What's New in Version 3.5 - Coming Soon

Streamlined Interface & User Experience

• Unified Text Display: The interface has been completely streamlined by removing the secondary "karaoke box." Word-by-word speech highlighting now occurs directly within the Main Text Box, creating a cleaner, distraction-free environment that clears automatically after speaking via the Say It! button or Return key.

• Uninterrupted Typing Workflow: Need to interject quickly during a fast-paced conversation? Because speech highlighting is now integrated directly into the Main Text Box, you can tap a Custom Button to speak a quick response while in the middle of typing a longer thought. The app will perfectly preserve your in-progress text so you never lose your place.

• Reimagined Pause System: Pausing and resuming happens right on the button you tapped. When speaking from the Main Text Box, the Say It! button displays the pause/resume symbol; when speaking from a Custom Button,that active Custom Button transforms directly into your pause/resume control.

• Native Library Search Across All Devices: Restored native platform search across the entire lineup—featuring a thumb-friendly bottom search bar on iPhone, an adaptive magnifying glass button and bottom search bar on the iPhone Duo, and a streamlined top toolbar search field on iPad and Mac.

• Responsive Layout Support: Fully optimized adaptive layouts ensure the app scales seamlessly across iPhone,iPad, and foldable devices (like the iPhone Duo), intelligently transitioning between compact, Split View, and tablet modes without breaking the UI.

Powerful New Features

• Advanced Local Backup Management: The local data management system has been completely redesigned.Users now have a dedicated, easy-to-use menu to instantly Create, Rename, Restore, and Delete up to 10 local backup snapshots, guaranteeing that personalized soundboards and settings are always secure and accessible.

• Deepened Siri Integration: Siri Shortcuts are now entirely non-destructive. Executing a background shortcut (such as a greeting for a phone call) will securely maintain any text you are currently typing in the Main Text Box,allowing for seamless multitasking during real-world conversations.

• Cleaner History Log: Speaking the exact same phrase back-to-back will no longer clutter your History with duplicate entries, keeping your recent phrases clean and easy to browse.

Stability & Under-the-Hood Improvements

• Personal & Enhanced Voice Wake Reliability: Re-engineered how the audio engine refreshes after your device has been idle in the background, ensuring immediate, dependable playback when using Personal Voice and Enhanced system voices.

• Enhanced Voice & Custom Button Stability: Tightened voice selection safeguards to prevent unexpected voice resets, and restricted Custom Buttons to fully supported system voices to eliminate errors caused by third-party voice engines.

• Refined Data & Settings Controls: Improved the saving workflow and eliminated a keyboard jump when renaming Library Categories or Custom Page Titles, and ensured the Appearance setting checkmark updates immediately after restoring a Local Backup.

• Bulletproof Legacy Data Migration: Engineered a robust background migration protocol that safely detects and repairs older legacy language backup files on the fly, permanently resolving a crash issue when restoring legacy data.

• Codebase Optimization: Removed an undocumented legacy keyboard shortcut (Cmd + O for Auto Speak) to clean up the architecture and prevent accidental triggers for hardware keyboard users.

Assistive Design & Accessibility

• Full Dwell-Compatibility: 100% navigable via eye-tracking and head-tracking. Dedicated on-screen buttons on all scrollable views completely eliminate the need for swipe gestures.

• Frictionless Editing: A single-tap "Edit" mode replaces difficult long-presses and drag gestures, making it effortless to reorder, pin, or organize Library categories and custom buttons.

• Tap-to-Adjust Controls: Fine-tune speech rate instantly by tapping the tortoise and hare icons without needing to drag sliders.

Speed & Daily Workflow

• Customizable Quick Buttons: Keep your 12 most essential phrases on the main screen, with four additional pages just a swipe away. Long-press any button to instantly drag, drop, edit, copy/paste or clear its content—giving you a perfectly tailored speech board in seconds.

• History Recall: Never lose your train of thought. Instantly access, review, and replay your last 50 spoken phrases with a single tap—perfect for quickly repeating yourself or returning to an earlier topic without having to retype a single word.

• Favorite Voices: Switch up your vocal identity in an instant. Save your preferred voices and toggle between them with a single tap, allowing you to seamlessly change your tone, accent, or language without digging through settings menus.

• Custom Page Titles: Personalize your custom button pages with your own titles for better organization and faster communication.

• Hardware Keyboard Support: Navigate the app at lightning speed. iPad and Magic Keyboard users can utilize native shortcuts (Cmd + F, Cmd + 1, etc.) to search, navigate, and speak without touching the screen.

• Intuitive Speech Controls: Easily pause your speech mid-sentence. On the main page, a convenient Cancel button instantly appears, giving you the immediate choice to seamlessly resume speaking or clear the board to type your next thought.

• Smarter Number Pronunciation: No need to type awkward commas into long sequences like phone numbers, zip codes, or IDs. Just type the numbers naturally, and the voice engine will automatically insert human-sounding pauses!

• Seamless Audio Ducking: No need to manually pause your music, YouTube videos, or podcasts to say something. The voice engine will automatically lower your background media volume while your phrase is spoken, and instantly return it to normal when you are done.

The Phrases Library

• Unlimited Storage: Save as many phrases as you need. Just swipe left on the main screen to access your library instantly—perfect for pre-loading sentences before a doctor's appointment or meeting.

• Massive Core Phrase Pack: Start communicating immediately without the daunting task of building a library from scratch. We have integrated over 2,000 ready-to-use, pre-categorized phrases covering essential everyday scenarios—from medical needs and emergencies to dining out and casual social greetings.

• Custom Categories: Instantly find the right words when you need them. Filter your saved phrases using category chips, and easily rename up to four of them in Settings to perfectly match your daily routine (Default: All, General, Personal, Phone Calls, Smart Home, Temp).

• Lightning-Fast Search: Finding a specific saved phrase is now effortless. Use the new search bar right in your Library to instantly filter your list as you type.

• Direct Phrase Entry: We’ve streamlined how you save. Tap the + button to add new phrases directly into your Library database without having to type them out in the main window first.

Privacy, Security & Data Management

• Secure Privacy Wipe: Typing sensitive information? Tap the dedicated eraser button in the top navigation bar, shake your device, or use a two-finger tap inside of the text window to permanently wipe the text. Power users with a keyboard can use Cmd + K. Unlike the standard Clear button, these actions bypass the temporary "Undo" memory entirely, ensuring your private data stays permanently private.

• iCloud Sync & Restore: You asked, we listened! Seamlessly upload your custom buttons, archives, and settings to iCloud. Download them instantly to a new iPhone or iPad to keep your devices perfectly in sync.

• Local Backup Management: Secure your personalized communication boards instantly. Create up to 10 local backup snapshots, allowing you to safely test new layouts or button configurations with the ability to restore your previous setup in seconds.

• Data Control Center: A clean, professional new menu to easily manage your Speech Rate for the main text window, Local Backups, iCloud Sync, Appearance, Library Categories, Custom Page Titles and enable Core Phrase Pack all in one place.

• Offline & Private: Works completely offline. No ads, no tracking. An internet connection is only required if you actively choose to sync with iCloud.

Modern Design & Adaptability

• Modern Interface: Designed for clarity and confidence. Enjoy a refreshed layout where every tap gives immediate visual feedback with a satisfying "bounce," and custom buttons seamlessly wrap longer titles across multiple lines so nothing ever gets cut off.

• True Adaptive Resizing: Designed for the future of Apple platforms. The interface intelligently reflows to fit perfectly on any screen size. Whether you are unfolding the new iPhone Duo to its sprawling 7.6-inch inner display, rotating an iPad mini, or multitasking with Split View and Stage Manager on an iPad Pro, the button grids and font scales dynamically adapt so you never lose context or essential touch targets.

Supported Voices & Languages

• Any Voice, Any Language: Talk For Me now fully integrates with your device's native speech engine. We support over 60 languages and regional dialects—if a voice is available in your Apple device settings, it is instantly available in the app.

• Personal Voice Ready: Seamlessly communicate using your own custom-created Personal Voices.