What you are actually calling.
Behind the key sits one conversation engine: it holds the turn, the memory, the reading level and both languages, and it proposes the words. Everything on this page is what your app gets without writing any of it.
How we work on it, and how you can see it.
Every behaviour on this page is exercised through a terminal console that runs the identical state machine your app calls. If it works there, your app gets exactly that — there is no separate “web version” that drifts.
aac> Would you like tea or coffee?
6 responses ready
1. TEA — I'd like tea, please.
2. COFFEE — I'd like coffee, please.
...
aac> 1
Text output: I'd like tea, please.
Ready for the other person's next turn.Numbers choose and deliver a response. /select 2 previews without delivering, /edit changes the draft, /speak sends it, and /say your own words bypasses the suggestions entirely. /observe records what the partner said without offering replies.
It adapts to the person, not the diagnosis.
| Preset | Longest reply | Tile display | Choices |
|---|---|---|---|
/profile symbols | 1 word | One symbol per tile | 2 |
/profile word | 1 word | Word and emoji | 4 |
/profile phrase | 4 words | Words and emoji | 4 |
/profile sentence | 15 words | Words and emoji | 6 |
/profile full | 40 words | Words and emoji | 6 |
Level, tile style, choice count (1–24) and vocabulary are all settable on their own, and they persist across launches. Age guides a prompted model’s tone and vocabulary.
What a profile is not
These settings never infer a diagnosis, an intelligence or a younger mental age. An adult can use one-word or image-only choices. They are not a clinical assessment of comprehension.
The partner’s words and the user’s words, both kept.
Set the partner language first, then the AAC user’s. The original turn stays above its translation; choices appear in the user’s language and are translated back for delivery. Language codes are BCP 47, including regional variants.
/languages en es
Would you like water or juice?
[en] Would you like water or juice?
[es] ¿Te gustaría agua o jugo?
1 💧 Agua 2 🥤 Jugo
1
Your words [es]: Agua
To partner [en]: WaterIf a translation fails, the runtime keeps the original and reports the error rather than delivering the wrong language. Coverage depends on the model you select; an unverified model is marked as such instead of claiming support.