Preorders for my clock app are live!

In an earlier comment to this thread, a member of the community posted a link to a .zip archive containing all of the clocks available on the website for Steve's Talking Clock. We reached out to the creator of Steve's Talking Clock, and at his request, we wish to remind everyone that the above-linked archive did not originate from the website for Steve's Talking Clock. Users should be aware that the aforementioned archive is a third-party compilation.

Hi,

Will there be a shortcut or control I could assign to my action button to announce current time with the main clock chosen in the UI?

Glad to hear! I'm looking forward to having the Sharp Talking Time announce every half hour, but also something I can trigger with the action button.

Hi,

I have more questions: first, there is an app that I use called chime speaking clock app, and I enjoy the sound of the digital watch beep every hour. can the digital watch beep be used for both your app, as well as the other app for macos? if yes, that's awesome. also,will there be an audio demo available for anyone to listen to? if yes, I hope there will be an audio demo of this app so that I can hear a demo of what the app sounds like for anyone who is interested in hearing it in action before making a purchase.

What a great app, are there any chances of future implementation for having a 45 minute option as at the moment you have 15 and 30 which has still great options.

Hello,

Is it possible to remove bundled clocks that we don't wish to use? Slower westminster clocks are something I don't ever plan to use. Also, if someone has a lower capacity device, I'm concerned about the size of the app. How large is it by default?

Just did so, hope is worth it. Long live cats.

hey! can we have the chime sound and the anouncement together?

Can it be made to work on the watch and if so, use a chime. Apple's chime does not work well and the sound is to low. Long live cats.

Absolutely great app! 10/10, would recommend!
Long Live Ferrets

Are there any cuckoo clock sounds out there that could be used? I used to have one through an Android app called Chime Time. It was literally the reason I kept an old Android device around, but then the app was no longer supported. I've been searching for cuckoo clock sounds since then.

Brilliant app! 10 out of 10 highly recommended! Hold this thought but how about either a timer function or a separate timer app?

I now have VAL on my iPhone. Unfortunately, I have no way of importing the clock I would really like to use for announcements, which is the Sharpe Talking Time I. When I attempted to download the Steve's Talking Clock program onto my Windows machine, I was informed the program could not be downloaded securely. However, my operating system of choice is the Mac. Would it be possible for somebody, who has this clock already, to create an example for this voice so other mac users, who may also wish to use this voice, can import the clock into VAL? I would really like this clock for nostalgia. Apologies if this is unable to be done, but I just thought I would ask.

I hadn't even thought of grabbing the files from the old Android app. here's hoping the device will even boot up, it's been about 6 years since it was actually used. Will let you know if I have any luck. I remember the app had 2 cuckoo clocks... I believe they were called Hunter Cuckoo and Forest Cuckoo, but I could be way off.

Thank you for this app. It's chiming away now, making my room sound bright, airy and cozy! Straight forward enough to just get up and running, complex enough for power use as well. I could definitely see things like switching to a different clock sound to mark work hours etc. Quiet hours is also a lovely touch. When the control center toggle comes it will be absolutely perfect!

One tiny thing, I think the delete clocks feature might be broken. I went to delete the announcement packs, since I have specific interest in the chimes only, and was able to select them in edit mode. However, though it said two clocks were selected, the delete button was dimmed. Not at all a big deal, just thought you should know!

I can duplicate, however I don't think it's a bug, as these are built in to the app. In other words, you should only be able to delete clocks that have been imported. Could be wrong though of course, but hold that thought for now.

Since I did pre order, I hope I can download the app today. Long live cats.

Holger, it should've automatically downloaded to your device automatically. it didn't auto download to the mac, but it did my phone. Check the app store.
Long Live Ferrets

No did not. What know?

I check again and yesterday it was $3.90 and now is $6.99. Yesterday it told me I would not be charge until the app was out. Confuse. Long live cats.

Check and see if you're apps and purchase history has it. Also you should have received a push notification about it.

if it doesn't show up as redownload and it says $6.99, that means you didn't actually pre-order it. Check your bank. if it charged you, then you're good. If you didn't? well, now ya have to pay full price.
Long Live Ferrets

Did check, nothing. However the message I got when I got it I will not be charge until the app is out. I will wait several days to see. If did not go through, will not get it. $6.90 is to mach. Long live cats.

OK, yeah. that might be something worth calling apple support about, if you're sure you hit the preorder button. that is probably something on apple's end.

Hi,

How battery intensive is this application? Note I have not pre-ordered it, but if it's worth it I have no problem paying the full price for it for my iPhone. Just concerned that this will be one of those apps that eats battery like a chocolate chip cookie.

TIA.

So I went into the battery section of settings. According to my own data, Val is using 7% more, which to me is no big deal. Again this is on an iPhone 16+ running 26.4.1. Hope this helps someone looking to purchasing this wonderful app :)

The device won't even boot. I was afraid of that. I have another Android-based device and thought I might be able to pull a version of the app from the app history, but it's completely gone, doesn't even show it ever existed.

Hi there. This is an awesome app, really enjoying it today. I downloaded the Steve's Talking Clocks archive that someone posted on here last week. I have the .zip file on my iPad, just not clear on how to import the clocks into the app. Anyone's help would be appreciated. And above all, congrats on this great app!

I honestly wish there was a really good human female clock. 11 labs is nice but… What can I say? you want what you want Wright? I’m gonna see if I can get a friend to do one for me. She has a melodious voice that would be a lovely Clock. I’ll see if she’ll let me share it once she’s done with it.

Hi! Under "Schedules" where there is an option for custom time announcement frequency, might it be possible to include smaller values like 10, 5, or even 1 minute? This may sound silly, but I'm thinking of a schedule where you don't need an alarm, but might need several reminders within a short period of time. E.g., like every minute between 8:55am and 9:00am on Sunday morning. I often use something like this to get cues to start something that needs to start right on the top of a particular minut, then don't need it again for several days. Just a thought. So far all seems very good and very useable! Thank you for all your hard work!

Kevin

Hi! Perhaps this has already been updated, but haven't had a chance to check yet. Would it be possible to have no vibration after chimes finish on an interval schedule? Or, is that double vibration (before and after chimes) unique to me? Thanks much.

Kevin

Quentin, thank you so much for your help regarding downloading this voice. I downloaded the zip archive onto my iPhone this morning whilst travelling to work, found the clocks folder and imported the file into VAL. It has been chiming happily every 15 minutes, which is my preference, ever since. I have also set a weekday morning alarm to wake me up, and am now using this in preference to the alarm I used to use on my apple watch. I really appreciate all the hard work you have put into the app.

In terms of battery usage, I only worked inside the VAL app for 7 minutes, but it has only drained 1% of my battery, with the chime sounding nearly all day. I am using an iPhone 17 Pro max.

Quinton, absolutely great job on this! I'm currently using "Brit Watch" from the Steve's clock archive and it sounds great! This kinda makes me wonder something though. You'd probably have to pair up with a hardware team to do this, but you know how some Bluetooth speakers only play the music from your phone and not VoiceOver? I think it'd be cool if there was a "watch" whose purpose was to trigger time checks and play announcements configured through VAL. Maybe then you could get the alarms to speak the time? Sorry; my brain's all over the place.
Also, I had a thought on that. You mentioned it fell apart when the alarm was snoozed. Is it possible that there was some sort of data caching going on that could be causing this? Theoretically, if someone sets an alarm for 6:00 AM the next morning, could that file be rendered before 6:00 AM, then deleted and re-created for a snooze time? Sorry; I'm not too technical but just an idea.
Last thing, I promise: I tested out setting an alarm on the first night for 6:00 AM the next morning set to Cobolt Talking Clock (Alarm 3) and I got a notification on my phone beforehand but then the actual alarm just played "Radial". Don't know if this has happened to anyone else but just something I noticed.