Press kit
Teeoh borrows the objection handler from pharmaceutical sales and hands it to parents of teenagers. Type or say what your teen just said, pick a tone from Goofy to Serious, and get a reply, read aloud in co-creator Adrienne Burke’s voice. Everything below may be reproduced in coverage of the app.
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The story
Laz and Adrienne Burke have six kids between the ages of 12 and 23. Laz is a UI/UX designer and developer, and Adrienne is a senior Account Director at a medical education agency. Their clients include top global pharmaceutical companies. While Laz was developing other apps, Adrienne saw an opportunity. Teenagers are some of the most persistent objectors there are, and parents get no playbook at all. Teeoh was her idea.
When a pharma rep visits a doctor, the doctor pushes back: no time, too expensive, happy with what I already prescribe. Reps are trained with an objection handler, a playbook of the pushback they’ll hear and how to answer it. It follows four steps, and Teeoh writes every reply the same way.
Tap Hear it and the reply is read aloud in Adrienne’s voice. The delivery shifts with the tone: looser and more animated at Goofy, slower and steadier at Serious.
“Salespeople get a script for every pushback a doctor could throw at them. Parents of teenagers get nothing. With five of them in the house, I wanted the script.” Adrienne Burke, co-creator
“A good objection handler doesn’t win the argument. It gets everyone to the next step without a slammed door. When the kids hear a reply, it’s their mom’s voice, which is either the best feature or the worst one, depending on who you ask…” Laz Burke, co-creator
Fast facts
| Name | Teeoh: Teen Objection Handler |
| Developers | Laz & Adrienne Burke |
| Price | Free to download, with 5 free objections in every tone |
| Teeoh Unlimited | US$1.99 a month, US$9.99 a year, or US$19.99 once (CA$2.99, CA$12.99, CA$24.99) |
| Family Sharing | Yes |
| Tones | Five: Goofy, Cheeky, Balanced, Firm, Serious |
| How it works | Type or say what your teen said; get a reply card with a note on why it works, read aloud on request |
| Voice | Adrienne Burke’s, cloned with her consent using ElevenLabs |
| Replies written by | Claude, an AI model from Anthropic, following Teeoh’s objection-handling framework |
| Safety | Messages suggesting someone may be in danger get crisis resources (911, 988, Kids Help Phone) instead of a reply |
| Privacy | No account; what parents type isn’t linked to them and isn’t kept on Teeoh’s server |
| Advertising | None |
| Requires | iPhone, iOS 17.0 or later |
| Language | English |
| Website | teeoh.app |
About
Teeoh: Teen Objection Handler is an iPhone app that gives parents a reply to whatever their teenager just said, in five tones from Goofy to Serious. It borrows the objection-handling method used by pharmaceutical sales reps, and its replies are read aloud in the voice of co-creator Adrienne Burke. Teeoh was developed in Quebec by Laz and Adrienne Burke, parents of six. It has no ads and requires no account.
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Laz Burke
Review codes and a photo of Laz and Adrienne are available on request.