Your child has things to say. We help them get those words out.

Build a sentence with pictograms and the app says it out loud. It is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for people with autism and anyone who needs support to communicate. Communicating works without internet, and it is easy to support.

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How ComunicaTEA works
The ComunicaTEA app on a tablet: the phrase bar at the top, core vocabulary below and categories along the bottom bar.
The ComunicaTEA app in portrait: the pictogram board with quick suggestions and the bar where the phrase is built.

Meet Muni

Muni is with you for every word.

Move your cursor and watch Muni follow it with their eyes.

For the team around the person

Designed to work with the team that supports you.

Communication is built across several disciplines. ComunicaTEA was created by a special education teacher to be used at home, in the classroom and in therapy.

Start communicating in 3 steps

On a phone or tablet, at the person’s pace.

Step 01

Join the waitlist

The app is not in the stores yet. Leave your email and we will let you know when you can download it. It will be free at launch.

Step 02

Customize it for the person

Choose the support level, the most-used pictograms, and the voice that sounds best. The app adapts to each person.

Step 03

Start communicating

Tap pictograms: the app builds the sentence and says it out loud. Word prediction suggests the next word, but never moves the board.

Watch it in action

In 19 seconds, a hand taps “I”, “want” and “more”, and the sentence appears at the top: “I want more.” There is soft music and a voice at the end. It only starts when you press play.

What you see and hear
  1. Title: “Say what you want to say”. A hand taps the pictograms “I”, “want” and “more” on a tablet. Each one moves to the sentence bar with a soft click. Another hand rests on the tablet alongside.
  2. The hand presses the speaker and the sentence reads “I want more.” Each pictogram adds a word, and the app reads the sentence aloud.
  3. “Words stay in the same place. So the hand learns where they are.” The three tapped cells light up in the same place.
  4. The ComunicaTEA logo appears and a voice says “ComunicaTEA”.

Soft music without lyrics plays throughout. This is an illustration, not a screenshot. Pictograms: Mulberry Symbols (CC BY-SA).

Everything you need to communicate

A communicator designed to adapt to each person, with pictograms, vocabulary, contexts, phrases and voice in one place.

Your communication, your way

Build messages, find the words you need and speak out loud, all from the same place.

ComunicaTEA communicator in landscape orientation with vocabulary, categories and communication tools.
  1. Build your message

    The words you select are added to the sentence to express what you want to say.

  2. Quick phrases

    Reach the phrases you use most often and communicate in fewer steps.

  3. Core words

    People, actions, needs and concepts to build complete messages: I, you, want, need, can, have, do.

  4. Find what you need

    Browse vocabulary by category —food, home, school, park, body, clothes— and reach every area of communication.

  5. Give your words a voice

    Play the message out loud. Next to the speaker you have delete, keyboard and dictation.

  6. Tools always within reach

    Timer, SOS, games and settings live alongside the communicator, without leaving the screen.

Find the right words for each situation

Quickly reach the vocabulary related to each situation, so the words you need are there when you need them.

ComunicaTEA Food context with specific vocabulary such as fruit, water, bread, meat, pasta and other foods.
  1. Contexts

    Reach vocabulary organised around different situations and needs.

  2. Specific vocabulary

    Each context gathers the words that belong to one situation: fruit, desserts, breakfast, water, bread, meat, pasta, rice, soup.

  3. Core words stay with you

    Even inside a context, the essential words —I, want, more, no, yes, help, stop, like— stay available to build and express your messages.

These are ComunicaTEA's tools

Each tool supports a different way of expressing yourself.

Visual and versatile communicator

Ready to start from day one.

A core vocabulary of 70 words and 48 topic folders, with around 1,000 words with Mulberry pictograms. You can also add your own words with a photo.

Word prediction

Fewer steps to say the same thing.

Suggests the next word based on how each person communicates. It is calculated on the device, works offline and is not a language model. It suggests; the person decides.

A voice for every message

Every sentence, out loud.

The device’s own voice always works, also offline. Natural voices need a connection and have a usage limit.

Vocabulary by topic

Food, home, school: each topic has its words.

Words are grouped into 48 topic folders that you open by hand. Inside a folder, the core words stay on screen.

Four board levels

Grows with each person, at their pace.

From 8 words in very large cells to the full 70-word core vocabulary. When you move up a level, new words arrive and the ones already learned stay in place. Colours by word type, in the style of the Fitzgerald Key.

Motor access

Adapted to how each person taps.

Set a minimum press time, a pause between taps and larger targets. Switch scanning is also available.

A profile for each person

Every person, their own space.

Create separate profiles, each with its own vocabulary, statistics and settings, and with its data kept apart. Useful for families and for professionals who support several people on one device.

Natural, well-formed sentences

Well-formed sentences, no extra effort.

In Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese the app conjugates verbs and makes words agree. In English and German it says the words in the order they were tapped.

Everyday supports

Know what comes next.

Visual schedule with repeating tasks, visual timer, First–Then board, emergency board and Relax, all available offline.

Protected settings

Changes only when an adult decides.

An adult challenge guards the settings and editing mode, a parental PIN protects irreversible actions, and there is a configurable kiosk mode.

Other ways to express yourself

More than pictograms.

A keyboard with autocomplete, an alphabet, numbers and on-device dictation.

Quick phrases

What’s used most, always at hand.

Suggested phrases, your own phrases and recent ones, to say what is used most with a single tap.

All of it, one tap away

ComunicaTEA’s “All features” screen on an iPad, showing the cards for communicator, library, add pictogram, social stories, AI voices, statistics, history, profiles, avatar, alphabet, progress, help and settings.
The whole app on one screen: communicator, library, profiles, statistics, history and settings.

Communication is a right at every age

ComunicaTEA can support each person at any age. Every stage of life has its own needs.

Childhood

First steps

Every child has something important to say. ComunicaTEA supports that desire to connect from the very beginning.

School age

Learning and friendship

Tools to participate in class and share ideas with others.

Youth

Autonomy and confidence

Express personal preferences, hang out with friends, navigate the world. The app grows with the person.

Adulthood

Fulfillment and community

For work, family, and community life.

Designed for everyone in the circle

For the person

I want to say what I feel

Verbal communication doesn't always come.

✓ Tap an image and the app says it out loud. At your pace.

For families

I want to understand them better

The frustration of not being able to communicate affects everyone.

✓ Visual tools that create connection at home, in the park, anywhere.

For professionals

I want to focus on the person

Each person needs their own setup.

✓ Several profiles on one device, each with its own vocabulary and statistics.

It suggests the next word. The person decides.

ComunicaTEA suggests the word that might come next, based on the words used most, the grammar of the sentence and the time of day. It works this out on the device itself and works offline.

Suggestions appear in their own space: the board never reorders, and every pictogram stays where it is.

Alfonso Cosme Colchón, creador de ComunicaTEA
Who is behind it

Behind ComunicaTEA there is a special education teacher

I am Alfonso Cosme, a psychopedagogue and special education teacher specialising in early intervention. I designed ComunicaTEA around what I found missing in the classrooms, occupational centres and day centres where I have worked.

Frequently asked questions

Clear and simple answers about ComunicaTEA, autism and pictogram communication.

  • Is my child’s data safe? Does ComunicaTEA send it to a server?

    What the person says with the app (the history, the statistics and the prediction) is stored on the device. Only what you turn on leaves the device: for example, if you choose a natural voice, the text of the sentence is sent to ElevenLabs or Google to be spoken. Technical usage data does not include words or personal data and is only sent with your consent. From the app you can export and delete all the data.

  • What is ComunicaTEA and what is it for?

    It is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app. It lets a person who does not speak, or who needs support to do so, say what they want to say: they tap pictograms, the app builds the sentence and says it out loud. It is designed for people with autism and other communication support needs, their families and the teams that support them. It is free at launch. It has not been released yet: you can join the waitlist.

  • What is augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)?

    AAC brings together the supports that help people who do not speak, or who need support to speak, to communicate: pictograms, communication boards, speech-generating devices and apps like ComunicaTEA. It does not replace spoken language: it accompanies it. It is a common support in speech therapy and special education.

  • Does ComunicaTEA help anticipate what is going to happen?

    Yes. The app has a visual schedule with tasks, each with its pictogram and time, which can repeat on chosen days. It also has a visual timer and a First–Then board to see what happens now and what comes next. All of it works offline. The schedule does not send reminders or notifications.

  • Can you start with just a few words?

    Yes. The board has four levels. The first shows 8 words in very large cells. Then come 20, 40 and 70 words. When moving up a level, new words arrive and the ones already known do not move. When and how to start is best decided with the professionals who support the person.

  • How does ComunicaTEA support people with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions?

    Each person communicates in their own way, and the app adjusts to them. It has four board levels, from 8 to 70 words, and words never change place so the hand learns where each one is. You can set a minimum press time, a pause between taps and the size of the targets, and use switch scanning. It respects the system setting to reduce motion, has text scaling and works with the screen reader in the communicator.

  • What features does ComunicaTEA have?

    A communicator with a core vocabulary of 70 words and 48 topic folders, with around 1,000 words with Mulberry pictograms. Quick phrases, visual schedule, First–Then, timer, Relax and emergency board. Conjugation and agreement in Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Next-word prediction. Device voice or natural voices. Profiles and your own words with a photo.

  • Does ComunicaTEA work without an internet connection?

    Communicating always works offline: choosing a pictogram and hearing it does not depend on the network. Without internet you can use the board and its roughly 1,000 words with pictograms, the sentence, the device voice, prediction, the schedule, quick phrases and supports such as the emergency board or Relax. Natural voices need a connection and have a usage limit; offline, the device voice speaks.

  • Which devices does ComunicaTEA work on?

    It will be released for Android and iOS. It is not available in the stores yet: you can join the waitlist. The interface is in 6 languages: Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. Sentences are conjugated in 4 of them: Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.

  • How does prediction work? Does it need internet?

    It does not need internet. Prediction suggests the next word based on how each person uses the app: which words they use, in what order and at what time. It is calculated on the device itself and it is not a language model. It suggests, but does not decide: it never reorders the board or says anything the person has not chosen.

  • Is ComunicaTEA only for people with autism?

    No. It is designed for people with autism and for anyone who needs support to communicate, at any age: for example, people with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, aphasia, developmental language disorder or a physical or motor disability.

Be among the first to try it.

Free early access for families and professionals. Join the waitlist and we will let you know when it is ready for your device.