Spoken – Tap to Talk AAC

Spoken Inc.

In-app purchases

About this app

Never miss out on the conversation again. Spoken is an app designed for nonspeaking teens and adults unable to use their voice due to aphasia, nonverbal autism, stroke, 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.

• Sound Like You
Spoken's app allows you to pick from a wide variety of natural-sounding voices, not robots.

• Tap To Talk
Tap on the screen to build sentences quickly and Spoken speaks them automatically.

• Save & Predict Speech
Our speech engine predicts the way a user talks, allowing them to fully communicate with complex emotions and extensive vocabulary. Plus, you can easily save and repeat common phrases quickly.

• Live Life
We understand the challenges and isolation that can come from being unable to use your voice. Spoken was designed to empower adults with complex speaking differences to live bigger, more meaningful lives. If you’ve been diagnosed with ALS, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, 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 and tap into life every and anywhere you may go.

Ratings and reviews

I was really excited to have the first AAC app that feels like I can actually use it without being slowed down or bombarded with loud ads while trying to communicate, and I can understand app development isn't always easy or cheap, but 12.99 a month just to go back to not painstakingly trying to type out everything when I can hardly even process words? Yeah, no thanks. That's a bit ridiculous.

"Disappointing" sums it up. The app itself is good, and the subscription isn't ideal but is understandable. It's the lack of offline support and the omission of information in the description about how limited it would be after the trial (which isn't mentioned either) that were a deal-breaker for me.

This is great! I had oral surgery and it's hard to understand me when I talk. I have to repeat myself several times, talk louder and I'm often still not understood, especially with people hard of hearing. I looked for an app to help and most of them are for narration of books and other prewritten pieces. This app helps me be heard! I love the variety of voices to choose from.

What's new

Spoken 1.8.9 has new features and improvements to support nonverbal communicators!

• Share what you say as an audio message
• Add your own words to Spoken’s vocabulary
• Music volume reduces when you speak
• Podcasts and audiobooks temporarily pause when you speak
• “Alert & Speak” option added + setting to make it default
• Added scroll buttons to predictions
• Symbols added to thousands of additional words
• Over 11,000 predicted proper nouns are now capitalized