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Pharavo

An AI medication companion for ESL patients & older adults

Role
Founder · Engineering
Timeline
Feb 2026 – Present
Team
Solo (in progress)
Tools
React Native
Gemini API
OCR
NLP
Firebase

Reads a prescription label with Gemini vision, then translates it into language the patient actually uses.

Outcome · MVP in build

Context

Medication non-adherence is one of the most expensive, avoidable problems in healthcare — and it hits ESL patients and older adults hardest, where a label they can’t fully read becomes a daily point of failure.

Pharavo started from a simple question: what if the bottle could explain itself, in your language, out loud?

Approach

Built in React Native so it runs on the phones people already carry. Gemini vision reads the prescription label straight from the camera, and an NLP layer translates dosage and timing into plain, multilingual instructions.

The design goal was calm: no dashboards, no jargon — just the next thing to do, when to do it.

Where it stands

MVP in active build. Next up: reminder scheduling and a caregiver view so families can help from a distance.