Message banking

Message banking means recording spoken phrases — in the person’s own voice, or a loved one’s — and playing them back from the board instead of synthetic speech. For people who will lose (or have lost) their natural speech, a banked “I love you” in your own voice is not a feature; it’s dignity.

How it works in Public AAC

Recordings live in a bank owned by the person, keyed by the text they speak — they are not glued to one button on one board. Record “hello” once and it plays on every “hello” button: on the core board, inside folders, and on boards you import later. Re-importing or rebuilding a board never loses recordings, because they aren’t part of the board.

Two details worth knowing:

• A recording never overrides audio a board itself ships with (an imported board can carry its own sounds).
• Matching ignores case and spacing — “Hello” and “hello” are the same phrase.

Manage recordings in Setup → Recordings.

Your voice stays yours

Recordings are stored on the device. They are never used to train or clone a synthetic voice, and they never leave your control: they travel only inside your own board exports — and, if the person’s boards sync to an account, only when the per-person recordings opt-in is switched on (it’s off by default), end-to-end encrypted so the server can never listen to them.