# Alpha Tiles

> Create an Android app with basic literacy games for a new language in less than one week. Features are continually being added in parallel with new localizations.

- **Slug:** `alpha-tiles`
- **Organization:** SIL
- **Website:** https://alphatilesapps.org
- **HTML page:** https://www.tools.bible/tools/alpha-tiles
- **Markdown page:** https://www.tools.bible/tools/alpha-tiles.md

## Classification

- **Translation stages:** Language Development
- **Medium:** Written
- **Pricing:** Free (Unrestricted)
- **Release status:** Full
- **Localization:** Many
- **Translation type:** Any
- **License:** Common Public License
- Developer expertise needed
- Linguistic expertise needed
- Offline capable

## Description

- The app can be built in less than a week.
- Games focus on phonological awareness, decoding and word recognition.
- Each localization can sequence the games uniquely and can exclude unwanted games.
- Games can be played with all tiles or a targeted learning set (for example, in English, {s, a, t} then {p, i, n}, etc.)
- The Alpha Tiles Assistant software guides file preparation and validates language packs, further accelerating the localization process.
- The Alpha Tiles app has been successfully implemented in a Thai script.
- The Alpha Tiles app has been successfully implemented in an Arabic script.
- Student and cohort performance is logged and can be exported on request.

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- [Dictionary App Builder](https://www.tools.bible/tools/dictionary-app-builder.md)
- [RhemaApp](https://www.tools.bible/tools/rhemaapp.md)
- [Speech Analyzer](https://www.tools.bible/tools/speech-analyzer.md)
- [Lilt](https://www.tools.bible/tools/lilt.md)
- [Phonology Assistant](https://www.tools.bible/tools/phonology-assistant.md)

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