Sayable: AAC for Stroke & ALS

When someone you love can no longer speak — after a stroke, with ALS/MND, aphasia or dysarthria, or in the hospital with a breathing tube or tracheostomy — Sayable lets them tap a picture and be heard.

Sayable is an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app for adults. Tap a symbol, and the app says it out loud. No account and no complicated setup, so a family member can hand it over the same day.

MADE FOR
- Adults with aphasia after a stroke
- People living with ALS/MND or other progressive conditions
- Patients who can't speak in the hospital: breathing tube, tracheostomy, after throat surgery
- Anyone who has temporarily lost their voice
- Their families, caregivers, nurses, and speech-language pathologists

FOR FAMILIES AND CARE TEAMS
- Ready in minutes: no account, nothing to configure
- "At the doctor" and "Care help" boards for the hospital room: "It hurts here", "Please help me turn over"
- The About me card tells nurses and staff how to talk with them
- Speech-language pathologists can tailor the boards: hide, rename, and add words with photos

TAP. SPEAK. BE HEARD.
- Communication boards: health, food, people, places, time and more (28 categories, 320+ words)
- Large buttons with clear picture symbols. Tap once and it speaks
- Combine words into sentences, or say just one word — both work

SPEAK IN YOUR OWN VOICE — OR A LOVED ONE'S
- Record a word or phrase, and tapping it plays the recording instead of the synthetic voice
- Save your voice while you can: record the words you use most before surgery or before speaking gets harder. Settings > Voice recordings lists them, most used first
- A family member can record for you. Re-record, or go back to the synthetic voice, any time

READY-MADE PHRASES FOR REAL SITUATIONS
- Boards for the doctor, eating out, shopping, getting around and care help: "It hurts here", "Please explain slowly", "The bill, please", "Please help me turn over" (67 phrases)

PREDICTS YOUR NEXT WORD
- Suggests what you are likely to say next, based on the word you just tapped
- Learns how you speak, so you need fewer taps over time

ADD YOUR OWN WORDS
- Turn family photos into buttons ("My grandson")
- One-tap phrases, including partner requests like "Please speak slowly."

MAKE THE WORDS YOUR OWN
- Hide the words you don't use. A hidden word keeps its place, so no other word ever moves (your muscle memory stays intact)
- Rename a word or change what it says, and put it back any time

FOR THE HARD MOMENTS
- Show mode: display your message in huge letters for noisy places
- About me card: show people a message like "I have aphasia. Please speak slowly", plus your name, medicines, allergies and an emergency contact
- Call for help: a loud voice and flashing screen to call someone from another room
- Keyboard with word prediction, spoken aloud — for those who can type

FREE TO START, ONE PURCHASE FOR EVERYTHING
- Free forever: Express and Needs & body boards, 1 photo word of your own, 1 voice recording, typing with speech, next-word prediction, call for help, About me card, show mode, and backup
- Preview every other board before you decide to buy
- A single one-time purchase unlocks every board (28 categories including the situation boards, 320+ words), unlimited voice recordings, unlimited photo word buttons, and unlimited My Phrases
- No subscription. Bought Sayable as a paid app? Everything stays unlocked for you at no charge

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- Works fully offline — every feature, even with no signal
- No account. Your data stays on your device
- No ads
- Works with VoiceOver and Switch Control
- Full backup, so you can move everything to a new device (recorded voices included)

FROM THE DEVELOPER
Sayable grows with your feedback. A missing word, a confusing button — send it from Settings. I read every message and ship improvements.

Symbols: Mulberry Symbols (CC BY-SA)