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How do I construct a sentence in Spoken?

  1. Tap the first word of the sentence from the word suggestions. Scroll down the list to reveal more suggested words.
An arrow points to the word how in the list of predicted words.
  1. Tap the next words in the sentence. They will speak as you choose them.
The word How is now added to the text box at the top of the screen. The arrow now points to the word Are.
How are is now in the textbox. The word you is being pointed to.
  1. When completed, tap the speaker icon to speak the entire sentence aloud.
The phrase How are you is completed and the arrow is now pointing to the speaker button to the right of the phrase.
  1. Tap the orange “x” to erase the sentence and start over.
An arrow points to the X to the left of the phrase How are you.
  1. To manually type a word, open the keyboard by tapping the keyboard icon on the bottom of the screen.
An arrow points to the icon at the bottom center of the Spoken AAC app.
  1. Type a letter to get word suggestions starting with that letter. Or, just type in entire words.
The keyboard is open and the user has typed the letter h, which changes all of the listed suggestions to words beginning with that letter.
  1. Sometimes it’s easier to write or draw words rather than use the keyboard. Spoken lets you use your finger or stylus to spell things out, or draw a picture of what you’d like to say.

Tap the keyboard icon at the bottom of the home screen.

An arrow points to the keyboard icon, located at the bottom middle of the Spoken AAC app UI.

To write, select the cursive “A” icon and a canvas will appear. Begin writing a letter and word predictions will appear that start with that letter.

The icon that activates the writing canvas, located to the left of the keyboard icon, has been tapped and the canvas is now on screen where the keyboard usually would be. The word Hello has been handwritten in the space and Spoken has understood it and converted it into typed text.

Continue writing letters, or if the word that you want appears, select the word. Alternatively, you can write out the entire word and tap the arrow icon to submit the word and clear the canvas. If you just want to clear the canvas, tap the “X” icon.

Switch to draw mode by tapping the crayon icon to the right of the keyboard icon. Begin drawing a picture and you will get word predictions based on your drawing. Select the word you want from the list. To clear the canvas, tap the “X” icon.

The icon that activates the drawing canvas, located to the right of the keyboard icon, has now been tapped and a simple house is drawn on the canvas. Above, Spoken guesses the word house correctly, followed by equally plausible possibilities like barn, dog house, and church.

Tap the keyboard icon to switch back, or the active icon to close the canvas.

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Spoken is an app that helps people with aphasia, nonverbal autism, and other speech and language disorders.