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Everything you need to get going with SayThrough — from your first spoken sentence to customizing a whole vocabulary. In a hurry? The questions people ask most are answered in one place.

• Quick start (5 minutes) →Open the app and say your first sentence.
• What is AAC? →A plain-language introduction for families and educators.
• Core words: the full list →The words that do 80% of the work — and the list SayThrough ships.
• Does AAC stop a child talking? →What twenty years of research actually found.
• How to model AAC →Teaching a board by using it yourself — the thing that decides whether AAC works.
• Touch, dwell & switch scanning →Setting up how someone physically operates the board.
• Install on iPad, Chromebook & Android →Add it to the home screen and use it offline.
• AAC in schools with no budget →Rollout, IT notes and classroom practice, at no cost.
• ARASAAC symbols explained →The free pictogram library behind much of the world's AAC.
• Free printable boards →Paper core boards with symbols, matching the app's layout.
• AAC questions, answered →Cost, speech, starting age, devices, privacy and lock-in.