Next Word Board

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Optional. After this child speaks, the website receives one count for that day. It does not receive words, photos, recordings, names, or a device ID. Turn this off at any time.

What it has learned

Forget removes a phrase from what the board learned. Nothing leaves this device.

Children

Each child has a separate private learning profile: words, phrases, routines, pictures, preferences and settings never mix with another child. Switching only happens here, behind the grown-up question.

Personal facts

Add short facts the child may want to share. They stay in this child's profile on this device.

Upcoming activity context

Optionally prepare relevant words before one upcoming activity. This information stays in this profile on this device and can be cleared at any time.

Approved conversation phrases

A family member or communication professional can add a reviewed phrase. It appears only for the selected goal and topic.

Today's modeling tips

Modeling means tapping the words on the board while you say them (use Practice mode so the board does not learn from your taps). Children learn the board by watching you use it.

Focus word and gaps

The focus word gets a 🎯 on its tile and a gentle nudge in suggestions. Layouts never change.

Daily routines

During a routine the matching words get a ★ and a gentle nudge in suggestions, and a "Now" line shows above the quick phrases. Uses this device's clock.

The strip lists today's routines in time order. The current one is highlighted and finished ones fade. Tap a picture to hear its name.

This week

A plain count of what was spoken in the last 7 days. It is not an assessment. Share it with your speech-language pathologist if it helps.

Smart helper architecture

The child always gets a fast, predictable picture board. Optional open models work behind it and never move learned buttons, diagnose the child or make decisions for the family.

Camera and microphone features are off by default. Photo suggestions and generated phrases must be approved by a grown-up before they reach the child screen.

How it adapts

The board layout never changes on its own. Suggestions only add outlines and the Next / Finish buttons.

Optional local AI

Local AI can help grown-ups create suggestions and can offer an optional sentence. The communication board works without it.

Local AI is off. No AI model is stored on this device.

Your board words, phrases, pictures and communication history are not sent with a model download.

The model files come from Hugging Face, so that provider receives normal connection information such as your IP address during the download.

AI can make mistakes. Review suggestions before adding content to the board. The original words always remain available.

Meaning search

Multilingual E5 ranks only installed, approved picture words. It never creates a word or moves a tile.

Off. Built-in private search remains available.

Private server model

No private Qwen server is configured. Local suggestions remain available.

Optional offline natural voice

Kokoro 82M runs on this device after its open model files are downloaded. Device speech remains the automatic fallback.

Off. Device speech will be used.

Main screen

The child's screen asks one simple question at a time and ends in a whole sentence. Choose what shows up first, and in what order.

Pictures on the first screen

All picture groups appear on one page. Choose three favorites to place first for this child. Help, Break, All done and Stop stay available.

Without pins, each step shows five choices picked from what the child uses, the time of day, the routine and the focus word. They stay in a steady order. Everything else is under More.

Check-ins

The app can start the conversation. At routine times it asks one yes-or-no question out loud, such as "Are you hungry?", and the child taps Yes or No. Yes leads on to choosing what they want. After two Nos for the same question it stops asking that day. Off until you switch it on.

Questions follow your daily routines (or the usual times if you have not set any). The screen must be open and the child idle for 30 seconds.

Gentle help and suggestions

Everything here is worked out on this device from how taps happen. Nothing is sent anywhere.

If a child taps very fast many times, the app calmly asks "Are you okay?" with Yes and No. At most once every 10 minutes.

Photos of your home

Add a real photo of each room. It replaces the picture on that room's button under "Look around", so the child recognizes their own kitchen or bedroom. Photos stay on this device.

Taps and screen

Personal voices made in device accessibility settings appear in the Voice list when the browser makes them available.

Locking hides Practice and makes the settings button need a 2 second press, then the math question. For a full lock on the device, also use Guided Access (iPhone) or Screen pinning (Android).

Practice (the cap button at the top) lets a grown-up model sentences: words are spoken but the board does not learn from them.

First, then

Show a visual "first this, then that" strip above the quick phrases. Pick any two words on the board. Your child taps a card to hear it, and taps the check when the first thing is done.

Word packs

Add a ready-made set of words as its own folder. You can remove a pack any time. Words already on the board are skipped.

Vocabulary library

The full picture library is available from the Library folder on the board. Core word positions stay fixed, and families can still add personal words and optional packs.

Situation pack creator

Choose an activity. The app proposes useful installed or approved pack words. Review every word before adding it.

Languages

Keep the same tile positions while showing and speaking parent-approved labels in another language. Bilingual mode uses approved translations when available and English for the other words.

Parent dictation

Whisper Small multilingual transcribes a short setup value on this device, with Whisper Tiny as a low-memory fallback. The transcript is reviewed and never saved automatically.

Recorded voices

Record a family member saying a word (up to 5 seconds). When a word has a recording, it plays instead of the computer voice. Recordings stay on this device and are not part of the backup text.

My words and pictures

Add words your child uses: a family member, a favorite toy, a place. Photos are shrunk and kept only on this device.

Put it on the home screen

iPhone: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. Android: open the browser menu, then Install app.

Print

A picture list of every word on the board, for the fridge, the classroom or the therapist. Uses your print dialog, so you can also save as PDF.

Back up or move

A backup file holds the current child's learned words, added words and added packs. Recorded voices are not included. Nothing leaves this device unless you send the file yourself.

Temporary device handoff

Create an encrypted link containing only the current or last spoken words. The link expires after 10 minutes, works without an account, and never contains the child's history or photos.

Erase everything

Deletes everything for the child currently in use: learned phrases, your own words, word packs, recordings and settings.

Start and recover

1. Try Help, Stop and Speak before adding optional AI.
2. If speech stops, choose Device default voice and reload the app.
3. If a model download fails, remove the partial model, check storage, and retry.
4. Use Save backup file before moving devices or clearing browser data.
5. The communication board continues without downloaded AI.

About, privacy and credits

Everything the board learns stays on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you use the optional Claude helper inside Claude.

Picture symbols: OpenMoji, CC BY-SA 4.0. Font: Atkinson Hyperlegible.