Share a board or page

Sharing in SpeakAnyWay comes in three flavors, depending on who needs to use it and how often.

You can mix and match. A communicator can have a MySpeak page and you can share an individual board link with one teacher.

A. Share a MySpeak page

A MySpeak page is the one-stable-link approach. Anyone with the link can use any of the boards on the page, on any device, without an account.

1. From the communicator's detail page, find MySpeak page.
2. If you don't have one yet, click Create MySpeak page. See Start with MySpeak.
3. Once it exists, click Copy link. The URL looks like app.speakanyway.com/my/s-j5nz86 — a short, secure code SpeakAnyWay picks for you. You don't choose it (so no one can guess it) and it never includes the child's name. There's also a matching lookup code shown like J5N-Z86 for finding the page by hand if scanning isn't an option.
4. Paste the link into a text, email, school portal, or family chat.

The link is permanent — once it's created, it stays put. Anyone who saves it once gets the same page forever, with whatever boards you have on it today.

B. Share a single board link

For sending one board to one person — e.g., "here's the lunch board for today, can you use it at the cafeteria?"

A board has to be published before its link works for anyone else. Until then, only you can open it, and there's no share link or QR code to copy.

1. Open the board.
2. If it isn't published yet, you'll see This board isn't shared yet below the board. Click Publish this board. That opens the board's Settings; scroll down to Sharing & Publishing.
3. Turn on Publish this board, then click Save. If the board has buttons that open other pages, SpeakAnyWay asks before publishing those pages too.
4. Go back to the board. In the Share this board card below it, click Copy Link.
5. Paste wherever you want to send it.

Anyone with the link can open and use the board, but they can't change it. A published board won't be listed in the public board library — people only find it through the link you send. If they want their own copy to customize, they can clone it from the share view.

C. Generate a QR code

For physical-world scenarios: a sign on the iPad, a tag on a backpack, a label on a communication binder.

For a single board:

1. Publish the board first (steps 1–3 in section B above). An unpublished board has no QR code, because its link wouldn't open for anyone else.
2. Open the board. The QR code is in the Share this board card below it.
3. Click Copy QR Image, then paste it into a document or label maker.
4. Print it. Stick it somewhere useful.

For a MySpeak page: there's no publish step. Open the communicator's MySpeak page tab and go to Print & share for its QR tags.

Most phone cameras now scan QR codes by default — point the camera, tap the notification, the board opens in their browser.

Real-world scenarios

Backpack tag for school. Print the QR code on a luggage tag. Loop it through the zipper pull. If your communicator can't speak and a teacher needs to know how they communicate, they scan the tag and the board opens on the teacher's phone.

Fridge magnet for grandparents. Print the MySpeak link as a magnet. Grandparents have it whenever they visit, no need to remember anything.

iPad case sticker. A QR on the back of the iPad means anyone who borrows the device — sibling, sub teacher, babysitter — can pull up the right boards without your help.

School/SLP handoff. Email the MySpeak link to the SLP and the classroom teacher. Same boards as you use at home, no setup on their end.

What to expect

• Sharing is instant. The moment you copy the link, it works for whoever you send it to.
• Updates propagate automatically. When you add or edit a board, everyone using the MySpeak link sees the new version next time they load the page.
• Recipients don't need to install anything. Whoever you share the link with can open it in any web browser — iPhone, Android, laptop, school Chromebook — no account, no app download. (If you want a dedicated app icon on your own iPad, the SpeakAnyWay iOS app is on the App Store.)
• The link is fully public. Anyone who has the link can use the boards — there's no sign-in gate or allow-list. Share it like you'd share a Google Doc set to "anyone with the link." If a link goes further than you meant, you can shut it off: Get a new link on a MySpeak page, or unpublish a board.

Common questions

• Can I take the link offline if I share it by mistake? Yes. For a MySpeak page, open its tab and tap Get a new link — the old link stops working right away, and printed QR codes keep working. For a single board, open its Settings, turn off Publish this board, and save; its link stops opening for anyone else.
• Does the recipient need to make an account? No. They just open the link.
• Can multiple people use the same link at the same time? Yes. Each person's session is independent — taps don't show up on anyone else's screen.
• Will using the public link show up in my activity logs? Taps on a shared link don't show in your communicator's activity. The exception: when someone opens Emergency info on a MySpeak page, we email you so you know it was viewed.
• Can I see who's using the shared link? Not by name — board and page visits are anonymous. If someone opens the Emergency info on a MySpeak page, you'll get an email with the time and rough location.