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Expressive Go

Smarty Ears
Free
2.7 out of 5

About Expressive Go

Download Expressive Go and discover an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) solution designed for fluency, clarity, and inclusion. This app empowers children, families, and educators to communicate effortlessly with an intuitive, visually rich platform.

The Smartest Language Engine on iOS

Expressive Go moves beyond static phrase books, enabling true Spontaneous Novel Utterance Generation (SNUG) with grammar and morphology built-in.

Intelligent Conjugation (Time Shift): Take control of narratives and planning. Use the new Time Button (Calendar Clock icon) to instantly shift the context of your speech. Tapping a verb in Past Tense Mode instantly produces the correct past conjugation (e.g., "I eat" → "I ate"), while Future Tense Mode sets up phrases like "will go."

Automatic Pluralization: Eliminate grammatical errors automatically. When you select a number or quantifier (like "many" or "several"), the next Noun or People symbol you tap is instantly pluralized (e.g., "2 cookie" → "2 cookies"). This is essential for grammatically correct output.

Perfect Articles (A vs. An): Our engine automatically corrects articles based on the following word's sound (e.g., "A hour" → "An hour"), ensuring the synthetic speech is always accurate and natural.

Color Coding: The interface uses the Fitzgerald Key color standard to visually reinforce grammar. Folders and item borders are color-coded (Orange for Nouns, Green for Verbs, Yellow for People/Pronouns) to guide word selection and language development.

Core Accessibility & Workflow

Expressive Go is designed for fast, practical use in daily life.

Touchless "Show Big": Quickly display your constructed message to a communication partner in a massive, high-contrast, scrollable text and image view. Simply Press and Hold the message window (sentence strip) to activate.

Integrated Sharing: From the "Show Big" screen, tap the Share Button to send your message as both text and a high-resolution image of the symbols, ensuring the recipient understands the visual context.

Ultimate Customization: Adjust Grid Size (from simple starter boards to complex communicative boards), customize Fonts (like AtlNile-Bold), and secure your configurations instantly using the built-in Lock Feature.

Multimodal Input: Supports both Symbol Tapping and direct Typing with automatic speech feedback (speak-per-word/letter settings).

Download Expressive Go today and experience the next level of intuitive, grammatically smart AAC.

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User Reviews

SLP in ATL
★☆☆☆☆ 1
Something is missing….
It is quite misleading that this free app claims to be an easy introduction to speech-generating AAC for families. This free app doesn’t include the voice files, and when I tried to click to download one of the voices, the app keeps taking me to my iPad settings page. Also, the “preloaded” AAC boards it lets you choose from don’t actually populate when you go to the board. Stick with another free app like ChatterBoards if you’re looking to build your own free AAC boards that generate speech!
AmyOTA
★★☆☆☆ 2
No sound
I do not want to purchase yet as I want to see how it works. I am an early intervention therapist that wants to trial this app with kids I work with and so far I am not happy with this app. I can not get any sound for the words and it looks like I need to subscribe for sound. I was under the impression the free version had sound.