Pictello 4+

Version History

• 3.4

  Sep 28, 2017
  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.

• 3.3

  Jun 22, 2017
  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

• 3.2

  Jun 8, 2016
  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.

• 3.1

  Feb 2, 2016
  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.

• 3.0.1

  Sep 9, 2015
  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

  Sep 13, 2014
  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

• 2.1

  Jan 28, 2014
  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).

• 2.0

  Sep 9, 2013
  - 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

• 1.7

  May 21, 2013
  - 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!

• 1.6

  Nov 13, 2012
  - 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 support@assistiveware.com

• 1.5.1

  Oct 12, 2012
  - 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

• 1.5

  Jul 23, 2012
  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

• 1.4

  Nov 17, 2011
  - 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.
  

• 1.3

  Sep 23, 2011
  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

• 1.2.1

  May 16, 2011
  - Automatically detects iPad 2 screen mirroring when using HDMI or VGA adapters.
  
  - Now supports Component and Composite Adapters with the TV Safe area mode for external displays.
  
  - Improved layout for story playback presentation mode on external displays.
  
  - Adds option to scale small images to fill screen.
  
  - Adds option to reset Pictello Sharing Server account password using either the username or the email address of the account.
  
  - Various bug fixes.

• 1.2

  Mar 16, 2011
  - Now supports the Apple VGA Adapter. iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G and iPad users can choose between presenting their stories on an external screen or mirroring all Pictello screens to the external display. Ideal for sharing stories in the classroom or training people on how to use Pictello.
  
  
  
  - Now provides multi-line text fields to facilitate the creation of longer top and bottom labels.
  
  
  
  - Many smaller enhancements and bug fixes.
  
  

• 1.1.1

  Jan 6, 2011
  - Increased reliability for swipe-to-turn-pages; now on by default for new users
  - Enhanced user interface for moving stories between folders
  - Numerous small fixes and improvements on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
  

• 1.1

  Dec 19, 2010
  - Full iPad compatibility
  - Full VoiceOver support for vision impaired users
  - Availability of children's voices
  - Support for higher resolution images
  - Larger buttons in the story reader and other interface enhancements
  - Numerous small fixes and improvements

• 1.0

  Oct 16, 2010