Social App with Dating Functions, Beta Testing

yes we can :) on iphone 4s, on search results page, the sound comes through speaker phone. please remind me, what device are you using? the search result voices are coming through the ear speaker, and not the speaker phone on your device, correct?

please email me your email address and i can reset apple page to send you another invite, or post your email address here. i am Pixtas@gmail.com

each beta version is good for 60 days, and we have been posting a new version each day. today's build is 151211 and starting with this build, the build number shows on app home screen.

when you open test flight app on your phone, does it show vorai app and allow you to open or re-download it?

the new update shows 'build 151211 on home screen, correct? i did not see a place to enter any codes? you do search, select search criteria (radius, gender, age range), then search result screens show... at what point are you being asked for a code and what exactly is the wording?

current build, search results pages have two buttons, 'like' and 'next'. we are thinking to add a third button, 'Reply' or 'Comment'. what do you and others think about adding a third button to search results page?

the main change between this version and previous version is in the recording voice screen layout (and conforming to voice over with the layout).

thank you :)

yes, there is. the iphone has proximity detection, a sensor knows if our ear is near the speaker. we will revisit that part of the code, to detect if your ear is near the phone during a call. when you do search, playing audio from the search result screens plays through speaker phone, correct?

got it :)

title: remember search settings
content: app should remember search settings. regardless of where i travel in the app, or what day i use the app, the default search settings should be set to the most recent time i set search settings.

in my search results, (all location, all age), there were 8 females and more male, i did not count the males. if you see only one search result, is it related to your radius, gender, or age search settings?

got it.

title: likes layout
content: on home screen, combine people i liked and mutual likes into a single button, could call the button "Likes". when i press "Likes" i am given a choice on the following page between "People I like" and "Mutual likes". the default for following page could be "Mutual likes" and i can toggle back and forth with a segment control.

i see from the apple screen that you have installed the most recent build, 151212. the build number shows on app home screen. i am not aware of any place in the app that says, "enter code". could you email me a screen shot?

build 151212 should fix this issue. when your ear is to the phone audio plays out of ear speaker. when ear far from phone, audio plays out of speaker phone. i tested this on search results page, and phone did not proximity. how did it work in your testing? i was not able to test during a call because everybody else has been offline or in background when i open vorail to foreground. we are working on better approach to notifications when vorail in background.

the new version looks very similar to previous versions. not sure what is happening inside test flight. if you like, i can have apple resend you the invite.

whoops, sounds like we were too far left the first attempt, too far right the second attempt. see if we can get right at the center in third attempt. how are you testing the proximity feature? are you able to make calls, connect with others in real time chats through vorail? that feature is not really working yet because it requires both sides to have vorail running in the foreground (which is rare event).

today's build 151213 does not auto call if one side of the mutual likes has vorail in background. tech believes in most recent build, the proximity sensor will only be activated during call.

hi Ken, as of today, build 151214, search results in list view, multiple results per page. the next button removed. i had not used Melt app before. i like the way they encourage conversations among multiple people, and new folks can view the history of the conversation as well as join in the conversation. would be interesting if doing the conversations voice-only changes (improves) quality of user generated content. I also am attracted to the idea of limiting how many messages a user can add per day. if i can only add one (or two, three) messages per day, i'm going to pay attention to make that one, two or three messages the highest quality, which is good for all.

for search results, we changed to list view, and removed the next button (in build 151214). registered your vote on push notifications, which is same as my vote. we keep records of requested features. for 'location services' issue, how about... app requires location services at least once, but in future, if location services is disabled, app will run with most recent location. this approach is easy on the coding, prevents someone from entering in a false location, and allows user to save batteries. my sister disables location services to save battery.

i searched, 9 females in results. what are your search criteria settings? mine were any location, any age. there are about thirty beta testers in total.

an invitation from apple to beta test vorail was emailed to you a few minutes ago :)

got it, we will take another look at proximity detection code and test more :)

how many search results are female if you set age to any? once we get the app mechanics working smoother (eg. everything working well with voice over), and add one or two more major features, then we can release to the public and focus on improving search results.

hi Hadi, yes, beta testing is open and you are needed! the beta testers have been providing awesome feedback, the app is much better than day one, but still has much that needs fixing and building. the app store version of vorail is totally different, functions, layout, database all different, it is just a place holder put in place to let us do the beta testing. with the beta group, we have been releasing one new build each day, but in the apple system, apple has to be the one that emails you or pushes notification to your device. once beta testing is further along, we will be allowed to update the version in app store. thank you, tom

vorail includes functions like search by distance to me, gender or age, and three minute voice calls for mutual likes (when vorail is in foreground on both devices). these functions are useful for dating. we are looking for more natural discovery tools, something to augment age, gender, and location. that is why we are planning to add "ask" button on search results screen, and perhaps include more than one question, more than "what happened today?". our aim is to make vorail the safest way to meet new people online. maybe there should be more ways to post voice, some dialogue, back and forth before choosing to enter a three minute real time call?

glad to receive your vote for push notifications. i added it to the tech ticket for this feature (with more votes, the task gets higher priority).

in terms of "message areas involving multiple people", our thinking is to include more ways to add our voice, more ways to hear the voices of others. i feel confined by only being offered the chance to answer a single question ('what happened today?'). i love the question, but could i have a different question tomorrow? i would prefer a new question each time i visit, and if there is someone i am interested in, i would like to hear that person reply on multiple topics. what do you think?

hi @Jhon,
on search results, flick right/left i get same results as you do. for flick up/down, VO spells the button for me, and spells the user name (plus some other words, that i am not sure where they came from). according to VO conventions, what should be the behavior of flick up/down? when using the app, i have flick right/left, but ignore flick up/down. what is flick up/down usually used for?
thanks, tom

hi @Hadi,

very much appreciate your feedback and the feedback from others. email and this forum both very convenient, we do not have preference.

the feedback we are getting 'one question' is running both ways. some folks would like to see "add new voice" change each day. could change to a question that interest our community, or a topic that relates to the accomplishments of a vorail user. some folks feel multiple questions could make the user experience confusing or fragmented. as next step, we are planning to change "add new voice" to "Next I plan...?" and see/feel how folks respond.

the current user interface only allows others to hear the most recent voice you record, but we plan to change that. we need to find the most simple way for people to talk about what is important to them. one way is, per one of our tester's suggestion, make the question more generic. maybe we can do it through the ask/answer user interface. i am adding this to the tech ticket on fostering community and more natural discovery.

your comments remind me... if you could ask someone who was interested to meet you a question, what would it be?

thanks!
tom