Communication devices
Augmentative and Alternative Communication — tools and strategies that supplement or replace speech for people who have difficulty communicating verbally. Ranges from low-tech picture boards to high-tech speech-generating devices.
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BIGmack The BIGmack records up to 2 minutes of spoken message and plays it back each time you press the large activation button — so someone can say a phrase, a greeting, or a response by
$155.00
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LITTLEmack The LITTLEmack is a compact single-message voice output device — press the button once and it plays back whatever short recording has been stored, up to 2 minutes long. It's well-s
$155.00
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BIG Step-by-Step The BIG Step-by-Step records a sequence of messages that play back one at a time with each press of the large button — so someone can work through a morning routine, tell a story,
$220.00
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LITTLE Step-by-Step The LITTLE Step-by-Step is a compact sequential-message communicator that plays back a series of pre-recorded phrases one at a time with each button press — so a user can work thro
$220.00
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TalkingBrix 2 The TalkingBrix 2 is a set of three small, colorful single-message voice output devices — press the top of each brick and it plays back a pre-recorded message up to 10 seconds long
$255.00
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BIG TalkingBrix BIG TalkingBrix is a set of three large-button single-message voice output devices, each recording and playing back up to 10 seconds of speech when pressed. They're designed for pe
$295.00
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iTalk2 The iTalk2 is a two-button voice output communicator that stores and plays back short recorded messages — press the red side to say one thing, press the yellow side to say another.
$215.00
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iTalk4 The iTalk4 is a dedicated four-message voice output device with four colored sections, each storing a separately recorded spoken message that plays back when pressed. It's designed
$275.00
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QuickTalker FeatherTouch 7 The QuickTalker FeatherTouch 7 is a dedicated speech-output communicator with 7 message locations, designed for people who need a simple, portable way to produce spoken messages by
$265.00
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SoundingBoard SoundingBoard is an iOS app that turns an iPad or iPhone into a picture-based voice output communication tool — you build grid-style boards with symbols or photos, record spoken me
Est. $10–$50
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Proloquo and Proloquo Coach - AssistiveWare Proloquo is a symbol-supported AAC app for iPad and iPhone that lets a nonspeaking person tap pictures and symbols to generate spoken messages, with a companion app called Proloquo
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Proloquo4Text - AssistiveWare Proloquo4Text is a text-based AAC app for iOS that converts typed text into synthesized speech, letting people who can write but cannot reliably speak communicate by typing what th
Est. $20–$100
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TD Talk TD Talk is a speech-generating app designed for literate adults who can type or use eye gaze to compose messages that are then spoken aloud through a synthesized voice. It's built
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TD Phone TD Phone is a communication app that lets people with severe speech and motor disabilities text and make phone calls using eye gaze on a Tobii Dynavox device. It works with your ex
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Snap Scene Snap Scene lets a caregiver or therapist photograph a real-world location or activity, then attach recorded voice labels to objects and people within that photo, creating a custom
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Proloquo2Go - AAC app with symbols - AssistiveWare Proloquo2Go is a symbol-based AAC app for iPad and iPhone that lets people who can't speak — or who have limited speech — build sentences and communicate using a grid of picture sy
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Tail Light Switch, Say It Play It (Yellow) This large round switch records and plays back a single 20-second spoken message when activated, while simultaneously lighting up and vibrating — giving auditory, visual, and tacti
$209.95
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Apple Live Speech & Personal Voice Live Speech and Personal Voice are two linked accessibility features built into Apple devices that help people who are losing or have lost the ability to speak. Live Speech lets yo
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Accent The Accent is a dedicated speech-generating device (SGD) from PRC-Saltillo that converts a user's selections — made by touch, switch scanning, or eye gaze — into synthesized or dig
Est. $4,000–$8,000
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Novachat The Novachat is a dedicated speech-generating device (SGD) from PRC-Saltillo that produces synthesized or digitized speech output when the user selects symbols, words, or phrases o
Est. $1,500–$8,000
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Via The Via is a dedicated speech-generating device (SGD) from PRC-Saltillo, a leading AAC manufacturer, designed to produce spoken output from symbol or text selections made by the us
Est. $1,500–$8,000
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Touchchat TouchChat is an AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) app that turns an iPad or compatible tablet into a speech-generating device, letting users select symbols, words, o
Est. $50–$300
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LAMP Words for Life LAMP Words for Life is an AAC app built around the Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) approach, which assigns consistent motor patterns to words so that communicati
Est. $99–$299
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Unity AAC Unity AAC is a symbol-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app from PRC-Saltillo that uses a consistent, location-based vocabulary system called Unity, where each
