Voice Back for speech language pathologists and ALS clinics

Voice Back fits into the care pathway as a fast fallback rather than a replacement for message banking or a full AAC evaluation, useful when a patient arrives with dysarthria already underway, fatigue makes long recording sessions impractical, or funding for a dedicated speech generating device has not come through yet.

• Newly diagnosed and still intelligible — record ten seconds today as insurance.
• Speech already declining — clone from an existing voicemail, video, or interview.
• Awaiting an SGD — use Voice Back as an interim communication board on an existing phone or tablet.
• Post-laryngectomy, stroke, or head and neck cancer surgery — clone from pre-surgical audio.

Recommending Voice Back to a patient starts with a short in-office setup, since the app requires only a brief recording to build a working voice clone.

1. Have the patient or caregiver download Voice Back for free on iOS or Android; the 7-day trial needs no payment details up front.
2. Capture ten seconds of connected speech in a quiet room, or upload the best existing recording the family can find.
3. Enter proper nouns, family nicknames, and medication names as custom pronunciations during the same visit.
4. Set up tabs for common contexts — Home, Clinic, Caregiver — and pin urgent phrases to the first tab.
5. Download the original and cloned audio so the family keeps a copy regardless of subscription status.

A one-visit setup usually takes 15 to 20 minutes, including pronunciation entry. Full details are in the FAQ and the compatibility guide.

Voice Back is a communication tool, not a medical device, and does not diagnose or treat any condition; voice recordings are used only to generate the patient's voice model and remain under the patient's control. Patients can delete their voice data at any time; see the privacy policy.

Requesting a demo for your clinic means emailing our team with your clinic, role, and preferred times, and we run short virtual demos for ALS clinics, AAC teams, and university SLP programs to walk your team through patient setup live.

Prefer email? Write to support@voicebackapp.com.

Voice Back's development is guided by an advisory team of people living with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and other forms of MND, and endorsed by Dr. Richard Bedlack, MD, PhD, Founder and Director of the Duke ALS Clinic. See the advisory team and our ALS page.

Last updated: August 3, 2026