SayPlay · Interactive prototype · Laila Shariff
SayPlay prototypePost-research iteration · 2026 · refined build · demo data only
View as
← Case study
SayPlay fox waving

SayPlay!

Who’s using SayPlay?

Choose your avatar!

Set up profile

Button size{{ start.sizeText }}
A grown-up can change these later in settings.
Caregiver preview of {{ childName }}’s experience

{{ head.title }}

{{ head.sub }}

{{ childName }}
{{ cgBar.status }}
Therapist view
I want to… {{ quickNote }}

Go straight to a board
Tap a picture to start a sentence {{ c.label }}

{{ panel.title }}

{{ panel.meta }}
Want to say more?

Choose a friend to play with…

No friends match “{{ talk.query }}”. Check the spelling, or add them as a new friend.
Avatar

Friend names are demo examples, saved only on this device.

{{ talk.nextHint }}

Guided co-play

You take turns on this tablet using the same pictures. SayPlay doesn’t connect to another device.
Talking with {{ talk.partnerName }}
{{ talk.actTitle }} · {{ talk.progressText }}
{{ talk.turnLabel }}

{{ talk.q }}

{{ talk.emptyText }} {{ c.label }}

{{ talk.summary }}

Keep going, try another activity, or go back to your board.
Find it · {{ game.progressText }}

{{ game.prompt }}

{{ game.fb }}

That was fun to play together.

You looked at five pictures. Want to play again?

{{ story.pickTitle }}
{{ p.line }}
{{ ob.stepText }}
SayPlay fox

{{ ob.q }}

{{ ob.hint }}
{{ r.label }}{{ r.value }}{{ r.why }}

These are a starting point, not a clinical recommendation. Review them with your child’s therapist. Nothing changes for the child until you press Save changes.

Shown on the child’s home screen, in Let’s Talk and in stories.

Avatar

Also asked in Set-up. Used only to suggest a starting board size.

Settings PINConcept

A grown-up PIN would keep children out of settings. Not built in this prototype, so switching roles is open for the demo.

Display

Text size

Voice

{{ cgA.voiceNote }}

{{ cgA.rateText }}
SlowerFaster
{{ r.text }}
{{ r.lo }}{{ r.hi }}

Input

Touch✓ In use

Tap a picture to choose it. Works on tablets, and with a mouse or keyboard on desktop.

{{ c.title }}Concept

{{ c.sub }}

Concept cards show how SayPlay could support other ways to select. They aren’t built in this prototype.

These are prototype settings, not clinical recommendations. The right amount depends on the child, and is best chosen with their therapist.

Before and after: symbols move when you save

{{ cgV.warnText }}

Now{{ cgV.beforeLabel }}
{{ cgV.beforePos }}
After you save{{ cgV.afterLabel }}
{{ cgV.afterPos }}

Stable positions

Within a setting, every symbol keeps its place on every page. SayPlay never reorders symbols by how often they’re used, so a child can rely on where words are.

On the home screen

Talk and Feelings are always on, so the child can always reach their words.
This view shows the child’s saved set-up and your session plan. The prototype doesn’t track progress or store clinical data.
{{ c.label }}{{ c.value }}

Next session plan

No activities planned yet.
  1. {{ p.n }}{{ p.label }}

Activities in SayPlay

{{ c.label }}{{ c.sub }}

Plan

Example content

No activities yet. Add one from the list.
  1. {{ p.n }}{{ p.label }}
{{ thP.status }}
{{ r.label }}{{ r.value }}{{ r.why }}

The caregiver changes these settings, so the child’s board stays the same at home and in therapy.

{{ dlg.title }}

{{ dlg.body }}

{{ c.label }}{{ c.pos }}
{{ toast.msg }}