Designed for people with aphasia and other language challenges, SentenceShaper lets users record speech and organize ideas using simple visual shapes. These shapes support sentence building and even storytelling in a way that reduces pressure on word-finding and content formulation.

The app is grounded in language research and is used by clinicians, families, and individuals around the world.

Sample testimonial (click here for more): “[SentenceShaper] is so well-designed and easy for clients to use that they truly enjoy using it and often request that we use it during an activity… Most recently, we are using it to create stories for ‘books’ as part of a literacy project. It has been a fabulous assistive device to improve sentence formulation as part of this project. The best part is seeing the look on the face of the clients after they have successfully organized their thoughts and words into a meaningful sentence in their own voice.”

Here’s a simple overview of how SentenceShaper works:

This app contains the recording interface in which you record words or phrases and arrange them into sentences, plus:

• Therapy workbooks targeting a variety of grammatical structures and eliciting speech on personal topics
• Add your own photos
• Share your recorded speech and photos from within the program, using the iOS share menu
• Advanced tools for clinicians:
  • Create your own vocabulary cue buttons, in any language
  • Create and edit entire treatment workbooks
  • Distribute treatment materials you create, from within the program