Communication · For every age
Give them words.
Give them a voice.
Speak is an AAC app for children and adults who cannot rely on speech, including people with autism, aphasia, or dementia. It adapts to each person's diagnosis and needs, and gives them a way to ask for help.
What Speak does
Built around the person, not a one-size-fits-all grid
Most AAC apps start everyone on the same symbols, whatever their diagnosis, age, or setting. Speak sets itself up around the person who will use it.
Personalized from day one
Answer 10 questions about diagnosis, age, motor ability, sensory needs, and setting (home, school, or care facility). Speak then sets the layout, vocabulary, symbol size, and starting categories for you. Setup that once took hours takes minutes.
AI sentence builder
Tap a few symbols, and Speak turns them into a complete, natural sentence and speaks it aloud. "Want water more" becomes "I would like some more water, please." Powered by Claude from Anthropic.
A natural voice, even offline
Every symbol has natural-sounding speech stored on the device, so the core symbols work without an internet connection. You can also type anything, and Speak will say it aloud.
Provider dashboard
See what a person communicated today, this week, and over time: the most-used symbols, a breakdown by category, and a timestamped history. Facilities get a documented record of every interaction.
Kiosk mode
Kiosk mode keeps Speak in full screen and locks its settings behind a provider PIN. Paired with the tablet's own lock feature, such as Guided Access on iPad, it keeps the user in the app. Built for school tablets and clinic devices.
Mulberry Symbols
Every symbol comes from Mulberry Symbols, a set of openly licensed AAC pictograms (CC BY-SA 4.0) designed for clarity and accessibility.
Get started
Ready in a few minutes
No app store and nothing to download. Speak works on any device with a web browser.
1
Open the app
Use any browser on an iPad, iPhone, Android device, or laptop. There is nothing to install. Add Speak to your home screen, and it opens full screen like a regular app.
2
Answer 10 questions
Name, age, diagnosis, motor ability, sensory needs, and interests. Speak sets the layout, vocabulary, and symbol size automatically.
3
Hand it over
Speak is ready to use right away. Every symbol has a voice.
Try the Live Demo →
Explore a fully set-up example. No sign-in required.
Who Speak is for
Built for the full range of AAC users
Memory Care & Nursing Homes
For residents with dementia, aphasia, or other acquired conditions who can no longer speak for themselves or report when something is wrong. A timestamped communication history gives facilities documentation they can stand behind.
Families
For parents of nonverbal or minimally verbal children who need an affordable, personalized AAC tool.
SLPs & Care Teams
For speech-language pathologists who spend hours setting up AAC for each patient. Speak's setup does it in minutes, and the dashboard shows what is working, with reports you can export for clinical records.
Adults with Acquired Conditions
Stroke, TBI, ALS, aphasia, and dementia. Speak offers adult vocabulary and an adult design, not a children's toy. Losing speech does not mean losing your voice.
Dementia / Alzheimer's
Aphasia / Stroke
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Down Syndrome
Cerebral Palsy
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Angelman Syndrome
Rett Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
ALS
Vascular Dementia
Traumatic Brain Injury
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson's Disease
Selective Mutism
Intellectual Disability
Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
Williams Syndrome
Pricing
Simple pricing. Start free.
Start free. Clinics and schools can try the full Clinic plan free for 30 days.
Free
$0
always
- All symbols and categories
- Natural voice, even offline
- Help button
- Personalized setup
- Works on any device
- 10 AI sentences a day
For Families
Family
$9.99
per month · cancel anytime
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited AI sentences
- 30 days of communication history
- Multiple profiles
- Works on the device you already own
Cancel anytime with one email.
SLP Clinics & Schools
Clinic
Free 30-day trial
then $29.99/mo or $299/yr
Invoices and purchase orders accepted
Invoices and purchase orders accepted
- Everything in Family
- Full provider dashboard
- Session history for each patient
- Read-only teacher accounts
- Exportable communication reports
- Priority email support
- BAA available on request
Care Homes & Memory Care
Facility
Pilot program
Pricing on request
Device included · hardware managed
Device included · hardware managed
- Everything in Clinic
- A dedicated Speak device
- Device setup and replacement handled by Speak
- Help button for residents
- Elder and memory care symbol set
- Help applying for CMP grant funding
Asking for help is free on every plan.
Underfunded school or clinic? Learn about free access →
Common questions
Everything you need to know
Yes. After the first visit, the symbols, voice, and core features all work without an internet connection. You need a connection only to load the symbol images the first time and to use the AI sentence builder.
Speak runs in any modern browser on iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and phones, Chromebooks, and Windows and Mac computers. You can add it to your home screen from Safari or Chrome so it opens like a regular app. There is nothing to buy or download from an app store.
Speak was built with privacy at its core. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, there are no ads, and no data is ever sold. Speak collects only what a parent or provider enters during setup, and accounts for children are created and managed by an adult, not by the child. Clinics can request a business associate agreement (BAA) before using Speak with patients. HIPAA has no official certification, so rather than claim one, we are glad to walk you through our safeguards.
Price comes first. Proloquo2Go costs $249.99, and TouchChat HD costs $149.99, or $299.99 with WordPower (App Store prices). Speak is free to start, with no credit card required. The Family plan is $9.99 a month, and clinics and schools can try the Clinic plan free for 30 days before paying $29.99 a month or $299 a year. Beyond price, Speak's setup tailors the board to each person's diagnosis, age, and motor skills in a few minutes, with no SLP visit needed to get started.
Yes, on the Clinic plan. Add a teacher's email under Provider Settings → Teacher / School Access. The teacher signs in with their own account and gets read-only access to the communication log and usage statistics for the students assigned to them. Teachers can never change settings.
Our free access program covers schools and clinics that cannot afford a subscription. There is no waitlist and no long application; just email us. Learn more →
"Most AAC apps give everyone the same grid, whatever their diagnosis, their age, or their life."
Speak exists to change that. It is built independently, for families and care teams who deserve better.
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Safety resources
Crisis and safety hotlines
In an emergency, these free, confidential services are available 24 hours a day.