UDtalk

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Description of App

Description
This app can achieve to support our universal communication.

Especially, between deaf people and us or other languages, and so on.

You can connect other devices using wifi or internet.

You can send your speech to other devices using speech recognition, hand writing. Languages is translated automatically (to your native language).

For example, if you visit Japan for travel, you can use this app at many situation!

About Auto renewal subscriptions

- Items
Continuous Speech Recognition
1 month (It's renewed automatically.): 240 yen

Compact Plan
1 month (It's renewed automatically.): 4,800 yen
1 week (It's renewed automatically.): 2,800 yen
+ 3 days free trial

It'll be paid in the Apple ID you use.

- About an automatic renewal and accounting.
Use will be "automatic continuation renewal". Use is renewed automatically within 24 hours which end and charged for the iTunes account you use.

- About a stop of confirmation of setting and an automatic renewal.
It's possible to be to turn off an automatic renewal and suspend an automatic renewal of a license from customer's account setting screen before more than 24 hours of a license period end.
It's possible to change an automatic renewal from a "Settings > iTunes &App Store > Tap your Apple ID area > View Apple ID > Tap subscriptions "manage".

- About cancellation.
It isn't possible to do change in the period and cancellation during "Compact Plan" use.

- Private policy
 http://udtalk.jp/privacy/

- Terms of use
 https://udtalk.jp/license/

- About subscriptions
 http://udtalk.jp/addons/
 http://udtalk.jp/compact/

Version

116

Free or Paid

Free With In-App Purchase

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone
iPad

iOS Version

9.0

Accessibility Comments

VoiceOver reads all buttons.
Some of buttons are labeled in Japanese.

UDTalk’s Online Manual(English ver.
https://teachme.jp/r/udtalk_en

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

This app is developed to make the universal communication.
Especially, it makes smooth communication with people with hearing disability.

In Japan, this is used as the professional tool for transcription of the speaker's content at the lecture, or making the subtitles at the conference.

I think that this is also amazing tool for blind people.
It helps to comuunicate between deaf and blind or to transcribe from the speaker.

Some text labels are displayed in Japanese, but does not bother you.

There are subscription service for business account and add-on.

Let me introduce how to use in free plan.

---- Start talking ----
1. On the main screen, double tap "Begin Talk" button.

2. Double tap "tap to talk" button, located on the middle of bottom line.
It starts recording and displays the transcription on the screen.
Before recording, I recommend to mute the VoiceOver by 3-finger double tap.

3. Double tap "tap to stop" button, it's the same button of "tap to talk".

4. You can read the transcribed text by VoiceOver's voice and braille.
The latest text is the end of time-line.
It's easy to find the place by
1-finger swipe left from "Mute translate".

There are buttons:
"Mute translate" to translate between two languages.
"Mute speech" to speak out the transcription.
VoiceOver can not speak its on or off.

---- Talk Settings ----
On the Talk screen, there is "menu" button, located top right end.
You can share the transcription,
clear the transcription,
language setting for the translation,
register words,
and etc.

It will be helpful to play the sound when you start and stop the talk.
It's in the Talk Settings.

---- Talk with other devices ----
If you want to talk with multiple users, you can invite them by QR code, URL, and User ID.

1. QR code
When you want to invite your friends in front of you,
double tap "Open Talk Quickly" button.
It appears QR code on the screen.
Don't forget the screen cartain off.

Your friends double tap "Join Talk" button.
He/She can scan QR code by the camera.
Then, Talk will start.

2. Send URL
When you want to invite your friends living in 100 miles away,
double tap "Open Talk Quickly" button.
Next, double tap "SendMail" button.

After Your friends received the invitation email,
double tap URL in the context of that email.
Safari opens the web page, click "Join Talk With iOS".
UDtalk is open and start the Talk.

3. User ID
When you want to invite your friends by his/her User ID,
double tap "Open Talk Quickly" button.
Next, double tap "Invite" button.
Next, type the User ID and double tap "Invite" button.

User ID is displayed on the main screen, the place of "Check Invitation".

After you sent the invitation,
your friends double tap "Check Invitation".
The Talk will start.

Developer's Twitter Username

@recordsshamrock

Recommendations

1 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Hiroyuki Shinagawa 4 years 6 months ago

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Comments

By Mister Kayne on Friday, May 22, 2020 - 10:50

From what I understand; this app. will be used by people who wish to communicate with people with hearing disability and this app. makes it possible. I wish there was an app. that could do vice versa where gestures by the HOH person can be displayed on the users screen in text or be read out in speech

By Hiroyuki Shinagawa on Friday, May 22, 2020 - 10:50

In reply to by Mister Kayne

Yes, this app makes smooth communication especially with a person with hearing disability.
It works for deaf-blind people, I think.

Instead of speaking to microphone, people can type by the keyboard also.