- Bug fixes

TalkTiles 2.2 introduces the Keyboard — a type-to-speak page for spelling users — and caregiver-selectable grid sizes that keep every tile exactly where your learner expects it. NEW: KEYBOARD (TYPE TO SPEAK) • Type anything and hear it spoken in your chosen voice, rate, and pitch • Word suggestions as you type: completions mid-word, next-word ideas after a space • Quick Phrases — five pinned phrases for urgent moments ("I need a break", "Bathroom please"). Caregivers can add, rename, and reorder them in Settings • Recent — your last 20 phrases; tap to edit, or tap the speaker to say it again • Works fully with Bluetooth keyboards: type and press Return to speak • Caregivers can show or hide the Keyboard tile, synced across devices NEW: GRID SIZES & STEADY LAYOUTS • Choose a grid size for each board: 3×4, 4×5, 5×8, or 6×10 • Tiles keep their exact position — adding, hiding, or removing a tile never shuffles the rest of the board • Empty cells are allowed, so boards can grow at your learner's pace • Hidden tiles leave quiet blank space instead of reflowing the layout • Moving is always explicit: drag a tile to an empty cell, or onto another tile to swap • Changing a board's width offers a choice: keep every tile in place, or reflow to fill the new grid ALSO IN 2.2 • Take a photo with the camera when adding a custom tile image, or pick from your photo library • Usage Insights can now record grid changes, tile masking, and typed speech — stored on this device only, never uploaded • Layout and legibility fixes throughout Settings As always: speaking, existing boards, and saved vocabulary never lock behind a subscription.

- Now offering a yearly subscription - Bug fixes

TalkTiles 2.0 is a complete reimagining — calmer visuals, smarter defaults, and the tools therapists and families have been asking for. A NEW LOOK • Refreshed Modern Calm color system and redesigned tiles • Full Dark Mode • Tile palette toggle — switch between Modern Calm and the saturated Classic Fitzgerald colors any time • Larger 3-column grid on iPhone for less scrolling COMMUNICATION YOU CAN BUILD ON • Sentence strip now shows symbols, not just text • Speak, Backspace, Clear, tap-to-remove on individual words, long-press Speak to repeat • Word predictions appear after each tap to reduce taps for users with motor difficulties BETTER DEFAULT VOCABULARY • Replaced 13 starter words with the DLM First 40 — research-backed core vocabulary used by SLPs • Fitzgerald Key color coding throughout (purple pronouns, green verbs, blue descriptors, pink social, and more) • Existing users keep custom tiles untouched; an opt-in banner adds missing core words non-destructively 117 SYMBOLS INCLUDED • Mulberry Symbols bundled — search, tap, assign, no photo upload required • Symbol picker built into both tile and category creation • SF Symbol fallbacks for abstract words like "not," "this," "that" FOR THERAPISTS AND CAREGIVERS • Modeling mode — tap to speak without affecting the user's in-progress sentence • Pre-built starter boards (Mealtime, Feelings, Bathroom, Playtime, School) • Voice picker with rate and pitch sliders, per-voice preview • Usage Insights with vocabulary growth, MLU, sentence-length distribution, and IEP-ready PDF export. Tracking is opt-in and stays on this device — never sent to any server. SMALLER FIXES THAT ADD UP • Reset Default Vocabulary now preserves your custom tiles • Starter boards re-add themselves if you delete the category • "I" and other single-letter words now read correctly (no more "capital I") • iPad layout fixes for iPadOS 26 window controls and the Dynamic Island • VoiceOver labels across the sentence strip and predictions We hope 2.0 makes TalkTiles a better daily tool — for the family at the dinner table, the therapist in session, and most of all, the person communicating.

- Updated tiles look with color coding - Ability to hide tiles - Ability to re-order tiles - More default vocabulary