# GoTalk® NOW > Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for individuals with speech difficulties. (iPhone/iPad app by Attainment Company.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gotalk-now/id454176457 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Attainment Company](https://appshunter.io/developer/403989333) - Category: Education - Price: $119.99 with in-app purchases - Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 23 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.6 · 231 MB - Languages: American English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Bangla, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch and 37 more - Released: 2011-10-12 - Data updated: 2026-08-21 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gotalk-now/id454176457/reviews.md ## What is GoTalk® NOW? Attainment has been making augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools for 25 years. Our experience is front and center in GoTalk NOW, a flexible, easy-to-use, yet powerful app for people who have difficulty speaking. NOW combines the simplicity of GoTalks (Attainment’s popular original AAC device) with the dynamic capabilities of an iPad. GoTalk NOW has all the essentials of an effective AAC app, like adjustable page layouts, customizable navigation, recorded and text-to-speech capabilities, and an included symbol set. But we sweated the details to create unique and compelling features that clearly separate NOW from other AAC apps. The new NOW offers three styles of communication pages: Standard, Express, and Scenes. In Standard pages, the action occurs when the location is pressed. In Express pages, recorded or text-to-speech messages build in a speech bar and play in sequence when the bar is pressed. Scene pages are built around a single photo or image. When you arrange invisible hotspots over people or objects in the photo, the hotspots play speech, music, or videos! Feel free to mix and match pages within a communication book. Create as many communication books as you need, each with unique settings and unlimited pages. Then share these books with other users via WiFi, and back them up for safekeeping via Dropbox or any Mac/PC. Envision the impact of blending video, music, and jump to actions among your pages. How cool is it to have your own private online galley to store and save your templates (up to five communication pages) for free, and to email these templates to parents and colleagues! Plus, GoTalk NOW is a full-feature scanning app! Features: • Choose 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, or 49 locations per page. • Use Visual Scene Displays to communicate using familiar images & contexts. • Hybrid Scene Pages combine the best of both button & VSD pages. • Import images from your iPad camera, photo library, or the included Imagine Symbol set. • Search the Internet in-app for the perfect image or icon. • Purchase SymbolStix, PCS, or Widgit Symbols libraries in-app. • Crop, scale, or rotate an image using your fingers. • Combine multiple images in a single communication location. • Color pages, borders, and text with any hue. • Move and size text with your fingers so it feels just right. • Record your voice or use free, built-in text-to-speech voices. • Buy higher quality voices starting at 99 cents each, available in over 20 languages. • Add spoken labels (auditory cues) to any button. Great for scanning, guiding visually impaired users, and identifying any new or difficult vocabulary. • Trim videos in-app, and play them from any communication location. • Select our alternate video interface to pause or exit the video easily. • Link songs from your playlist to any communication location and control them with Pause/Play, Next, and Previous. • Include a core vocabulary button for extra quick access to important messages. • Create multimedia social stories and step-by-step instruction layouts by linking pages with an after action. • Share complete communication books via WiFi with any iPad user who has NOW. • Back up communication books via Dropbox or to any Mac or PC for safekeeping. • Store and share interactive templates (each including speech, video, text, and jump to links) on our online gallery for free. • Download and edit premade templates from Attainment’s collection on the public gallery, also free. • Email links to your templates to parents and colleagues, who can open the template on their iPad by tapping on the link. • Print and save communication book layouts via PDFs. • Access Now with single or two-switch scanning. GoTalk NOW participates in Apple's Volume Purchasing Program for Education in the United States. Attainment is well known for top-notch customer service. Email us with questions or comments and check our website for free webinars. And yes, we're happy to talk to you on the telephone! ## Key features - Adjustable page layouts - Customizable navigation - Recorded and text-to-speech capabilities - Standard, Express, and Scene communication pages - Visual Scene Displays - In-app image search and import - Video and music integration ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: $119.99. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Kenny | $0.99 | one-time | | Nelly | $0.99 | one-time | | Ryan | $0.99 | one-time | | Tracy | $0.99 | one-time | | SymbolStix | $49.99 | one-time | | Ready-Set-Communicate | $19.99 | one-time | | Will | $0.99 | one-time | | Ella | $11.99 | one-time | | Josh | $11.99 | one-time | | English (US) Keywords | $59.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 23) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gotalk-now/id454176457/reviews.md ### 2/5 — Drains battery without warning *2020-10-26* While the app is great and helps my son tremendously, we are finding that this app has a serious flaw. Every few days, without warning, the app will suddenly consume the iPad battery. We use an iPad exclusively for GoTalkNow and turn on Guided Access so it is the only app that can be used. Every now and then, the iPad battery drains at an incredible rate, with this app being the only thing on. These drains always occur when the iPad is not in use. Looking at the battery plot from the past 24 hours shows a drop from 75% to 0 in the span of about 4 hours each time, starting with a sudden spike in GoTalkNow activity. This often occurs in the middle of the night! For a $100 app, this flaw is quite infuriating... ### 5/5 — Francais *2020-10-14, version 5.0.2* Super comme app , ma fille à vite compris le fonctionnement et le bonheur de pouvoir communiquer wow ### 4/5 — I love it BUT, *2020-07-27* please , every time ipad got broken I had to make pages again I would like to save everything in google drive but says “Its disable can you please fix it , please , I need to fix my ipad and I wouldn’t like to lost everything I did , if this is fixed it really deserves 5 stars, everything else is perfect;) ### 1/5 — Updated version gone bad. Help *2020-03-17* The app is awesome but the only reason why I gave it one star is because I purchased GoTalk for my son 3 years ago, an update was done on my app and I saw the new downloads available so I downloaded the 36 core words and added to my book BUT now I lost all of my sons original pictures and text to voice. Every time I open the app it only takes me directly to the core words and I can’t even edit any pages. I’m so upset because this wasn’t a cheap app and now how in the world can my son communicate. If anyone can offer help on how to reverse this to my original app I would be most appreciative. ### 4/5 — Save messages. Please! *2015-08-06* I am impressed by the Go Talk Now app and have prepared a 20 page book for use with my 30 year old son who has autism. I am wondering if anyone has ever requested the ability to review messages written from express pages? A "sticky" page to save messages to would be a tremendous addition to this app. Also, some of us might want to use your keyboard page to write short paragraphs and save these. The saved messages page should be the size of a regular page, maybe even be able to be scrolled down. It would make Go Talk far more useful for AAC users with autism who are moving from PECS to an iPad. Otherwise, I love the range of symbol and picture library options available in GoTalk, the inclusion of scenes pages and the ease with which a communication book can be built and shared. The synthesised voices are of excellent quality. ### 5/5 — Communication tool, but awesome for social & Modeling skills *2015-01-30* Go Talk Now is an easily programmable communication app for sure. Updating buttons is quick and there are video guides to show how-to's of creating books, even a free lite version to trial it. What I really I love is how this app can be more than just a traditional communication app. GTN can be used to reinforce learning new skills or to offer motivating rewards by inserting short video clips from the iPad camera roll. GTN gives a nonverbal individual the opportunity to "tell" others about an activity through a unique communication book you create for the activity. I easily create communication books of different themes that show our teenager the "how to's" of her in various activities by storing a short video clip. Watching herself in an activity is rewarding and reinforces skills. I created an entertainment book of music video downloads to watch while on the treadmill to motivate her workouts. Attainment Co. has a few YouTube videos sharing creative uses for GTN as well as details of creating books: steps to back up communication books; using a GTN in a community outing situation to mini golf and then "tell other" about the activity etc. On my wish list for GTN is an easier way to backup communication books of more than 5 pages at a time for an iPad 2. Attainment Co. Is usually pretty responsive when a glitch occurs after OS updates. I found a new feature that I like of being able to crop icon images. ### 5/5 — Great purchase for therapists using speech generating devices *2014-01-08* I have thoroughly enjoyed learning (and continue learning) how to incorporate the Go-Talk-Now with a range of AT students in the public school setting. Originally, I had download Go-Talk-Now when it was in version 3.5.11 (November 2012) and have seen many helpful additions in its features to make this product a worthy purchase for non-verbal students, children with emerging verbal skills, and students with apraxia. The programming process is very accessible for both new therapists and experienced therapists who have developed communication systems with other devices. More importantly, Go-Talk-Now’s user manual and help guide is structured well to navigate through. If you are looking for an app with high quality speech generating capabilities for students on the spectrum, GTN also has video modeling features. (Probably the most beneficial feature for our kids needing high quality “video replays” of actions that we want them to remember). This company has really set-up their settings page well for those who need to locate different control features. For my student’s with cerebral palsy, I like to use the “touch up” activation feature for buttons. (My experience is that kids with less control in hand coordination [shaky placement while pointing at smaller icons] are able to better trigger icons without as many misfires when the icons activate at the release of the touch-up movement rather than with the “touch-down” activation feature. Thumbs up to the Go Talk Company for making sure this feature got programmed into their software. If misfiring selections (icons next to the desired word) is an ongoing discouragement that one of your kids is experiencing, I also suggest looking at the “debounce” feature housed under the accessibility area. With this, you can set duration lengths (i.g., how long it takes before another icon to be triggered) before selecting another button. Another feature is the company’s addition to support upcoming scanning devices while deciding if you want to direct your scan direct via left-right rows or by up-down column. At my school, we are able to incorporate the “Bluetooth Switch” (it has 6-ports) by using the “space” and “enter” ports to scan through icons. (I have not yet practice this with the predictive keyboard page, but I hope that it will easy scan through with QWERTY efficiently). Keep up the good work Attainment Company! ### 5/5 — Excellent Program (With Solvable Problem) *2013-11-04* Great, uncomplicated, easy-to-use, customizable AAC program with good, clear voices (extra, relatively minimal purchase), easy set-up and organization---and somewhat limited upload to private/public "galleries" of single or multiple sets (up to five "pages") of your boards., Go Talk's easy facility for choosing internet images to supplement each button on a board does not limit the DATA size of any of its internet images. Although you may easily resize an enormous image to fit on a button, it remains densely data-rich. --Create boards full of these images, and they will either take forever to upload (to mail or transfer to the "Gallery"), or occasionally crash. It's wonderful to have a resident facility for accessing net images; however, an improvement might be continued access (to find pictures the excellent resident Go Talk library is missing) with a self-limiting picture "data size" utility. One must be careful of overloading this excellent program with (e.g.) too many voices, too many pictures, etc.. In my experience--with Go Talk library images (and a smaller data load), the program's boards transfer quickly and efficiently. AAC is inherently clunky, and for moderate users, this is wonderful program which, with a little creative thinking, even inspires novel therapeutic scenarios. (I'm an SLP, relatively inexperienced with AAC. And this program is my own "educational opportunity"...so I am very pleased with it. (Thanks to Attainment for creating it!) ### 1/5 — Not great anymore *2013-09-26* Cannot even open. It keeps crashing now :( ### 1/5 — Update is terrible *2013-08-02* The July 25th update has been a nightmare for using this app with scanning. It worked fine until the update. I called tech support for the app and the tech person said it was the switch I was using (RJ Cooper) and not the app. I was about ready to get a new switch when I decided to test it on one of my client's device who still hadn't done the update. It worked perfectly so obviously it is not the switch, it IS the update as I had suspected. I'm so angry that I can't go back to the previous version on my device! Please fix this horrible update!! ## Frequently asked questions about GoTalk® NOW ### What is GoTalk NOW's price? GoTalk NOW is a paid app, with a price of $119.99. This one-time purchase provides full access to its features. ### What devices is GoTalk NOW compatible with? GoTalk NOW is designed for the iPad. It is not currently available for other Apple devices or Android tablets. ### How often is GoTalk NOW updated? The app was last updated on September 30, 2025, indicating ongoing development and support from the developer. ### What is the age rating for GoTalk NOW? GoTalk NOW has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users, including children and adults. ### Can I purchase additional voices for GoTalk NOW? Yes, you can buy higher quality voices for GoTalk NOW starting at 99 cents each. These are available in over 20 languages. ### Does GoTalk NOW support scanning for users with visual impairments? Yes, GoTalk NOW is a full-feature scanning app. It can also add spoken labels to buttons, which is beneficial for scanning and guiding visually impaired users. ### How can I share communication books created with GoTalk NOW? You can share communication books with other users via WiFi. Additionally, you can back them up using Dropbox or transfer them to a Mac/PC. ### What are the different communication page styles available in GoTalk NOW? GoTalk NOW offers three styles: Standard pages where action occurs on press, Express pages where messages build in a speech bar, and Scene pages that use a single photo with interactive hotspots. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 7.0.4 — 2026-08-12 • Fixed a bug that caused some text-to-speech voices to reset after restarting the app. ### 7.0.3 — 2026-08-05 • An updated User Guide is available in the Help section • Bug fixes and improvements throughout ### 7.0.2 — 2026-06-30 • Bug fixes ### 7.0.1 — 2026-06-11 7.0.1: • A brand-new Color Picker, one picker, everywhere. Two simple tabs: Swatches and Spectrum. If you used the old swatch picker, everything is right where you expect it. • New "49 Core Words Enhanced" book added to Downloads. • Image Library Manager gains Move to Top / Move to Bottom for quick reordering. • Support for opening "Let's GoTalk About It" templates • New pages inherit the current page's background color, so building a consistent book is faster. • GoTalk NOW Lite and GoTalk Start can no longer get stuck in a state where the app has more than 5 pages. • Various bug fixes and improvements throughout. 7.0: Our biggest update ever is here! GoTalk NOW has been rebuilt from the ground up to help SLPs, teachers, and families create Communication Books faster than ever. Here's what's new: Smart, optional AI assistance On supported iPads, Apple Intelligence helps speed up your work without taking over. Build complete Activity Boards from a quick description, get button text suggestions tailored to each page, find better images with smarter search, and let CARA suggest replies based on what's being said in the room. Every AI feature is optional, runs entirely on-device, and never sends your data anywhere. The all-new New Book Creator - Set up a complete Communication Book in minutes. Create a profile, choose a grid, share a bit about the communicator's life, and GoTalk NOW builds a personalized book ready to use. A reimagined Page Wizard Three powerful ways to build a new page: generate a focused Activity Board, start with a blank grid, or pre-fill with the buttons you already use across your book. Quick Editor and Batch Editor Edit one button or forty-nine at once. The new Quick Editor puts everything you need in a single popup, and the Batch Editor lets you change colors, fonts, text, and more across multiple buttons at the same time. Sound it Out A brand-new action for early literacy. Tap a button and watch the word float to the center of the screen, sounded out one segment at a time, with each piece highlighted as it's read. For best results, use with Recorded Audio messages. TTS support for English only. Better Keyboard Pages A redesigned full-screen keyboard, smarter word prediction, sentence-starter shortcuts, and a saved Phrases folder. Plus CARA, our new Conversation-Aware Response Assistant, listens to the conversation and suggests responses in real time. Smarter Scene Pages Save the faces of family members, classmates, and friends, and GoTalk NOW will recognize them in new photos and place hotspots automatically. All processing happens on-device. Vocabulary Reports A powerful new tool for SLPs and educators to analyze the vocabulary in a Communication Book, track progress, and make informed decisions about what to teach next. Export to GoTalk Connect Send any page directly to a GoTalk Connect device over Bluetooth, with a matching printable overlay ready to go. Open Board Format support Import OBF and OBZ files from anywhere in the AAC world and use them as templates in your books. Online template gallery Browse our full template library at Gallery.GoTalkNOW.com from any device, and download directly to your iPad with one tap. We've put a lot of love into this release and we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed building it! ### 7.0.0 — 2026-05-20 Our biggest update ever is here! GoTalk NOW has been rebuilt from the ground up to help SLPs, teachers, and families create Communication Books faster than ever. Here's what's new: • Smart, optional AI assistance: On supported iPads, Apple Intelligence helps speed up your work without taking over. Build complete Activity Boards from a quick description, get button text suggestions tailored to each page, find better images with smarter search, and let CARA suggest replies based on what's being said in the room. Every AI feature is optional, runs entirely on-device, and never sends your data anywhere. • The all-new New Book Creator: Set up a complete Communication Book in minutes. Create a profile, choose a grid, share a bit about the communicator's life, and GoTalk NOW builds a personalized book ready to use. • A reimagined Page Wizard: Three powerful ways to build a new page: generate a focused Activity Board, start with a blank grid, or pre-fill with the buttons you already use across your book. • Quick Editor and Batch Editor: Edit one button or forty-nine at once. The new Quick Editor puts everything you need in a single popup, and the Batch Editor lets you change colors, fonts, text, and more across multiple buttons at the same time. • Sound it Out: A brand-new action for early literacy. Tap a button and watch the word float to the center of the screen, sounded out one segment at a time, with each piece highlighted as it's read. For best results, use with Recorded Audio messages. TTS support for English only. • Better Keyboard Pages: A redesigned full-screen keyboard, smarter word prediction, sentence-starter shortcuts, and a saved Phrases folder. Plus CARA, our new Conversation-Aware Response Assistant, listens to the conversation and suggests responses in real time. • Smarter Scene Pages: Save the faces of family members, classmates, and friends, and GoTalk NOW will recognize them in new photos and place hotspots automatically. All processing happens on-device. • Vocabulary Reports: A powerful new tool for SLPs and educators to analyze the vocabulary in a Communication Book, track progress, and make informed decisions about what to teach next. • Export to GoTalk Connect: Send any page directly to a GoTalk Connect device over Bluetooth, with a matching printable overlay ready to go. • Open Board Format support: Import OBF and OBZ files from anywhere in the AAC world and use them as templates in your books. • Online template gallery: Browse our full template library at Gallery.GoTalkNOW.com from any device, and download directly to your iPad with one tap. We've put a lot of love into this release and we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed building it! ## More apps by Attainment Company - [Attainment's Read to Learn](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/attainments-read-to-learn/id524808810) - [Dollars & Cents](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dollars-and-cents/id560535732) - [SymbolSupport](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/symbolsupport/id571654488) - [SymbolSupport Lite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/symbolsupport-lite/id575587181) - [Community Success](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/community-success/id625283887) All apps by Attainment Company: https://appshunter.io/developer/403989333 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-21.*