Pace.Me has three app modes: Pacing, Practice, and Conversation.

The Pacing board is meant for day to day use when you are speaking and want to pace your conversation.

The Practice board is meant for practicing speaking using a variety of practice sentences. It is ideal for practicing while alone.

The Conversation board is another board meant for practicing. It uses a variety of conversation sentences that are ideal for practicing speaking while with someone.

Pace.Me offers 6 board types on tablets and 5 board types on mobile devices. The available board types are: 2 Panel, 3 Panel, 4 Panel (only on tablets), Alphabetical, QWERTY, and Random.

The panel boards display 2, 3, or 4 panels. The panels display different colors and each has an icon. Whenever an icon is displayed, that panel is active and can be tapped. Initially, all panels are active. After a panel is tapped, it is no longer active and one of the other panels becomes active. Tapping a panel provides a visual and auditory feedback. And on supported mobile devices, a haptic feedback is provided if specified in the settings.

The letter boards display a total of 30 panels arranged in a 6x5 grid. If a letter panel is active, it is display as a solid color, whereas, inactive letter panels are displayed as a grayed color. Blank letter panels are active and provided when the sentence contains a blank space where you are supposed to fill in the blank with your own word. Letter panels also provide visual, auditory and haptic feedback. In the Practice mode, only one letter panel is active at a time. The active letter panel corresponds with the first letter of the current word (or syllable) in the sentence display area. In the Pacing and Conversation modes, all letter panels are always active.

The sentence display area shows the current sentence (or syllable). It also has previous and next buttons for navigating the sentences. The previous button is disabled if the current sentence is the first. The next button is disabled if the current sentence is the last.

Pro tip: Double tapping the sentence resets the current word to the first.

The Pace.Me info panel displays the current sentence set name and category. It also displays the number of the current sentence relative to the total number of sentences in the set.

Pace.Me has a number of settings that allow you to customize the app to meet your needs. The following is a list of all the setting options and their explanations.

• Board Type - choose from one of six possible boards: 2 Panel, 3 Panel, 4 Panel (only on tablets), Alphabetical, QWERTY, and Random.
• Randomize Icon - choose whether panel should be activated sequentially or randomly. These works for 3 and 4 Panel board types only.
  • If false, the panels are activated in the order 1,2,3,1,2,3.
  • If true, the panel are activated in random order. e.g., 1,3,2,3,1,3,2. This increases the unpredictability of the active panels those forcing the user to slow down even more as they are speaking.
• Use Sound - choose whether tapping a panel should produce auditory feedback
• Use Haptic Feedback - choose whether tapping a panel should produce haptic feedback. This is only visible on devices that support haptic feedback.
• Icon - choose the icon that should be visible on the panels when a 2, 3, or 4 Panel board type is chosen.
• Primary Color - choose the color that should be displayed as the primary color in the app. It is the color that will be used on the left most panel when a 2, 3, or 4 Panel board type is chosen. It is also the color of the letters when the Alphabetical, QWERTY, or Random board type is chosen. Typically, this is the darker color between the primary and the secondary. In this case, the app will use this color as an accent color throughout the app.
• Secondary Color - choose the color that should be displayed as the secondary color in the app. It is the color that will be used on the right most panel when a 2, 3, or 4 Panel board type is chosen. If this is the darker color between the primary and the secondary, the app will use it as the accent color throughout the app.
• Custom Sentences - this option allows the user to create and manage up to 10 custom sentences. Tap the “new” button to create a new sentence. Tap the “edit” button to change or delete an existing sentence.
• Sentence Text Size - choose the text size of the sentences in the sentence display.
• Easy Mode - choose the mode in which sentences are displayed. If true, the sentences are displayed one word at a time. When a panel is tapped, the current word is faded and the next word is displayed.
• Flip Conversation - choose the direction of the sentence display area when in the Conversation mode. If true, the sentence display area faces the bottom of the device. If false, the sentence display area faces the top of the device.
• Auto Progress Sentence - choose whether the sentence should automatically progress to the next sentence.
• Loop Sentence at End - choose whether the sentence set should automatically reset to the first sentence when the user taps the next button.