Pictello Visual Stories Hack 3.9.2 + Redeem Codes
Develop language and literacy
Developer: AssistiveWare
Category: Education
Price: $19.99 (Download for free)
Version: 3.9.2
ID: com.assistiveware.pictello
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Description
Everyone loves to tell fun, engaging, and imaginative stories. Go ahead and make a social story or visual schedule for a child with autism or a slide show of holiday pictures for your friends - Pictello makes it a breeze to create and share! Whether you use the included natural-sounding Text to Speech voices, or record your own voice, Pictello is the perfect tool for visual storytelling.
Each page in a Pictello story consists of a photo or video and some text, which can be read aloud by a Text to Speech voice or your own recorded audio.
Develop literacy skills
- Support reading with word-by-word text highlighting
- Develop writing and spelling with built-in word prediction and Speak as You Type
- Create stories to teach academic and social skills
- Import free early literacy and adapted academic books from Tar Heel Reader
Create and playback with ease
- Let students use the wizard to create stories
- Play stories page by page or as a slideshow
- Use Text to Speech voices to read the story
- Turn on switch access for story playback
Integrate multimedia
- Add your own photos
- Include short video clips
- Record your own voice or sound
Share your stories
- Share with other Pictello users through our free sharing server
- Use Dropbox to exchange stories
- Export to PDF or print to share with non-Pictello users
Speak your language
- Pick English, Spanish, German, French, Italian or Dutch for the user interface
- Select from over 110 free Text to Speech voices in 29 languages
- Use genuine American, British, Australian, American-Spanish, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Norwegian and Swedish children's voices
- Create interest with fun character and specialty voices
Customize to fit your needs
- Pick between Wizard or Expert creation modes
- Swipe or automatically turn pages
- Adjust speech rate and pronunciations
Read more at www.assistiveware.com/products/pictello
Additional Note:
Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Licensing Program for Education.
Each page in a Pictello story consists of a photo or video and some text, which can be read aloud by a Text to Speech voice or your own recorded audio.
Develop literacy skills
- Support reading with word-by-word text highlighting
- Develop writing and spelling with built-in word prediction and Speak as You Type
- Create stories to teach academic and social skills
- Import free early literacy and adapted academic books from Tar Heel Reader
Create and playback with ease
- Let students use the wizard to create stories
- Play stories page by page or as a slideshow
- Use Text to Speech voices to read the story
- Turn on switch access for story playback
Integrate multimedia
- Add your own photos
- Include short video clips
- Record your own voice or sound
Share your stories
- Share with other Pictello users through our free sharing server
- Use Dropbox to exchange stories
- Export to PDF or print to share with non-Pictello users
Speak your language
- Pick English, Spanish, German, French, Italian or Dutch for the user interface
- Select from over 110 free Text to Speech voices in 29 languages
- Use genuine American, British, Australian, American-Spanish, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Norwegian and Swedish children's voices
- Create interest with fun character and specialty voices
Customize to fit your needs
- Pick between Wizard or Expert creation modes
- Swipe or automatically turn pages
- Adjust speech rate and pronunciations
Read more at www.assistiveware.com/products/pictello
Additional Note:
Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Licensing Program for Education.
Version history
3.9.2
2023-07-03
We update the app regularly so we can make it better for you. This version includes several bug fixes and performance improvements. Thanks for using our app!
3.9.1
2023-06-13
We update the app regularly so we can make it better for you. This version includes several bug fixes and performance improvements. Thanks for using our app!
3.9
2023-02-13
We've added two new Northern English child voices—Alfie and Amy. Try them out.
3.8
2022-08-31
Pictello is getting a big update!
We're adding Tamira and Darius - the first African American English digital voices designed for AAC. Along with them, we're adding 23 voices for various languages - you can access all of them by opening Options and tapping Voice Manager.
This version also includes several minor fixes and performance improvements. Thanks for using Pictello!
We're adding Tamira and Darius - the first African American English digital voices designed for AAC. Along with them, we're adding 23 voices for various languages - you can access all of them by opening Options and tapping Voice Manager.
This version also includes several minor fixes and performance improvements. Thanks for using Pictello!
3.7.4
2021-11-11
Fixed an issue in the the previous release that removed all pronunciations when the app was restarted. This issue is now fixed, unfortunately you may need to recreate the pronunciations you’ve lost.
3.7.3
2021-10-14
This version offers iOS 15 compatibility, includes several bug fixes and performance improvements. Thanks for using our app!
3.7.2
2020-10-20
Bugs seriously creep us out. That is why we addressed several user-reported bugs in this version.
3.7.1
2020-03-30
Bugs seriously creep us out. That is why we addressed several user-reported bugs in this version.
3.7
2020-01-07
In this version the visibility of text in the search field has been improved.
We fixed a bug that occurred when recording sound.
Some other smaller bugs were also fixed.
Thanks for using our app!
We fixed a bug that occurred when recording sound.
Some other smaller bugs were also fixed.
Thanks for using our app!
3.6
2019-01-07
Version 3.6 introduces compatibility for iPad Pro 11”, iPad Pro 12.9”(3rd generation), iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. This version also includes bug fixes.
Thanks for using our app!
Thanks for using our app!
3.5
2018-04-24
This update introduces the first genuine Dutch Text to Speech voices for children, Merel and Thijs. We spent nearly a year creating these voices in collaboration with Acapela Group and NSGK, and we’re very happy to be able to offer young Dutch AAC users voices which they can identify with.
Version 3.5 includes some bug fixes. This update also includes display optimization for all models of iPad.
Thanks again for using our app!
Version 3.5 includes some bug fixes. This update also includes display optimization for all models of iPad.
Thanks again for using our app!
3.4
2017-09-28
Ciao Italian speakers! With this new version, Pictello’s user interface is now available in Italian and includes two genuine Italian Text to Speech children’s voices: Alessio and Aurora.
Pictello 3.4 is now compatible with the new iOS 11 and fully optimized for the new 10.5” iPad. Additionally, we worked on several bug fixes to improve the performance of the app.
Pictello 3.4 is now compatible with the new iOS 11 and fully optimized for the new 10.5” iPad. Additionally, we worked on several bug fixes to improve the performance of the app.
3.3
2017-06-22
This is an important update for all Pictello users. At the end of this month, on June 28th, the previous version of Pictello will no longer be compatible with Dropbox. To continue to make backups with Dropbox, users will need to update to version 3.3.
This update also includes new voices and several enhancements:
- Refined voice options
- Improved backups with iTunes File Sharing
- Backups can now be deleted
- A Cancel button has been added, so the creation of stories can be cancelled - Two Norwegian children’s voices: Elias and Emilie
This update also includes new voices and several enhancements:
- Refined voice options
- Improved backups with iTunes File Sharing
- Backups can now be deleted
- A Cancel button has been added, so the creation of stories can be cancelled - Two Norwegian children’s voices: Elias and Emilie
3.2
2016-06-08
Pictello 3.2 adds two new French children’s voices: Elise and Valentin. The voices are available in two variants; one that supports the Belgian French way of speaking numbers between 70 and 99 and one speaking those numbers the Parisian French way.
Both voices can be downloaded for free from within the app. With these new voices Pictello now offers free genuine children’s voices for 7 different languages/dialects.
Both voices can be downloaded for free from within the app. With these new voices Pictello now offers free genuine children’s voices for 7 different languages/dialects.
3.1
2016-02-02
Pictello 3.1 adds two new female voices to use in your stories: American English Sharon and German Claudia. Both voices are based on additional recordings and optimized linguistic processes by Acapela Group, making them even more natural, fluid and intelligible.
Pictello 3.1 also includes two brand new natural-sounding Swedish children’s voices: Filip and Freja. With these new voices Pictello now offers free genuine children’s Text to Speech voices for 6 different languages/dialects.
Pictello now supports importing the free early literacy and adapted academic books from Tar Heel Reader. Learn more on the AssistiveWare web site.
Version 3.1 also fixes the Auto Clean option for removal of old backups, and some other small bugs.
Pictello 3.1 also includes two brand new natural-sounding Swedish children’s voices: Filip and Freja. With these new voices Pictello now offers free genuine children’s Text to Speech voices for 6 different languages/dialects.
Pictello now supports importing the free early literacy and adapted academic books from Tar Heel Reader. Learn more on the AssistiveWare web site.
Version 3.1 also fixes the Auto Clean option for removal of old backups, and some other small bugs.
3.0.1
2015-09-09
Welcome Rhona, the delightful new Scottish English voice from Acapela! Pictello 3.0.1 also adds compatibility with upcoming iOS releases, and includes the exciting literacy supports we introduced in Pictello 3.0. With 3.0.1, Pictello requires iOS 8.4 or later, and supports iPhone 4S, iPod 5G, iPad 2, and later.
3.0
2014-09-13
Pictello 3.0 is a major release with many new features:
- Word prediction - reduce typing and build early literacy skills with word prediction, available in 15 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Turkish, Catalan, Czech, Finnish, Polish, Portuguese
- Speak as you type - hear what you are typing by letter, word, sentence or paragraph.
- Switch access - read stories with switches! Use one or two switches to play back your story and turn pages, or use the screen as a single switch with Auto Play.
- Repeated taps - help your happy tappers be more functional: ignore repeated taps during playback, or use them to pause and resume audio or video.
- New French voice, Manon.
- Full screen photo taking
- Improved photo picker
- Refined story creation wizard
- Designed for iOS 7 and later
- Announcements and news messages in your Options
- A few small enhancements
- Word prediction - reduce typing and build early literacy skills with word prediction, available in 15 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Turkish, Catalan, Czech, Finnish, Polish, Portuguese
- Speak as you type - hear what you are typing by letter, word, sentence or paragraph.
- Switch access - read stories with switches! Use one or two switches to play back your story and turn pages, or use the screen as a single switch with Auto Play.
- Repeated taps - help your happy tappers be more functional: ignore repeated taps during playback, or use them to pause and resume audio or video.
- New French voice, Manon.
- Full screen photo taking
- Improved photo picker
- Refined story creation wizard
- Designed for iOS 7 and later
- Announcements and news messages in your Options
- A few small enhancements
2.1
2014-01-28
Pictello 2.1 offers three brand-new bilingual American Spanish/English Text to Speech voices. They include one adult male voice (Rodrigo/Rod) and two children’s voices (Emilio and Valeria). These bilingual children’s voices are an industry-first co-developed by Acapela Group, AssistiveWare and Tobii Technology.
Version 2.1 also includes several other new voices: Robot (French specialty voice), Scott (genuine American English teenage boy voice), Nizar (British English male voice), Minji (Korean female voice) and Monika (Polish female voice).
Version 2.1 also includes several other new voices: Robot (French specialty voice), Scott (genuine American English teenage boy voice), Nizar (British English male voice), Minji (Korean female voice) and Monika (Polish female voice).
2.0
2013-09-09
- Now include short videos in your stories! Use your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad camera to take video clips from within Pictello, or choose video clips from your photo albums!
- Photos and videos you take within Pictello are now saved to your camera roll for easy use in other apps.
- Now you can pause while recording audio in Expert Mode!
- Improved progress information when importing and exporting large stories
- Photos and videos you take within Pictello are now saved to your camera roll for easy use in other apps.
- Now you can pause while recording audio in Expert Mode!
- Improved progress information when importing and exporting large stories
1.7
2013-05-22
- Meet Jonas and Lea, the first German children's Text to Speech voices. Based on recordings by real children, Jonas and Lea provide natural-sounding speech for German stories. Co-developed by Acapela Group, AssistiveWare and Tobii Technology, these brand new voices are now available as free downloads in Pictello.
- New Australian English genuine children's Text to Speech voices co-developed by Acapela Group and AssistiveWare are also available, along with a new adult female Australian English voice. Liam, Olivia, and Lisa can be downloaded for free inside Pictello!
- New Australian English genuine children's Text to Speech voices co-developed by Acapela Group and AssistiveWare are also available, along with a new adult female Australian English voice. Liam, Olivia, and Lisa can be downloaded for free inside Pictello!
1.6
2012-11-13
- Work on literacy goals with word-by-word text highlighting for text to speech!
- More options for sharing your creations: save your stories to Dropbox as Pictello stories or PDFs!
- Meet Sakura, the new Japanese voice!
- Support for larger screens of iPhone 5 and new iPod touch
- Other minor bug fixes and enhancements
- Warning: No longer supports iPod touch 2G and iPhone 3G and older devices (if you have one of these devices do not download this update). If you have questions contact [email protected]
- More options for sharing your creations: save your stories to Dropbox as Pictello stories or PDFs!
- Meet Sakura, the new Japanese voice!
- Support for larger screens of iPhone 5 and new iPod touch
- Other minor bug fixes and enhancements
- Warning: No longer supports iPod touch 2G and iPhone 3G and older devices (if you have one of these devices do not download this update). If you have questions contact [email protected]
1.5.1
2012-10-13
- Bug fix for crash when recording in Wizard mode, iOS 6 only
- Bug fix for crash when sharing server returns error
- Other minor bug fixes
- Bug fix for crash when sharing server returns error
- Other minor bug fixes
1.5
2012-07-23
Many new voices available as free downloads:
- Meet Harry, Rosie, Josh and Ella! Acapela and AssistiveWare have partnered to create the first text-to-speech voices based on real children’s voices. Harry and Rosie are British English voices and Josh and Ella are American English.
- Introducing Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Australian English voices
- New voices for American and British English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Norwegian, and Swedish.
- New Expressive Mode voices – some of Acapela’s voices now come in expressive versions such as Happy, Sad, Far Away, and Up Close. Download these for fun effects! Available for selected American and British English, French, Greek, and Belgian Dutch voices.
- New American English Character voices Hip-Hop Saul Texas Cowboy Micah, Evil Will, Little Creature Will, and British English Queen Elizabeth!
- Wood theme graphics optimized to take advantage of the new iPad retina display!
- Photos taken with the rear camera of the new iPad are now shown at high resolution for gorgeous stories!
- Introducing PresenterTouch™ - when an external display is attached and you’re in mirroring mode, a small circle will appear wherever your finger(s) touch the screen. Participants in a training can now see your touches projected on the external display and no longer need to guess where you are touching the screen.
- Enhanced voice downloading reliability
- Other minor bug fixes and enhancements
- Meet Harry, Rosie, Josh and Ella! Acapela and AssistiveWare have partnered to create the first text-to-speech voices based on real children’s voices. Harry and Rosie are British English voices and Josh and Ella are American English.
- Introducing Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Australian English voices
- New voices for American and British English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Norwegian, and Swedish.
- New Expressive Mode voices – some of Acapela’s voices now come in expressive versions such as Happy, Sad, Far Away, and Up Close. Download these for fun effects! Available for selected American and British English, French, Greek, and Belgian Dutch voices.
- New American English Character voices Hip-Hop Saul Texas Cowboy Micah, Evil Will, Little Creature Will, and British English Queen Elizabeth!
- Wood theme graphics optimized to take advantage of the new iPad retina display!
- Photos taken with the rear camera of the new iPad are now shown at high resolution for gorgeous stories!
- Introducing PresenterTouch™ - when an external display is attached and you’re in mirroring mode, a small circle will appear wherever your finger(s) touch the screen. Participants in a training can now see your touches projected on the external display and no longer need to guess where you are touching the screen.
- Enhanced voice downloading reliability
- Other minor bug fixes and enhancements
1.4
2011-11-18
- Share with non-Pictello users! Export your stories as PDF files, and share them with anyone using email, iTunes File Sharing, or by printing to any AirPrint-compatible printer.
- Export stories as PDF files to iBooks or other PDF reader apps.
- Rearrange your stories in any order within a folder.
- Added Turkish localization.
- Export stories as PDF files to iBooks or other PDF reader apps.
- Rearrange your stories in any order within a folder.
- Added Turkish localization.
1.3
2011-09-23
Localization:
- User interface and in-app help localized in Spanish, German, French, and Dutch
- Additional free, natural-sounding Acapela text-to-speech voices can be downloaded for:
- Arabic
- Catalan
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch (Netherlands and Belgium)
- English (North America, UK, and India)
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Swedish
- Spanish (Spain and US)
- Turkish
Voice downloading improvements:
- Multiple voices can be queued for download
- Voice downloads can complete while you're doing something else in Pictello or when Pictello is running in the background (for devices that support multitasking)
Story importing improvements:
- When you export a story to the sharing server and choose to email the story code to another Pictello user, the receipient can tap on a link in the email to import the story into Pictello on their device.
- When you export a story to iTunes File Sharing, you can put the .pictello file into any iOS app that supports the Document Integration "Open With" feature, and have the story automatically imported into Pictello from the other app.
- When you import a story from the Sharing Server or from another app using Document Integration, the story automatically opens for reading.
Fonts: added Noteworthy and ChalkboardSE (bold and regular)
Use recorded voice or text-to-speech for story title playback
- User interface and in-app help localized in Spanish, German, French, and Dutch
- Additional free, natural-sounding Acapela text-to-speech voices can be downloaded for:
- Arabic
- Catalan
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch (Netherlands and Belgium)
- English (North America, UK, and India)
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Swedish
- Spanish (Spain and US)
- Turkish
Voice downloading improvements:
- Multiple voices can be queued for download
- Voice downloads can complete while you're doing something else in Pictello or when Pictello is running in the background (for devices that support multitasking)
Story importing improvements:
- When you export a story to the sharing server and choose to email the story code to another Pictello user, the receipient can tap on a link in the email to import the story into Pictello on their device.
- When you export a story to iTunes File Sharing, you can put the .pictello file into any iOS app that supports the Document Integration "Open With" feature, and have the story automatically imported into Pictello from the other app.
- When you import a story from the Sharing Server or from another app using Document Integration, the story automatically opens for reading.
Fonts: added Noteworthy and ChalkboardSE (bold and regular)
Use recorded voice or text-to-speech for story title playback
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Ratings
4.1 out of 5
21 Ratings
Reviews
Grace Trumpower,
Autistic children growing up
I am an autistic woman who was originally nonverbal and forced to speak in different therapies. They would drill me to repeat different phrases but I felt like I was saying nothing because I was just repeating what other people wanted me to say. I use all of the different assistiveware apps in different communication situations. They listened to autistic people and converted our natural dialect and communications into apps that really work for us. For the first time since I was seven years old, I finally found my authentic autistic voice. I am myself again. Thank you autistic community and thank you assistiveware.
Pictillo has allowed me to accommodate myself as an adult by letting make my own visual schedule like my teachers used to do for me as a little girl. My anxiety and fixation has reduced so much.
Pictillo has allowed me to accommodate myself as an adult by letting make my own visual schedule like my teachers used to do for me as a little girl. My anxiety and fixation has reduced so much.
FloridaGurlAtHeart,
I’ve been using for years!
I love this app. Very easy to use. I’ve made multiple social stories from potty training to playing on the playground- I love it! I also make a lot of “my favorites” stories. Recently I started having my son use it to make books for his drawings. Easy to use. Thank you!!!
abbey'smom,
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better!
We were already so in love with this app…and then it happened, now you can add videos! We love it because it is so easy to use for myself and for my very highly impacted, nonverbal 11 yr old with autism. She never had any interest before of looking at pictures of her family or of social stories, I just don't think she saw the need. Now, after putting family albums and some motivating stories about her fav foods, she's hooked!:) I thought she'd only want to look at certain ones, but she goes through them all, over and over, even the social stories, like Going to the Dentist! I'm amazed at her response and so pleased! But now, with videos, when I added videos of her bowling to her story about her very first time bowling and of her playing in the water at the beach, I can't even describe her face! She grinned from ear to ear and then was just giddy! Now, that is priceless!!
mrs> B,
Excellent tool
I have over 600 apps on my iTunes account and this is hands down my favorite! I have a twenty year old son who has autism and I work with many students who have special needs from prek to age 21 post high school. This app is great for receptive learning. It can be used to make talking storybooks, social stories also for teaching skills step by step. It can also be used expressively as a tool for writing as it allows students to pair their writing with a visual. It also allows written output to be broken into smaller more manageable chunks. An added benifit is students can work on reading fluency when they record their stories . It is a great tool for individuals who ate non verbal to relate experiential stories to share on a social level. We have also used this app for vocabulary development making talking flashcards. There are so many good uses for this app I could go on and on. A must have app if you are a teacher!!!
JLukasz,
Awesome App!
My son is 19 and has Autism, non-verbal. This is a terrific way for him to now have a picture schedule for each day of the week. The technology is easy to use just as with Assistiveware's Proloquo2Go. Pictello allows me to create his schedule just as you would a story so he know exactly what he will do from the moment he gets up until the moment he goes to bed. In addition we can now create outing stories for him to share with his peers at school, he is the only non-verbal in his class. I have already set up Proloquo2go to facilitate two-way-conversation so now a story book for him to share is great! No more velcro pictures for this house! This is the way of the future! Love this product!!!
VLMaples,
A great new way to tell a story!
I have a very bright, but severely physically handicapped daughter who loves to read and loves to tell stories. With Pictello, Nichole can share her favorite stories by taking the pictures she collects and adding the way she wants to talk about them into telling a story. It gives her voice and the ability to share her most favorite stories and events over and over.
We have also used it to show people the power of social stories and scripting difficult situations with excellent results.
Whether used as a talking photo album, a photo blog, or one of many educational purposes, this is a great app!
We have also used it to show people the power of social stories and scripting difficult situations with excellent results.
Whether used as a talking photo album, a photo blog, or one of many educational purposes, this is a great app!
Laura laughing,
Love the app! Hate the update: shouldn’t change look when issuing an update.
We love this app, it has been robust, and we have been using it daily everywhere for my non-verbal teenage son for more than 2 years (for activity schedules, photo albums he shares with peers, and almost everything we can think of). WHY DID YOU CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE BUTTONS? Since the app update, we have to reteach the app. My son stopped using the buttons because . the color scheme changed, and the forward/backward buttons are orange and less visually distinct. Don’t make things cutesy for this population!!! Any visual changes are a major change for people with cognitive and visual-processing differences. Don’t do it again. This time we’ll put the hours in to reteach it. Next time offer the option of retaining the old look and feel or accepting the changes with any updates your designers want to make.
Plastic cow,
Great peer interaction
My son who is in middle school loves to use this to share with friends, we've made stories about camping trips, going to lake, cousins visiting. The most popular one is "kids at school". His peers love to see pics of themselves and he loves that they want to. My son has some cognitive deficits and can not build the stories himself, it only takes me about 5 minutes to make him an 8 to 10 page story. This app is easy to use "on the fly"if you have an iPad 2. The additional step of importing pics into an iPad 1 does deter me from using it on that device (we have both iPads ). The app is reasonably glitch free and I highly recommend it.
iTaalk,
Benefits for all...
This is by far one of the most useful apps on the market for children and adults with special needs. In fact, all children can benefit from this app. I have recommended this app to typical preschool teachers for those difficult to learn rules like "waiting in line", "keeping hands to yourself", etc...all the way to using with severely impaired adults on independent living skills like, "washing your hair" and "brushing your teeth."
Super simple to navigate and LOVE the ability to share stories between multiple pictello users. This makes for an extremely functional social story app. HIGHLY recommend.
Super simple to navigate and LOVE the ability to share stories between multiple pictello users. This makes for an extremely functional social story app. HIGHLY recommend.
Jgtut,
Excellent app for social stories and job coaching!
I am a Speech-Language Pathologist and I specialize in Augmentative and Alternative communication. I recommend this app all the time for students to use for social stories/scripts as well as for "job coaching" where you can quickly lay out the steps of a task! I have tried many other book creation apps and always come back to this app as my favorite because it is so easy to program and does everything I want it to do! The newest addition of the American kid voices is an excellent bonus feature that the developer added at no extra cost! Love it!
