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title: App settings
description: "Cuespeak offers a range of features that influence the behaviour of the **whole app**. You generally only need to review and set these **once**. Let’s go through them from top to bottom: ![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GlobalSettings-923x1024.jpg) - **Used in Hospital / Clinic environment**…"
url: "https://cuespeak.com/docs/app-settings/"
updated: "2023-09-21"
category: "App Structure & Function / App menu & settings"
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# App settings

Cuespeak offers a range of features that influence the behaviour of the **whole app**.
You generally only need to review and set these **once**. Let’s go through them from top to bottom:

![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GlobalSettings-923x1024.jpg)

- **Used in Hospital / Clinic environment** - Turn this **on** if you're an **SLT**, turn it **off** if you are a **home user.** Certain areas of the app behave differently based on this setting
- **Include UK Content** - Turn this **on** to include questions that are culturally or linguistically relevant only to the **UK**
- [Online / Offline mode](#online-offline) - controls whether Cuespeak should **download and store** all the images used within the app. **Default** is '**online**' and is recommended when using Cuespeak with a reliable WiFi connection
- [Speech Controls](#speech-controls) - adjust the **spoken output** from Cuespeak
- [Notifications](#notifications) - set up a **reminder** to work on your exercises
- **Tap to place tiles** - Tiles containing letters, sounds or words are normally **dragged and dropped** into their correct position. If this is **difficult** for the person using Cuespeak then consider enabling this option. When enabled, a **single tap** will automatically move the selected tile into the **next available slot**. The **trade off** for this feature is that it is **less easy to preview** a tile by tapping it, as this will also cause it to move.
- **Tile Spelling Tasks** - Control the letter **case** used by default on all spelling exercises that **use letter tiles**
- **Keyboard Spelling Tasks** - Control the letter **case** used by default on all spelling exercises that **have keyboard input**
- **Zoom images with double tap** - All images within Cuespeak can be **zoomed** to fullscreen with a **pinch-out** gesture. For people who cannot perform this gesture, consider enabling this option. There is a **drawback** that you should be aware of though: when the double tap option is enabled, any **single taps** (such as selecting the correct response) take slightly **longer to register** while the system tries to work out if the first tap is part of a double tap or not.
- **Autoplay articulation video** - Controls whether the first articulation video should autoplay when the articulation drawer is opened
- **Credits** - Shows credits and any **copyright notices** for any content used within the app
- **Version** - This is the version of Cuespeak you are currently running. Updates from the **Apple App Store** will update this version number

## Online / Offline Mode

Select how Cuespeak **stores images** used within the app.

![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ImageStorageOptions-1024x768.jpg)

By **default**, Cuespeak will run **online**. This means that much of the content is downloaded "**on the fly**" each time you use the app. This **saves space** on your device and gives you access to all the features, including **videos**.

However if your **internet** connection is very **slow**, you might find that the pictures are **slow to load**. Or you might want to use Cuespeak when you're completely **away from WiFi**. If so, you can **download** all the **pictures** onto your device so they don't need to be downloaded every time. This takes up **more space** on the device.

You **cannot** however download the **videos** - there are **too many** of them to store on most devices. So running the app **without WiFi** will **not** give you access to the **videos**. They will **appear again** once your are on a good **internet connection**.

## Speech Controls

![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SpeechControls-1024x768.jpg)

Cuespeak offers a **lot** of **spoken output**. It has **two** different types of voice. The first is **synthetic speech**. This uses Apple’s built-in synthetic speech systems to speak any text within the app. This is a bit **robotic** and doesn’t convey much intonation, but has the benefit of **always** being **available** regardless of your WiFi connection. The second is real, **recorded spoken output**. This is of **much higher quality** but requires a **good WiFi connection** to work seamlessly.

You can control the **playback speed** of all the spoken output from Cuespeak using the **sliders**. Preview the speed with the ‘TEST’ buttons.

‘**Prefer Real Audio**’ will stream in real, recorded audio when possible to replace the synthetic speech system also used within the app. This is enabled by default, but you can **disable** this if your WiFi is **too slow** to support this feature. A common issue with low WiFi speed is when a question first plays using synthetic speech (while the app is waiting for the real audio to load), then **switches** to real audio on subsequent plays. Some people with aphasia find this **confusing**, and in those cases where WiFi speed cannot be improved, we recommend **disabling** ‘Prefer Real Audio’.

## Notifications

If you want to configure Cuespeak to send a **reminder** to work on your exercises then **enable notifications** and choose a **time** for this notification to be sent.

![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NotificationReminders-1024x768.jpg)