Speech AAC vs Aloud AAC

Speech AAC Assist is a professional-grade Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app designed for people with speech disabilities, autism, ALS, stroke recovery, cerebral palsy, and anyone who needs a voice. COMMUNICATE INSTANTLY Tap words to build sentences and speak them aloud using real human voices (Adam & Liza) or your device's built-in text-to-speech. Every word is spoken clearly and naturally. REAL HUMAN VOICES Choose between two professionally recorded voices — Adam and Liza — with over 3,700 words recorded by real people. When a word isn't recorded, the app seamlessly falls back to text-to-speech so you're never left silent. YOUR BOARDS, YOUR WAY Build custom communication boards for every situation — medical appointments, school, home, social settings, and more. Pin your most-used boards to the top for instant access. Includes 12 professionally designed starter boards based on AAC research: • Core Vocabulary (36 high-frequency words covering 80% of daily communication) • Quick Phrases • Feelings & Emotions • Medical & Health • Food & Drink • People & Family • Places & Activities • Emergency (speaks immediately — no extra taps) QUICK ACCESS BAR Six emergency communication buttons — Help, Yes, No, Stop, Pain, I Need — are always visible on screen and speak instantly with one tap. No building a sentence required. FULLY ACCESSIBLE SpeakEasy AAC is built from the ground up for people with disabilities: • Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AAA compliant • Full VoiceOver support with labels, hints, and traits on every element • Switch Control compatible • Auto-scan mode for single-switch users • Large touch targets (minimum 60×60pt everywhere) • High contrast mode • Adjustable button size, font size, and emoji size • Reduce Motion support • Caregiver PIN lock to protect settings KEYBOARD INPUT Prefer to type? Switch to keyboard mode and type anything — SpeakEasy will speak it instantly. Great for literate users who need faster input. MEDICATION REMINDERS Never miss a dose. Set up daily medication reminders with customizable times and get notified right on your device. COMMUNICATION LOG Track progress over time with a built-in communication log. See daily and weekly stats, most-used words, and share reports with therapists and caregivers via CSV export. WORKS OFFLINE Everything works completely offline. No internet connection required. No accounts. No subscriptions. Your communication is private and always available. CAREGIVER & THERAPIST FRIENDLY PIN-protected settings keep the app configured the way you need it. Caregivers and speech-language pathologists can set up boards, customize vocabulary, and lock the interface so users always see the right layout. CUSTOMIZABLE EVERYTHING • 6 background color themes • Adjustable speech rate and pitch • 4 word organization modes • Multiple language support • Dark mode compatible SpeakEasy AAC Assist is built with love by PayneBrain Studios — a team dedicated to making technology work for everyone.

Aloud is a talking aid for adults who lost their speech — after a stroke, with ALS or Parkinson's, or after head and neck cancer. It is not a children's symbol board. It is built for a person who still has their own thoughts and their own vocabulary, and needs to be understood at a doctor's desk, at a pharmacy counter, or across a kitchen table. HOW IT WORKS Tap a few word tiles — "help pain", "water cold", "call daughter" — then tap "Make a sentence". The phone proposes up to three complete sentences, built on the device by Apple's on-device models. You tap the one you meant, and only then is it spoken. Nothing is ever spoken automatically. The app proposes; you decide. If none of the sentences is right, "Say my words" is always there: it speaks the exact words you tapped, word for word, with no AI involved. And whenever the phone is speaking, a single full-width Stop control is on screen — reachable by touch, by keyboard, and through VoiceOver, Switch Control and Assistive Access. Every proposed sentence also passes through a set of on-device checks before you see it, written to catch changed meanings — for example, a dropped "not". The final safeguard is structural: the app never speaks a sentence you did not explicitly choose. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE - No network. The app's code makes no network requests. It works fully in airplane mode. - No account, no sign-in, no email address. - No analytics, no tracking, no third-party code. - Your words, phrases and profile stay on your iPhone or iPad. BUILT FOR REAL HANDS AND REAL DAYS - Large, fixed word tiles with picture symbols and color-coded word groups — both optional, so the board can be as visual or as text-forward as you like. - Nothing moves, reorders itself, or times out. - Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes, with nothing truncated. - High-contrast design that holds up under Increase Contrast. - Works with VoiceOver, Switch Control and Assistive Access. - Speaks in any installed system voice, including your Apple Personal Voice. WITHOUT AI, IT STILL WORKS The three generated sentences need Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro and later). On other supported iPhones, a built-in rule-based expander offers sentence options instead, and everything else works the same. Speaking is never metered and is never switched off. FREE, WITH NOTHING HELD BACK Aloud is free. Every feature is included. There is no subscription, no account, and no cap on speaking — a person's voice is not something to meter. FOR FAMILIES AND CLINICIANS An optional usage log — off by default, always visible when on — supports a communication trial, with a report you export yourself from the share sheet. Nothing is transmitted anywhere. Aloud is a communication aid, not a medical device. It does not diagnose or treat any condition.