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SpeechBuddy
Your personalized speech assistant
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⚡ Quick Starters
What Was Heard
📌 Matched Phrase
Favorite Phrases
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No saved phrases yet.
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▸ Advanced — sentences, sound coverage, recordings
A look inside what makes training work. You can either start recording above and it will guide you through capturing the most impactful recordings, or you can select specific sentences or words below.
📋 The 150 training sentences
These aren't random — they're designed to cover every sound English uses, so SpeechBuddy hears how this person pronounces each one. Start recording works through them in a smart order; you don't have to pick them yourself.
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🗣 Which sounds need more practice
Every English word is built from about 40 distinct sounds — like the "th" in "think" or the "sh" in "shoe". This shows which sounds this person has recorded enough of, and which still need more samples. Useful when certain words keep matching wrong — you can target those sounds directly. Tap any sound to expand it and see specific words to practice.
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🎙 Saved recordings
Every recording this person has made, with playback. Tap one to hear it back — useful for checking whether a sentence was recorded clearly. Delete individual recordings if a take wasn't good, or use the button below to start over completely.
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📈 Training history
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✦ Helper
An AI assistant that explains SpeechBuddy and coaches you on what to do next. Caregiver-only.
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Help SpeechBuddy learn
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Account ▶
Username
This is how you sign in.
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Display name
The name SpeechBuddy uses when talking to you about this person — for example, "How Becca communicates." Leave blank to use the username.
Email address
Used for password recovery. Without an email you can't reset your password if you get locked out.
Change password
Other devices sign out; this device stays signed in.
🔒 Caregiver mode lock
Stop the daily user from accidentally turning on Caregiver mode and changing things they didn't mean to. When on, the Caregiver-mode toggle in the header asks for a 4-digit PIN.
Require PIN for Caregiver mode
Set a PIN below first, then turn this on.
Set caregiver PIN
Pick a 4-digit number you'll remember. The daily user shouldn't know it.
How this person communicates ▶
Turn the three ways of communicating on or off, and pick which one opens first on the Talk tab.
One-tap saved phrases
Speak → SpeechBuddy matches a saved phrase. Best for things you say a lot.
Build sentences from words
Tap tiles one by one to put a sentence together.
Free typing or voice
For new things you haven't saved yet — speak or type, then edit.
Open this one first
Which option appears when you tap the Talk tab.
How this person sounds ▶
Pick the voice that speaks for them, and choose whether matched phrases speak automatically.
Voice quality
Premium uses ElevenLabs for natural, human-sounding speech. Device uses your phone's built-in voice.
Device voice
Pick the gender of your phone's built-in voice.
Speak matches automatically
When on, the matched phrase plays out loud right away. When off, the phrase appears silently and you tap ▶ to play it.
Speak each chip as you tap it
Sentence Builder only. When on, every tile you tap is spoken aloud the moment it's added to the sentence — even before you press Speak at the end. Helpful for users who can't read the sentence bar.
Show Sentence Builder search bar
The search box above the phrase grid lets you type to filter phrases. Turn off to hide it and give the grid more room.
Show Quick Starters band
A row of common sentence-openers above the chip grid when the sentence bar is empty. Turn off to land directly on the Starters page instead.
Show Introduce yourself
Adds an "Introduce" tile to Starters, Favorites, and the AAC Board Home so it's one tap to explain the app to a new person. Turn off to hide the tile and the pill button in the action row.
Show keyboard tab in Sentence Builder
Adds a "⌨️ Keyboard" tab to the page strip. Selecting it swaps the chip grid for a keyboard so the user can type into the same sentence bar. Off by default; useful for literate users who prefer typing.
Sentence Builder layout
Choose how the chip grid is organized.
Freeform pages (default) shows category
tabs with a flat chip grid on each — add anything,
anywhere. Traditional AAC board shows a
Home board with category tiles you drill into,
like traditional AAC apps.
Show sentence full-screen when I communicate
In Sentence Builder, tapping ▶ Play opens the sentence in a full-screen view so the person you're talking to can read it while the phone speaks. One-second delay lets you turn the phone toward them first. Off by default.
Introduce yourself: what SpeechBuddy says
Tap 👋 Introduce on any speak screen and SpeechBuddy plays this message. Leave blank to use the default with the display name. Up to 500 characters.
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Better suggestions based on where you are
Uses the device's location to gently tune next-word suggestions to your setting — restaurant, doctor, school, etc. Nothing else changes on screen. Never stored anywhere; used only for the next suggestion and forgotten. Off by default.
Show Share button
When on, a 📤 button appears next to ▶ Play / 🔊 Speak so you can send the phrase as a text or to another app. Turn off if you don't need to share.
About this person ▶
Notes about communication preferences, daily routines, care team contacts. SpeechBuddy uses these to personalise the library and (if you turn it on) AI suggestions.
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💬 Original AI interview
The AI's original onboarding questions and the answers given. Edit any answer if life has changed (new person, new schedule, new hobby), then tap Generate new phrases to add fresh suggestions to the library.
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For family & helpers ▶
Speech-language research is clear: how family and helpers respond is the single biggest factor in whether someone keeps using their AAC. We wrote a short guide — six habits that make a real difference. Share it with anyone who spends time with this person.
Practice the habits yourself
Open the guide and work through each interactive card. Do this before you share.
Share with a family member
Sends a link to speechbuddy.liberavoice.ai/family along with a short note.
AI features ▶
SpeechBuddy can use AI to make using the app easier. You can turn each helper on or off below.
Show next-phrase suggestions
When on, SpeechBuddy suggests what to say next as the user builds a sentence. Turn off to compare communication speed with vs without suggestions — your usage gets attributed to either cohort in Insights.
Suggest whole categories when helpful
Sometimes SpeechBuddy will suggest browsing a category (like "Food") instead of just single words. Tap the category chip to open it and pick from there. Marked with a ▸ arrow so they're easy to spot.
Keep AI usage records for
How long to keep records of AI calls (shown in the Data tab).
Advanced ▶
Less-common settings — accessibility, troubleshooting. None of these change how the app works for the user; safe to ignore unless you have a specific reason to be here.
📏 Text & button size
Size
Bigger sizes make tiles and buttons easier to tap and hide secondary details to keep the screen uncluttered.
🛠 Diagnostics
Optional technical info, useful for troubleshooting or curiosity. None of these affect how the app works for the user.
Show timing details after Speak
Adds a small line under each Speak action with timing and routing info (e.g. ⏱ 2.1s · 💬 whisper · embed 0.3s).
Legal & privacy ▶
Privacy Policy
What data SpeechBuddy collects, why, where it goes, and how to get it back or delete it.
Open
Terms of Service
The agreement between you and LiberaVoice LLC that covers use of the app.
Open
Data Retention Statement
Exactly how long each kind of data is kept, and when it's automatically pruned.
Open
Download my data
Everything we have on you and your library, as a JSON file: account, phrases, favorites, categories, notes, utterance history, and usage summary.
Download voice recordings
Every audio file, in a ZIP archive with a manifest that maps each recording back to its phrase.
Keep usage history for
How long to keep the accuracy records used in the Progress tab. Older records are deleted automatically.
Clear caregiver helper conversation
Wipes everything you've discussed with the AI coaching helper. Doesn't change any of this person's library data — only the chat history.
Danger zone ▶
Delete account
Permanently removes the account, all phrases, recordings, training data, and history. This cannot be undone.