Real stories
Lives changing, one sentence at a time
Films from wards, therapy rooms and family homes showing how a stroke communication app can improve daily life. New patient and therapist stories are added to this reel as they are recorded.
Rehabilitation ward
The first sentence after the stroke
Guided by his therapist, Michael uses Kalam Connect to say what he needs — out loud, in his own phrasing, for the first time in three weeks.
When the words are gone, Kalam gives them back.
Kalam Connect is a stroke communication app and aphasia communication aid for stroke survivors. Created by a Consultant Stroke Physician and a Senior IT Consultant, it helps patients communicate after stroke with family, doctors and nurses — at home or in hospital.
- 1 in 3
- stroke survivors live with aphasia
- < 5 sec
- average time to a clear answer
- 22 yrs
- digital delivery experience behind it
- NHS
- clinician-led design partnership
Speak in seconds
Large, high-contrast phrase tiles speak out loud in a natural voice — a practical communication aid when a stroke patient can't speak or type.
Clinically shaped
Vocabulary sets designed with stroke consultants and speech and language therapists for aphasia after stroke and dysarthria.
Family at the centre
Relatives add names, routines and photos so the communication app for stroke patients sounds like the person, not like a machine.
Ward to living room
The same profile follows the patient from the acute bed to rehabilitation and home, supporting communication after stroke at every stage.
Bring this stroke communication aid to your ward or family
We work with stroke units, therapy teams and families to set up vocabulary, train carers and measure the difference it makes for stroke patient communication in hospital and at home.
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