The Tile Image
Every tile can have an image that appears above the word. In the tile editor (how to get there is explained in Tiles), in the Content tab, you'll find the Image section — with a selector offering four modes: searching the built-in symbols, searching the web, a personal image, and no image.
Searching the built-in symbols
This is the regular mode, and it works on its own: as you type the word, the app automatically finds a matching symbol from the built-in symbol library. In most cases you don't need to do anything — type “apple” and you get an apple.
Want a different symbol from the library? Type a search term in the Search images... field and pick from the results. That way you can, for example, attach a soup symbol to the word “meal”.
The app includes two libraries: ARASAAC — a well-known international symbol library, and Emorli (beta) — our own illustration library, drawn especially for Hebrew and growing with every release. You choose between them in Settings, under “Image source”. The choice affects all boards at once.
The built-in symbols are stored inside the app, so searching them works even without an internet connection.
Searching the web
When there's no suitable symbol in the built-in library — say for a well-known character, a brand or a very specific object — you can search the web for an image (from the image site Pixabay):
- In the image section, switch to web search mode (the globe icon).
- The search field fills in automatically with the tile's word — you can also type a different one. For Hebrew content you type in Hebrew, and the app translates the search behind the scenes (the term actually searched is shown above the results).
- Choose between Illustrations — drawings that blend nicely with the other symbols on the board — and Photos of the real thing.
- Tap the image you want, and it goes onto the tile immediately. For more results, tap More results.
Unlike the built-in symbols, web search requires an internet connection. An image that has already been chosen for a tile is saved and keeps appearing even without a connection.
A personal image
Sometimes nothing beats a real photo — grandma's face, the favorite toy or the classroom at school:
- Gallery — pick a photo already on the device.
- Camera — take a new photo on the spot.
- Previous images — every personal image ever used on any tile is kept in a personal collection, so you can use it again on other tiles without hunting for it in the gallery.
Your personal images sync to your other devices, so a tile with a photo taken on the phone looks exactly the same on the tablet.
No image
Choosing None shows the tile with the word only — useful for connecting words (“of”, “also”) or for text-only boards for skilled readers. You can achieve a similar effect through the tile's display setting — see Tile appearance.
Back to the automatic symbol
After an image has been chosen manually — from the library, the web or the gallery — a refresh button (“Back to the text-matched image”) appears next to the current image. Tapping it restores the automatic match based on the written word.