French Word Wizard6.5 - App Store

. French Version of Word Wizard app called "Speak ‘N Spell for the iPad Generation" by the New-York Times and awarded by Children's Technology Review
. French Canadian voice included
. Used in many french schools (26000 units sold to schools)

Note that this is an immersive French app - only menus are translated and the voice is only in French

--Learn to Read French by Building Words --

. The Talking Movable Alphabet activity allows kids to experiment with word building and phonics thanks to the advanced text to speech engine
. Any text can be written and spoken
. 2 child voices + 3 adult voices (including a French Canadian voice)
. Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, digraphs, ABC, Qwerty or Azerty keyboard
. Many, many settings to adapt the activities to the child’s needs (letter size, assign images to words, high contrast modes for kids with visual impairment,...)

-- Learn to Spell French using the Talking Movable Alphabet and your word lists --

. 3 spelling activities that increase in difficulty
. 200 built-in word lists (about 2000 words)
. Add your own words to create unique spelling quizzes!
. Add your own images to illustrate your word lists
. Keep tabs on your children’s progress with detailed reports

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Talking Movable Alphabet Activity
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. Pronounce and spell-check any word, number or sentence with natural sounding voice
. Letter sound (phonic) or name when a letter is touched in the alphabet
. 4 keyboards available: letters, numbers, consonant digraphs (like “ch”) and vowels digraphs (like “au”)
. Uppercase or lowercase letters
. Keyboard emulation option (dragging letters is optional)
. 4 letter sizes available (allowing for more or fewer letters on the board)
. Voice Transformer (speed and tone) for added fun
. Customized word pronunciation, if necessary

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Fun Spelling Activities
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3 spelling activities of increasing difficulty are provided to adapt the activity to the child’s spelling level. You can use the built-in word lists or create your own.

1 - "Word Practice" says and displays the word to spell, and asks the child to spell it using the talking movable alphabet
2 - "Scrambled Letters" says the word and displays the letters needed to build the word or sentence, and asks the child to reorder the letters.
3 - “Spelling Quizzes” is a standard spelling test. The app won’t move onto the next word until the child has correctly spelled the word, helping them to remember its correct spelling.

. 200 built-in word lists: Words for beginners, 1,000 most frequently used words, body parts and more
. Create custom Word Lists by entering your own words and sentences
. Import and export Word Lists you’ve created
. Hints are available should kids not know how to spell a word
. Colorful animations are displayed when a word is completed
. Once a quiz is completed, interactive animations are available as a reward

-- Users & Reports --
. Unlimited number of users
. Detailed Spelling Test Reports per user (can be exported in PDF)

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Please send your suggestions, comment or questions to support@lescapadou.com. We are listening to our users to make our products even better.

Version History This update brings stability improvements and compatibility fixes for iOS 27. Thank you for your feedback and support! 6.5 Oct 6 • Fix issues when 'Interactive Animation between words' setting is enabled
• Fix issues in Practice activity when the 'Type of Model Letters' setting is modified

As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-) 6.4.5 07/21/2022 • (6.4.1) Fixes an issue when a lot of word lists are created
• Ability to create folders to organize your word lists
• Ability to export and import word list folders
• Small adjustments for iOS 15

As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-) 6.4.1 03/31/2022 • Ability to create folders to organize your word lists
• Ability to export and import word list folders
• Small adjustments for iOS 15

As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-) 6.4 11/09/2021 • Setting to be able to use an interactive animation between each word (instead of only at the end of the test)
• (iOS 14) Fix an issue when sharing word lists to nearby devices, and when exporting a single list via email
• Setting to display vowels in blue and consonants in red
• Update of the font
• Improved user interface

As usual, do not hesitate to send us your suggestions for the next version (support@lescapadou.com). Thank you! 6.3.1 04/08/2021 • Setting to be able to use an interactive animation between each word (instead of only at the end of the test)
• (iOS 14) Fix an issue when sharing word lists to nearby devices
• Setting to display vowels in blue and consonants in red
• Update of the font
• Improved user interface

As usual, do not hesitate to send us your suggestions for the next version (support@lescapadou.com). Thank you! 6.3 03/22/2021 • Setting to be able to use an interactive animation between each word (instead of only at the end of the test)
• Setting to display vowels in blue and consonants in red
• Setting to use a QWERTZ keyboard (Swiss)
• Improved user interface
• ...and always 2 child voices available for free download :-) 6.2 03/03/2021 • Fixes a problem when import/exporting images associated with words with accents
• Update of the text-to-speech engine

As usual, do not hesitate to send us your suggestions for the next version (support@lescapadou.com). Thank you! 6.1 06/25/2020 • 2 new child voices available!
• Accessibility: external keyboard support for special needs kids that can't use the movable alphabet
• Text-to-Speech engine update
• Graphic Design update
• Schools: Better ClassKit Support 6.0.1 10/09/2019 • 2 new child voices available !
• Text-to-Speech engine update
• Graphic Design update
• Schools: Better ClassKit Support

As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-) 6.0 09/21/2019 • ClassKit support for schools
• Accessibility: 3 high contrast modes (red, yellow or green letters on a black background) for kids with vision impairments (available in Advanced Settings)
• Exceptions are now case-insensitive 5.7 07/12/2019 • Optimized for all devices and resolutions
• Fix an issue when receiving Word Lists from nearby devices using a previous version
• Reminder: the last version added a great feature to easily assign images to words!
As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks. 5.6 05/08/2019 • Assign images to words easily using the new image browser that search for royalty free images on the web for you
• New button to assign images to words directly from a word list
• “Export Word Lists” now allows to include the images assigned to words, and to select only the lists you want to export
• New Setting to define the number of words per list when importing from a text file
As usual, please send us your feedback so we can make the app even better. Thanks! 5.5 02/11/2019 • Fixed an issue on iPhones regarding word lists scrolling in "My Words" section
Don't hesitate to send us feedback and suggestions for the next update! 5.4.1 12/11/2018 • Better prononciation for some words
• Bug fix: now you can add images for words containing accents
Don't hesitate to send us feedback and suggestions for the next update! 5.4 12/07/2018 • Improved Abbreviations handling
Feel free to send us your suggestions for the next update! 5.3 06/11/2018 • New Canadian French Voice
• Word Images! You can now assign images to words. Images pop-up automatically once a word is built in the Movable Alphabet activity, and appear at the beginning of a quiz activity.
• Background Images! You can also add small background images in the Movable Alphabet activity to have a subject on which to write.
• Practice activity: new settings to choose the model's letter case and to enable all keyboard letters
• Reports now contain the time taken to build a word
• Export text to share what children have written
• Create word lists from text files
• Text to speech engine updated
• New child lock settings to prevent kids to exit an activity, or delete words lists 5.2 04/11/2018 • New Canadian French Voice !
• Word Images! You can now assign images to words. Images pop-up automatically once a word is built in the Movable Alphabet activity, and appear at the beginning of a quiz activity.
• Background Images! You can also add small background images in the Movable Alphabet activity to have a subject on which to write.
• Practice activity: new settings to choose the model's letter case and to enable all keyboard letters
• Reports now contain the time taken to build a word
• Export text to share what children have written
• Create word lists from text files
• Text to speech engine updated
• New child lock settings to prevent kids to exit an activity, or delete words lists 5.1 04/03/2018 • New Canadian French Voice !
• Word Images! You can now assign images to words. Images pop-up automatically once a word is built in the Movable Alphabet activity, and appear at the beginning of a quiz activity.
• Background Images! You can also add small background images in the Movable Alphabet activity to have a subject on which to write.
• Reports now contain the time taken to build a word
• Export text to share what children have written
• Create word lists from text files
• Text to speech engine updated
• New child lock settings to prevent kids to exit an activity, or delete words lists
• Fixed capitalization issues in Practice Activity 5.0 03/23/2018 Fix an issue with iOS7 4.6 09/25/2015 iOS9 compatibility
Fix a bug In Practice mode (letters may be re-enabled when shift was pressed) 4.5 09/19/2015 • Share Word Lists via iCloud, DropBox, Box, Google Drive, ...
• Export all Word Lists at once
• Bug fix: now you can remove any user

If you like the app, please rate this update to let other parents and teachers know what you think about this app (use the dedicated button in the Parents section).
As usual, please send us your feedback so we can make the app even better. Thanks ! 4.1 03/13/2015 • 2 New Spelling Activities to Work on Word Lists : Word Practice & Scrambled Letters
• Record Audio to Replace any Word or Phonic
• 2 New Keyboards to Work on Digraphs (one for vowels like "ou", one for consonants like "ch")
• New Female Voice
• Easy Word Lists Sharing with Nearby Devices
• Rotation bug fixed :-) 4.0 12/11/2014 iOS 8 compatibility 2.6 09/26/2014 Note: this version is not compatible with iOS 8 (a free update for iOS 8 will be available next week)
• New font for lowercase a
• You can now reorder your word lists
• Option to only show certain letters in the Movable Alphabet (great for beginners!)
• Option to only show the letters contained in the word to build during Quizzes
• Option to animate highlight for wrong spelling
• Parental Gate
• updated for iOS7 2.5 09/29/2013