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posted by Chad W. Taylor on October 9, 2008

Sketches IconThe first day of the released App Store, Sketches was the first program I purchased for my iPhone. A very simple app that allows you to freely doodle stuff using your fingers. What I did not realize at that time, the artistic app would become my “paper and pen” communication tool.

I use Sketches to draw up my Starbucks order “G M XH”. Yes, that means “Grande, Mocha and Extra Hot!” It has also saved me a lot of headaches in many situations when I needed to communicate with signing-impaired folks.

Better of all, it’s green — environment friendly.

The cool thing about it is after you are doodling and need to clear the screen you just need to shake the iPhone. You will have a clear screen to doodle up again. Talk about productivity and convenience. You can also save as many canvases (ie: my frequent G M XH order at Starbucks).

Sketches — a worthy of an art and “paper and pen” communication app for the deaf.
7 Comments
1. Peachlady says October 9, 2008

Cool tool!
2. ckblythe says October 9, 2008

Wow, I never thought of using Sketches as a “paper and pen.” Downloading it now :)
3. Minnesotan says October 9, 2008

That’s cool but I use Notes (free) on my iPhone to communicate my order to servers and whatnot.
4. Chad W. Taylor says October 9, 2008

@minnesotan: “G M XH” in Notes isn’t convenient as the font is too small thus requiring the device to be brought up to an inch away from their face to be able to read.

You can draw up a map or picture to visually communicate as well.

I like to use Notes when engaging in a back-to-back conversation with the other person. Sketches, as mentioned above, is perfect for quick messages.

“Bathroom?”
5. Boult says October 12, 2008

I use iFlashnotes for what you guys are trying to do. :)
6. Phil says October 22, 2008

CHAMP!!!
7. Norman Williams says October 29, 2008

I played with iFlashnotes. It will not work well for me such as ordering food. It does not have multi lines format.

I researched and found a good one: iNotes. It costs $3.99 and can do any font size and multi lines. It does landscaping, but does not do full screen mode like iFlashNotes.

If the iFlashNotes supports multilines, this may be the best one.
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