Speaking and communicating
Tap to speak, build a message, voices and the cloned voice, saved phrases, the library, practice, lessons and games.
19 articles
- Tap any phrase to speak itOne tap speaks — on the Communicate page, in the library, in search, everywhere.1 min read
- Build a message piece by pieceStarters like I am, What about and Let's open lists of real things a person in this situation wants to say.1 min read
- The Phrase LibraryHundreds of ready phrases sorted by real situations, with favorites, pinned shortcuts, recently used and urgent phrases.1 min read
- ICU and after-surgery phrasesShort phrases for a person on a breathing tube or just out of surgery — breathing, the nurse, pain from 0 to 10, yes and no — shown first when the ICU mode is chosen.1 min read
- Hospice and comfort phrasesShort phrases for comfort and the end of life — comfort, pain from 0 to 10, breathing, wishes, family, faith and feelings — shown first when the Hospice and Palliative mode is chosen.2 min read
- Everyday phrases for dementiaSimple, familiar phrases for everyday needs, where am I, the people I love and calm — shown first when the Dementia and Senior Care mode is chosen.2 min read
- Head, neck and throat phrasesShort phrases for a person who cannot speak for a time after head, neck or throat surgery, radiation or a laryngectomy — the airway, swallowing, pain from 0 to 10, talking again — shown first when the Head, Neck and Throat mode is chosen.2 min read
- ALS and Parkinson's phrasesOne library for ALS and Parkinson's — needs right now, breathing support, moving, medicine timing, the voice and the person's own decisions — shown first when the ALS and Parkinson's mode is chosen.2 min read
- Saved and recent phrasesEvery phrase used recently, grouped by day, plus saved messages and pinned shortcuts — tap a row to say it again.1 min read
- Your loved one's own words: phrases the family and the speech therapist addA group named after the patient, such as Debbie's words, for the names, places, shows and needs no ready-made library could know. It comes first in the Phrase Library and on Communicate, in every mode.2 min read
- Couldn't find it: what your loved one looked forWhen a search on the patient's own sign-in finds nothing, or a message typed there isn't in the library, the words are kept for the family to add — and shared with the speech therapist only if the family turns that on.2 min read
- Choosing a voiceA warm built-in voice works right away; natural voices and the cloned voice need a signed-in account; speed, pitch and volume are adjustable.1 min read
- Speaking in the patient's own cloned voiceA short recording becomes a voice that sounds like the person; until it is ready the app uses a built-in voice so the patient is never without one.1 min read
- Medical Words: hospital words in plain languageWhat an MRI is, why doctors use saline, what to expect — with tap-to-speak questions to ask the team.1 min read
- Practice Out LoudHear it, record my try, hear my recording — no grading, ever, with a gentle goal of ten phrases a day.1 min read
- Learn: short lessons about stroke and aphasiaCourses of a few minutes each, read aloud, marked complete as you go; family members get the plain education version.1 min read
- Games, sing-along and the patient's own musicMemory Match, Word Match and Tic Tac Toe with no timers or losing streaks, sing-along songs, the patient's own music, and Word Friends by mail.1 min read
- The journal and the printable Care Team ReportOne-tap mood check-ins for the patient, a private journal for each family member, and a chronological printout of what the family recorded.1 min read
- Handwriting supportNot yetWriting a message by hand is not built yet — the Write tab says so.1 min read
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