# A student idea becomes an app for people with aphasia

What started as an assignment for five ICT students at HU grew into a real app for people with aphasia. Rick Ossendrijver finished **Express Me**, a free Android tablet app that helps users put their thoughts into words.

You tap **picture-and-word tiles** to build a sentence, and a clear voice reads it out. It was a small but exciting launch, showing how a simple student idea can become a practical tool for everyday conversations.

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**Redactie Emerce · Emerce**

Published 3 August 2017

Original source (emerce.nl): https://www.emerce.nl/nieuws/app-mensen-spraakproblemen-gereed