A tap-to-talk board for patients who can't speak.
Born from the need to support a loved one battling Guillain-Barré syndrome, this board gives a ventilated patient a fast way to say what comes up all day: seven color-coded groups of large, plain phrases, from “I can't breathe” to “Please hold my hand”.
When a loved one was in intensive care with Guillain-Barré syndrome, on a ventilator and unable to speak, spelling words out on a letter board was slow and exhausting for everyone in the room. The need was simple: a faster way to be understood.
A single-screen board. Categories across the top, color-coded by urgency; big phrases below. Tap a category, point at a phrase. It runs in a browser on whatever device is on the bedside table.
The phrases, not the code. Breathing and pain first. Then medicine, comfort, feelings, questions for the care team, and things to ask of family. Every line is something a patient actually needs to say, written in their own voice.
It's free and open source. If a hospital or a family wants to adapt it, the whole app is one file, and we're glad to help.
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