Vorail

Is this just a social app?

It was originally marketed as a dating app, but I think the focus has changed since then. I've been testing it since January and am having fun.

It can be both in which you can socialize with everybody and see if you like someone. It has feature that you can like or dislike a person.

So to clarify, you can still use this app if you wish to date no one? Is it like what melt used to be?

the vorail community includes married, engaged, single and divorced folks. if you think of vorail as a party or social gathering, you choose if you prefer to listen, ask, and answer questions from others, or invite someone to private chat. earlier today, one of vorail's users described vorail as “a site to get to know people, and then privately ask them whether they would be interested in friendship, hence the like button”.

I am loving the app so far. However, I do have one question. What exactly is the magic tap?

i don't know what's wrong, but why i seem can't pass the page where the app asking about our age, gender, and our nick name. the thing is, there is no next or done bottom. can somebody explain what's going on?

hi @wikan,

i hear a wikan on vorail, looks like you figured out how to setup the app. any suggestions on how the setup screens should be changed to make it easier for new users?

if others run into same question as Wikan, there is a 'next' button at bottom of screen, end of voice over. flicking right gets you to the 'next' button.

I encountered the same problem as Wikan in that I couldn't seem to get past the registration screen with age, sex, gender and all that. The only way I was able to do it was to switch off VoiceOver, tap the bottom right of screen, then switch VoiceOver back on again. Hopefully this is something that can be addressed. :-)

Hello, one question I've not found the answer to about this app is can you narrow your focus to only talk with those in your area? That's the most important thing for me.

hi @ChrystalAlex, i tested new user registration with voice over on in the beta release, and it worked. are you using beta release or did you get vorail from the app store? when you were on the first screen, and flicked right through name, age, gender, interested in which gender, and you flick right, you did not hear a 'next' or 'done' button? flick right worked, but it would get to the 'end' sound without playing a 'done' or 'next'? thanks! tom

hi @Matthew Bullis, my experience same as @ChrystalAlex. four finger tap to move voice over focus to tabs. fifth tab is search. one of the sliders is distance from you. enabling app to know location is optional, some of the users may not grant vorail access to location data. we have not tested search screen in a while, main focus for coming weeks is improvements to main feed, inbox, and likes. thanks, tom

hi @ChrystalAlex, that sounds like a terrible new user registration process. i will delete myself today and test again registering as a new user with voice over enabled. do your device orientation change at all while registering? thus far, that's the only error we have been able to re-create, the app does not (yet) handle well when device is rotated (portrait to landscape). thanks, tom

with voice over enabled, how to get out of an edit field? with voice over off, user can find the return button on soft keyboard. with voice over on?

from @ChrystalAlex: "I couldn't seem to get out of the edit field."

getting out of edit fields is fairly straight forward, normally in portrait mode there is a done button towards the bottom right corner of the screen, though you should be able to flick to the right or left in an edit field to access other controls without needing to decide to come out of the edit field.

I found if I just simply double tapped return, it would take you to the next screen.

hi @alex wallis and @rdfreak, when soft keyboard comes up, i tap somewhere else on the screen, then i can flick right to the 'done' button. if i was in the edit field, typing my name, flick left right took me to different parts of the soft keyboard. i could not find the return key unless i looked.

worked on voice over implementation in new user register page, it may work better in the new build that went live today.

i do not know how to remove a post, but i found the edit button. i am still learning how applevis site works, in future, i will post only issues about the app store release version in this area. apple is reviewing a new release of vorail, i will post here when it is available (should take a week or two). thanks
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new (minor fixes):
.. ‘ask-all’ button added to both ‘answers’ and ‘asks’ screen, upper right corner, after the page heading.
.. fixed a bug with like, now able to like or unlike somebody from likes screen.

list of highest priority scheduled new features and bugs fixes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t06-ilEKeWJTSz-ys7Qz-RuUHUm8w5s7TqDotw_sK3I/edit?usp=sharing

Ah I had just downloaded it, so I must have been just lucky to get through to the new build where I could register easier.
Is this just a blindy specific app? I haven't seen anyone else on there; not that it matters.

Hello All. Please, is it possible to listen to other's profiles without recording your own profile first? When you make your voice profile, is there an option to hear the recording before uploading on server? Thank you for your help in advance.

hi @Maya, for the first part of your question, new users are asked to record an answer for the question of the day. you can record a few seconds of silence. this gets you through new user registration. then once you are on the feed, you can listen to all answers and asks without recording your own answers or asks. recording a silent answer is not great for everybody else because double tapping on your entry in the field will play silence, but it is ok if you need to. new voices and thinking are welcome on vorail :)

In the matches tab is there a way to view someone's profile instead of recordingjust a question to them? I never saw an actions setting in my rotor on the matches tab which is why I'm asking. Thanks all.

Yeah i didn't downoad the app store version released today, I guess we'll see what changed when I get round to updating my device.

Ah normally apple are pretty good, actually I know of some devs who asked for a rush review of their app, in that case though something had broken accessibally. Apple had it out in a few hours. Lol! But yeah I'm patient. And so far loving the app. I wish though you could search by name for someone. That would be really nice.

hi @E7ZUM, we have done the expedited review once, but our understanding of apple rules is can only request expedited if there is an public event deadline, or something critically wrong with the app store version. we plan to bring back an improved search screen. i understand you would like to search by name. would you be searching for a name you already saw on vorail, or would you be searching the name of someone you know from another place, to see if they are on vorail?

thanks,
tom

In regard to searching, a bit of both actually. You might want to get other's opinions on that actually. No worries on the speed of the approval. The app is not broke, just a bit of an issue with the matches tab.

more features, fewer bugs, better layout :)

Hello, after few attempts I was able to register with vorail. I saw four tabs 1. answers tab where was written for instance :john answered all questions from chris: 2. questions tab 3. mail tab 4. likes tab, no search tab here, moreover when I click on "john answered all questions from Chris" nothing happends there seems to be no buttons nothing. Can someone help please?

That's odd. I no longer see those options. Try reinstalling the app as yu might not have gotten the updates released last and this week.

hi @zdenek, i have same questions @Nina asked. double tapping on the row plays the answer and the original question. flick right to next row. magic tap to move focus to next person. are you familiar with rotor actions? rotor actions flick up and down to scroll through options/buttons.

hi @KE7ZUM, what are the options you no longer see? we pulled out the search tab. plan is to get feed (answers), questions, inbox and likes working perfect, then improve and reintroduce the search tab (possibility as filter tab).

No I was commenting that this person's intrface looked like the older one, not the new updated one that got released this week.

Take care.

.. tag ask-alls
.. mute to make someone disappear from your feeds and inbox
.. lots of voice over improvements and bug fixes, such as message will continue to play after screen locked and playback of your recordings will be smoother

.. much, much faster saving and uploading voice recordings