Features (Download full user manual here)
Personalized or Synthesized voice
Every picture can be attached a voice in the following ways.
•Recording of own personalized voice or
•Text To Speech. Synthesized voice supports English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, French, Italian, German and Chinese Simplified. No internet connection is required. For IOS 7 or above, the embedded voices will be more natural. Supports following additional language :-Arabic, Czech, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norweigian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Soanish, Thai, Turkish
Communication boards
•Customizable up/down or left/right gesture to scroll the board
•Drag-n-drop or tap picture into communication strip
•Play back voice by tapping picture or "one tap speak all"
•For starter, "I want" board require just a tap on the picture to show on the comm. strip. He/She can progressively move to "3 Pictures" and free-form mode
•Email communication strip pictures
•Locate me
Every picture can be attached a voice in the following ways.
•Recording of own personalized voice or
•Text To Speech. Synthesized voice supports English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, French, Italian, German and Chinese Simplified. No internet connection is required. For IOS 7 or above, the embedded voices will be more natural. Supports following additional language :-Arabic, Czech, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norweigian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Soanish, Thai, Turkish
Communication boards
•Customizable up/down or left/right gesture to scroll the board
•Drag-n-drop or tap picture into communication strip
•Play back voice by tapping picture or "one tap speak all"
•For starter, "I want" board require just a tap on the picture to show on the comm. strip. He/She can progressively move to "3 Pictures" and free-form mode
•Email communication strip pictures
•Locate me
Multiple page sets/templates/boards
•Customize your own types of board e.g. Categorized, Theme or Topic Based, T.A.L.K., Core Vocabulary, etc.
•Use 'swipe gesture' on scrollable strip or 'button tap' on template index to navigate the templates
•Sort images by drag and drop
•Export template to PDF file for printing and email
•Customize your own types of board e.g. Categorized, Theme or Topic Based, T.A.L.K., Core Vocabulary, etc.
•Use 'swipe gesture' on scrollable strip or 'button tap' on template index to navigate the templates
•Sort images by drag and drop
•Export template to PDF file for printing and email
Sentence building and prompting
•Build preset picture sentences
•"Sentence Prompt" strip to prompt and teach sentence construction
•'Fill in the blanks' feature
•Build preset picture sentences
•"Sentence Prompt" strip to prompt and teach sentence construction
•'Fill in the blanks' feature
Your own picture catalog (i.e. MyCatalog)
•Build up from photo library
•Category management
•Bulk upload images via zipped file. The file name of the zipped file will be used as category title. One level of directory is allowed in the zip
•Bulk upload via email
Image editing capabilities
•Crop, Resize, Flip and Rotate
•Several built-in symbol sizes
•Define own crop size
•Build up from photo library
•Category management
•Bulk upload images via zipped file. The file name of the zipped file will be used as category title. One level of directory is allowed in the zip
•Bulk upload via email
Image editing capabilities
•Crop, Resize, Flip and Rotate
•Several built-in symbol sizes
•Define own crop size
Text to image
•Type in text and save as pictures
•Choose font, size and color
•Create "sight" or any words
Games feature that is beneficial cognitively
•Comes with color, shapes, numbers and alphabets
•Customize any number of identification and matching games and exercises
•Personalized voices for praises and encouragements
Backup/Restore feature
•Share your images and configurations with multiple devices and users
•Select a backup version to restore
•Reset to original settings
•Backup/Restore via email. Do it all within your device!
Configurable options
•Male/female, voice speed and pitch for TTS
•Mulitple symbol sizes and text
•Colorful background selection simulating PECS book
•Free-form communication strip to drop any no. of pictures
•Sound and wriggling effect
•Default email addresses
•Show or hide "email", "customize", "location", "list icon" button and TabBar. Hiding them will prevent user accidentally moving to other screens
•Communication strip on top or bottom of the boards
•Disable edits to prevent accidental updates
•Passcode protect "Options"
•Drag-n-drop or tap gesture, up/down or left/right gesture for the communication boards
•Playback voice immediately when picture is placed on communication strip
•Clear images on communication strip when 'Play All' voice playback is completed
Other features
•Connection Service between PictureCanTalk and your computer
•Popup explanatory notes
•Dropbox integration
•Search catalog
•Type in text and save as pictures
•Choose font, size and color
•Create "sight" or any words
Games feature that is beneficial cognitively
•Comes with color, shapes, numbers and alphabets
•Customize any number of identification and matching games and exercises
•Personalized voices for praises and encouragements
Backup/Restore feature
•Share your images and configurations with multiple devices and users
•Select a backup version to restore
•Reset to original settings
•Backup/Restore via email. Do it all within your device!
Configurable options
•Male/female, voice speed and pitch for TTS
•Mulitple symbol sizes and text
•Colorful background selection simulating PECS book
•Free-form communication strip to drop any no. of pictures
•Sound and wriggling effect
•Default email addresses
•Show or hide "email", "customize", "location", "list icon" button and TabBar. Hiding them will prevent user accidentally moving to other screens
•Communication strip on top or bottom of the boards
•Disable edits to prevent accidental updates
•Passcode protect "Options"
•Drag-n-drop or tap gesture, up/down or left/right gesture for the communication boards
•Playback voice immediately when picture is placed on communication strip
•Clear images on communication strip when 'Play All' voice playback is completed
Other features
•Connection Service between PictureCanTalk and your computer
•Popup explanatory notes
•Dropbox integration
•Search catalog