Spoken - Tap to Talk AAC

Name: Spoken - Tap to Talk AAC
Rating: 4.3 (157 reviews)
Author: Spoken Inc.

Natural Voice Text to Speech

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

157 Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Spoken Inc.
Language

EN
English
Size

115.6
MB

You can now connect your ElevenLabs account to use features like voice cloning and prompt-based voice design! We also added Apple Personal Voice support and more. Never miss out on the conversation again. Spoken is an AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) app designed for teens and adults who have trouble speaking due to non-speaking autism, aphasia, or other speech and language disorders. Simply download the app on a phone or tablet and tap on the screen to build sentences quickly — Spoken speaks them automatically, with a wide variety of natural-sounding voices to choose from. • Speak Naturally With Spoken you're not limited to simple phrases when you talk. It gives you the freedom to express complex emotions and thoughts with an extensive vocabulary. Our large selection of natural-sounding, customizable voices ensures your communication sounds like you — not robotic. • Let Spoken Learn Your Voice Everyone has their own way of talking, and Spoken adapts to yours. Our speech engine learns the way you talk, offering word suggestions that match your style of communication. The more you use the app, the better it gets at providing them. • Start Talking Right Away Spoken is very easy to use. It understands what you want to say, so all you have to do is tap to talk. Quickly build sentences and Spoken will speak them automatically. • Live Life We understand the challenges and isolation that can come from being unable to use your voice. Spoken was designed to empower non-speaking adults to live bigger, more meaningful lives. If you’ve been diagnosed with ALS, apraxia, selective mutism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, or lost your ability to speak due to a stroke, Spoken may be right for you too. Download the app on a phone or tablet to see how it helps you communicate. Key Features: • Get Personalized Predictions Spoken learns from your speech patterns, offering increasingly accurate next-word predictions as you use it to speak. A quick survey helps it tailor suggestions based on the people and places you talk about most. • Write, Draw, or Type to Talk Communicate in the way that feels most comfortable. You can type, handwrite, or even draw a picture — like a house or a tree — and Spoken will recognize it, turn it into text, and speak it out loud. • Choose Your Voice Pick from Spoken’s wide selection of lifelike, customizable voices covering a variety of accents and identities. No robotic text-to-speech (TTS)! Easily adjust the speed and pitch of your speech. • Save Phrases Store important phrases in a dedicated, easy-to-navigate menu so you’re prepared to speak at a moment’s notice. • Show Large Display your words at full-screen with large type for easier communication in noisy environments. • Get Attention Quickly grab someone’s attention with a single tap — whether in an emergency or just to signal you’re ready to talk. Spoken’s alert feature is customizable and conveniently placed. • And more! Spoken’s robust feature set makes it one of the most powerful assistive communication apps available. Some of Spoken’s features are only available with Spoken Premium. Upon download, you are automatically enrolled in a complimentary trial of Premium. The core function of AAC — the ability to speak — is completely free. Why Spoken Is the AAC App for You Spoken is a modern alternative to traditional augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices and communication boards. Available on your existing phone or tablet, Spoken integrates seamlessly into your life and you can access it immediately. Plus, its advanced predictive text gives you the freedom to use any words you want, unlike a simple communication board and most dedicated communication devices. Spoken is actively supported and constantly evolving based on user feedback. If you have suggestions for the direction of the app’s development or need help, please reach out to us at help@spokenaac.com! Terms & Conditions: https://spokenaac.com/terms/

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

157 Ratings

Amazing for speech aphasia or apraxia
06/06/2024

rolfejr
My wife had a brain tumor removed and lost speech temporarily while the brain recovered. She had full comprehension and knew the words to say she just couldn't speak them. She could type on her phone perfectly fine, and this app coupled with a good quality Bluetooth speaker was a godsend. - it gave her a voice. The "poppy" voice is a very nice natural female voice. I have one suggestion. Autocorrect - either as a default or at least as an option to just use the phone's built in autocorrect. The predictive text is awesome, but in the days after the surgery as my wife became more comfortable looking at her phone and typing, we found she could type what she wanted to say faster than selecting words from predictive text (which was awesome at first or for those with difficulty typing). In our situation we also found it much more natural to turn off the setting to speak every word as it's being typed, and instead write out the sentence, then tell the app to speak. However, the lack of auto correct on individually typed words really slowed her down. We all have gotten spoiled by autocorrect so it seems unnatural and difficult to type without it.

Developer Response
Thank you for the kind review! We just wanted to drop in to say our latest update added autocorrect as a toggleable feature in settings. It’s off for existing users, but will be on by default for anyone new.
Amazing for speech aphasia or apraxia
06/06/2024

rolfejr

My wife had a brain tumor removed and lost speech temporarily while the brain recovered. She had full comprehension and knew the words to say she just couldn't speak them. She could type on her phone perfectly fine, and this app coupled with a good quality Bluetooth speaker was a godsend. - it gave her a voice. The "poppy" voice is a very nice natural female voice. I have one suggestion. Autocorrect - either as a default or at least as an option to just use the phone's built in autocorrect. The predictive text is awesome, but in the days after the surgery as my wife became more comfortable looking at her phone and typing, we found she could type what she wanted to say faster than selecting words from predictive text (which was awesome at first or for those with difficulty typing). In our situation we also found it much more natural to turn off the setting to speak every word as it's being typed, and instead write out the sentence, then tell the app to speak. However, the lack of auto correct on individually typed words really slowed her down. We all have gotten spoiled by autocorrect so it seems unnatural and difficult to type without it.
Developer Response 11/17/2025
Thank you for the kind review! We just wanted to drop in to say our latest update added autocorrect as a toggleable feature in settings. It’s off for existing users, but will be on by default for anyone new.
COVID19 Survivor
12/30/2021

Panda1131
This app is a life saver, on August 3rd i went into the hospital with Covid and was sedated for about 2 months. Mind you I’m 21 and I had severe pneumonia and was only given 20% chance of living i got off the ventilator eventually but in order for me to live they did a tracheotomy on me. I couldn’t speak when i woke up and it hurt so much to see my family and the love of my life and not be able to tell them how much i love them, but this app helped me communicate with my family and nurses as well as doctors, i don’t know where i would be without this app when i was in the hospital. Today i have recovered 100% with no long term affects and I’m very grateful and now i just have a tracheotomy scar and feeding tube scar but hey it’s better than not being alive. Thank you to every developer of this app.
COVID19 Survivor
12/30/2021

Panda1131

This app is a life saver, on August 3rd i went into the hospital with Covid and was sedated for about 2 months. Mind you I’m 21 and I had severe pneumonia and was only given 20% chance of living i got off the ventilator eventually but in order for me to live they did a tracheotomy on me. I couldn’t speak when i woke up and it hurt so much to see my family and the love of my life and not be able to tell them how much i love them, but this app helped me communicate with my family and nurses as well as doctors, i don’t know where i would be without this app when i was in the hospital. Today i have recovered 100% with no long term affects and I’m very grateful and now i just have a tracheotomy scar and feeding tube scar but hey it’s better than not being alive. Thank you to every developer of this app.
Worst AAC app I’ve ever tried.
11/20/2021

Harmoniehaven
Some of these reviews must be paid for because this is the most user unfriendly app I’ve ever had. It gives no information on how to use it. Maybe it does if you pay the $13 monthly subscription for premium but it’s mostly just a very limited and confusing text to speech app and not an AAC. When you open it it tells you that you have a 500 word limit and that means every word in a phrase as well. It goes down as you choose words. On the main screen it only lists 27 basic words that have no categories to make it easy to find and put together. You can search for words and more come up but scrolling down it doesn’t scroll down to more words like it looks as if it will. I can’t find a way to log and store phrases. This is a scam app targeted to disabled people for an outrageous amount of money and an unnecessary subscription. I recommend Speech Assistant AAC instead, it costs a lot of money for an app but it’s well organized and not a subscription that you would have to consistently pay in order to help you communicate.
Worst AAC app I’ve ever tried.
11/20/2021

Harmoniehaven

Some of these reviews must be paid for because this is the most user unfriendly app I’ve ever had. It gives no information on how to use it. Maybe it does if you pay the $13 monthly subscription for premium but it’s mostly just a very limited and confusing text to speech app and not an AAC. When you open it it tells you that you have a 500 word limit and that means every word in a phrase as well. It goes down as you choose words. On the main screen it only lists 27 basic words that have no categories to make it easy to find and put together. You can search for words and more come up but scrolling down it doesn’t scroll down to more words like it looks as if it will. I can’t find a way to log and store phrases. This is a scam app targeted to disabled people for an outrageous amount of money and an unnecessary subscription. I recommend Speech Assistant AAC instead, it costs a lot of money for an app but it’s well organized and not a subscription that you would have to consistently pay in order to help you communicate.
Makes life so much easier
02/02/2023

MattSpaulding
This app is amazing. I recently got a tracheostomy and was unable to speak. This app completely solved my problem. There are a variety of very nice voices to use. It often has a useful list of words to pick from for auto completeFeature Suggestions:The alert isn’t loud enough and can’t get people’s attention. At least that’s been my experience.It would be so nice if you could reorder your list of sayings!! Please add this!!Another extremely helpful one is to add groups or collections to your sayings. I’ve got so many in my list now that it can take a while to scroll through and find what I want. And since I can’t adjust the ordering, that makes it slower too, because I could order the list alphabetically or some way to find things faster. Please add this!!!I absolutely love this app which is why I paid for it! I looked at a lot of speech apps and this one was better in every way.
Makes life so much easier
02/02/2023

MattSpaulding

This app is amazing. I recently got a tracheostomy and was unable to speak. This app completely solved my problem. There are a variety of very nice voices to use. It often has a useful list of words to pick from for auto completeFeature Suggestions:The alert isn’t loud enough and can’t get people’s attention. At least that’s been my experience.It would be so nice if you could reorder your list of sayings!! Please add this!!Another extremely helpful one is to add groups or collections to your sayings. I’ve got so many in my list now that it can take a while to scroll through and find what I want. And since I can’t adjust the ordering, that makes it slower too, because I could order the list alphabetically or some way to find things faster. Please add this!!!I absolutely love this app which is why I paid for it! I looked at a lot of speech apps and this one was better in every way.

• Added Autocorrect Toggle: Choose if you want misspelled words to be corrected while typing • Added Spellcheck Toggle: When turned on, potentially misspelled words will turn reddish-orange • Accessibility Improvements: The app was overhauled for VoiceOver and screen reader users • Performance Enhancements & Bug Fixes: Word predictions load faster and the “try again” screen appears less, plus multiple visual adjustments for a smoother experience

Version 1.9.5

11/19/2025

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- Larger Text
- Dark Interface
- Differentiate Without Color Alone
- Sufficient Contrast
- Reduced Motion

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What’s New

Version 1.9.5

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Data Not Collected

Accessibility

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VoiceOver

Larger Text

Dark Interface

Differentiate Without Color Alone

Sufficient Contrast

Reduced Motion

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Family Sharing

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