
Speech Assistant AAC 4+
AAC App for TTS Communication
Ton Schalke
Designed for iPad
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- $23.99
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Description
Speech Assistant AAC is a text-to-speech app designed for people who are speech impaired, for example due to Aphasia, MND/ALS, Autism, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy or other speech problems.
With the app you can create categories and save phrases on buttons for quick access and easy communication. You can also type messages using the iOS keyboard.
The app is affordable with a one-time payment and no subscription.
Key features
• Easy to use and fully customizable to your needs and preferences.
• Categories and subcategories to organize your phrases.
• History feature to quickly access previously entered phrases.
• Option to add symbols, emoji or photos to the buttons.
• Full screen mode to display your messages in large font.
• Autocomplete feature to display phrase suggestions in a drop-down list.
• Tabs for multiple conversations.
• Designed for iPhone and iPad, supports both portrait and landscape orientation.
• Supports Apple Watch.
• Backup to iCloud, Mail or AirDrop.
Voices
• You can choose a voice from any of the iOS system voices.
• Supports ElevenLabs voices, giving you the option to use highly realistic AI professional voice clones.
• Supports Apple's Personal Voice.
• Option to create voice recordings for the buttons and to import voice recordings.
Phone calls
• The app can also be used while making Phone and FaceTime calls.
• This way you no longer need a second device for speech output.
Categories and phrases
• Add, change or delete your own (sub)categories and phrases.
• You can create an unlimited number of categories to organize your phrases for quick access.
• Create user profiles with their own categories, phrases and settings for multi-language support or different individuals.
• Easily edit category and phrase buttons with a long press.
• With Backup to iCloud or AirDrop you can transfer your categories and phrases to another iPhone/iPad.
Fully Customizable
• The size of the buttons, the textbox and the text can be adjusted.
• The app has various color schemes and you can also create a personal color scheme.
• You can change the order of the buttons with drag and drop.
Full screen
• Show your message full screen with a very large font.
• Useful for communicating in a noisy environment.
• You can rotate the text to show your message to the person opposite of you.
Speech
• The rate and pitch of the speech can be adjusted.
• Option to speak each Word or Character directly while typing.
• Optional highlighting of the spoken words.
• Pause and resume speaking by tapping the speak button (optional setting).
Apple Watch
• The Watch app can especially be useful for communicating short messages.
• On the go, you don't have to pick up your phone and can quicky communicate with the app on your wrist.
Other features
• Button to share your message to mail, text and social media.
• Connect a bluetooth keyboard and create shortcuts for actions.
• A custom keyboard can be enabled in the settings with customizable size, color and layout.
• Abbreviations expansion to reduce keystrokes.
• Attention sound button on Main and Full screen.
• Option to select symbols from the set of 3400 Mulberry Symbols (mulberrysymbols.org).
About the app
• This app is developed by ASoft.
• The app does not collect any data, so all your conversations stay private.
• One-time payment, there is no subscription fee.
• The app has won an innovation award: The Vodafone Mobiles For Good Challenge.
• The app does not require an internet connection.
• For feedback or questions, please contact: speechassistant@asoft.nl.
• On www.asoft.nl you can find more information such as a user manual.
What’s New
Version 5.7.5
With this update, the Stability and Similarity of an ElevenLabs voice can be adjusted in the app’s speech settings.
Ratings and Reviews
Very useful app!!
Due to oral cancer treatments, I lost my ability to speak clearly. As a teacher, this has significantly disrupted my ability to speak to students and colleagues one on one. This app has been a huge help with communication professionally. It has also been extremely helpful with my frequent doctor and hospital visits and interpersonal communication in general. In fact, I had a doctor ask for the name of the app as he was impressed with its functionality and versatility. This app has been extremely helpful in many aspects of my life! My thumbs have gotten so fast with typing that I rival my three teenage daughter’s texting abilities! 😜. Although still slower than normal speaking conversation, it is faster and less cumbersome than writing messages out by hand. Thanks for developing this great app!
ALS speech disabled
Love the app. I am non verbal so this app has become my voice. Love that I can save so many phrases and it is easy to learn. Do wish the setting to use only the iPhone/iPad speaker was easier to turn on. I need to go into settings, “speech, recordings and sounds” and scroll down to “always use built in speakers” to change every time I want to use to answer the phone and then back thru settings to set back to hear thru a speaker. Takes too long to keep changing. Should be one button on the main screen to do this.
I also wish the auto correct was better. I seem to make many more errors on this app than I do on text, email or word documents. The app “guesses” are wildly wrong and often times non sensical. Like if I use the app at the drug store to get Percocet, the app corrects to “petticoat.” Also, it mispronounces certain words like invalid - meaning disabled - not in val id - meaning not valid. (Which ironically is how I often feel as a disabled person!)
Developer Response ,
Hi, thanks for the review and feedback! For making a phone call with the app, it is not necessary to change the 'always use built-in speakers' setting, the speecg output is mixed into the phone call. And the app uses the spelling suggestions from the iOS onscreen keyboard, so these should be the same when using the app as when texting or emailing. For more information about phone calls or how to 'train' the keyboard not to correct certain words, please contact speechassistant@asoft.nl
A great help for ALS patients
Due to my ALS, I’ve been having issues speaking over the phone and/or people understanding me in person due my struggles with word pronunciation and the decline in my ability to speak due to ALS. This app is a great tool that allows me to communicate better over the phone & in person. Having the ability to text and the app speak for me, is a huge benefit! With the pre-programed phrases, words, and the ability to easily customize…I no longer need someone to accompany me on phone calls, or when going to the pharmacy, bank, store, or even just socializing with friends and family. I’m now able to communicate on my own with the assistance of this app on my smartphone.
A big THANK YOU goes out to the developers of this app!!
App Privacy
The developer, Ton Schalke, 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.
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Information
- Seller
- Ton Schalke
- Size
- 145.8 MB
- Category
- Medical
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Ton Schalke, ASoft
- Price
- $23.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.