Conversation-aware AAC · iPhone & iPad

AAC for taking part in real conversation

Possibilities, expressed.

Take part through phrases, symbols, your own words and context-aware choices. Ryan's Voice keeps the decision with the person: they choose what, if anything, is spoken.

Download on the App Store See how it works
  • Phrase, symbol and text routes
  • Core tools work offline
  • No Rockshore account
  • Speech recognition on the device

Designed for people who cannot rely on speech alone. Suitability depends on language, access method, communication preferences and support needs.

Take the Floor (43 s). Narration: AI-generated voice. App interface: Ryan's Voice on iPad.

Why people choose Ryan's Voice

Whole phrases in fewer steps

Instead of building every sentence letter by letter, a person can choose a prepared phrase on a large tile and hear it spoken.

Choices follow the conversation

With Smart Voice, nearby speech is transcribed on the device and relevant phrase choices appear. The person can choose one, use their own words or choose none.

Privacy by design

Core communication and Smart Voice processing are designed to occur on the device, and no Rockshore account is required. See the privacy policy for local storage, Apple services and optional sharing.

More ways to express

More than 1,000 ready-to-use phrases sit alongside symbols, text input, favourites and personal phrases. Large tiles support a clear touch route.

How it works

One clear action at a time.

Choose a route

Start with phrases, symbols, text, favourites or Quick SOS.

See relevant choices

Browse everyday topics. With Smart Voice, nearby speech becomes text and context-aware choices appear.

Choose what to say

Tap a phrase to speak it, add your own words or decide that none of the choices fit.

Coming soon

What's coming in Ryan's Voice 3.2

Replies that fit the moment, and Say More that keeps up.

  • Say More follows the conversation. Its first starters and word choices match what you were just asked. Find any starter fast with the new search box and group buttons, with your most-used starters first.
  • Pain and feeling unwell. Show where it hurts on a body map, then answer follow-up questions with replies that fit.
  • Quick SOS fits on one screen, with larger tiles and all the urgent lines in one place.
  • Misheard? When the app isn't sure what was said, it asks "Did they say…?". Press Fix again to pick or type the right words.
  • More of everyday conversation understood: compliments, good news, invitations, "How are you today?", "What's wrong?", someone saying they want to go, and more.
  • Symbols: more pictures and starters, and all six replies fit on iPhone.
  • Switch Control: a step-by-step guide in Settings shows how to use Ryan's Voice with the switch scanning built into iPhone and iPad.
  • Location and directions (turn on in Settings): say where you are, get directions to your places, and show a place on a map.
  • Share a session log with your speech pathologist as a PDF or spreadsheet, after you review it.
  • A new welcome tour, adjustable button size, phrases you can keep on every reply page, and your choice of Home pages.

Reply choices as people speak, Start Talking and Say More are part of Smart Voice. See pricing.

Pricing

Download Ryan's Voice and start straight away. Smart Voice adds conversation in real time.

For everyone
Included
with the download
  • 1,000+ ready-to-use phrases
  • Tap-to-speak with large tiles
  • Typing, favourites and your own phrases
  • The Symbol board
  • Quick SOS
  • Core tools work offline
Get the app
Conversation in real time
Smart Voice
Monthly or yearly
optional subscription, from version 3.2
  • Everything included for everyone
  • Reply choices as people speak
  • Say More and Start Talking
  • Picture replies that follow the conversation
  • Speech recognition on the device
  • Nothing is said until the person chooses
Download, then choose in-app

From version 3.2, Smart Voice is a monthly or yearly subscription. The App Store shows the current price, and any introductory offer, for your storefront. Smart Voice Lifetime is no longer sold from 3.2; if you bought it, it stays yours. If you first downloaded Ryan's Voice before 3.2, you keep tap-to-listen replies, Start Talking and Say More, as before.

Built by Ryan's family

Ryan is autistic, communicates without relying on speech and has apraxia, a motor-planning condition that makes speaking and typing demanding. His parents began building Ryan's Voice with him after years of seeing how much communication could be lost between a thought and the interface meant to carry it.

Ryan's own language and the family's experience informed a system with more than one route to expression. His experience is the origin of the product, not a claim that one AAC approach will suit every person.

The details, if you want them

The research behind the design

Published AAC research describes the effort involved in constructing messages letter by letter (Beukelman & Light, 2020). Ryan's Voice offers a phrase-level route that can reduce the number of selections needed for a prepared utterance. That design rationale is not a promise of a particular communication speed or a clinical outcome.

Designed around motor strengths

Ryan's Voice uses a small number of large touch choices, horizontal category navigation and text paired with symbols in its symbol-based route. This can reduce the number of precise selections needed for a familiar message, but access needs are individual and should be tested with the person. From version 3.2, Ryan's Voice also works with Switch Control, the switch scanning built into iPhone and iPad, and includes a setup guide in Settings.

Privacy, in depth

Core communication and Smart Voice processing are designed to occur on the device, and Ryan's Voice does not require a Rockshore account. Ryan's Voice does not send communication content to Rockshore during ordinary use. Apple services and user-initiated external features have their own data pathways; see the privacy policy for feature-specific details.

Which release does this page describe?

This page was checked on 14 October 2026. It describes version 3.1.0 (Build 253), the current App Store release, and version 3.2, which is coming soon; where something changes in 3.2, the page says so. The interactive experience is an educational practice demo, not the iOS app itself. Check the App Store listing for the currently downloadable version.

Comparing AAC apps?

We keep practical, evidence-aware guides: Ryan's Voice vs Proloquo2Go, AAC apps for apraxia, and AAC apps for adults. The person should lead any AAC decision, with support from a speech-language pathologist or assistive-technology professional where useful. The Ryan's Voice core app can be trialled without purchase.

Try it today

No Rockshore account. Choose a phrase and hear it spoken.

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