Stroke steals speech, not thought. TinkySpeak gives stroke survivors with aphasia a way to express pain, needs, and feelings — with one tap. Build a board in your browser, share it by QR, and it speaks on any phone or tablet at the bedside. Free forever. No account. No purchase.
new cases annually in the US alone
of adverse events involve communication breakdowns
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Aphasia affects language, not intelligence. TinkySpeak's visual tile system bypasses the damaged language pathways and gives patients a direct route to expression.
Patients understand speech but can't produce it. They know what they want to say but the words won't come out. Often accompanied by right-side weakness.
Patients speak fluently but words are jumbled or nonsensical. They often don't realize their speech is incomprehensible. Reading may also be impaired.
Severe impairment in both production and comprehension. Often occurs immediately after a large stroke. May improve over time with rehabilitation.
Patients speak relatively well but can't find specific words, especially nouns. "I need the... thing... you know..." They understand everything but naming is impaired.
0-10 pain scale with color-coded faces. Body part selector for pain location. Structured output that integrates with clinical documentation: "Pain level 7, location: head."
One-tap emergency alert that plays a loud audible alarm and displays "I NEED HELP NOW" in large text. Visible from across the room. No complex navigation required.
Sentence builder produces structured clinical output. "Pain level 7 in my chest." "I need water." "I feel dizzy." Nurses get clear, actionable information immediately.
No PHI stored, transmitted, or processed externally. No accounts needed to use a shared board, and no cloud storage of patient data. A communication board is a self-contained tool — and once it's open it speaks offline.
Build a stroke board once and share it by QR code. Staff or family scan it and the board opens on whatever phone or tablet they already have — runs on the hospital's own devices, no new hardware to buy or sanitize differently.
When the patient doesn't speak English, tiles display in their language and the board speaks in the clinician's language. Eliminates interpreter delays in critical moments.
Pain, water, help, yes/no. Large emergency buttons. One-tap communication when speech is impossible.
Feelings, medical questions, visitor requests. Sentence building begins. More complex needs communicated.
Custom boards for speech therapy goals. Named vocabulary practice. Bridging AAC to natural speech recovery.
Home communication. Community integration. Custom boards for routines, preferences, social interaction. Ongoing communication support.
TinkySpeak is designed to be opened in a browser, handed to a patient on any device, and used immediately. No IT setup. No training videos. No accounts to create. No purchase.
Open a board in the browser. Hand the device to the patient. They start tapping. Ready-made stroke boards cover pain assessment, basic needs, medical questions, and emergency tiles.
Open a shared board on any phone, tablet, or workstation the unit already owns — scan a QR or follow a link. No checkout process. No IT ticket. No new hardware to buy. No special training.
Supports CMS Conditions of Participation (42 CFR §482.13) for patient communication rights. Documented method for patients to communicate needs, pain levels, and consent.
Share the same board home by QR or link — it opens on the family's own phone. Same interface, same boards, same muscle memory. No purchase, and no gap in communication between hospital and home recovery.
Yes. TinkySpeak's visual tile system is specifically designed for aphasia. Large picture tiles with clear icons bypass damaged language pathways. Patients don't need to read, type, or speak. They tap pictures that represent what they need. The device speaks for them.
TinkySpeak is HIPAA-friendly by design because it collects no patient data. No PHI is stored, transmitted, or processed externally. No accounts are needed to use a shared board, no cloud storage of patient data, and once a board is open it speaks offline. We provide BAA templates and IT security questionnaire responses for facility review.
TinkySpeak requires zero IT integration. Open a board in the browser on a device the unit already owns, or print a QR code at the bedside for staff to scan. No new hardware, no accounts, no software to install. We provide implementation guides for nursing staff and can arrange brief orientation sessions.
TinkySpeak works with one hand. Large touch targets (minimum 48x48dp) don't require fine motor precision. The device can be positioned on either side of the bed. Many stroke patients with right-side hemiparesis successfully use it with their left hand.
Yes. Share the same board home by QR code or link — it opens free on the family's own phone or tablet. Using the same boards at home provides continuity — same interface, same boards, same muscle memory. No purchase, and no gap in communication between hospital and home.
The builder is free, and it runs on devices your facility already owns — so there's no per-device cost. Contact us at compliance@tinkybink.com for implementation support and facility-specific documentation including BAA templates and IT security questionnaires.