Technology advances with amazing frequency as well as social media or applications in order to get every day closer, no matter where we are; there are no exception.
Apps may vary each other in their ease and practicality, tools, languages and images and number of followers. Although it might sound that no other dethrone WhatsApp is always good to keep abreast and informed of the latest trends in messaging and use of the latest applications for smartphones.
One of the newest and latest in the growing world of messaging applications is Pictotalk which is ideal for anyone who enjoys artistic things; although its creators, before, in art, they were motivated by people suffering from difficulties in verbal communication, considering that this tool gives them a new alternative. In fact, the application is known as “the WhatsApp of people who cannot speak, read or write. So, how can they communicate? Continue reading.
Pictotalk is an instant messaging application based on pictograms. It allows us communication by using Picts (real symbols as objects or figures) as well as text. Of course the person needs to download the App in order to enjoy its virtues.
The application offers several pictograms in sequence which can also be accompanied by a real image or photograph. These function as symbols in established patterns, so they do not require words for understanding. Similarly, the person with whom we communicate responds to the stimulus of the image with another, accordingly.
So if someone who does not have verbal communication difficulties want to use it, you can rely on words to express some feeling or state that wishes to communicate. This application allows people to communicate using Android or Tablet, with anybody in the world by means Pictograms. It’s available in English, Spanish, German, French and Italian.
To use it, it’s necessary to choose our own username and then we’ll add the person we want to communicate with by using their username. In Pictotalk two users cannot be with the same name, so if you try to pick a name that is already selected, you won’t be able to complete the register.
Also is highly configurable, and its creators recommend to use PictoDroid Lite V3.0 because it will be very easy to modify the board: adding, deleting, changing and renaming.
The messages are not encrypted, so it is not recommended to send highly personal information such as phone numbers and passwords bank. It has also shown some difficulty in downloading using certain Wi-Fi networks, but is not limited to other data networks. Try it, sometimes for lack of time is easier to send an image several words; In addition, a smitten heart can also mean “I love you”.
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