Seda - Speech Therapy

The Lychee Studio

About this app

Seda is a free daily companion for speech recovery. It is designed using evidence-based principles to complement therapy at home with a loved one who has aphasia, in the language your family actually speaks.

Aphasia is a language disorder, often caused by stroke, brain injury or other neurological conditions. It can make it hard to find the right words or to understand the meaning of everyday objects. Seda gives structured, repeatable practice between sessions with a speech-language pathologist (SLP).

THREE KINDS OF PRACTICE
• Word Recall: see a picture and find the word, with cues to help. Seda uses cued naming, moving from meaning-based hints to sound-based hints, a technique used in clinical therapy.
• Comprehension: hear or read a word and match it to the right picture, using everyday concrete nouns.
• Writing: build a word by arranging letter tiles, inspired by Anagram Copy Treatment. Writing is currently available in English, Indonesian and Filipino.

LEARNS WHAT YOU REMEMBER
Most practice apps are repetitive. Seda uses spaced retrieval to track which words you remember and which you forget. Words you have mastered come back less often, and harder ones return at the right time, so effort goes to the words that matter most.

VOCABULARY THAT FEELS FAMILIAR
Many tools rely on Western-centric examples that feel out of place. Seda focuses on the vocabulary your family really uses, with culturally relevant pictures. Add your own words with a photo and a recording of the pronunciation, so every session reflects real life: family members, local foods, favorite places.

13 LANGUAGES
Arabic, Bengali, English, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Marathi, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil and Urdu, with right-to-left support. More languages are planned.

PRACTICE TOGETHER, FROM ANYWHERE
Share your screen on a video call to practice with a family member or therapist, and use Draw Mode to mark things on the screen as you go.

FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
Seda includes clinician tools to assign homework exercises and follow a patient's progress between sessions. Learn more at sedaspeech.com.

IMPORTANT
Seda is not a replacement for professional therapy and does not diagnose or treat any condition. We recommend getting a diagnosis from a speech-language pathologist and using Seda alongside their plan for your loved one.

Seda was started by a designer whose father had a stroke, after finding that speech therapy tools were often expensive, culturally disconnected or English-only. Seda is free to use today. Questions or feedback: [e-mail]

What’s new

Welcome to Seda: free daily speech practice for aphasia recovery, in 13 languages. Word Recall, Comprehension and Writing exercises.