Ready-made phrases
Tap a ready-made phrase and it is read aloud.
In preparationiPhone and iPad
APOUL ANSER VOICE
Say it, even without a voice.
An app for people who find speaking difficult: choose words from ready-made phrases or a kana board, and the device reads them aloud to the people around you. It works without an internet connection.
In preparationBeing prepared for release. Price and distribution will be announced once fixed.
- Ready-made phrases and a kana board
- Read aloud by the device
- iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later)
Why this exists
When saying it out loud is the hard part.
Being unable to speak, or to move freely, should not mean being unable to say what you need. APOUL ANSER VOICE lets you pick or type words and has the device say them for you. It is not an emergency call system, a medical device or a nurse call, and pressing a button does not contact anyone automatically.
Screens
What it looks like.
Screens prepared for the App Store, in Japanese, with made-up sample data.
What it does
What it does.
A kana board
Build a sentence on a kana board and pick from suggestions.
Japanese and English
The screens and voice can be switched to English.
When you would use it
Situations, not features.
Everyday requests
Say what you need with one tap.
Longer thoughts
Put a sentence together on the board.
Saying it again
Repeat something from your history.
How it goes
The basic flow.
You should be able to guess the next step without reading a manual.
- 1Choose or type
Pick a phrase or build a sentence.
- 2Read it aloud
The device says it for you.
- 3Say it again
Bring it back from your history.
Your words and history stay on the device.
What you type, what is read aloud, your phrases and settings are stored only on the device. APOUL runs no servers, and there is no account, no advertising, no usage analytics and no tracking. Conversation captions are made by on-device speech recognition only when you press Listen, and are neither saved nor sent. Text leaves the app only when you choose to copy it, send it or export a backup. See the privacy policy for details.
Questions
Common questions.
Yes. “The voice app” and APOUL ANSER VOICE are the same thing.
No. It is not an emergency call system, a medical device or a nurse call, and it does not contact anyone automatically.
No. It is in preparation for release.
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