What it is, in plain words

• You connect Salvo to your favorite AI chat app and sign in with your Salvo account.
• Then you just talk. Say “I’m at the ball” and your caddy gives you the distance, the wind and one club.
• Say “I hit it” and the shot is logged with that club.
• Answers are read aloud with your phone’s built-in voice.
• Your phone can stay in the bag only with Salvo Marker on you, or an Apple Watch as a virtual marker.
• It’s optional. Tap-only mode does everything on its own, with nothing connected.

Two actions run the round

Talking is the easiest way through a round. Big single-action screens are the second way, one tap each.

Voice and tone of his replies

• Short. One sentence, two at most. He talks less than you do.
• One club, one number. The call first, the reason only if asked.
• Calm. Laid-back, never hyped. No exclamation marks, no jokes about your swing.
• Punctual. Answers right away, and stays quiet while you set up and swing.
• Helpful. If he isn’t sure, he asks one short question.

Say it like this

Do

• Call it Salvo Caddy, or Caddy when space is tight.
• Say: “Connect Salvo to your favorite AI chat app and talk to your caddy in real time.”
• Keep the phone in the pocket: ask by voice instead of looking.
• Say the phone can stay in the bag with Salvo Marker on you, or with an Apple Watch as a virtual marker.
• Say tap-only works fully on its own.

Don’t

• Frame it as something the golfer has to supply or pay to run. It’s a connection, nothing more.
• Talk about running costs, usage or what powers it behind the scenes.
• Name chat apps, companies or their logos. Say “your favorite AI chat app”.
• Make any screen depend on it. Every screen works by tap.
• Say the phone can stay in the bag without Salvo Marker or an Apple Watch.

What it is, in plain words

• A ball-marker-sized tag that rides in your pocket all round.
• The Salvo app picks it up and uses its distance and direction to place you on the map.
• It senses motion, so it knows you’re at the ball and that you’ve swung.
• Set up on each lie knowing where you stand. Shots log on their own.
• Bonus: it can also mark your ball on the green. Never required.

An accessory, not a requirement

• Salvo is app-first. Your phone, Apple Watch or other connected watch work on their own.
• Salvo Marker makes logging automatic, with or without Salvo Caddy.
• With Salvo Marker on you, your phone can stay in the bag. Salvo still knows where you are.
• No Marker? An Apple Watch works as a virtual marker, so your phone can stay in the bag too.

What it picks up

• You walking up and standing at your ball.
• The motion of a real swing.
• Where you are, on the map, on each lie.

What it lets go

• Talking with your group.
• Resting, waiting on the group ahead.
• Practice swings and pauses.

It reads a swing together with the stillness before it, GPS and the hole you’re on. When it isn’t sure, it asks once: “Shot played?” One tap. (In the current app the button reads “Mark shot”.)

Do

• Call it Salvo Marker.
• Say it stays in your pocket.
• Say it works with or without Salvo Caddy, and that Salvo works without it.
• Say an Apple Watch works as a virtual marker, so you don’t need Salvo Marker if you wear one.
• Show it with the “Illustration, final device TBD” label until there’s a real photo.

Don’t

• Say it goes anywhere but your pocket. The one exception: marking your ball on the green.
• Promise accuracy, battery or range numbers that haven’t been decided.
• Give it another name. It’s Salvo Marker, or Marker when space is tight.
• Make it sound required to use Salvo.
• Say the phone can stay in the bag without Salvo Marker or an Apple Watch.