CBoard (often styled “Cboard AAC”) is a web-app (and mobile/desktop compatible) that acts as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system: it allows users with speech and language impairments (for example due to autism, cerebral palsy, aphasia) to communicate via picture-based “boards”, symbol tiles, and text that can be spoken aloud with text-to-speech.
For non-verbal or minimally verbal individuals, access to communication is critical. CBoard removes many barriers: it works across browsers/devices, supports editing of boards, works offline, supports many languages, and is open-source. It thereby gives users a voice, supports learning, social interaction, and personal agency. For caregivers, educators, therapists this means a flexible tool rather than a fixed black-box device.
You create or select a “board” (grid of icons or tiles). Each tile can represent a concept, word or phrase. When the user taps a tile, the system uses text-to-speech to speak the tile’s label. You can personalize: upload your own images, record voices, re-arrange tiles, add new boards. The app runs in a browser (thus on desktop, tablet, phone) and has offline capabilities.
