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About this tool
Tap custom picture or text tiles to speak them aloud through your device.
An augmentative and alternative communication board that speaks a phrase aloud when you tap its tile, using the browser's own SpeechSynthesis voice. It opens with eight everyday phrases — Yes, No, Please wait, I need help, I need water, I am uncomfortable, Please call my contact, Thank you — and you can type your own to fill the board out to 24 tiles. Tiles are large touch targets, the spoken phrase is echoed in a live region for screen readers, and nothing you type is uploaded or saved to a server.
Open AAC Phrase Board on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Type into the "Add a private phrase" field and press Add phrase — the board starts with 8 phrases like "I need help" and holds up to 24 tiles.
Tap any large tile to have the browser's built-in speech synthesis speak that phrase aloud.
The last phrase is echoed on screen as "Spoken: ..." in a live region for screen readers; nothing you add is saved after reload.
Eight core phrases are already on the board, so it is usable the second the page loads rather than after a configuration step.
Anything you add lives only in this browser session — no account, no sync, no record of what was said.
The last phrase is echoed in an aria-live region, so a screen reader user or a listener who missed the audio still gets it.
Up to 24 tiles in total, including the eight it starts with. Duplicates are ignored, so adding a phrase already on the board does nothing. The cap keeps every tile large enough to hit reliably with an imprecise touch.
No. Phrases you add exist only for the current page session and disappear on reload — a deliberate privacy choice, since AAC phrases are often personal or medical. If you need a fixed board every day, a dedicated AAC app with saved profiles is the better fit.
The board uses the browser's built-in speech synthesis, so it needs a device voice installed and the volume up. Some mobile browsers also require a user gesture before any audio plays, and a few restrict speech output entirely — if nothing is heard, try a different browser or check the system text-to-speech settings.
No. This is an informational aid, not a medical device, and it does not offer symbol sets, grid navigation, switch access or word prediction the way a prescribed system does. Use it as a stopgap or a trial, and work with a speech-language pathologist for an assessed long-term solution.