Scene & Heard Pro: Helping People Communicate Through The Moments That Matter

Communication happens in context—in the kitchen while making breakfast, during a conversation at a café, in the classroom between lessons, or in the middle of the school hallway when something unexpected occurs.

Scene & Heard Pro brings communication back into those real, meaningful moments by using personalized photos and videos to support language, interaction, and understanding. Having this app in the PRC-Saltillo community expands access to visual scene display AAC across our global community!

Now Part of the PRC-Saltillo Community

In early 2026, Scene & Heard Pro became part of the PRC-Saltillo community following the acquisition of the Therapy Box suite of apps. The addition of Scene and Heard Pro to our range of apps marks an exciting step forward in our mission to provide AAC which meets each communicator’s individual needs across the globe. This proven visual scene tool complements existing AAC solutions including LAMP Words for Life®, TouchChat®, Unity® AAC, and Dialogue® AAC.

What is Scene & Heard Pro?

Scene & Heard Pro is a visual scene display AAC app that lets you take photos or videos from everyday life and turn them into interactive communication tools. Add hotspots anywhere on the image or video, with each hotspot able to be programmed to speak a message, play a video, or link to another scene.

The app includes four flexible scene types to tailor communication support to each communicator’s needs, age, and context:

• video scenes
• image scenes
• hybrid scenes
• grid scenes

Scene & Heard Pro also comes with practical tools like visual timetables, communication books, scene sharing, export/import, and Transition to Literacy features designed to help build reading skills.

And with recent updates adding timers, scales for choice making or expressing feelings, and enhanced hotspot options, the app continues to grow its capabilities.

Communicate in the Language that Feels Right

Scene & Heard Pro supports multiple languages, helping communicators access AAC in the language that best fits them and their environment.

Select your preferred language from first launch or change it at any time in Settings. When a language is chosen, the app updates menus and default content—including visual scenes and communication books—into the selected language, making navigation and customization clearer and more intuitive.

Scene & Heard Pro currently supports several languages:

• Arabic
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Hebrew
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Swedish

Because communication is personal, voices aren’t automatically assigned. Instead, you are guided to choose the text‑to‑speech voice that feels right to support identity, comfort, and confidence. This builds on the app’s long‑standing flexibility, where users have always been able to create scenes using their own recordings or text in any language.

Who Scene & Heard Pro Helps

Scene and Heard Pro has a wealth of features that can support a range of people and for multiple purposes.

Adults with Aphasia

Visual scenes are a well-established tool for supporting people with aphasia because they ground communication in familiar, meaningful imagery. Research shows that context rich photographs can create effective communication media for adults with aphasia using AAC.

Scene & Heard Pro allows clinicians and families to:

• Build personalized scenes in seconds based on photographs taken in the real-life setting
• Add spoken messages to key parts of a photo (e.g., “coffee”, “pay”, “sit over there”)
• Create quick-access conversation supports for community outings, appointments, or home routines

This helps reduce breakdowns and supports confidence, independence, and participation in everyday life.

Schools: Visual Timetables & In-the-Moment Support

In busy classrooms, students benefit from clear routines, predictable schedules, and communication tools they can access quickly.

Scene & Heard Pro includes a visual timetable builder, allowing staff to create structured, easy-to-understand schedules. These timetables can support transitions and help students understand what's coming next. This may help them feel safer, calmer, and ready to learn. Plus, in iOS, the visual timetable can provide reminders when it’s time for the next activity.

School teams can also create:

• Photo-based scenes for classroom routines / activities and regular events
• Quick “in the moment” communication tools (e.g., playground, lunch hall)
• Shared scene libraries so the whole team uses consistent supports

It’s a practical, flexible way to embed AAC across the school day.

Context Dependent Communicators

For children and adults at early communication stages, Scene & Heard Pro offers ways to build simple, motivating interactions using highly personalized content.

Using a single photo, professionals or families can:

• Add two hotspots for early choices
• Embed videos to support cause/effect
• Introduce early literacy through the app’s Transition to Literacy features, linking images to written words
• Later progress from image → hybrid → grid scenes as communication becomes more structured

This scaffolded approach supports engagement, language development, and progression over time.

Adult and Child Learners

When trying to learn the steps in a routine, it can be challenging to remember what comes next or what we could say.

With the video scenes in Scene and Heard Pro you can add hotspots that contain key information or messages at chosen points in the sequence. The possibilities of how you can use this are endless but may include:

• Remembering the routine for how we get ready to leave for school
• Knowing what we need to say in familiar routines such as going to the library or picking up a prescription
• Learning the steps for how to do something such as making your bed

Being able to view the video sequence and access the hotspots with the relevant information at meaningful times in the sequence helps to consolidate learning and build confidence.

Multilingual Communicators

Many individuals who use AAC communicate in more than one language, and Scene & Heard Pro offers flexible tools that help families and professionals build communication supports that reflect linguistic and cultural identities.

With personalized scenes, communication partners can:

• Add hotspots with messages recorded in multiple languages
• Create duplicate versions of the same scene to switch between languages quickly
• Use image-based communication to support understanding when vocabulary may differ across home and school languages
• Build visual timetables or video sequences that include multilingual spoken prompts

This supports individuals who move between languages at home, school, and in the community. It also allows families to build AAC that aligns with their cultural and linguistic world, helping reinforce identity, reduce communication breakdowns, and make everyday interactions more meaningful.

How Scene & Heard Pro Impacts Your Communicators

Across home, school, community, and clinical environments, Scene & Heard Pro centers communication and learning around real experiences—reinforcing meaning, supporting recall, and strengthening connections.

Whether helping an adult with aphasia rebuild confidence in conversation, supporting a pupil navigating a busy school day, or engaging an early communicator with personalized photos and simple choices, the app offers a practical, intuitive, and research aligned way to support communication.

Get Started

Scene & Heard Pro is available on iOS and Android for your personal device in the U.S. Outside the U.S.? Regional teams may offer different purchase pathways and support packages, so check with your local PRC-Saltillo subsidiary for options in your region.

Save the Date! Scene & Heard Pro Lifetime is available at 50% off Wednesday, April 22 through Tuesday, May 5, 2026 as part of our two-week groovy app sale and celebration of Autism Acceptance Month and National Speech-Language-Hearing Month.