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A digital communication tool built around boards of visual artefacts. Each artefact is a card with an image, a label, and an optional sound, and boards can be laid out freely as a “talking mat” or in fixed slots for simpler, sequential communication.

VTA is designed for shared use between a child and a caregiver: a board can be shared live so that changes appear on both screens at once, and the app includes built-in video calling and text-to-speech so an artefact can speak its label aloud. A separate web dashboard lets administrators manage users and the pairings that link caregivers to the children they support.

Screenshots

The artefact library: food, toys and everyday items a child can communicate with.

Building a board: an artefact placed on the talking mat with its spoken label.

Creating a new artefact: take a photo, upload an image, or generate one with AI.

Signing in to the VTA app.

Technology

Flutter (iOS/Android/Web) + Vue 3 admin dashboard + ASP.NET API + SignalR (real-time) + MySQL.

Repository: visual-tangible-artefacts