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Spoken - Tap to Talk AAC

by Spoken Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

Quick verdict

What it is
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At a glance
  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

Categories and search queries

Official categories

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Key functions

Function Availability Access Scope Evidence
Family Sharing Yes Unknown App Store Store published
Free app Yes Free Store published
In-app purchases Yes Limited free Store published

Screens

App Store

10 store screenshots

Spoken - Tap to Talk AAC ipad screenshot 1
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Pricing & paywalls

App Store

  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

Ratings & reviews

App Store

4.3 160 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Amazing for speech aphasia or apraxia

    My wife had a brain tumor removed and lost speech temporarily while the brain recovered. She had full comprehension and knew the words to say she just couldn't speak them. She could type on her phone perfectly fine, and this app coupled with a good quality Bluetooth speaker was a godsend. - it gave her a voice. The "poppy" voice is a very nice natural female voice. I have one suggestion. Autocorrect - either as a default or at least as an option to just use the phone's built in autocorrect. The predictive text is awesome, but in the days after the surgery as my wife became more comfortable looking at her phone and typing, we found she could type what she wanted to say faster than selecting words from predictive text (which was awesome at first or for those with difficulty typing). In our situation we also found it much more natural to turn off the setting to speak every word as it's being typed, and instead write out the sentence, then tell the app to speak. However, the lack of auto correct on individually typed words really slowed her down. We all have gotten spoiled by autocorrect so it seems unnatural and difficult to type without it.

    rolfejr · 31 Jul 2026

  2. 5/5COVID19 Survivor

    This app is a life saver, on August 3rd i went into the hospital with Covid and was sedated for about 2 months. Mind you I’m 21 and I had severe pneumonia and was only given 20% chance of living i got off the ventilator eventually but in order for me to live they did a tracheotomy on me. I couldn’t speak when i woke up and it hurt so much to see my family and the love of my life and not be able to tell them how much i love them, but this app helped me communicate with my family and nurses as well as doctors, i don’t know where i would be without this app when i was in the hospital. Today i have recovered 100% with no long term affects and I’m very grateful and now i just have a tracheotomy scar and feeding tube scar but hey it’s better than not being alive. Thank you to every developer of this app.

    Panda1131 · 31 Jul 2026

  3. 1/5Worst AAC app I’ve ever tried.

    Some of these reviews must be paid for because this is the most user unfriendly app I’ve ever had. It gives no information on how to use it. Maybe it does if you pay the $13 monthly subscription for premium but it’s mostly just a very limited and confusing text to speech app and not an AAC. When you open it it tells you that you have a 500 word limit and that means every word in a phrase as well. It goes down as you choose words. On the main screen it only lists 27 basic words that have no categories to make it easy to find and put together. You can search for words and more come up but scrolling down it doesn’t scroll down to more words like it looks as if it will. I can’t find a way to log and store phrases. This is a scam app targeted to disabled people for an outrageous amount of money and an unnecessary subscription. I recommend Speech Assistant AAC instead, it costs a lot of money for an app but it’s well organized and not a subscription that you would have to consistently pay in order to help you communicate.

    Harmoniehaven · 31 Jul 2026

  4. 2/5Requires Literacy

    This app would be ok for someone who is educated and can read/understand English, but it is not helpful for people who don’t have written English language skills. You need to be able to read in English to successfully use this app. Most people who can read, can also speak for themselves. I would only recommend this app for a person of average to above average intelligence who is fluent in reading the English language. It is very text heavy and the images are not big enough or drawn in a way that aids understanding.

    jbrun84 · 31 Jul 2026

  5. 1/5Overpriced for a basic and disappointing product

    The fact that this app has the gall to call itself “accessible” and then lock basic features behind exorbitant prices to extort the disabled insults me. The lifetime premium is far more expensive for what it does (unlocks a few basic features), and they hide it on their website- in the app you can only pay for the subscriptions, because they want to prey on people who forget to unsubscribe. I did not ask to be disabled. I would simply speak if I could. That’s not an excuse to extort me. It even goes so far as to disable the predictive text feature which came built into my phone’s keyboard just so they could paywall a “learning predictive keyboard” as a “premium” feature. This also disables autocorrect, which is incredibly frustrating. On top of that, the predictive text is useless. It loads so slowly that typing is much faster. It can’t even be used offline, unlike, oh, I don’t know, the predictive text feature built into my phone’s keyboard. I thought once my free trial ran out that I would be restricted to one or two basic voice options, presumably the first two on the list (Magnolia and Oak), with no control over pitch or speed. Nope. The voice they gave me wasn’t even an option. It’s the most outdated, horrible sounding tts voice I’ve ever heard. Barely legible and grating on the ears. It’s apparently called DECTalk and was made all the way back in 1983. Impressive technology for the time, sure, but horrendous today. Just awful. I’d get better results from using google translate’s built in voice.

    The Aviary System · 31 Jul 2026

Privacy & accessibility

App Store

Privacy

  • Data Not Collected Developer declared

Accessibility

  • Dark Interface — SUPPORTED Store published
  • Differentiate Without Color Alone — SUPPORTED Store published
  • Larger Text — SUPPORTED Store published
  • Reduced Motion — SUPPORTED Store published
  • Sufficient Contrast — SUPPORTED Store published
  • VoiceOver — SUPPORTED Store published

Versions

App Store

  • 1.1.0

    Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • 1.1.3

    This latest version contains bug fixes and improvements.

  • 1.2.0

    New Features! -- Large Print - See words more clearly Dark Mode - Color palette for nighttime and low light Sign in with Apple - Use your Apple ID to register

  • 1.2.1

    New Features: Large Print & Dark Mode! -- Large Print - See words more clearly Dark Mode - Color palette for nighttime and low light Sign in with Apple - Use your Apple ID to register

  • 1.3.0

    Bug Fixes, Performance Improvements and New Features: Dark Mode & Large Print! -- Large Print - See words more clearly Dark Mode - Color palette for nighttime and low light

  • 1.4.0

    New and better icons for thousands of words! We've expanded our massive icon library to support even more words, from "college" to "coronavirus"..

  • 1.5.0

    New and better icons for thousands of words! We've expanded our massive icon library to support even more words, from "college" to "coronavirus"..

  • 1.5.2

    Reach out and talk with friends and family this holiday season! We've made Spoken's premium features free to use for everyone from Dec 22-Jan 2. Happy Holidays! Plus - bug fixes and new icons for thousands of words!

  • 1.6.0

    We've been working hard to make Spoken even faster – from predictions to speech synthesis, this version includes speed improvements that let you communicate quicker and easier.

  • 1.6.1

    We've been working hard to make Spoken even faster – from predictions to speech synthesis, this version includes speed improvements that let you communicate quicker and easier. This minor update also fixes some pesky bugs.

  • 1.7.0

    Write and Draw to Speak! Handwriting and Sketch recognition is in this new version of Spoken, plus more speed and usability improvements.

  • 1.7.1

    Write and Draw to Speak! Handwriting and Sketch recognition is in this new version of Spoken, plus more speed and usability improvements and new context options.

  • 1.8.0

    Location-based predictions and Attention features are new in this version of Spoken, plus speed and usability improvements.

  • 1.8.1

    Spoken Premium is 50% off for Autism Awareness Month!

  • 1.8.4

    Never miss out on the conversation again.

  • 1.8.5

    Performance enhancements and big fixes.

  • 1.8.7

    Reorder Saved Phrases and more!

  • 1.8.8

    Bug fixes and improvements - over 200 words with new icons!

  • 1.8.9

    • Share what you say as an audio message • Add your own words to Spoken’s vocab • Music volume reduces when you speak • Podcasts and audiobooks temporarily pause when you speak • “Alert & Speak” option added + setting to make it default • Added scroll buttons to predictions • Symbols added to thousands of additional words • Over 11,000 predicted proper nouns are now capitalized • Better compatibility with iOS 18 eye tracking Thanks for using Spoken AAC!

  • 1.9.0

    Hundreds of new icons, Bug Fixes, and more!

  • 1.9.1

    • Added five voices and new accent options: New voices include Hawthorn, Jessamine, Lilac, Lotus, and Tawari. Lotus introduces an Indian accent, while Tawari debuts a New Zealand accent. • Improved offline voices: Offline voices are now higher-quality on most devices and more closely match their online counterparts. • Introduced incognito mode: There is now a “Teach Spoken How I Talk” toggle. Disabling this puts you into incognito mode, allowing you to discuss sensitive topics without those words appearing in or influencing future suggestions. • Expanded the symbol library: Hundreds of word icons have been added. • Improved icon quality: Icons are now higher resolution and should also load faster. • Added two new settings: Based on user feedback, “Keep Saved Phrases Open” and “Hide Scroll Arrows” have been added as toggles in settings. • Fixed bugs: Various issues have been eliminated for a smoother AAC experience.

  • 1.9.2

    • Added five voices and new accent options: New voices include Hawthorn, Jessamine, Lilac, Lotus, and Tawari. Lotus introduces an Indian accent, while Tawari debuts a New Zealand accent. • Improved offline voices: Offline voices are now higher-quality on most devices and more closely match their online counterparts. • Introduced incognito mode: There is now a “Teach Spoken How I Talk” toggle. Disabling this puts you into incognito mode, allowing you to discuss sensitive topics without those words appearing in or influencing future suggestions. • Expanded the symbol library: Hundreds of word icons have been added. • Improved icon quality: Icons are now higher resolution and should also load faster. • Added two new settings: Based on user feedback, “Keep Saved Phrases Open” and “Hide Scroll Arrows” have been added as toggles in settings. • Fixed bugs: Various issues have been eliminated for a smoother AAC experience.

  • 1.9.3

    • Added a new voice selection menu in settings: Choose voices from other sources like ElevenLabs, Apple Personal Voice, or your device’s built-in voices. • Introduced support for ElevenLabs: In addition to your full ElevenLabs voice library, you can also access instant voice cloning and prompt-based voice design all from within Spoken after you link your account. • Introduced support for Apple Personal Voice: Users on iOS 17 and up can now use their Apple Personal Voice in Spoken, if they’ve made one. • Introduced support for system voices: You can now choose from the default text-to-speech voices built into your device. • Remastered app icon for Liquid Glass: We rebuilt our app icon so users on iOS 26 can fully customize it on their home screen.

  • 1.9.4

    • Added Autocorrect Toggle: Choose if you want misspelled words to be corrected while typing • Added Spellcheck Toggle: When turned on, potentially misspelled words will turn reddish-orange • Accessibility Improvements: The app was overhauled for VoiceOver and screen reader users • Performance Enhancements & Bug Fixes: Word predictions load faster and the “try again” screen appears less, plus multiple visual adjustments for a smoother experience

  • 1.9.5 · 19 Nov 2025

    • Added Autocorrect Toggle: Choose if you want misspelled words to be corrected while typing • Added Spellcheck Toggle: When turned on, potentially misspelled words will turn reddish-orange • Accessibility Improvements: The app was overhauled for VoiceOver and screen reader users • Performance Enhancements & Bug Fixes: Word predictions load faster and the “try again” screen appears less, plus multiple visual adjustments for a smoother experience

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