Search List

The apps and software listed here were not designed for people with aphasia but they may help some people to improve their communication, and/or help in every day life. It is not a definitive list, but it is a selection that could be useful.

£ = less than £10, ££ = £10 to £50, £££ = over £50 - We only include a price guide for apps {{ due to the complexity of software pricing }}. Please click on individual icons to go to the retailer for more detail.

Active Reading

Software for practise reading longer passages

Learn topic based vocabulary

Practise listening to topic based vocabulary

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • Internet Required
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • MAC
  • PC
  • American English
AlphaTopics - AAC

Cueing app

Keyboard and topics list to help cue a conversation partner into context of spoken conversation

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
Aphasia Duo

An AAC app with vocabulary specifically for people with aphasia. 

Includes communication supports, visual scenes, topics, Chat Help and Word Help.

Click on a symbol to speak out your message.

Add your own words and phrases.

Use the whiteboard to draw or write your message.

  • general
  • iPad
  • PC
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Other Languages Available
AudioMemos

Voice recorder

Use to record your own speech, record reminders, record conversations

Can send recordings via email

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Bitsboard

App for creating customised therapy exercises (spelling, semantics, sequencing)

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
CanPlan

Visual calendar & personalised step by step instructions for daily tasks

  • iPad
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
  • Other Languages Available
Choiceworks calendar

Visual calendar which speaks the events. Alarms can also be set

  • iPad
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
ClaroSpeak Plus

Text to speechReads text aloud as you type

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • MAC
  • PC
  • UK English
  • Other Languages Available
Cognishine

A comprehensive library of activities covering cognition, social emotional skills, language and speech.

  • Internet Required
  • MAC
  • PC
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Other Languages Available
CommunicAide

AAC app for speaking out words and phrases. Photo based.

  • iPad
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Conversation builder Teen

Practise spoken conversations & record them

  • iPad
  • American English
Envision AI

This app describes the world around you . Point the camera at objects, people, text (typed or hand written) & it will speak aloud the writing or the scene it can see

  • Android Phone
  • iPhone
  • UK English
Fotobabble 5

Attach voice recordings to your photos

When you touch a photo, it speaks out so you can explain your photos and use them in conversation if your speech is affected

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
GoTalk Now

AAC app with four page styles for communication: standard (direct tap) , scene (hotspot photos), express (build sentences) , keyboard (type with built in word prediction).

 

  • iPad
  • MAC
  • Web Browser
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
i get it my daily schedules

Photo planner

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
Keeble

Keeble is a keyboard that can be adapted in multiple ways to improve accessibilty.

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • Other Languages Available
Lexico cognition

Exercises for listen & remember or read and remember

Listen to or read describing words

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • American English
Main Street Memory

Exercises for following auditory instructions within real-life scenarios

  • iPad
  • American English
Memorado


Games for working on memory, concentration, attention and reaction times

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Memory Exercises

Exercises for working on short-term memory, attention, processing and working memory using spoken responses

  • iPad
  • American English
Memory Lane Games

Create quiz style games/ word finding activities, based around personal memories.

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
NaturalReader 10

Free text to speech program

Works in Microsoft programs, webpages, PDF files and emails

Can magnify text to aid reading

  • PC
  • UK English
  • American English
NeuronUP

Web based exercises for working on listening, sequencing, emotions, attention

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • MAC
  • PC
  • American English
Our Story2

App for creating personalised photo stories

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • Other Languages Available
  • American English
  • Australian English
Oxford Picture Dictionary

Picture dictionary with opportunities to practise simple conversations

Unit 1 is free

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • American English
PhotoMind

Calendar/reminders with photo and written text

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Pictello

Attach speech to your photos

When you press on a photo, it speaks out. You can explain your photos and use them in conversation

You can  use it to tell stories

You can also make visual schedulers to remind you how to carry out tasks (e.g. baking a cake)

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Popplet


Communication organisation

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Predictable

Predicatable

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
  • Other Languages Available
Proloquo2go

AAC app using symbols, photos and keyboard with word prediction

Ready made vocabularies

Create or personalise your own vocabularies

 

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • MAC
  • Smart watch
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
  • Other Languages Available
Read&Write

Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like:

  • reading text out loud
  • understanding unfamiliar words

 

  • Android Tablet
  • Internet Required
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • MAC
  • PC
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
  • Other Languages Available
Say it: English Pronunciation

Practise speaking words and comparing to a model. Rate your own attempts

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
Seeing AI

This free app describes the world around you . Point the camera at objects, people, text (typed or hand written) & it will speak aloud the writing or the scene it can see

  • iPhone
  • UK English
Sentence builder teen

Exercises for building sentences

  • iPad
  • American English
SmallTalk daily activities

85 spoken phrases with symbols for talking about daily tasks

For use in conversations

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • American English
SMS/Talk Text Enlarger

Makes your text messages bigger & easier to read

  • Android Phone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
spacedretrievaltherapy

To work on memory

Not for independent use

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Speech Assistant AAC

A basic AAC app

Click on a word to speak it out

Lists of words to choose from and add your own

You need to be able to read single words to use this app

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • MAC
  • Smart watch
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Speech Tutor

Exercises for practising 20 speech sounds

Videos of mouth movements

Can record own attempts

  • iPad
  • iPhone
Speechify

Speechify is a text to speech tool.

 

 

  • Android Tablet
  • Internet Required
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • MAC
  • PC
  • UK English
  • American English
SpeechJournal

Attach voice recordings to your photos to tell people about yourself and what you've been doing

 

  • iPad
  • American English
Talking Mats

Digital version of the low-tech Talking Mats available as licensed software.

Use to create picture based discussion boards to support conversation on a diverse range of topics.

  • MAC
  • PC
  • Web Browser
  • Web site/in the cloud
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
TouchChat HD

An AAC app with vocabulary specifically for people with aphasia & keyboard with word prediction

Click on a symbol/photo to  speak out your message

Use your own photos, phrases & voice recordings

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • American English
Unus Tactus

Photo based phone app

Attach photos to your contacts. To call them, just click on their photo

Useful for people who struggle to read names

  • iPhone
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Visual Attention Therapy

Therapy exercises for visual neglect (i.e. when you can only see one side of the screen)

Encourages you to look at the whole screen and develop a normal 'looking' pattern

  • iPad
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Voice dream reader

Reads text aloud, word & line highlighting. Option to reduce text area to improve focus. Option to use large font size.  Supports PDF documents, ebooks, web pages. Free trial available.

  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • American English
Word Domino

Put 2 dominoes together to make a word

5 categories of words to choose from

  • Android Phone
  • Android Tablet
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English
Word Q Speak Q

Help with spelling: word prediction, speech recognition & screen reader

Guesses what you want to say, reads aloud text on the screen and types the words you say aloud

  • iPad
  • MAC
  • PC
  • UK English
  • American English
  • Australian English