About this app

Inference Pics is a professional speech therapy app, designed to elicit verbal expression and target the ability to make inferences. The app uses real-life pictures depicting events, conversations, thoughts, feelings, jobs, places and seasons. Inference Pics will get people talking, help them to foster key social skills and master the ability to make social inferences.

The term ‘inferencing’ means understanding information that is inferred or not directly stated. We use inferencing all the time in social interactions but it is actually a very complex skill. Children with language difficulties, children with autism and adults with brain injury often have difficulty with this sort of understanding and require explicit instruction to master it.

Pictures of real-life situations are ideal for working on inferencing skills. Inference Pics includes over 200 pictures of real-life situations. Each picture scene is different and some may be easy for the person while others may be harder. Their ability to draw inferences will depend on their prior knowledge, and the number of clues which they can find.

The app also targets the person’s ability to identify human emotions. This is ideal for individuals who need specific instruction in order to master the understanding of facial expressions, emotions and feelings.

The app is divided into 7 sets of pictures which are accompanied by questions that prompt the person to engage in inferential reasoning.

Activity 1: What has happened?

The user is shown a picture scene. They are required to describe the picture and infer what has happened. They are then asked to explain how they know.

Activity 2: Jobs

The user is asked to describe the picture and infer what the person’s job is. They are then asked to explain how they know.

Activity 3: Places

The user is shown a picture of a place. They are asked to describe the picture and infer where it is. They are then asked to explain how they know.

Activity 4: Seasons

The user is required to describe the picture and infer what time of year it is. They are then asked to explain how they know.

Activity 5: Feelings

The user is required to identify how the person in the picture is feeling. They are then asked to explain how they know.

Activity 6: Conversations

The user is asked what the person or people in the picture may be saying. They are then asked to explain how they can tell.

Activity 7: Thoughts

The user is asked what the person or people in the picture may be thinking. They are then asked to explain how they can tell.

The app includes:

- Over 200 high-quality real-life photos

- Questions that prompt inferential reasoning

- Choice to show or hide possible answers

- Results summary which can be emailed

- Results tracking and in-build storage so you can measure progress over time

- No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed


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New features

- A totally new and improved graphic design and user interface
- Even more content in each social inferencing activity
- Addition of British English vocabulary for users outside US
- Addition of child-friendly mode
- Increased number of total trials per session