Ask HN: Best iOS apps for speechless child?

by levleontiev on 5/31/2020, 7:27:47 PM with 3 comments
I am the father of a speechless son, 9yo, he was diagnosed autism several years ago.

He can communicate with pictograms, showing "I want ice cream" or "I want to drive a bicycle".

I imagine that there should be a simple application, where a child constructs a sentence and then presses the "play" button, and the application pronounces it. I think that this will help a speechless child to learn literacy.

Had anyone ever came across such app?

  • by mjmasn on 5/31/2020, 9:07:40 PM

    There are plenty of apps that can do pictograms to speech - I think the term you want to search for is "aac apps" (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). I'll see if my partner (an adult speech therapist) has any recommendations and get back to you.