For people with ALS, or who cannot speak, and their families
Communication after a tracheostomy: please suction my trach, said with one tap
Communication after a tracheostomy needs the airway words first: please suction my trach, my trach tube feels loose, I need humidity, I'm choking. ExpressAgain's Head, Neck & Throat library and ICU & Breathing Tube phrases hold them, so the person taps and the phone says it to the nurse.
What is already built
The Head, Neck & Throat phrases
Breathing and the airway (I can't breathe, please suction my trach, my stoma needs cleaning, my trach tube feels loose, I need humidity), swallowing and eating, the mouth and throat, pain from 0 to 10, treatment and talking again.
Where it lives: Phrase Library, Head, Neck & Throat · Read how it works
ICU & Breathing Tube and After Surgery
Two categories for the hospital bed: breathing and the tube, calling the nurse, pain from 0 to 10 and where it hurts, yes and no. In the ICU mode they open first.
Where it lives: Phrase Library, ICU & Breathing Tube · Read how it works
Medical Words
What a test or a treatment is and what to expect, with questions the patient taps to ask the team out loud.
Where it lives: Medical Words page · Read how it works
Pain and body location
The Emergency page shows pain and where it is on the body with one tap, beside the emergency phrases.
Where it lives: Emergency page · Read how it works
Today: the trach and airway phrases, the ICU phrases, Medical Words and pain on the body, spoken with a tap.
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.
Which mode do we choose?
Head, Neck and Throat after surgery or treatment of the head, neck or throat, or ICU and Ventilated for a breathing tube; both are picked in the guided setup and their phrases open first.
Can the voice be recorded before surgery?
Yes. The cloned voice can be recorded before treatment where that is possible; record from Settings or upload a recording, and a built-in voice speaks until it is ready.