EchoSteps: Speech Play Lab

EchoSteps turns any sound a child makes into something magical. It is made for young children who are not talking yet, talk only a little, or are learning at their own pace, including autistic children and children with speech delays. MY STEPS: a gentle learning path of 7 chapters and 21 short lessons, from "any sound counts" to first little words. Each lesson is three steps shown as a simple picture schedule (first, then, then), so your child always knows what comes next. SOUND SPARK: Milo the bear is fast asleep. A hum, a whisper or a big "aaah" wakes him up: he glows and blows bubbles. There is nothing to get wrong. ECHO SAFARI: Pip the bird shows 12 sounds and their mouth shapes: Ah, Mmm, Oo, Ba, Ee, Ma, Oh, Da, Pa, Wa, Na and Bye-bye. As your child copies, a flower grows and blooms, and picture cards unlock. FIRST WORDS: Pip shows a picture card, says the word slowly, and your child has a try: milk, more, mama, ball, up, uh-oh and many more. ANIMAL FRIENDS: moo with the cow, baa with the sheep and buzz with the bee. Every animal call is a speech sound in disguise. ECHO TURNS: my turn, your turn with Pip, the back-and-forth at the heart of early talking. PITCH SLIDE: sing high and low to fly Pip over the hills. MY CARDS: tap a picture to hear the word: more, help, all done, yes, no, eat, drink, play, hug and more. Core words are always available. Communication is never locked or time-limited. FOR GROWN-UPS (behind a question for adults) • Vocal Growth Tree, weekly chart and lesson progress. • Mark a sound as mastered when you or your therapist hear it reliably. • A one-tap PDF report to share with a speech therapist. • Explore or Practise level, microphone sensitivity, calm mode, daily time limit, speaking speed. • Several children on one device. GENTLE BY DESIGN • No failing, no buzzers, no scores. Silence simply lets Milo doze. • Calm mode: fewer bubbles and gentler motion for children who are easily overwhelmed. • Adapts to the room's background noise, and reacts to very quiet voices. • Spoken prompts, so no reading is needed. PRIVATE • The microphone is analysed on the device and never recorded or uploaded. • No ads, no in-app purchases, no tracking. • Optional cloud backup keeps progress safe if the device is lost, and can be switched off or deleted at any time. EchoSteps is an educational practice app. It is not a medical device and does not replace speech and language therapy.

New: Animal Friends (echo the cow, owl, sheep, monkey, bee and cat), Echo Turns (my turn, your turn with Pip) and Pitch Slide (sing high and low to fly Pip). Four more Echo Safari sounds (pa, wa, na, bye-bye) and 12 more picture cards.