# Kalinio

> Kalinio (iPhone/iPad app by Arno Thorsten Muller-Heinemann.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kalinio/id6793023841 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Arno Thorsten Muller-Heinemann](https://appshunter.io/developer/6793023843)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Medical
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 52 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Italian, Polish, European Portuguese, European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2026-09-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kalinio/id6793023841/reviews.md

## What is Kalinio?

Kalinio is an assistive communication app (AAC – Augmentative and Alternative Communication) for people who are unable to speak or can only speak to a limited extent due to a neurological condition or injury.

The app allows users to select letters, numbers, words and help requests using different input methods:
• Mouse click or external switches
• Tongue click
• Mouth opening detected by the device camera
• Sticking out the tongue, also detected by the device camera

The selected content is then spoken aloud.

Kalinio is particularly suitable for people with:
• Stroke
• Dysarthria
• Apraxia of speech
• Severe swallowing disorders (e.g. with a tracheostomy)
• Other neurological conditions involving severely impaired speech together with limited hand function

A prerequisite is that cognitive abilities and the ability to write or spell are preserved.

Eligible new subscribers can use all features described here during a two-week free trial. After the trial, a paid auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription is required to continue using Kalinio.

Features
• Letter, number and word selection
• Customizable words
• Various input methods
• Local processing of microphone and camera data
• Diagnostic and calibration functions
• Multilingual user interface

Note
Kalinio is a communication aid. The app is not intended to treat or cure medical conditions and does not replace medical or therapeutic care.

Privacy Policy: https://www.kalinio.app/en/privacy/
Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jahresabo | $44.99 | per year |
| Monatsabo | $4.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 5.3 — 2026-09-28

New: reliable tongue control with personal calibration, double-action support, and reading acceleration. Help content and the Greek keyboard have also been improved.

### 5.2 — 2026-09-24

Improved speech output, faster app launch, and clearer diagnostics, help, and subscription management.

### 5.1 — 2026-09-23

This update improves Kalinio’s reliability and provides more targeted help with recognition issues:

• Improved Quick Analysis with clearer guidance and direct links to relevant settings
• Analysis results remain available and can be reopened after changing settings
• More precise guidance for quiet, unusual, or unreliably detected tongue-click sounds
• A brief notification when the camera temporarily cannot detect a face and this may affect tongue-click recognition
• Diagnostics and technical support have been reorganized for greater clarity
• More reliable speech output: if iOS immediately interrupts an announcement, Kalinio performs one controlled restart
• Revised and expanded help texts covering operation, input controls, and reading speed
• Further improvements to accessibility, stability, and user guidance

### 5.0 — 2026-09-22

No release notes.

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All apps by Arno Thorsten Muller-Heinemann: https://appshunter.io/developer/6793023843

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