The entire application is dependent on touch because it relys on the interaction with the iPad screen. There are two views inside the application, the first one displays an entire selection of three [tap to edit] blocks and the second display is where the poetry creation and organization occurs from selected segments. The option of including pictures is also available. This application reminded me of how comics are created. The images and text are layered in any order using the space provided in the second display. The Visual Poet application is useful for writing poems in English and provides an interactive area for the creative poet. The empty slots are organized well and the spacing accurately measured in order to use accordingly on a 10 inch touch screen.
The following is a depiction of the main display:
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ⎮Title
⎮ tap to edit ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
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⎮ tap to edit credits:
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ AUTO (button) ---->
credits: original panel imagery by n/a
(AUTO button retrieves image info for user if they do not own
credits for selected images)
⎮ tap to edit ⎮ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Put your thoughts and comments here:
CLEAR (button) ----> clears all thoughts and comments from this section
save (button)
cancel (button)
Once there is one of the three slots [tap to edit] selected, the following display appears as a white space:
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Tap on this display in a specified area in order to create smaller squares of text blocks or add pictures to create visuals. The pictures can be selected from an existing database located in the Library or from online sources such as Google, Tumblr, Flickr.
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⎮ ______ ⎮
⎮ ⎮ *⎮ ⎮
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⎮ _______ ⎮
⎮ ⎮ *⎮ ⎮
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Once the blocks are created it is possible by rearranging them anywhere inside the square by a tap-hold-release action.
If the user double taps the blocks they may edit what was inside the block. The blocks can also be deleted by clicking the * located at the top right hand corner of each block. It is possible to add selected characters, capitals and lowercase letters to write text into the small selected block. When the user types with the touch screen keyboard there is also sound click for each given letter.
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visual-poet/id375207524?mt=8/>
This app has confused me a bit and it took me some time to figure out the interface. Your description to its interface is quite interesting. I didn’t notice how exactly it started maybe because I started the app from where someone probably left off. But now, with the help of your explanation, I can see where I could have started. Nice Work!
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