Abstract: The disclosure of the present application provides applications, systems, and methods for communicating emotions in conjunction with text-based, electronic communications between at least a first user and a second user. More particularly, applications and methods are provided that enable a user to incorporate emotional cues into text-based electronic communications through the use of an electronic gesture board configured to receive touch, motion, and/or gesture input, assign an emotional value to such input, and transmit the assigned emotional value to a second user such that the second user receives a visual depiction associated with the touch, motion, and/or gesture input such as one or more gesture icons, face icons, body icons, sign/symbols, or vibrations or other haptic feedback corresponding with the input emotional value. Applications, systems, and methods are also provided for customizing the visual output associated with particular touch, motion, and/or gesture input received by the gesture board.