"Has improved, new suggestion from teacher" ****

“I have seen this app become more kid oriented over the last year. I'm glad that the app designers continue to take suggestions and implement strategies that improve the appearance and overall functionality of the app. As a first grade teacher, my suggestion is to change the fonts of the letters. When I teach lower case t for example I do not curve the bottom to the right, instead I write a straight line from top to bottom. If you can change the fonts of the letters to what primary grades learn it will be a more powerful tool. Also modeling the correct strokes will help kids learn to print correctly. For example, write the line in the lower case i first before the dot. I will change my rating when changes are made.”

By: Calbears (US iTunes store, 17 July 2009)

Many thanks for your kind words and suggestions.

My development plan over the summer is to deliver my second app (dot-to-dot), get both apps ready to take advantage of some of the new features in the next version of the iPhone OS, and then start to make some big improvements to PocketPhonics.

The next major release of PocketPhonics will see the font options improve. To date, my hands have been tied by what fonts are available on the iPhone. However, I recently came across a way of using custom fonts. I’m going to spend time investigating this and getting it to work. It may not be that straightforward though.