SPEAKall! Lite
Education
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
SPEAKall! Lite™ is an evidence-based communication app for the Apple iPhone. It has been designed to introduce augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in autism spectrum disorder and/or developmental speech and language disorders. The design follows the original SPEAKall! AAC app for the iPad. This application has been developed to help children and adults with little to no functional speech acquire an initial symbol vocabulary and learn the process of constructing sentences.
The purpose of SPEAKall! Lite is to provide a readily available communication tool for individuals and their caretakers. Because many families affected by autism or developmental disability may not have immediate access to an iPad, but may already possess an iPhone, SPEAKall! Lite can be an instantly available solution to establish basic but crucial communication skills. Once SPEAKall! Lite has been used successfully, the transition to SPEAKall! on an iPad is easy and uncomplicated.
The SPEAKall! Lite interface provides a versatile learning platform that goes beyond simple symbol activations for voice output by actively engaging the learner in a variety of communication related activities. It can be used to target therapeutic goals including
● Functional communication
● Natural speech production
● Emerging language
● Social interaction and social-pragmatic skills
The interface is easily customizable to each learner’s specific needs and can grow with the learner as needs and capabilities expand.
Research and development of the SPEAK*** technologies have been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). SPEAKall! has received strong recognition in the AAC industry as documented by prestigious awards including:
● 2025 European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD) Technology & Innovation Award, First Place
● 2018 Anna Kennedy Online Autism Charity, Autism Hero Award – First Place, Entrepreneurial Category
● 2017 Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize and Overall Winner, Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition
● 2017 ChanceLight Behavioral Health and Education Prize, Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition
● 2017 Edison Innovation Award – Gold, Language Learning Products
● 2016 R&D 100 Award (“Oscars of Invention”)
● 2016 Indiana Small Business Innovation Research Company Award
● 2016 State of Indiana Certificate of Recognition
● 2015 Autism Society of America Outstanding Research of the Year Award
● 2015 Best of Education Tech Award at TechPoint Mira Awards
● 2014 First Place Award, International Business Pitch Challenge of the German Academic International Network – Transatlantic Entrepreneurship Network
● 2013 Purdue Focus Award for Disability Accessibility
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Product Features:
● Simple yet elegant look and feel interface
●
Intuitive and easy programming of activities
● Beginning communicators core vocabulary
● Sentence learning by "drag & drop"
● Synthetic voice output
● Manage multiple learners on a single device
● Add literacy labels to symbols in any language
● Locking mode to stay within the app
● Different access modes for motor difficulties
● Advanced media management and organization functions for grouping media
● Streamlined activity sheet construction
● Direct access to SPEAK Abilities YouTube Channel
- minor bug fixes
The developer, SPEAK Abilities, LLP, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- SPEAK Abilities, LLP
- Size
- 35 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 SPEAK Abilities