LetMeTalk vs Spoken

LetMeTalk is a free AAC talker app for arranging images into sentences and speaking the resulting messages. Its library contains more than 9,000 ARASAAC images. Users can create unlimited categories, add images, and take new photos with a device camera. Vocabulary profiles can be saved, kept in multiples on one device, switched between, and shared with other devices. The listing names support for English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Galician, Catalan, and Basque. LetMeTalk can work without an internet connection or mobile contract. It is described as suitable for people with conditions including autism spectrum disorder, aphasia, speech apraxia, articulation or phonological disorder, ALS, MND, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome. The app is listed for Android and iOS, but the Android version was removed from Google Play on December 15, 2021. Apple’s listing says privacy-practice details have not been provided.

Spoken is an augmentative and alternative communication app for people who cannot use speech because of nonverbal autism, aphasia, stroke, or other speech and language disorders. Users compose messages on a mobile device, and the app reads them aloud with text-to-speech. It predicts words and can offer suggestions that adapt to a user’s communication. Access methods include touch, typing, handwriting, drawing, eye tracking, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. The free base version includes an attention button, large text display, large print mode, dark mode, and phrase sharing. Premium adds saved phrases, customizable lifelike voices, and a quiz that tailors suggestions to familiar people, pets, and places. Spoken runs on iOS and iPadOS 11 or later, Android 5.1 or later, and Apple Silicon Macs. Internet access is needed for all features, though limited functions work offline. The automatic Premium trial lasts around 600 words. The base app remains available afterward; Premium costs $12.99 a month, $99 a year, or $249, paid once website purchase.