01 / CHOOSE
Pick what matters.
Wellbeing, stories, culture, news, sport. Interest comes first.
Built for people living with aphasia
Language practice that starts with listening.
Audio worth listening to — with practice built around it.
In development. Shaped by research with people living with aphasia.
At your own pace
Stories that matter
Because relevance changes everything.Real screens from the Milo prototype · German interface
The challenge
Language doesn't end when therapy does.
Aphasia changes how a person speaks, understands, reads and writes. But the need to communicate doesn't stop at the clinic door.
Practice matters. So does having something worth listening to.
Therapy time is limited. Everyday communication isn't.
Many apps ask for too much reading and tapping.
Drills can feel disconnected from daily life.
Personal interests are rarely the starting point.
How Milo works
Less like homework.
More like real life.
Content people care about, listening that adapts, and practice that stays in context.
02 / LISTEN
Listen your way.
Follow the text, change the pace, or ask for a short recap.
03 / PRACTISE
Practise in context.
Exercises built from the story you just heard — not random drills.
Screens from the current German-language prototype. Milo is in development and continues to change.
Pick up where you left off
Quick story recapCHAPTER 02
Maya returned to the small seaside town where she spent her summers.
Read it aloud
Hear it again
Support when you need it
Designed around people
Make the story easier to follow. Not less worth hearing.
Accessible doesn't have to mean simplistic. Adult interests stay at the centre.
Help without losing the story
Recaps and cues for when a sentence or topic gets difficult.
A pace that feels comfortable
Playback and navigation shaped by research with listeners living with aphasia.
Content designed to scale
An AI-assisted content workflow with clinical review, so personal material can be made responsibly.
Our research foundations
Built from listening to the people we're designing for.
We studied how adults with aphasia experience audio media, and what makes listening easier.
10
adults living with aphasia took part in an earlier UK in-situ study
3 weeks
of everyday use of an accessible audio player
8/10
asked for more content, according to early study feedback
An important distinction: These findings come from the earlier UK research prototype (Re-Connect), not a clinical effectiveness trial of Milo. They inform Milo's design but do not demonstrate therapeutic benefit.
ACM CHI 2025PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH
Sounds Accessible
Envisioning accessible audio-media futures together with people with aphasia.
Read the publicationACM CHI 2026PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH
A Sound Understanding
A three-week, in-situ deployment of an accessible audio player with ten adults living with aphasia.
Read the publication Where we are today
A thoughtful path from research to real-world care.
We're building Milo step by step, with the people it is meant to serve.
Learn from real life
Peer-reviewed accessibility research and early in-situ listening with people living with aphasia.
Develop & refine Milo
Iterating on a pilot-ready product, accessible content and clinically reviewed practice.
Evaluate in clinical settings
Preparing usability and feasibility research in Germany, with the right partners and approvals.
Research and regulatory plans are in preparation and may evolve. Milo is not presented here as a clinically validated treatment or an approved medical device.
Our point of view
People don't live in exercises. They live in stories, conversations and moments that matter.
That's the world we want language practice to connect with.
Get involved
Help shape what's next.
Milo is still taking shape, and we would like to hear from you.
Write to us
[email protected]
Send us an email
Clinician, researcher, family member, or living with aphasia — all welcome.