Delivering personalised speech therapy exercises and tracking patients' progress
Adults with neurological conditions often need sustained therapy for communication and swallowing difficulties. Staff shortages and manual administration limit access, while generic home exercises lack feedback and progress tracking. Patients can face long waits and receive less therapy than recommended.
Beautiful Voice provides a web-based speech and language therapy platform with personalised exercises and real-time feedback. Patients practise at home while therapists assign activities, monitor progress, conduct assessments and generate case notes.
What stands out about Beautiful Voice
NHS Innovation Accelerator reports a 26% improvement in speech intelligibility in patients with dysarthria using the platform.
NHS and private service teams use Beautiful Voice as part of standard care, according to NHS Innovation Accelerator.
Beautiful Voice is generating revenue from its speech therapy platform.
Received NIHR i4i Fast grant support, alongside separately identified investment from Bethnal Green Ventures and angels.
Selected for KQ Labs at the Francis Crick Institute, receiving funding and access to resources for healthcare start-ups.
Won the MSDUK Innovation Challenge Social Impact category for its speech and language therapy platform.
Co-founder Dongli Li holds a PhD in Healthcare Innovation from the University of Oxford and trained in biomedical engineering.
Co-founders Dongli Li and Andre Hallack previously co-founded gaitQ, which develops wearable technology for Parkinson’s mobility.
In a P4SY founder interview, Andre Hallack reported that the early Beautiful Voice prototype had supported over 200 users with speech therapy.
Collaborated with Sheffield Hallam University and the Stroke Association on grant-supported co-design workshops shaping its platform.
Joined the NHS Innovation Accelerator in 2026 with co-founder Dongli Li as its fellow, adding to earlier accelerator participation.
Co-founder Yun Bing won a 2025 Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award for Beautiful Voice, including a £ 75,000 grant award.
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