Speech Assistant AAC is a text-to-speech (TTS) app designed for people who are speech impaired, for example due to Aphasia, MND/ALS, Autism, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy or other speech problems.
With the app you can create categories and phrases, which are placed on buttons. With these buttons you can create messages that can be shown or spoken (text-to-speech). It is also possible to type any text using the keyboard.
Key features
• Easy to use and completely customizable to your needs and preferences.
• Categories to organize your phrases.
• History for quick access to previously typed phrases.
• Option to select photos from your Photo Library or Symbols on the buttons.
• Option to record speech or use a text-to-speech voice.
• Full screen button to show your message with a large font.
• Auto complete feature to quickly find your phrases.
• Tabs for multiple conversations (optional setting).
• Designed for smartphones and tablets with portrait and landscape layout.
• Backup to Mail or Google Drive.
Categories and phrases
• Add, change or delete your own categories and phrases.
• You can create categories to organize your phrases for quick access.
• Long press (optional setting) to easily edit the phrase and category buttons.
• Option to Backup and Restore your categories and phrases.
Fully Customizable
• The size of the buttons, the textbox and the text can be adjusted.
• The app has various color schemes and you can also create a personal color scheme.
• Give the individual buttons with phrases different colors.
Full screen
• Show your message full screen with a very large font.
• Useful for communicating in a noisy environment.
• Button to rotate the text to show your message to the person opposite of you.
Other features
• Button to share your message to mail, text and social media.
• Connect a bluetooth keyboard and create shortcuts for the functions Speak, Clear, Show and Attention Sound.
• Option for preventing double tapping by disabling the button (for a short time) after touching.
• Undo option in case of unintentionally tapping the clear button.
• Attention sound button on Main and Full screen.
Voices
The voice is not part of the app, but the app uses the voice installed on your device.
For example, you can use one of the voices from 'Speech Services by Google'. It has female and male voices in many languages. If it is not available on your device, you can download it from the Google Play Store.
You can change the selected voice in the voice settings of the app.
Full version
The basic version of the app is free. In the settings of the app you can upgrade to the full version. This is a one-time payment for these extra features, there is no subscription.
• An unlimited number of categories.
• Backup and Restore option.
• Option to select symbols from the set of 3400 Mulberry Symbols (mulberrysymbols.org).
• Option to change the color of the individual buttons.
• History for quick access to previously spoken phrases.
• Create user profiles for different languages, situations or persons.
• Tabs for easy switching between multiple conversations.
• Option to record speech on to a button and to import voice recordings into the app.
About the app
• The app does not require an internet connection.
• For feedback or questions, please contact: android@asoft.nl.
• On www.asoft.nl you can find a user manual.
In the layout settings, you can now set the font style for the button text to regular, medium or bold.
Minor improvements and fixes.
- In the general settings of the app, you can now select up to 6 tabs for multiple conversations so you can easily switch between conversations.
- New speech setting: You can let the app speak the sentence after typing a punctuation.
Minor improvements and fixes.
Minor improvements and fixes.
Minor improvements and fixes.
Minor improvements and fixes.
Minor improvements and fixes.
Minor improvements and fixes.
With this update you can now also take a photo or select a photo from your Photo Gallery for the buttons with phrases.
- New option to make voice recordings for the buttons with phrases.
- The recordings can be exported and imported in the settings of the app.
Improvements and fixes.
Improvements and fixes.
Improvements and fixes.
- New setting to pause and resume speaking by tapping the speak button again. This feature works best with voices from 'Speech Services by Google'.
- The pause between sentences can now be set in the app's speech settings.
New option in the full version of the app: History for quick access to previously spoken phrases.
New action button to select another user profile.
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
- The color picker has more color choices.
- It is now possible to Backup / Restore from Google Drive.
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
- With the full version of the app you can now give the individual buttons with phrases different colors.
- New option in the speech settings: Highlight spoken words (works with voices from Google TTS and Android 8 or newer).
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
If you use 'Google Text-to-Speech', you can now select the voice in the settings of the app.
Small improvements.
Small improvements.
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