Adding buttons and folders

1 minute read | January 28, 2023
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Example of a place where a button can be created and a created button

If you want to add a button or a folder, go to Personalization mode by tapping the pencil Pencil icon in the right bottom corner.

While you’re using the app, you might see placeholder buttons with a plus icon Plus icon. These are the empty slots where a button or folder can be created. Depending on where you are, it is possible to create a button and / or a folder. This is clear from the shape.

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From left to right, placeholders for: new button, new button or new folder, new folder

Tapping a + button, you will get a popup where you can choose what you want to create. On a space where either a button or a folder can be created, you will have the option to switch to a folder.

You can make several choices when you add a button or a folder.

Adding a button:

  • “Text to Speak” - type what you want the button to say and insert in the Message Window. (Example)
  • Image - select the symbol, choose a photo from the library or a take a photo
  • With the toggle Hide Image, you can even choose to show no image at all
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Step 1 to create a button
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Step 2 to create a button
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Step 3 to create a button

Adding a folder:

  • Size of Buttons - you can choose if the folder will contain full-size buttons (with image) or half size buttons (without image)
  • Text on Folder - type the name that you want to show
  • Under Image, you can select the symbol shown, either choose a photo from your device’s library or a take a new one with the camera
  • With the toggle Hide Image, you can even choose to show no image at all
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