Words wrap and center on their own. Enter starts a new line; ⌘/Ctrl + Enter sends. Tap a color to drop in a color tile.
These are examples of what the board can show. Tap Show to put one up, rotate through them, or swap in your own.
Updates each minute. Changes apply right away.
Live conditions from AccuWeather.
Reports update every 2 hours, 5am to 7pm.
Your Google Calendar: what's next, today's plan, and countdowns.
A classic novel, one chapter a day: its pages turn evenly through your reading hours.
The next chapter comes up each morning; very short chapters share a day with the next one. Each book keeps its place: switch to another and back, and it picks up where you were. Boards that start a book on the same day show the same page at the same time.
A new word every day, the same on every board. It changes at midnight.
The board shows the word, what it means, and an example. French words also show the example in English.
Headlines from BBC News, refreshed every 20 minutes.
Pictures made from color tiles. Tap one to put it on the board.
The board changes what it shows, and how it looks, through the day.
Each time runs until the next one. Tapping another mode or sending a message pauses the plan.
Tap a group to open it, and a style to try it on the board, then Use this style. About tells you what each style is drawn from. Tap ☆ to add a favorite; with two or more, the board can cycle through just those.
Frame, finish and how styles change. S steps through styles, or through just your favorites once you've starred two or more.
Use this phone as a remote for a Ciao Board on your TV.
If flips look jerky on the TV, choose Smooth.
On the TV, open Ciao Board and choose Pair a phone (on the start screen, or in Remote). Scan the QR code with this phone's camera, or type the code here.
Connect with a friend's Ciao Board and send messages to each other. You both have to agree before anything can be sent.
How the flaps move.
For a board that stays on all day and night.
No sound on an iPhone or iPad? Flip the ringer switch off silent and turn up the media volume.
Record a flip clock or a split-flap board (a phone voice memo works), or download a recording from a sound library. The board finds each clack and plays them as the tiles flip.
Already past the start screen? Press OK on the TV remote, open Connect and choose Pair a phone.
Tip: add this page to your Home Screen (Share → Add to Home Screen) and it opens straight to the remote.
Goes full screen and keeps the TV awake. Press OK again any time to show or hide the controls.
Use your phone as the remote. Scan this with the phone's camera, or open nancy-rink.github.io/Ciao-board/remote and type
Scan with your phone's camera, or open Ciao Board on your phone, go to Remote and type