Talking Cards: Learn to Talk

Talking picture cards for toddlers learning their first words, late talkers, children with a speech delay, and autistic and nonspeaking children. Every child has something to say. Talking Cards helps them say it.

Tap a picture and the word is spoken aloud, clearly and warmly, and the card is held up big so your child can look, listen and say it too. It supports a child's own talking; it never replaces it.

Free to start, with 194 everyday words. A grown-up can open everything for a free week — three times over — and for 15 minutes every day, always.

Made by a dad whose own child struggled to speak.

THE CARDS
• 1,673 picture words across 68 everyday categories: food, feelings, family, places and play
• Tap a card: it speaks, and it is held up big for a moment
• Every word is narrated in a warm, natural voice
• Big, clear cards, with adjustable card size and speaking speed

THE TALKING BOARD (AAC) — WHEN YOU WANT IT
• A grown-up can switch on the talking board: tap card after card and it builds a real sentence, with the grammar sorted out, then speaks the whole thing
• Yes, No and Help always one tap away, and an emergency board for the words that cannot wait

SIX LANGUAGES, ONE TAP
• English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Turkish and Nepali
• The pictures stay where they are when the language changes, so a child never has to learn where their words live all over again
• A bilingual mode for families raising two languages

FAMILY VOICES
• Record your own voice for a card, so a child can hear mom, dad or grandma say the word
• Those recordings are never uploaded

STORIES, GAMES AND PRACTICE
• 72 illustrated storybooks, written in each of the six languages — tap any word to hear it
• Twelve calm games: spelling, matching, sorting, counting, put-in-order, listening, a sing-along piano, and one that plays a child's own voice back
• Errorless by design — a wrong tap is never marked wrong, and the round simply carries on
• "Say it with me" practice that waits, and never rushes a child
• An alphabet you can hear

THE QUIET PLACE
• A calm corner for a hard moment: a breathing buddy, a pop-it, a sand tray where a little friend draws pictures, a glitter jar, fireflies that come to your finger, and the child's own "what helps me" cards

LET'S TALK
• A buddy asks about your child's day and they answer by tapping cards — 26 subjects, from food and feelings to bath time and bedtime
• Eight little stories the child steers, including one told in chapters, a new one each day: Little Bear's Big Week
• A line to say together: one big card, one tap, and the child joins in
• A counting round built from the child's own cards, and a letter round for spelling
• A wrong answer is coached, never scored — the buddy counts along and asks again
• Written in each language, not translated: an Arabic child is offered dates, a Turkish child a simit, a Nepali child rice and dal
• Free to try on the starter cards

FOR GROWN-UPS
• A quick check keeps little hands out of the settings, with an optional PIN
• Add photo cards of your own: a favorite cup, a toy, a person
• Hide cards, pin favorites, and print a paper board for days out
• First–Then routines to picture the day
• Back everything up to a file and restore it on a new device

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• The board works fully offline. No account, no sign-in
• No ads. No tracking. No usage analytics. No profile of your child
• Photos and recordings stay on the device and are never uploaded
• The internet is used only to complete a purchase or redeem a code

FREE AND FULL
Free to use with 194 core picture words, the emergency board and Family Voices. A one-time unlock opens the full vocabulary, the 72 storybooks, the twelve games, your own photo cards and routines. No subscription. A grown-up can also open everything for a free week — three weeks in all — and for a short preview every day.

Made with love, for the children who are still finding their words.

Questions or ideas? games.of.plapl@gmail.com

Recent changes:
Clearer sentences on the talking board. Cards now come together the way a grown-up would say them: "Help me!", "My ball.", "Mom, I am hurt.", "Can I eat an apple, please?" English uses US spelling everywhere. In Let's Talk, the buddy's lines are fixed and friendlier. 144 storybook lines are polished. The English alphabet stays on A to Z, and the spelling game uses plain English words.