What Parrot Software does

Parrot Software is a privately held, bootstrapped healthcare SaaS company founded in 1981 by Dr. Frederick F. Weiner, Ph.D., CCC-SP, and headquartered in West Bloomfield, Michigan. It develops and markets a web-based speech and cognitive therapy platform targeting stroke survivors with aphasia, traumatic brain injury patients, family caregivers, and speech-language pathologists (SLPs). The platform delivers 94 clinician-designed therapy programs across six categories — speech, reading, memory, vocabulary, function, and cognition — and is differentiated by proprietary speech recognition technology that listens to users and provides instant feedback, enabling unsupervised at-home practice that mirrors in-clinic activities.

The product is delivered as a browser-accessible subscription application at app.parrotsoftware.com, available in English and Spanish, with a 7-day free trial requiring no credit card. The company operates a hybrid go-to-market: a self-serve, product-led consumer motion layered with a sales-led institutional channel that licenses the platform to hospitals and rehabilitation centers (including named accounts such as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Permanente, Veterans Hospitals, the University of Michigan, Easter Seals, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). SLPs also function as a referral channel, prescribing programs as patient homework.

Monetization is purely recurring subscription revenue, with a tiered price ladder: Single User at $24.95/month or $200/year; Multi-User professional plans for 5, 10, 30, and 50 clients priced $39.95-$69.95/month; and an Unlimited institutional plan at $1,500/year that includes a dedicated account manager, custom onboarding, and phone support. The company reports 18,000+ users worldwide, a 78.7% average improvement rate, and four independent university studies validating clinical effectiveness — positioning it as a low-cost (claimed ~97% savings versus in-person therapy at $150-$300/session) adjunct rather than a replacement for professional speech therapy.

Name

Parrot Software

Legal name

Parrot Software

Website

https://parrotsoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Parrot Software is a West Bloomfield, Michigan-based healthcare SaaS company, founded in 1981, that delivers a web-based, speech-recognition-enabled therapy platform with 94 clinician-designed programs for stroke survivors with aphasia, TBI patients, and speech-language pathologists, sold via consumer subscriptions and institutional licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speech and Cognitive Rehabilitation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Assistive Hearing & Communication Access (Captioning, Hearing Support, Transcription) (EDAFAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration) (HDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Speech therapy software
• Aphasia rehabilitation
• Brain injury recovery
• Cognitive therapy programs
• Clinical speech recognition

Headquarters

HQ city

West Bloomfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Single User: Monthly or annual subscription for individual users accessing all 94 therapy programs. $24.95/month or $200/year with full program access.
2. Subscription - Multi-User Professional: Tiered pricing for professionals managing multiple clients: 5 clients at $39.95/month, 10 clients at $49.95/month, 30 clients at $59.95/month, or 50 clients at $69.95/month. Annual plans available.
3. Subscription - Unlimited Institutional: Unlimited client accounts for large organizations at $1,500/year, including dedicated account manager and custom onboarding.
4. Institutional Licensing: Licensing agreements with hospitals and rehabilitation centers for organizational-wide access to therapy programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Parrot Software provides a web-based aphasia and brain injury rehabilitation platform built around 94 clinician-designed therapy programs spanning speech, reading, memory, vocabulary, functional skills, and cognition. The software uses proprietary speech recognition to listen to users and deliver instant audio feedback, enabling at-home practice between professional therapy sessions. It is delivered via subscription tiers to individuals, professionals, and healthcare institutions worldwide.

Product overview

Parrot Software provides a unified therapy platform for aphasia and brain injury rehabilitation, comprising 94 therapy programs across six categories: Speech (24 programs), Reading (12 programs), Memory (20 programs), Vocabulary (17 programs), Function (5 programs), and Cognition (14 programs). The platform also includes specialized subcategories such as Word Recall (6 programs), Practice Speaking (16 programs), and Easy Confidence Building (6 programs). The core product is the speech recognition-enabled therapy software, offered through tiered subscription plans ranging from individual Single User ($24.95/month) to Multi-User plans for professionals (up to 50 clients) and Unlimited enterprise plans ($1,500/year).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aphasia and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Therapy Platform Web-based therapy platform delivering 94 clinician-designed programs covering speech (24), reading (12), memory (20), vocabulary (18), functional skills (5), and cognition (14), with proprietary speech recognition that listens to users and provides instant audio feedback on speaking exercises for at-home aphasia and brain injury rehabilitation.
• Institutional Licensing for Healthcare Organizations Site-wide licensing agreements sold to hospitals and rehabilitation centers that provide organization-wide access to the 94 therapy programs, with dedicated account managers, custom onboarding, and phone support for large deployments.
• Audiology Testing Products Audiology testing products sold through a dedicated online store section at parrotsoftware.com/store, offered alongside the rehabilitation therapy software.

Quantifiable outcome

• 78.7% average improvement rate across users
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lingraphica: Lingraphica is a leading provider of speech-generating devices and therapy apps for adults with aphasia. It is the most direct competitor, offering overlapping clinician-designed content, AAC tools, and institutional sales channels for the same aphasia and brain injury patient population.
• CogniFit: CogniFit provides subscription cognitive assessment and brain-training software marketed to both consumers and clinicians for rehabilitation of stroke, TBI, and age-related decline. The clinical positioning, subscription model, and product overlap with Parrot's memory and cognition programs make it a comparable peer.
• Constant Therapy Health: Constant Therapy offers a digital speech, language, and cognitive therapy platform used by clinicians and patients recovering from stroke and TBI. It directly competes with Parrot Software in clinician-prescribed home therapy and acquired Tactus Therapy, strengthening its comparable product and customer overlap.
• Posit Science / BrainHQ: BrainHQ by Posit Science sells clinically validated computerized cognitive training (memory, attention, brain speed) targeting the same older-adult population recovering from stroke or age-related decline. Its content breadth in memory and cognition overlaps directly with Parrot's 20 Memory and 14 Cognition programs.
• Tactus Therapy: Tactus Therapy builds evidence-based speech therapy apps for adults with aphasia and apraxia. Its content focus on adult acquired speech/language disorders overlaps directly with Parrot's 24 Speech and aphasia-rehabilitation programs, and the brand is widely used by the same SLP referrers.

Others

• PRC-Saltillo: PRC-Saltillo is a major AAC device and language-program provider serving individuals with complex communication needs from stroke, TBI, and developmental disabilities. It overlaps with Parrot's clinical customer base and institutional buyers without directly competing on the speech-therapy software category.
• Tobii Dynavox: Tobii Dynavox is the largest manufacturer of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices and software for people with communication disabilities from stroke, TBI, and progressive conditions. It serves the same institutional buyers (rehab centers, VA, hospitals) and is a natural strategic acquirer of therapy software assets like Parrot.

Broad incumbents

• Lumosity: Lumosity is a large, consumer-facing brain-training subscription brand that addresses adjacent memory/attention/cognition markets. While it operates at a much broader and lower-acuity position than Parrot, it competes for consumer mindshare in cognitive training and represents the scaled incumbent in the category.

Emerging players

• Speech Blubs: Speech Blubs is a subscription speech-language practice app primarily serving children with speech delays. It uses speech recognition for speaking exercises and overlapping technology, but targets pediatric rather than adult aphasia/TBI users; partial product/technology overlap with Parrot's speech-recognition practice programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/parrotsoftware
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parrot-software-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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