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Switching to SonSpeak from any paid AAC app

What carries over, what doesn't, and how to keep your kid's vocabulary alive.

SonSpeak — A parent 2 min 7/14/2026

Will my kid lose their vocabulary?

No. Switching AAC apps used to be terrifying because each app stored its data in a proprietary format, but the actual *vocabulary* — the words your kid uses — lives in your kid, not the app. What we're really migrating is the visual layout and the recordings.

What carries over automatically

**Core vocabulary**: SonSpeak ships with 500+ words organised the same way most paid apps do (people / actions / feelings / places / time / etc).

**Sentence strip + speech**: the same sentence-strip flow your kid is already used to.

**Symbol grid feel**: SonSpeak's neo-brutalist look is bold and high-contrast; for kids used to another symbol set, you can swap any tile to your own photo or AI-generated symbol in one tap.

**Switch scanning + dwell-tap**: built in, no upgrade required.

What does NOT carry over (and what to do)

**Licensed voice files.** Many paid apps use voices that are licensed and locked to that app, so they can't move with you. *Fix:* use SonSpeak's built-in system voices (30+ languages on iOS), or — better — record yourself, mom, dad, or the child themselves on each tile. Most parents tell us the family-voice version feels warmer than a licensed voice anyway.

**Custom photos**: SonSpeak doesn't read another app's media folder. *Fix:* re-snap the 10–20 photos that matter (favorite snack, family members, the school bus). Takes ten minutes.

**Layout**: every kid's board ends up custom anyway. Use this as a chance to clean out tiles they've outgrown.

A 30-minute migration plan

1. **5 minutes**: Sign up at /register and pick the right age-pack starter board. 2. **10 minutes**: Open your old app side-by-side. Walk the top 30 most-used tiles and recreate any custom ones in SonSpeak's tile editor. 3. **10 minutes**: Record voices for your top 10 tiles using the in-app recorder. The 'I love you' tile is mandatory. 4. **5 minutes**: Set up the rest later. Don't try to recreate the entire 200-tile board today.

What about clinical settings?

Therapists and schools don't pay for SonSpeak, and never see a checkout. Sign up at /register, switch to therapist mode, and you'll have a multi-client dashboard with share-link push and weekly progress reports so you can hand families a board that's ready to go.