Aphluentia: Supporting Communication for People with Fluent Aphasia

People with aphasia (PwA) face a set of communication barriers in several contexts, e.g., in social contexts. Since augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools are often too general and provide limited support to this audience, the aim of this work is to explore novel ways of supporting communication for PwA that take into account their needs and characteristics and move beyond the scope covered by current solutions. This work describes the design and development of the first proof-of-concept of Aphluentia, a tool to support communication in everyday social situations for people with fluent aphasia, designed by working with speech and language therapists with experience working with PwA to inform and evaluate its characteristics. At its current stage, Aphluentia establishes the grounds for discussion and assessment of the proposal by PwA.