TD Talk2.31.0 - App Store

TD Talk is a text to speech app that empowers people to talk using just their eyes or fingers. It’s designed for literate adults who cannot use their voice, their hands or both, including people with disabilities such as ALS/MND, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy and locked-in syndrome. When used with TD Pilot, an iPad-based, eye tracking-enabled speech generating device by Tobii Dynavox, it unlocks the ability to:

. talk using just your eyes via the world’s leading eye tracking technology

. talk using just your fingers, by typing the words you want to speak

. join any conversation with fast, customized, predictive sentence construction

. correct typos with in-sentence editing using just your eyes

. express yourself in 35+ languages and voices

. have face-to-face conversations via the Partner Window on a TD Pilot device

Join the conversation

TD Talk empowers people to communicate who they are and what they want to say, in the most fluid way possible:

Converse naturally

. participate naturally in dialogue by displaying your typed text to your conversation partner in the rear-facing Partner Window on a TD Pilot device

. select your language of choice and switch to it seamlessly

Express yourself quickly

. remain an active part of any conversation with the ability to use predicted text and to edit errors directly within a sentence

. maintain a more natural speaking pace with QuickMessages, pre-programmed common and custom phrases such as ‘I need help’ and ‘wait please, I’m typing’

Sound like yourself

. express yourself more fluidly thanks to phrase prediction, which learns and adapts to your personal communication style

. choose from a selection of voices to find one you most identify with

. Import a custom synthetic voice that mimics your natural one with voice banking from one of the following vendors: Acapela (my-own-voice), Model Talker, The Voice Keeper, ElevenLabs

Using TD Talk without TD Pilot

Some people may want to try TD Talk on an iPad without using TD Pilot, such as:

. those with progressive degenerative conditions transitioning from touch to eye gaze access

. clinicians who want to try TD Talk on behalf of their clients

. hospitals and other institutions

PLEASE NOTE, using TD Talk on an iPad without the TD Pilot device will mean:

. touch access only (no eye tracking access)

. a smaller selection of languages and voices

For more information

Visit: us.tobiidynavox.com/products/td-talk

Customer support: us.tobiidynavox.com/pages/contact-us

Version History Added the ability to configure ElevenLabs voices.
Added the ability to speak during FaceTime calls with any voice available in TD Talk.
Added support for Acapela MOV subscription and evaluation voices.
Fixed an issue where the app could crash or stop responding when quickly starting or stopping speech with an Acapela voice.
Windows 2.31.0 Oct 6 Fixed an issue where the app could stop responding to eye gaze after being in the background for a while. 2.28.2 Jun 16 New Features

- Added new application language Slovenian (sl-SI). 2.28.1 May 19 New Features

- Added the ability to use ElevenLabs voices.
- Added the ability to view and download older voice versions by selecting "All" in the Version filter.

Improvements

- Added on-demand downloading of voice samples.
- Updated Acapela SDK and added support for MOV 5.
- Updated our End User License Agreement to include Microsoft Embedded Speech terms of use. To read this, go to Settings > General > Terms of Service & Privacy Notice.
- Fixed an issue where it took a long time to start a longer speech with a Microsoft Neural voice.
- Added new versions of Acapela voices.
- The following Acapela voices are now available:
- English (United Kingdom) female child: Amelia
- English (United Kingdom) female teen: Chloe
- English (United Kingdom) male child: Arthur
- English (United Kingdom) male teen: Caleb
- English (United States) female adult: Heather
- Faroese (Faroe Islands) female adult: Hanna
- Faroese (Faroe Islands) male adult: Hanus
- French (Belgium) female adult: Margauxstern-BE
- French (France) female adult: Margauxstern
- Italian (Italy) female child: Bella, Carla, Mariavittoria
- Italian (Italy) female teen: Aurorateen
- Italian (Italy) male child: Aldo, Cesare, Tommaso
- Italian (Italy) male teen: Alessioteen
- Portuguese (Portugal) male adult: Rui
- Sami (Northern) (Norway) female adult: Elle
- Sami (Northern) (Norway) male adult: Biera
- Spanish (United States) female child: Carmen
- Spanish (United States) female teen: Daniela
- Spanish (United States) male child: Carlos
- Spanish (United States) male teen: Diego 2.28.0 May 5 This version contains new features and improvements to the software. More information can be found in the official release notes on the product website. 2.23.0 10/14/2025 - Added Release Notes within TD Talk Settings to see what's new in TD Talk.
- Added ability to collect logs from General Settings to support troubleshooting.
- Fixed some cases where UI was out of sync. 2.20.0 07/08/2025 This version contains improvements to the software. More information can be found in the official release notes on the product website. 2.16.2 06/11/2025 This version contains improvements to the software. More information can be found in the official release notes on the product website. 2.16.1 04/15/2025 New features:
- Added the ability to send feedback. This feature is found in the General Settings.
- Added a Keyboard Setting to enable sound feedback when typing on the keyboard.
- Added the ability to view the Terms of Service and Privacy Notice from the General Settings.
- The Exit button will now show a notification if there is an update available.
- Added the ability to navigate to App Store to update TD Talk, when an update is available.
- Added the ability to speak with Model Talker system voices.

Improvements:
- Updated to the latest version of The Voice Keeper.
- Added the ability to speak with Model Talker Generation 3 voices.
- Fixed an issue where the settings home page scroll position was reset when moving to another settings page and back.
- Disabled training of word prediction for private topics. 2.16 04/01/2025 - Updated The Voice Keeper. 2.9.1 01/28/2025 - Added ability to share and paste text for eye gaze users.
- Added ability to use gaze and switch as an access method.
- Added 8 new Acapela German and Polish child and teen voices.
- Improved UI in edit quick messages page.
- Improved UI in main settings page.
- Improved UI for abbreviation expansions and word predictions. 2.9 12/17/2024 - Fixed an issue where Speech was not working after returning from being in the background.
- Fixed an issue where some voices showed incorrect flag.
- Improved performance when loading a large number of items in the abbreviations and pronunciations settings views.
- Improved UI for creating or editing abbreviation expansions.
- Added ability to scroll forward and backward in Quick Messages view and Edit Quick Messages view.
- Added the ability to filter voices based on gender and age. 2.6 09/24/2024 This version contains improvements to the software. More information can be found in the official release notes on the product website. 2.3 06/25/2024 - Added ability to organize Quick Messages in several Topics.
- Introduced a unified saving method in Topics, Quick Messages, and Pronunciation Exceptions.
- Added ability to toggle between the Default Message Input Field, and a new Quick Chat Message Input Field.
- Introduced a new See-Through feature where the user can see "through" the device utilizing the rear camera.
- Added ability to backup and restore Topics, Quick Messages, Phrase Prediction, Word Prediction, and Pronunciation Exceptions.
- Added ability to display Quick Messages in partner window when spoken.
- Added Arabic Keyboard as a downloadable keyboard.
- Added warning text when creating a Pronunciation Exception that already exists.
- Updated Application Language Settings to present a flag with language options.
- Added the ability to use Word Predictions in all text input fields except password.
- Fixed an issue where the Clear Word button could not erase some words.
- Fixed an issue where Phrase Predictions would not display correctly.
- Fixed an issue where Pronunciation Exceptions were not always interpreted correctly. 2.0 03/26/2024 - Added ability to use an Apple Personal Voice on supported devices 1.19.3 02/12/2024 This version contains improvements to the software. More information can be found in the official release notes on the product website. 1.19.2 12/11/2023 - Added Japanese Keyboard as a downloadable keyboard via Keyboard Settings.
- Added application language option Japanese (ja-JP).
- Added ability for Flemish users to use Dutch word prediction.
- Fixed an issue where the app could crash upon downloading a keyboard via Keyboard Settings.
- Fixed an issue where Pronunciation Settings could be opened in 'Deletion Mode'.
- Fixed an issue where the default language in Pronunciation Settings sometimes was not the active keyboard language. 1.19.1 10/31/2023 - Fixed issue where buttons could continually react to gaze after enabling Assistive Touch. 1.18.3 07/06/2023 - Improved stability of app. 1.18.2 06/27/2023 - Fixed issue where app could freeze when either changing keyboard language or bringing the app back to the foreground. 1.18.1 06/13/2023 - Added ability to configure the rate of a voice via Voice Settings.

- Added ability to configure the pitch of a voice via Voice Settings.
- Added ability to preview a voice with a certain rate and pitch via Voice Settings.
- Added ability to configure the text size within the application.
- Added ability to configure pronunciations via Voice Settings.
- Added flags to keyboard items in Keyboard Settings.
- Updated keyboards to change the hyphen (-) character to an underscore (_) character when the Shift key is active.

- Fixed issue where no word predictions were suggested after starting up without being connected to the internet. 1.18.0 06/08/2023 - Added ability to navigate to Keyboard Settings from within the Languages View of the Keyboard.
- Updated Voice Settings Page to show helper text for languages that do not have any voices.
- Updated Keyboard to not show word prediction keys for languages that do not support word prediction.
- Fixed issue where Acapela My-Own-Voice accounts with certain characters in their password could not be logged into. 1.14.0 05/04/2023 - Added ability to log into and install voices from an Acapela my-own-voice service account.
- Added ability to log into and install voices from a ModelTalker account.
- Added ability to log into and install voices from a The Voice Keeper account.
- Updated Quick Messages to be spoken with the voice configured against the language (i.e. the keyboard) the Quick Message item was originally created with.
- Fixed issue where context menus were always English, context menus are now localized according to the iOS system language if it is one of the following - Dansk, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Norsk, Nederlands or Svenska.
- Fixed issue where word predictions for new sentences were being predicted according to the previous sentence content.
- Fixed issue where replacing words immediately before a punctuation with a word prediction selection would add a whitespace before the punctuation.
- Fixed issue where keyboard installations could get into a corrupt state preventing installation to perform even after a restart.
- Fixed issue where the Spanish keyboards presented the incorrect accented 'í' character.
- Fixed issue where it was possible to start multiple keyboard installations at once, causing the application to stop responding to gaze.
- Fixed issue where surrounding buttons would respond to gaze while looking at the voice installation progress bar.
- Fixed issue where the Discard button on Save Quick Message confirmation dialog showed wrong text in French language. 1.12.0 06/21/2022 - Added ability to sample iOS system voices.
- Added ability to pipe speech through a FaceTime call (requires use of an iOS system voice).
- Updated numeric layout of all Keyboards to be consistent with TD Control (English (US) and English (UK) update immediately, others require internet connection to automatically update).
- Fixed issue where speech was not being heard when iPad not connected to TD Pilot and "Silent Mode" was active.
- Fixed issue where TD Talk could sometimes start in a way where it did not respond to gaze until it was suspended and resumed. 1.4.0 01/19/2022 - Fixed issue where TD Talk sometimes crashed when connecting to TD Pilot.
- Fixed issue where native iOS voices where not available for Norwegian.
- Fixed issue where keyboard was reset from selected keyboard to keyboard of application language after a restart of TD Talk. 1.3.0 01/05/2022