Upon launch you can create an account, login with your account from the SPOKEnPHOTO™ iPhone app, or select ‘Not Now’ and just take a look around. Browse the Getting Started Guide and Sample Album for tips and inspiration. Select the ‘Add New’ button in the top left corner to create your own!
First, name your album (you can always change this later). Second, add photos to your album by tapping the green ‘Add’ button in the top left corner to access Photos on your iPad, your existing Spoken Photos, or your Facebook account. Tap, hold, and drag the photos into the album photo area targets and drop them when the target illuminates green. Third, once they are placed in your album, tap to enlarge and record your photo stories. It’s that simple.
*Note: you will need to be logged in to access sharing and cloud features.
The Gallery is where you can see all of the Spoken Photos that you have created and received. It’s also where you can create and share a single Spoken Photo. Save Spoken Photos from your albums to your Gallery if you want to add them to other albums or share as singles. From inside a Spoken Photo in your album, select ‘Options’ and ‘Save to Gallery’.
Yes! Tap and hold the photo in the album that you want to move. While holding the photo under your finger, drag it to one of the other target locations on the page. If there is already a photo in the photo area, it will ask if you want to replace it. You can also drag the photos onto the left and right page targets to move the photo onto a different page of the album, or into the trash at the bottom. Moving it to the trash target will only remove it from the album, not delete your photo.
In your album, tap a photo to enlarge. You will see a circular ‘Record’ icon on the bottom of the photo and a ‘Request Voice’ button on the top right. To record your own voice, tap the microphone button, talk, and press ‘Done’. To hear someone else’s voice, tap ‘Request Voice’, type their email address, add a message if you like, and they will be sent an email that asks them to record their voice on the photo. If they don’t have the SPOKEnPHOTO app, they can record their voice online.
You can record for up to 2 minutes per photo in your album.
There are 8 page spreads, or 16 pages, per album. It will depend on what orientation you choose but the maximum number of photos per album is 32.
The icon signifies that there is voice attached to that photo. You can tap to enlarge and listen!
Open the album to be shared, tap the envelope icon on the left and follow the prompts. You can add additional people to an album at a later time by tapping the envelope again and choosing your preferred method.
*Note: when sharing an album, the album is locked and can no longer be modified. If you want to modify the album, you can use the Duplicate feature on the bookshelf.
When you share a large album there is a chance there could be an interruption in your Internet service. If this happens, a message will tell you that your album failed to upload. You can select ‘Retry’ to continue the upload.
Of course it will look the most impressive in the SPOKEnPHOTO Album iPad app! However, recipients can choose to view it online. At the moment, you cannot view Spoken Photo Albums in the iPhone app.
Once an album is locked, you can no longer modify that copy. If you want to modify the album in any way (change or add recordings, photos, etc.), you must tap and hold it on the bookshelf and then select ‘Duplicate Album’. An exact, unlocked copy of your album will be added to your bookshelf. You may modify and share to a new set of recipients.
Tap and hold the album on your bookshelf and select ‘Delete Album’.
*Note: if you have shared an album, deleting it only deletes it on your iPad. It will still continue to exist on the web and on others’ iPads. Similar to other online sharing apps, anyone with the link to your album will be able to view your Spoken Photo Album, so if a recipient decides to share that link with someone else, they too will be able to view it. If you are concerned about privacy, only share with friends that you trust to have good judgement.
The lock symbol indicates that this album can no longer be modified. The forward arrow icon means it has been shared already. The ‘f’ indicates it has been shared on Facebook. The bird icon indicates the album has been shared on Twitter.
The app posts a Thumbnail of your album cover and a link on your Timeline. When the link is clicked by your Facebook Friends they view your album on the SPOKEnPHOTO web app.
*Note: You can determine your privacy level on the Facebook sharing modal after you have selected that you want to share on Facebook. Any comments on your Timeline post will be reflected in the album’s comment area on the web app, and vice versa.
The app lets you Tweet a link to the album on the SPOKEnPHOTO web app. Once you select ‘Twitter’ as your sharing method, it will take you to the Twitter modal to customize your Tweet.
If you have selected ‘View in the app’ from the notification email on your iPad and you cannot see the shared album there are a few possibilities: (1) It’s just taking a moment to download, you can go into your Notifications anytime and pull down with your finger to check for new activity. Or (2) they shared the album to an email address different than the one you are using for your SPOKEnPHOTO account. If they do not match, you can only view Spoken Photo Albums online. We are working on that one for our next release!
