How this works

Tap a button and the device says the word out loud, in the same warm voice the boards on this site use — your device's own built-in voice, no downloads, no cloud. There is no board to build, no setup to do, no history kept: the page does not remember answers and nothing is stored. If the voice is wrong for you, the small voice picker below the buttons changes it and remembers the choice, the same way every board here does.

Who it is for

The hardest moments. When overload has taken speech, when a whole board is already too much, when one answer is everything that is reachable right now — a yes or a no can still say I'm here, I can still answer, listen to this. It is also the first board: many people's first reliable communication is exactly these two words, and a page that never asks for more than that respects where the person is.

Partner moves

The evidence line at the top of this page cites AAC — 44 studies — and that practice includes the coaching that teaches a board's use, not just the board itself. Handing the device over is the partner's half of it, and it has its own moves:

Hold the device steady, then let go. Offer the screen in reach and keep your hands off it — hovering says the answer is still yours to review.
Wait without prompting. Silence after the offer is thinking time, not refusal. Asking again can cost the person the answer they were still assembling.
Accept the first answer. An inconvenient no that gets overridden teaches that neither answer means anything. Accepting it is what makes the next answer trustworthy.
Don't test. Never ask something you already know, and never ask twice to check the tap was real. A board used as a quiz is a board people stop answering.

What this is not

Not speech therapy, and no claim is made about language outcomes — it says two words, honestly labeled, the same line every board on this site carries. For therapy, a speech-language professional is the right path.
Not a full communication system. When more than two answers is reachable, My Board and the other boards say much more; this page exists for the moments they are too much.
Not a data collector. No analytics on taps, no history, no account — the answers stay in the room.

Questions people ask

Why only two answers?

Because two is the smallest message a board can carry, and the smallest is what still works when everything else is too much. Yes and no cover consent, refusal and agreement in one tap. When more is reachable, My Board says much more — this page is for the hours when it cannot be reached.

Does it remember anything?

No — no answer history, no analytics, no account, nothing saved on the device. The one exception is your voice choice, kept in this browser only so the board sounds the same next time.

Can someone who speaks use it?

Yes. Speech is unreliable under load for plenty of people who talk fluently the rest of the day, and a board that works in the unreliable hours is worth having on the fluent ones.

Where to go next

My Board — the full tap-to-speak board for when more than two answers is reachable.
Recovery Mode — the near-empty page for when even answering is too much.
Yes and No in the Hard Moment — the two-button plan for the minute words are gone, printable as a poster.
Beside the Meltdown — the site's guide for the adult in the room.

Yes & No — the one-tap answer board