A talk board with real pictures
Core words stay in the same place, so a child’s finger learns the route. Proper AAC pictures, your own photos, or your own recorded voice.
Say the sound. Hear yourself. Try again.
A talk board and speech-sound practice for children, with the tools parents and therapists need to choose the words, add their own pictures and voices, and see how it is going.
Try a soundComing soon to iPhone and iPad
Free. No ads. No accounts.
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shoe
Round your lips a little and make a quiet “shhh”.
How did it go?
Tap Listen to hear the word.
What the app does
Calm tools, no wrong answers
Each round is ten short words. A child hears the word, says it, and says how it went. Stars are for trying. Nothing is ever marked wrong, and “try again later” is always an okay answer.
Help me
A child taps how they feel and gets up to three calm things they can do, read aloud. Always positive. Always a big “I need a grown-up” button.
14 speech sounds
Eight picture words for each sound. Hear the word slowly, say it, watch your mouth in a mirror, record yourself and listen back.
My day and First / Then
Pictures of what happens next, one step at a time. First / Then keeps the nice thing locked until the task is done.
50+ visual stories
Dentist, school bus, waiting my turn, loud alarms, a new baby and more, in 8 groups. Short, literal and kind, each with a way out.
Simple mode and Focus words
One tap shows 12 big starter words. Or pick your own few. Hidden words leave no clutter, and you choose big buttons or fixed places.
Your pictures, your voice
Parents and teachers add photos, record a voice for any button, and add new words from a library of about 140 everyday words.
A voice for every age
Pick a voice style for a little child, a child, a teen or an adult, then a real voice from your phone. Six languages.
Share with the therapist
A weekly summary as a PDF or text, including feelings chosen and sounds practiced. Sent only when you choose to send it.
Six languages
Pick a language first. The whole board follows.
The first thing the app asks is which language your family uses. Every word on the board, every folder and the voice switch to it, and every button stays in its usual place. Try it: tap a word, then build a sentence.
The translations are first drafts and have not been reviewed by native speakers yet. Fluent family members: tell us what to fix.
Your browser has no speech voice, so tapping will not speak. The iPhone app uses the built-in iOS voices.
For grown-ups
Calm tools for the people helping
Parents
- Choose which sounds to work on, and how many words a day
- “Model a word” on your own phone, with a quiet wait timer
- Short activity ideas written in plain language
- Add your own photos and recordings to any button
- One-file backup to Files or iCloud Drive
Therapists and teachers
- Several children on one device, each with their own board and notes
- Results for each sound: said it, almost, try again later
- Weekly summary as PDF or text, and a CSV of everything practiced
- Share boards in Open Board Format with other AAC apps
- Switch scanning for children who cannot tap the screen
Ratings come from the child or the grown-up. The app does not listen to judge speech.
Privacy
Nothing leaves the device unless you send it
We do not run servers for the app, so we never receive your child’s words, photos or recordings.
No accountsNo adsNo trackingNo analytics
Questions
Good things to ask
Is it free?
Yes, it is free right now. If that ever changes, we will say so here first.
Is there a login?
No, and that is on purpose. When the app opens it asks who is here: Child or Grown-up. That is just a choice on the device, not an account. The grown-up area sits behind a press-and-hold lock, with an optional passcode or Face ID. Words, photos and recordings never leave the device.
Does it replace speech therapy?
No. BloomTalk is for practice and everyday communication between sessions. It does not diagnose anything or tell you which sounds your child needs. A speech-language pathologist can help you choose.
Which languages does it use?
The app, the talk board and the voice work in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Hindi. You choose on the first screen. The speech-sound practice words are English for now.
Does it listen to my child or watch them?
Only when your child taps Record or Mirror. A recording plays back once so they can hear themselves, then it is thrown away. The mirror is a live preview that records nothing. Neither is saved, sent or analysed.
Does it tell my child they are wrong?
Never. The app does not try to judge speech, because that is unreliable for young children and discouraging when it is wrong. A grown-up or the child says how it went, and stars are for trying.
When can I get it?
We are preparing it for the App Store on iPhone and iPad. It is not there yet.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet.