TomBoy, an OSS AAC iPhone App for Autistic Kids

What it does

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN, My partner, Jess, is a graduating university student in Illustration. For her senior thesis, we put together a basic AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) iPhone app for autistic kids. The initial release is basically a hierarchical wordbook with sounds. But we'd love to add extra features, any code…

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