iMean1.94 - App Store

iMean turns iPad and now iPhone into a letterboard with large easy-to-read keys and word suggestions. I developed it to help my autistic son communicate and formulate his thoughts and for us it has been a huge success (he was 15 when we launched this app and he is now in college). Richie Meade-Miller did the programming. My son enjoys the word suggestions not just for speed but because they make him read. Our customers include many typers living with nonspeaking autism, as well as people with stroke.

We have found iPad makes it easy to switch into this app from reading or watching a video so we can discuss what we are studying and then switch back again.

Unlike icon-based systems this app is dedicated to text and the subtleties of expression and immense developmental potential that using text and formulating abstract thoughts offers many people on the autistic spectrum.

The app saves what's been spelled and features large YES and NO buttons in the main view.

iMean's word prediction offers up to three possible word suggestions as the user is typing. These can be selected with one tap of the finger. This speeds communication and also fosters visual scanning and reading as the user looks at the words and considers whether they are what she or he is trying to spell.

There are four views, a large keyboard in alphabetical order, a full-screen qwerty keyboard, a numeric view for entering numbers and an editing view that makes use of the standard iPad QWERTY keyboard as well as the Apple-built edit, select and copy functions which can be used to transfer the text to other applications such as word processing and mail.

iMean has the ability to speak the text that is entered.

Comments and feature requests are welcome via info@burgeonandflourish.com.

Version History Now works on iPhone!
This version brings the code up to date with recent Apple app changes.
Fixes a bug which caused the text to display incorrectly on some models. 1.94 05/17/2023 Now works on iPhone!
This version brings the code up to date with recent Apple app changes. 1.93 05/17/2023 Our first update in 4 years! Thank you for your patience.
Compatible with iOS 8-11
Many more languages added for text-to-speech (other language keyboards coming in a later update).
When switching to the text window, the cursor now goes to the end of the last text saved
Share button from the text window allows selection to be shared as email, text message, etc. 1.91 09/15/2017 iOS 7 compatibility: fixed an issue where the app would rotate and go off the screen if you navigated away from it and came back. 1.6 10/04/2013 Speech! iMean now comes with one male and one female voice! Touch the gray area to start speaking. Highlight a section in edit view to have iMean speak that text. Speech has been our most-requested feature and we are proud to offer it as a free upgrade to our existing customers! 1.5 03/19/2011 Now set so that iMean will not erase what has previously been spelled even if the app is completely turned off in task manager. To erase what has been spelled the user must now select it and erase it manually, but that is better than losing the spelling history without meaning to!

We are working on a file manager for the next release which will enable the user to keep different documents created in iMean.

Meanwhile iMean will keep everything that is spelled until it is manually erased.

Meanwhile, to preserve what has been spelled please select and email it to yourself on a regular basis! Thank you! 1.4 12/22/2010 Works with iOS 4 1.3 12/04/2010 Added QWERTY layout as an additional view

Added optional settable tap-and-hold delay to prevent accidental entries: user can now set an amount of time for which a key must be held before it registers

Improved dictionary now learns frequently used new words 1.2 05/27/2010 Added: Numeric view for entering numbers easily

Improved: Enlarged font size for easier editing in edit view

Fixed: bug which cause crash when backspacing into words which had been chosen from word suggestions. 1.1 04/03/2010 1.0 04/01/2010