Video tutorials

20 videos

• 2:27
  Getting started

  Make your first board set

  The Board Builder does the heavy lifting. Pick your communicator, choose how much vocabulary, add what they love, and SpeakAnyWay builds a whole matched set in about two minutes.

• 1:45
  Getting started

  Sign up for SpeakAnyWay

  Getting started takes about a minute. Add your email and a password, start on the free plan (no card needed), and pick a starter board.

• 1:37
  Communicators

  Set up a communicator

  The communicator is the account that uses SpeakAnyWay to talk. Add a name, tell us a little about them if you'd like, and save. Then they're ready for boards.

• 2:13
  Boards

  Build a board from a situation

  Describe a moment, like a trip to the playground, and SpeakAnyWay suggests the words and images. You check them, pick a grid size, and your board is ready to tap.

• 1:43
  Boards

  Make a board from your own words

  Already know the words you want? Type them in, separated by commas, and SpeakAnyWay puts each one on its own tile with an image. No AI, no credits.

• 1:33
  Boards

  Edit a board

  Tap a tile to change its words or image, then switch to Arrange and drag tiles where you want them. Your communicator sees the changes next time the board loads.

• 1:36
  Voices

  Pick a voice for a board

  Open a board's Settings, pick a voice from the list, play a sample, and save. Every tile on the board switches over.

• 2:24
  MySpeak

  What is a MySpeak page?

  What a sitter, teacher or new friend sees when they scan your communicator's QR code: their hello, emergency info, care notes, their boards, and a box that speaks anything you type.

• 1:55
  MySpeak

  Make a MySpeak page

  Give a communicator a page anyone can use to talk with them, plus a QR code to print. Add a name, pick a board, write a short hello, add someone to call, and you're done.

• 1:16
  Boards

  Share a board with a link or QR code

  Publish a board once, and anyone with its link can use it. They can't change it, and it isn't listed in the public library. Copy the link to send, or the QR code to print.

• 1:45
  Boards

  Print a board

  Want a paper backup? Choose Print… from a board's ⋯ menu. Print one board on a single sheet, or the whole set as a tabbed book or flip book in full, half or pocket size.

• 2:18
  Boards

  Turn a menu into a board

  Eating out? Snap a photo of the menu. SpeakAnyWay finds the dishes, you check the list, and you get a set with a page for each section, plus ordering words like I want and please.

• 1:19
  Boards

  Import a board from another AAC app

  Already have boards in another app? Export them as an OBF or OBZ file and bring them in. SpeakAnyWay checks the file first, then brings the words and layout across.

• 1:47
  Boards

  Turn a screenshot into a board

  Have a board on paper or in another app? Take a screenshot or photo. SpeakAnyWay reads the grid and the words, you check them, and it builds a board you can tap.

• 0:57
  Getting started

  Use a keyboard, switch, or eye gaze

  Not every communicator taps a screen. With a keyboard, Tab moves from tile to tile and Enter speaks. A switch or eye-gaze device works through the tools already built into the device.

• 1:33
  Boards

  Use a ready-made restaurant menu

  We may already have the menu you need. Search Restaurant menus, try it out in Speak view, then add it to your communicator. It's free and doesn't use a board on your plan.

• 0:52
  Boards

  Find a word on any board

  Can't remember which page a word is on? Tap the ⋮ menu, choose Find a word, and type a couple of letters. Each result shows the page it's on and how many taps away it is. Tap one to jump there.

• 1:00
  Communicators

  See how your communicator is talking

  Open a communicator and tap Stats to see how many words they've used, which days they talked, their most-used words, and where their taps land on each board. Available on paid plans.

• 1:30
  Communicators

  Hand off a communicator

  Set a communicator up once, then hand it to the family. Lend it from Settings, share the claim link, and the family claims it with a free account. The boards come along, and you stay on the team to keep helping.

• 2:15
  Communicators

  Build a team around your communicator

  Invite the people who help your communicator, like an SLP, a teacher or an aide, and pick a role for each. They see the team in their own account, an SLP can tune the family's boards, and everyone uses the same boards at home, at school and in therapy.