the benefits at your business or institution within minutes, not months.

Can we integrate Namecoach into our Directory/Website/Portal/CRM/LMS/SIS/Dialer System, etc.?

Yes. Our main pre-built integration options include:
CRM integrations (e.g., managed package for Salesforce)
Workplace communications plug-ins (e.g. Slack, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams)
LTI tools (e.g., for Canvas, Blackboard, Sakai, D2L, and Moodle)
Browser extensions (for supported platforms such as LinkedIn and Google Workspace)

Do users need to record their own names for us to use Namecoach?

No. Namecoach has developed the world’s largest database of professionally-recorded accurate audio name pronunciations, and an algorithmic recommendation model to recommend the right pronunciation version for any name/person.

How can our users or students voice-record their own names or create Namecoach profiles?

Most of our tools have a built-in option for users or students to verify or voice-record their own name pronunciation, or enter other information your school or business would like to collect.

Can we customize what information is collected from users or students through Namecoach?

Yes. You easily create as many custom fields as you’d like, ranging from gender pronoun clarification to whether a student will be attending graduation.

What is the Gender Identity module?

Namecoach provides custom templates for collecting gender pronoun, honorific, and other information important for helping users respect other users’ gender identity.

Is Namecoach Accessible and 508 compliant?

We continuously strive to make our site and tools accessible to all users according to evolving technical and design best practices. We comply with the United States Access Board’s revised standards for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, namely the WCAG 2.0 AA standards.

Is Namecoach FERPA compliant?

Namecoach complies with the applicable requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) and does not collect, maintain, use, or disclose any personally identifiable information from student education records except in compliance with FERPA. If you have any questions about Namecoach’s data privacy practices, please contact [email protected] can learn more at our Student Records Privacy & Security Statement.

Is Namecoach SOC2 compliant?

Namecoach currently has both SOC 2 Type I and II certifications.

Is Namecoach IMS Global Compliant?

Namecoach currently obtains an IMS Global Compliance Certification.

Namecoach is 100% cloud-based. For most uses of Namecoach the lift is minimal, and you can start seeing the benefits at your business or institution within minutes, not months.

The following Namecoach tools require no coding and minimal set-up (between 5 and 30 minutes), and can be synced to ensure pronunciation accuracy and ease of use across your organization.

  • CRM integrations (e.g., managed package for Salesforce)
  • Workplace communications plug-ins (e.g. Slack, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams)
  • LTI tools (e.g., for Canvas, Blackboard, Sakai, D2L, and Moodle)
  • Namecoach web application (e.g., for commencement and other events)
  • Browser extensions (for supported platforms such as LinkedIn and Google Workspace)

Use of the Namecoach API (to embed audio buttons) and embeddable Pronunciation Selection/Recording Widget (for end users to verify or record their own pronunciations) are also designed to be extremely lightweight and easy to implement into any of your systems with minimal coding.

In all cases, the tools are easy and intuitive for end-users (e.g., speaker buttons appear next to names in the tools they use everyday) and require no additional set-up, maintenance, or training.

Our more complex implementations are probably among your easiest – as one customer put it, “it was the easiest implementation from an external vendor in the more than 10 years that I’ve worked here.”

Yes. Our main pre-built integration options include:

  • CRM integrations (e.g., managed package for Salesforce)
  • Workplace communications plug-ins (e.g. Slack, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams)
  • LTI tools (e.g., for Canvas, Blackboard, Sakai, D2L, and Moodle)
  • Browser extensions (for supported platforms such as LinkedIn and Google Workspace)

We have a number of other pre-built options, and our API (to embed audio buttons/files) and embeddable Pronunciation Selection/Recording Widget (for end users to verify or record their own pronunciations) are both easy to integrate into your other systems.

We are happy to work with you to integrate Namecoach into any system, or develop new pre-built options. Please contact us to discuss!

No. Namecoach has developed the world’s largest database of professionally-recorded accurate audio name pronunciations, and an algorithmic recommendation model to recommend the right pronunciation version for any name/person.

You can use our pre-built integrations, browser extensions, and API to leverage this database for users consuming name pronunciations.

If we are missing a pronunciation needed for your organization, we will automatically add it to the queue to be quickly researched and added; and users can request specific pronunciations as well.

Most of our tools have a built-in option for users or students to verify or voice-record their own name pronunciation, or enter other information your school or business would like to collect.

We also have a Pronunciation Selection/Recording Widget (for end users to verify or record their own pronunciations), which can be embedded into nearly any website, portal, or online system using lightweight Javascript.

Yes. You easily create as many custom fields as you’d like, ranging from gender pronoun clarification to whether a student will be attending graduation. The Namecoach support team can also create custom form responses for you, depending on your needs.

Namecoach provides custom templates for collecting gender pronoun, honorific, and other information important for helping users respect other users’ gender identity. This information can be automatically displayed in our pre-built tools (in LMS class rosters, Salesforce user displays, etc.) or via our API (in student or employee profiles, directories, etc.).

Namecoach is also developing an advanced User Interface to ensure that users, schools, and businesses have even more control and flexibility in serving the needs of transgender and other communities!

We continuously strive to make our site and tools accessible to all users according to evolving technical and design best practices. We comply with the United States Access Board’s revised standards for Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, namely the WCAG 2.0 AA standards.

Please contact us at [email protected] for the latest Voluntary Product Assessment Template (VPAT) information and accessibility certifications.

You can learn more at our Statement of Accessibility.

Namecoach complies with the applicable requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) and does not collect, maintain, use, or disclose any personally identifiable information from student education records except in compliance with FERPA.

If you have any questions about Namecoach’s data privacy practices, please contact [email protected].

You can learn more at our Student Records Privacy & Security Statement.

Namecoach currently has both SOC 2 Type I and II certifications.

Please visit our security page for more information or contact to request our SOC 2 reports.

Namecoach currently obtains an IMS Global Compliance Certification.
To learn more, visit our certification page here.

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