# Speech Assistant AAC

> Speech Assistant is a Text to Speech AAC app for people who are speech impaired.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/nl.asoft.speechassistant](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nl.asoft.speechassistant)

## Overview

- **ID:** `nl.asoft.speechassistant`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** A-Soft-nl
- **Category:** COMMUNICATION
- **Downloads:** 843,499
- **Rating:** 4.45 / 5 (3,023 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2012-06-27
- **Publisher country:** NL
- **Size:** 56 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.asoft.speechassistant)
- **Website:** [http://www.asoft.nl](http://www.asoft.nl/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.asoft.nl/privacy-policy-android.html](http://www.asoft.nl/privacy-policy-android.html)

## Description

**Speech Assistant AAC** is a powerful text-to-speech (TTS) app tailored to support individuals with speech impairments caused by conditions such as Aphasia, MND/ALS, Autism, Stroke, and Cerebral Palsy. The app allows users to create customizable categories and phrases arranged on buttons, enabling easy creation of messages which can be displayed or spoken aloud using TTS technology. Users can also type free text using the keyboard.

Key features include full customization of buttons, colors, and text size; support for images and symbols; history for quick phrase access; multi-language voice support through device voices; and functionality for backup and restore via Mail or Google Drive. It supports both smartphones and tablets in portrait and landscape modes. The app offers a free basic version and an upgrade to a full version with advanced features including unlimited categories, user profiles, and voice recording options.

With offline functionality, attention sound buttons, and accessibility features, Speech Assistant AAC is an essential tool for enhancing communication and independence for people with speech difficulties.

## Rankings

- #75,076 — Overall
- #2 — speech
- #8 — assistant

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`

## Review summary

Reviewers praise Speech Assistant AAC as a free, ad-free tool that is highly customizable and easy to use. It supports typing your own phrases, editing presets, and a versatile soundboard, making it helpful for autistic and nonverbal users, those overwhelmed, and people with temporary voice loss due to illness or stress. Its accessibility across a wide range of needs is a major plus. The main drawback is that the free version caps the number of words, phrases, and voices, with paid upgrades needed for more content. Overall, a practical, supportive AAC option with some limits.

### Pros

- Free to use with no ads; basic AAC features are accessible without payment.
- Highly customizable: add/edit phrases, customize soundboard and text options.
- Strong accessibility across users: helpful for autistic, nonverbal individuals, overwhelmed situations, sickness, and other communication challenges.
- Useful for temporary voice loss and when speaking is difficult.
- Easy to use and intuitive interface.

### Cons

- Free version limits number of words/phrases/voices; upgrading is needed for more content.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nl.asoft.speechassistant)