Free
Trying Talkoodle
- Planned founding price
- $0
- Children
- 1
- Situations
- 36 to start
- Check with Claude
- Not included
- Home use for each child's family
- Not included
- Progress reports
- Not included
- Staff
- Just you
For autistic children and other children with limited speech, about ages 3 to 7
Practise talking with friends, at your child's pace.
In each short cartoon story, a friend says something and your child answers out loud. You mark how it went. As your child gets it, the help steps back.
Works in your web browser, and offline once you've signed in. No ads.
How it works
You sit beside your child. The app tells the story, and you're the judge.
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1 A friend says something.
A short scene sets it up: “Lily is drawing a picture.” Then Lily turns to your child: “Look at my drawing!”
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2 Your child answers.
Out loud, or with a sign, a device or pointing. The app gives them up to 10 seconds to start, and you can choose anything from 3 to 10.
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3 You mark how it went.
Tap Said it! and the friend answers back, then a star goes on the chart. Tap Not yet to move on to the next one. When your child answers on their own a few times in a row, the app gives one step less help.
At the end, you get a short summary: each situation, the help it took, the result, and how soon your child started to answer. You can copy it as a note in plain words, for parents, or in SOAP format.
Made for practising together
Talkoodle is always used with an adult beside the child.
Children, about 3 to 7
Autistic children and other children with limited speech who are learning what to say to other kids. Any way of answering can count: words, a close try, a sign or gesture, an AAC device, or pointing.
Parents and caregivers
Practise a few situations at a time, at home. A picture plan shows your child what's coming, and a star chart fills up as they go.
Clinicians and educators
Behaviour analysts and behaviour consultants, speech-language pathologists, teachers and educational assistants. Choose the prompt, the wait time and the order of trials, and copy a SOAP note at the end.
What your child practises
66 situations in three groups. The example answers are a starting point: you accept any answer that fits.
- With other children (42). Greetings and goodbyes, joining play, asking for things, sharing and taking turns, asking and answering questions, making on-topic comments, changing the topic, responding to a friend's feelings, personal space, sorting out a disagreement, saying sorry, winning and losing, being flexible, and speaking up for yourself, like saying “Stop! I don't like that.”
- Speaking up to grown-ups (4). Asking for help when instructions are confusing, asking someone to talk more slowly, asking for more time, and being heard at the dinner table.
- Personal information (20). Name, age, birthday, address and more, each asked by someone it makes sense to tell: a new friend, a police officer, a nurse or a teacher. You type in your child's answers, and they stay on your device.
For clinicians
Talkoodle uses teaching strategies you already know: a model of the answer, prompting from most to least help, prompt fading and wait time.
- Prompts: full verbal, partial verbal or text, given on every card or only when you tap Prompt
- Response latency from 3 to 10 seconds
- Four ways to present cards: sequential, massed trials, re-ordering and rapid re-presentation
- How many correct turns in a row before less help: 1 to 5
- For each turn: the result, the prompt, the latency and how the child answered
- A session note in plain, parent or SOAP format, ready to copy into your own records
- Keyboard shortcuts on a computer
These are practice notes, not an assessment.
What makes Talkoodle different
A person decides.
You mark each answer with one tap, the way you'd run practice at the table. If you switch on the answer check, the app can mark answers for you, on your device. You can undo its check mark, and the app shows how often it agreed with you.
No recordings kept.
The app listens during your child's turn, then lets the sound go. Your child's voice is never stored and never sent anywhere.
Works offline.
Sign in once while online, and it keeps working in airplane mode: at the kitchen table, in the car, or in a clinic with weak Wi-Fi.
Help fades.
Each situation starts with a hint in the picture. When your child answers on their own a few times in a row, the hint goes away. If they need help again, it comes back. You can also give a prompt at any time: the whole answer said out loud, just the first part, or the words written.
Also in the app
- Calm mode, with softer sounds and less movement
- The friend answers back after a good turn
- Your child's own face on their character, if you add a photo. It stays on your device.
- Your own voice for any line, recorded in Settings
- A star chart of 1 to 15 stars, with a celebration when it's full
- Locked backups, to move to a new device
Privacy, in plain words
Accounts are for adults. Your account keeps what's needed to carry practice from one device to the next, and everything else stays on your device.
In your account
- Your email address and your plan
- Each child's nickname and colour, their settings, levels and stars
- How each practice went: which situations, how much help, how soon they answered, and the result
It's kept in a database in Canada, so you can use more than one device and get everything back if a device is lost. Talkoodle's owner can see it, to run Talkoodle and to help you. Your account is deleted 2 years after it was last used, or whenever you ask.
Stays on your device
- Your child's photo, if you add one. It's never put in a backup.
- Answers to personal information questions, like an address or a birthday. They're never put in a backup and never sent anywhere.
- Any voice recordings you make for the app's lines
- The words the app heard, your session notes, and the supervisor's name if you type it in
Never kept
- Your child's voice. The app listens during their turn, but it never keeps or sends a recording.
Only if you switch it on, child by child
- Check with Claude. When the app thinks an answer doesn't fit, it sends the words it heard (written down, never the voice and never your child's name) to Claude, an AI made by Anthropic, for a second look. It's part of the Family, Clinician and Clinic plans.
- Help make Talkoodle better. Shares how practice went, under a random number instead of a name. Never the voice, a photo or the name. It's stored in a database in Canada and deleted 2 years after your child's last practice. For now it's offered only in Canada. Switch it off at any time, and what was sent is deleted.
Check it yourself. Sign in once while online. Then turn on airplane mode and do a whole session. It keeps working, because practice doesn't need the internet.
Where Talkoodle uses AI: the optional answer check runs AI models for speech and meaning on your device, and the optional Claude check uses Anthropic's Claude. Both are off unless you switch them on.
No ads. No tracking.
Plans
Talkoodle is free while we test it. Ask for the plan you'd like in the app, under Settings → Account, and we'll switch it on at no charge. Here's what we plan to offer after that. These are founding prices in Canadian dollars, before tax. We're not taking payment yet.
Family
One home
- Planned founding price
- $79 a year, or $11.99 a month
- Children
- Up to 4
- Situations
- All of them
- Check with Claude
- Included
- Home use for each child's family
- Not included
- Progress reports
- Not included
- Staff
- Just you
Clinician
One clinician or teacher
- Planned founding price
- $199 a year, or $19.99 a month
- Children
- Up to 15
- Situations
- All of them
- Check with Claude
- Included
- Home use for each child's family
- Free Coming soon
- Progress reports
- Coming soon
- Staff
- Just you
Clinic
Clinics and agencies
- Planned founding price
- $4 per child a month, billed yearly by invoice (from 20 children: $960 a year)
- Children
- As many as you need
- Situations
- All of them
- Check with Claude
- Included
- Home use for each child's family
- Free Coming soon
- Progress reports
- Coming soon
- Staff
- Unlimited Coming soon
- Practice is never limited. On every plan, your child can practise as often as they like, with every kind of help and prompt.
- Each child is paid for once. If your child's clinician covers them on a Clinician or Clinic plan, your family uses Talkoodle at home for free. Coming soon
- No surprises. Before any payment starts, we'll tell you the final price, and you'll choose whether to continue.
Join early access
We're testing Talkoodle with a small group of families and clinicians. Make an account to use it with your child or your clients, tell us what works and what doesn't, and help decide what comes next.
You get: the plan that suits you, free during early access, and a say in new situations and features.
We ask: tell us how it goes, by email, or in a short call if you'd like.
You sign in with your email and a code we send you. There's no password. We'll only email you about your account and early access.
Questions
Is Talkoodle therapy?
No. Talkoodle is a practice tool for building skills at home, in clinics and in classrooms. It doesn't diagnose, assess or treat anything, and it doesn't replace the people who support your child. It gives your child a place to practise what to say, with you right beside them.
Does my child have to answer in words?
No. You decide what counts as a good answer for your child: words, a close try, a sign or gesture, an AAC device, or pointing. After each answer you can note how your child answered, and it shows up in the summary.
Who decides whether an answer is right?
You do. Your buttons are on the screen the whole time. If you'd like help, switch on App checks answers in Settings. AI models running on your device turn your child's answer into words and check them against the situation. A match gets a check mark you can undo, and anything else gets “Try again”. The app also tells you how often it agreed with you. The answer check is off unless you switch it on.
Is my child's voice recorded? Where is their progress kept?
The app listens during your child's turn, but it never keeps or sends a recording. Progress and practice history are saved on your device and in your account, in Canada, so they're on every device you sign in on. Photos, personal information answers and your notes stay on the device.
Tip for iPhone and iPad: Safari can clear a website's saved data if you don't open it for a while. What's in your account comes back when you sign in. Your notes, photos and personal information answers don't. A backup file keeps your notes, and the app reminds you to make one.
Which devices does it work on?
Talkoodle runs in the web browser on iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets, and computers, held upright or sideways. It uses the microphone to listen. Apps for the App Store and Google Play are on the way. Coming soon
Does it work without the internet?
Yes. Sign in once while online, and after that a whole session works in airplane mode. If you switch on the answer check, it downloads about 95 MB the first time. Only the optional extras need the internet. Offline, the Claude check can't help, so the app marks only the answers it's sure of and leaves the rest to you. Practice done offline is saved to your account the next time you're online, and shared practice is sent then too.
Which languages does it speak?
English for now. Talkoodle is built so other languages can be added. Tell us which language your family needs: [email protected].
Can I use BC funding to pay for it?
We don't know yet, so we won't promise it. BC's Autism Funding program (until March 31, 2027) and the new Children and Youth Disability Benefit (from April 1, 2027) both mention educational or skill-building apps, but neither has confirmed that Talkoodle qualifies. We plan to ask them to confirm in writing, and we'll post the answer here. Until then, please check with your program before you buy. Each program has its own rules and limits. When payment starts, our receipts will show the date, the seller, the amount with tax, and that you've paid, which is what Autism Funding asks for. Talkoodle isn't approved or endorsed by the Government of British Columbia.
What does early access mean? Will I be charged?
Talkoodle is still being tested, so things may change as we learn. During early access the app is free, and we don't take payment. The prices on this page are planned. Before any payment starts, we'll tell you the final price, and you'll choose whether to continue.
I'm a clinician. How would families practise at home?
Today, any family can make a free account and practise at home, and the summary has a note written for parents that you can copy and send. With the planned Clinician and Clinic plans, each child on your list gets free home use for their family, and each child is paid for only once. Coming soon