Talking Tiles: AAC for Kids
Nonverbal Communication Board
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Free, offline, no account. 240 symbols across 14 boards in 31 languages, a parent lock on Settings, and nothing at all collected about your child.
TalkingTiles turns a tap on a picture into a spoken word, so a child who does not speak can still say what they think, want, and feel.
Tap a tile and it says its word out loud. Tap a few more and they line up in the strip along the top; press play and the whole sentence is spoken at once. There is nothing to set up first and nothing to learn before you start.
WHAT IS INSIDE
Fourteen boards of illustrated symbols covering everyday vocabulary: food, feelings, people, places, verbs, clothes, colors, toys, letters and numbers. Two hundred and forty symbols in all, drawn for this app.
Save the phrases you reach for most, so "I need the bathroom" is one tap instead of five.
MADE TO FIT THE CHILD
Choose how many tiles fill a row, from three big targets to twelve. Set the symbol size and the label size separately. Pick the voice, and adjust how fast and how high it speaks.
Thirty-one languages, switched in a tap, with the tile labels and the voice changing together.
FOR PARENTS AND THERAPISTS
Put a PIN on Settings so a curious tap cannot change the voice or wipe a saved phrase. The boards stay fully usable, so locking Settings never stops a child communicating.
PRIVACY
TalkingTiles collects nothing. No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking. It makes no network requests at all, so it works everywhere, including on a plane or in a waiting room with no signal.
THE SYMBOLS ARE YOURS TOO
All two hundred and forty symbols are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Print them, remix them, put them in your own worksheets. The only condition is credit.
TalkingTiles is a communication aid, not a medical device, and it does not replace assessment by a qualified speech and language therapist.
The developer, Wable LLC, 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
- Wable LLC
- Size
- 38.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Made for Ages 6–8
- Copyright
- © Wable LLC