Your voice matters.
The communication app that actually teaches—built by clinicians, proven in classrooms.
Learn to communicate through beautiful stories and interactive adventures. Help children find their voice with evidence-based visual learning.
25,000+
Downloads
Research-Backed
Missouri school study
Built by SLPs
40+ years experience
Three paths to communication
Each mode builds on the last, creating a complete learning journey
Watch Stories
Beautiful visual stories show vocabulary in real-world situations
Practice
Guided exercises model exactly what to say, then wait patiently
Story Mode
Interactive stories where your words control what happens
The 1,000-Year Problem
words neurotypical children hear by age 4
AAC models per year with twice-weekly therapy
Do the math.
years to close that gap
That's not a gap. That's a chasm.
Traditional AAC expects users to bridge this gap on their own. InnerVoice closes it by making every interaction a model. Not twice a week. Every single day.
Language Isn't Trained. It's Acquired.
For 70 years, AAC has borrowed from behavioral psychology: drill the request, reinforce the response, count the data points.
The result? Interventions that produce compliant requesting in therapy rooms but don't generalize to real life. Systems that measure "correct responses" while actual communication remains out of reach.
Here's the proof: if behaviorist methods worked for language, you could train an LLM with flashcards.
You can't.
Traditional AAC
- Isolated symbols in category folders
- Drill and practice methodology
- Mand and tact training
- Words without context
InnerVoice
- Visual stories showing social context
- Usage-based linguistics framework
- Massive contextual exposure
- Language in real situations
Every LLM learns language the same way humans do—through massive exposure to language in context, with meaning attached to social situations. Not through operant conditioning.
InnerVoice is built on usage-based linguistics—the framework that explains how children actually acquire language.
The Piano Problem
Imagine handing someone a piano and expecting them to play Mozart.
They've never heard music. They've never seen anyone play. They've never been taught what the keys do.
That's what traditional AAC does. It hands users a communication device and hopes they'll figure it out.
InnerVoice is the music teacher, the concert, and the piano—all in one.
Built for How Language Actually Works
Many children—especially autistic children—acquire language in chunks, not pieces. They grab whole phrases before they understand individual words. Researchers call this gestalt language processing.
Traditional AAC fights this. It forces users into category hierarchies, isolated symbols, word-by-word construction.
InnerVoice embraces natural language acquisition.
When a child explores a button, they don't just hear a word.
They see an engaging anime scene showing what that word actually means in a social context. "Help" isn't an isolated symbol. It's a child stuck on playground equipment, needing assistance, asking for it, and getting it.
Every tap delivers:
Why would someone say this?
How does it feel?
The words themselves
What happens when you communicate?
This is usage-based linguistics in action.
Exploration is rewarded with meaning. Learning happens through discovery, not drilling.
How InnerVoice Teaches
A proven three-step journey from watching to practicing to playing
Watch
Beautiful visual stories show vocabulary in real-world situations. Learn what to expect at the dentist, at school, at a birthday party—before anyone asks you to speak.
Practice
Guided exercises model exactly what to say, then wait patiently for the learner to try. As many times as they need. No frustration. No judgment.
Play
Interactive Story Mode where your words control what happens. Communication becomes adventure. Every choice matters.
The goal: real communication with real people
From 4 Skills to 10 Skills in Two Years
At a Missouri state school for students with severe disabilities, one student had mastered just 4 communication skills after years of trying.
Two years after teachers introduced InnerVoice, he had mastered 10—more than double his previous skills, tracked through standardized Communication Matrix assessments.
This isn't marketing. This is documented in peer-reviewed academic research.
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Built for everyone who helps
Whether you're a clinician, educator, or family member, InnerVoice adapts to your needs.
For Clinicians
You know modeling works. You know frequency matters. But you only see clients 1-2 times per week. InnerVoice fills the gap.
- Assign specific activities for home practice
- Track usage and progress remotely
- Reinforce therapy goals between sessions
- Document outcomes for IEPs and insurance
You do the clinical reasoning. We handle the repetition.
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For Schools
Schools have documented measurable progress on Communication Matrix assessments after implementing InnerVoice.
- Per-student or site licensing options
- FERPA-compliant version available
- Progress dashboards for teachers
- IEP goal alignment and documentation
Communication skills that transfer—not isolated therapy gains.
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For Families
You're not a speech therapist. You shouldn't have to be. InnerVoice does the teaching so you can focus on connecting.
- Your child can explore independently
- Every tap teaches something
- Progress happens between therapy sessions
- No degree required
"InnerVoice helps teach language to autistic people, who come from all over the world, using the universal languages of fun and laughter."
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Your child's voice matters.
Join 25,000+ families, clinicians, and educators using InnerVoice to make communication possible.
iOS app has a free tier. Web platform starts at $9.99/month.
