For people with ALS, or who cannot speak, and their families
An AAC app for ALS, in plain words: tap it, type it, spell it, and it speaks
An AAC app for ALS is a way to speak without the voice: tap a phrase, type a sentence or spell a word, and the device says it. ExpressAgain does all three in a browser, with the ALS and Parkinson's mode's phrases opening first and a cloned voice doing the talking.
What is already built
Type, and spell with Letters
Type speaks anything typed; Letters is an on-screen alphabet board that speaks a word spelled letter by letter and shares it as a note.
Where it lives: Communicate page, Type and Letters · Read how it works
Build a message
Starters like I am, What about and Let's open long lists of the real things a person in this situation wants to say; speak the result, save it or star it.
Where it lives: Communicate page, Build a message · Read how it works
Saved and recent phrases
What was spoken today, yesterday and earlier, with the time, plus saved messages and pinned shortcuts. Tap any row to say it again.
Where it lives: Saved / Recent page · Read how it works
Medical Words
Hospital words in plain language with tap-to-speak questions to ask the team, such as Why do I need saline?
Where it lives: Medical Words page · Read how it works
Today: tap, type and spell, a sentence builder, the Saved list and Medical Words, with a cloned voice.
How it works
Create a free account: your name, email, a password and who the app is for (yourself, someone you care for, a patient, or an organization).
The guided setup takes four short steps: who the app is for and the condition mode, text and button sizes, a voice and the first people, then a review.
Tap any phrase on Communicate to say it out loud; invite family with a personal link and give each clinician or professional a code from the Care Team page.
Questions people ask
Is it free to start?
Yes. Free is where everyone starts, and communicating is never behind a paywall: tap to speak, the phrase boards, the sentence builder, Letters, the Phrase Library, lessons, Games and Play, the emergency screen, the Emergency Plan Card and the built-in voice. Free also invites 2 family members to the Family and Friends Feed. The Pricing page shows the plans side by side.
What happens after I sign up?
Sign up asks for your name, email and a password, and who the app is for. Then the guided setup takes four short steps: who the app is for and the condition mode, text and button sizes, a voice and the first people, then a review. Entering the patient's name and date of birth pins the two phrases hospitals ask for constantly.
Does it need training to set up?
The guided setup is four short steps: who the app is for and the condition mode, text and button sizes, a voice and the first people, then a review.
Can the speech therapist set it up with us?
Yes. The SLP joins with the family's code at the IDC Team sign-in and adds phrases to the patient's own words, which speak with one tap beside the shared library.