Pictello

HIGHLIGHTS

The Pictello is now available for $18.99 for iPhone owners. The application is designed for use in English language. It weighs in at only 10MB to download. The new Pictello app version 1.5 has been updated on 2014-11-20. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
More Info: Find more info about Pictello in AssistiveWare`s Official Website : https://support.assistiveware.com/

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     Love the app Hate the update shouldn t change look when issuing an update Laura laughing

Um this needs work Where is the story code to share Can I pull pics off the Internet             How do I share stories Elainebrain

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                     Just when I thought it couldn t get any better abbey'smom

I downloaded the update 9 9 13 and now I see NOTHING when I launch the app I sure hope I didn t lose all my stories         Fix this update SC in SD

Awesome app I have recommended this app to 100 of my clients during consults trainings with individuals that have unique challenges I also demonstrate it at every workshop presentation that I do Everyone loves the possibilities it holds social stories teaching tasks step by step sharing with classmates and so much more                     Time tested excellence Lisa-freed2be therAPPY consult

Every time I attempt to put together a story for my kids the program randomly crashes saving none of my work Until the bugs are worked out this software is a waste of space that does not deliver what it promises to I ll be looking for another alternative     Frustrating software DrAndyBaz

I am an SLP and mother to a 7 year old with autism and I use this all the time to write Social Stories for my daughter about places we will visit and things we will do I love that I can write the stories on my iPad and very easily upload them to hers It takes me an average of 10 20 minutes to do a story depending on if I already have the pictures or need to go find them on Google This has saved us a lot of money because I don t have to print the stories and laminate them anymore                     Great app for Social Stories Ktmax17

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                     Excellent app for social stories and job coaching Jgtut

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                     Excellent tool mrs> B

I love this app We use it in our classroom for social stories and more Would love to be able to put more than one picture on a page but really like how easy it is to use and ability to save in different formats                 Pic tells TeaCH SpEd 2

This app is wonderful and has so many uses for it My special needs children use it all the time for social skills and as a story board when we are going somewhere                     wonderful app with a lot of uses welcometotheirworld

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                     Benefits for all iTaalk

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                     Great peer interaction Plastic cow

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                     Awesome App JLukasz

I like the concept of creating e stories with your own pictures text and voice recording very much As a special ed teacher and trying to keep a student engaged in the process I found it clunky and tricky to navigate For the cost I would like to see other options to share it via email Facebook social media or print to pdf It s ok just not complete for a 14 99 app             wish it had more to offer for the price bigdeel34

I use this app to create realistic simple reading stories to teach reading comprehension new academic and social skills to my seven years old autistic son for one month along with joint attention and symbolic play and I found it so helpful I wish it came with the PECs data base that Prolo2go had to make it easier I use my iPhone version to take picture instead and transfer story to my iPad problem would be solved w Ipad2 or addition of PECs pictures data base TN MD                     Must have for parent educator DR. TN

As a school based SLP I use this app all the time and have made sure that my district downloads it onto all of my students personal IPads A must have if you work with students who have autism or other NVLD                     Simply the best SLPM

Very easy to use and create stories This App allowed my 5 yr old son with severe Apraxia to tell his class what he did over the weekend by himself on his IPad I can also email his stories to his teacher and she can upload them onto his IPad at school AssistiveWare also makes Proloquo2go that is fabulous for kids w Apraxia This App is definately worth the price                     Wonderful App The Gentleman's Ning

I figured this app would rock given its from AssistiveWare but my son and I had a great time with it first time out He is non verbal but has a lot to say and loves pictures He enjoyed putting together his first book and showing it to anyone who would look including his dog Awesome app                     Laura Jakey'sMom

This is a great way to create a simple social story in 5 10 minutes All I did was take so e photos of the student upload them to the app and add the text Saves me so much time from printing and laminating This is a great use in my speech therapy room and even in our social cog classes                     Simply Wonderful Nia / SLP

Pictello is the easiest way to create talking picture books or social stories for a wide range of learners The step by step Wizard mode is simple to follow for both staff and parents The text to speech capabilities are great but the ability to add your own voice or that of your students is what makes this special Having the ability to add your own pictures to personalize these stories is key for many of the students I work with Nothing like a talking book about you Great app and well worth the cost                     Pictello romcquill

So far everyone has rated this 5 stars If you re like me you are skeptical and think that friends and family are rating Well I am not friend or family Just a nobody trying out this app and I love it I have a son with speech delays He uses proloquo2go to communicate which is a really great and life changing app The same developers made this app so I had to try it It is great Some things we have done with it My son loves to look at certain pictures and tries to get a verbal reaction from us I made a story with some of his favorite pics and recorded my voice with responses he is expecting He played them over and over laughing like it was really me doing it Another way I m using it my son is learning to make certain sounds and saying a few words I made a speech story where each pays says a sound he is working on in speech He sits practicing all by himself It s awesome and so fun to hear him making the sounds It s also perfect for making a story of something fun we did so he can share with teachers and classmates Really love this app iPad 500 Pictello 14 99 seeing and hearing the joy my son gets from using it absolutely priceless Thanks assistiveware Keep up the good work                     LOVE IT BethTooch

This is a very easy intuitive app We always put photos from our trips on the ipad Now it s easy for us to create a story about trips with this app We like the Heather voice I m thinking it might be a great app to do adapted stories for my daughter s language arts school work may be easier than what I currently do with PPT It would be awesome if down the road the text could be highlighted as it reads That would be the icing on the cake                     Very easy to use Julie Borchardt

We are a demo and loaner program in the State of Maine We ve loaded Pictello onto several iPads and iPold Touch devices We have had numerous requests to borrow our devices from educators and SLPs The ease of use for creation of social stories and talking books is amazing Thanks to AssistiveWare for creating such a dynamic and easy to use application                     Intuitive and useful ALLTECH_Maine

This app is so user friendly and is very well done in all respects The sample stories are quite motivating and are fun to show others tool I recommend this app for anyone who wants to easily share vacation stories especially Great value for the price also                     Terrific AAC Girl

We are using this to make talking picture albums so my daughter can show and tell people about things in her life Very easy to use It has a wizard mode that guides you step by step to create a story and an expert mode if you want more options The voices are very nice female Heather for my daughter and when it pronounced a name wrong the editor let me fix it                     Great little app SueM iPod

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                     A great new way to tell a story VLMaples