Tom Taps vs EverSpeak

Tom Taps is a picture board for children who don't speak, or don't speak yet. Tap pictures to build a sentence and the app says it out loud. A father built it for his son Tom, with help from Tom's speech-language pathologist. The first version came out in 2014. What you get for free: • A core word grid that stays in the same place, so your child learns where each word is • Hundreds of picture cards for people, actions, feelings, food and places • Your own cards with your photos and words • Separate boards for home, school and therapy • A modeling mode, so you can show words without changing your child's sentence • Clear text-to-speech Tom Taps Pro is $29.99, paid once: • All six vocabulary packs (medical, school, feelings, food, play, community) • A weekly coach that looks at how your child communicates and suggests next steps. It runs on your device and sends nothing to us. • iCloud sync across your devices Packs are also sold one at a time for $1.99 to $3.99. Words use the Fitzgerald Key colors that therapists already use. Boards are saved in the open OBF format, so you can take them to another app. We collect no data. There are no ads and no account to create. Questions: support@tomtaps.com

EverSpeak is a customizable AAC communication app designed to help users build and speak phrases quickly. The app starts with ready-to-use core vocabulary groups such as Core, Feelings, People, Places, and Verbs, and lets users tap cards to build a sentence and speak it aloud. Users can personalize the experience by adding or editing cards and groups, changing text, images, and pronunciations, adjusting voices and speech settings, choosing colors, changing the grid layout, and setting a PIN for protected changes. Built-in search helps users find words faster, and speech-to-text can help interpret spoken input into text. EverSpeak also supports optional account sign-in so users can sync settings and saved vocabulary across devices. Without signing in, the core communication features remain available locally on the device.