Weave Chat AAC is a free, dynamic, and completely customizable AAC app that is available to a variety of devices.
Weave Chat AAC offers a large variety of verbs (green), pronouns (yellow), questions (purple), nouns (tan/orange), adjectives (blue), and conversational words (pink). All color choices were made based on the Fitzgerald Key and new vocabulary is added weekly.
Users can add their own custom images and categories in Settings —> Manage Custom Images.
In addition, users can add their own custom phrases that can easily be accessed from their board; to add phrases, go to Settings —> Manage Phrases.
Users can select a synthetic voice (dependent on their device settings) from Settings —> Change Voice Settings - here you can select your voice, vocal pitch, and rate of speech.
Image and text size can be personalized from Settings —> Change Image & Text Size (select from default - small, medium, and large). Settings —> Configure Image Keyboard allows the user to turn on/off features that allow for the category text to be read aloud (synthetic voice for categories), to keep the user in the category after a image has been selected (stay on category after image selection), and disable the speech output for individual words so that it only reads aloud when the white text screen is touched (synthetic voice disabled for individual words).
The AAC board can be modified in Settings —> Manage Board Builder. Here, the user can select from the default board (you must make a copy to edit it - to do this select “Add new keyboard” and then select “Hide Images” for Type of Keyboard); grid position boards (ranging in size from 1x2 - 7x15 rows/columns); and Board Builder (gives you the option to build a board from scratch). All boards are completely editable and all custom images and categories can be used from all boards.
Lastly, Manage Pin Configuration allows the user to set a pin over all (or just some) aspects of customization to lock down features as needed.
Feature List:
- Dynamic, customizable, AAC boards
- Large variety of verbs, nouns, and adjectives with additional vocabulary added weekly
- Add custom images and custom categories
- Create and save phrases
- Select a synthetic voice (as available per your device settings)
- Copy & Paste AAC picture icon messages via “share”
- Create and/or modify AAC boards via 3 options: grid position boards (ranging from 1x2 - 7x15), hide images, and/or create a new board from scratch
- “Text” others who have the app using AAC picture icons
- Set a passcode to lock down features as needed
- Weave Chat AAC currently only has English buttons/images
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First time reviewing
I am a speech and language therapy assistant (in the uk we say therapist not pathologist)
It’s been a breath of fresh air to find this app. Most AAC apps you have to pay to customise the vocabulary and you left with only generic on the free versions which serves a purpose but we really need to add vocabulary the users want to speak about, favourite bands, etc. Many disabled people can’t afford to pay for that. I also love the fact you can resize the cells as my current client struggles to isolate movements and click precisely. Also you can remove cells all together which is ideal to simplify it right down so it’s accessible or bring it all the way back up for more proficient users to have all the vocabulary to string full sentences together. I was pleased to see on Facebook and Instagram this project is still going strong so the app will continue to remain compatible, be updated and improved - keep adding more vocab. I love that you have swear words. I think it’s also good that it will either speak when you press the speech button or one selecting the vocab.
It’s not perfect I found getting set up a bit clunky but other elements of the usability but so so good.
Very very grateful for this.
