# Symbolic Setup — Symbolic Setup

> Symbolic Setup (iPhone/iPad app by Ralph Cos.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/symbolic-setup/id961455294 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ralph Cos](https://appshunter.io/developer/573505028)
- Category: Utilities, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.6 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-02-11
- Data updated: 2026-05-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/symbolic-setup/id961455294/reviews.md

## What is Symbolic Setup?

'Symbolic Setup-Up' forms part of a comprehensive suite of apps that dedicate to technical learning tools for Close-up magicians. This app was created as a free introduction to 'Symbolic Method' which is commercially available by this developer as a related app. Search for 'Symbolic Method' on the App Store for the full description. 

'Symbolic Setup-Up' is limited to 1 View. For a complete experience of symbolic notation for card magic, please visit the 'Symbolic Method' app on the App Stor


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2026.1 — 2026-01-15

1. 'Symbolic Setup' was originally created as a free introduction to the 'Symbolic Method' app. With 'Symbolic Method' now available through a subscription model with a free trial period, 'Symbolic Setup' is reducing the maximum number of Views to 1. For a complete experience of symbolic notation for card magic, please visit the 'Symbolic Method' app on the App Store.

### 2025.5 — 2025-12-27

1. Improvements for Acoustic Symbols
2. The new 'Snap Slots' option under the View menu allows to snap all slots of a Stack View to a png file and memory.
3. Slot images are now saved to the folder '1_snap". The new folder name facilitates the access to the png files.
4. PDF files are now saved to the folder '1_pdf". The new folder name facilitates the access to the PDF files. 
5. Code maintenance.

### 2025.4 — 2025-12-01

1. The new 'Acoustic Symbols' option is added under the 'Views Menu'. 'Acoustic Symbols' serves as a freestyle input option for Stack Views, Action Views, and Text Views. Verbose, acoustic input - and even text sequences obtained by OCR, optical character recognition - get automatically symbolized, providing new unprecedented ways for Close-Up magicians to create symbolic notation from books and publications. Imagine you scan the set-up description of a text using your iPhone camera and a few seconds later the printed card sequence is rendered into symbolic notation.

These languages are supported: english, spanish, french, italian, german, and japanese.

The freestyle input can be either 
- typed by keyboard,
- pasted from the Clipboard,
- obtained from a selected Text View
- dictated over voice using the iOS Dictate feature by tapping the microphone icon on the lower right corner of the virtual keyboard.

The option to paste from Clipboard or from selected Text Views is very powerful in combination with OCR text generators. Initializing stacks in this manner is fast.

To give an example, you will be able to symbolize multilingual card and action sequences such as 'five of clubs in red, face-up Joker, and the deck in green colour', 'el cinco de trébloles en color rojo, おもて ジョーカー, e il mazzo verde'.

Find a detailed description in the context help for the 'Acoustic Symbols' option.

2. The new 'Copy Text' option is added under the 'Slot' dropdown. 'Copy Text' allows to copy text directly to Clipboard.

### 2025.3 — 2025-02-27

1. Code maintenance

### 2025.2 — 2025-01-26

1. Code maintenance.

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All apps by Ralph Cos: https://appshunter.io/developer/573505028

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