Appearance
Define the character, form, materials, colors, surface details and brand elements.
Talking cards
Talking Flash Cards
An interactive learning reference for cards, reading and drawing activities.
Reference images show a starting point. Shape, materials, color, functions and packaging can be developed around your brief.
Product views
See the product from every angle.
Manufacturing reference
What this reference shows, and what you would decide.
A card reader with moulded ears, a card window and no writing surface at all.
Removing the writing panel removes the most expensive component and turns the product back into what it fundamentally is: a card library and a reader. Everything then rests on the cards, their board weight, their coating and how a set is stored and reordered. The moulded ears and the small card window are what stop it looking like a bare mechanism, and the reader can be smaller because it does not host a panel.
Use this reference when the vocabulary set is the product and the hardware is a delivery method. Decide the card count and the subject list first, agree the languages, and plan the refill pack at the same time as the starter set rather than afterwards.
Decisions this product type puts in front of you
- The card library Card count, trim size, board weight and coating decide both the tooling and the cost per set. Settle the vocabulary list and the artwork before the slot or the reader is drawn around a card that may change size.
- How a card is read A slot, an optical pen and a printed code are three different mechanisms with three different failure modes. Choose one and design the card stock for it, not the other way round.
- Screen or writing surface If the product also writes or draws, decide the panel size, the erase method and whether the stylus is tethered. That choice sets the case, the thickness and the battery.
- Audio and language Every card is a track. Agree the language list, the voice and the file naming scheme early, because adding a language after tooling means new cards as well as new audio.
- Safety and packaging Cards are small parts to a safety reviewer, and they are also the thing that gets lost. Set the age grade and the market first, then design the tray and the refill pack.
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- How many cards ship in the box, and their size and board weight.
- The reading method you want: slot, pen or printed code.
- Audio languages, and whether the vocabulary list is yours.
- Destination markets and the age grade you intend to print.
- Quantity, and whether extra card sets are sold separately.
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Custom development
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Functions
Select the interactions, audio, light, movement, controls and power system your product needs.
Presentation
Plan labels, instructions, packaging, carton configuration and market requirements together.
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