Description of App
Talk instead of type. Answer a question and make a friend.
Be social through voice, QA format. Talk about issues you like with people you love.
Start and join conversations in voice with a subscription to Vorail:
• monthly subscription enables unlimited access for a month at a time. Listen to and record an unlimited number of questions and answers.
• annual subscription enables unlimited access and two free months. Listen to and record an unlimited number of questions and answers.
• monthly subscription is usd 4.99 per month, annual subscription is usd 49.99 per month.
• Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
• Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
• Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
• Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
– terms of use
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ogySQksL63fq4IrLVxVRmbmdmLf74k3yV7UcesOz6C4/edit?usp=sharing
– privacy policy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gj1qwU5CDfrlHR_ll8cyRlhw6TA2ED4JXagBwDtOlu4/edit?usp=sharing
Vorail in the news:
.. Dr. Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years ask the Vorail community about finding joy and happiness at http://drmarakarpel.com/sun-jan-22-vorail-com-social-media-app-global-visually-impaired-community-developer-tom-rosenthal-cellist-jen-mulhern-laura-gelezunas-puerto-vallarta/
.. RNIB App of the Month, May 2016 - Vorail (http://www.rnib.org.uk/blogs/technology-blog)
.. AppleVis Extra #43 Scott Davert and Thomas Domville talk about Vorail at http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/applevis-extra-43-interview-developers-vorail
.. The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast, Robert and Allison speak with a developer and a user of the new social media app called Vorail at http://dr-carter.com/podcasts/20160509withchapters.mp3
.. Randy and Jason feature Vorail on American Council of the Blind's Main Menu at http://acbradio.org/sites/default/files/archives/shows/mainmenu/mm20160610.mp3
.. iAccessVO Episode 15 by Ed Plumacher and Brian Fischler chat with Vorail developers at http://traffic.libsyn.com/iaccessvo/iAccessVO-015.mp3
.. AppleVis podcast by Scott Davert demos Vorail at http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/get-talking-vorail-ios
.. Blind Hour Podcast with Tom R (Vorail.com) at https://soundcloud.com/blindhour/bhp109
.. "Social networking through voice rather than vision" (E-ACCESS BULLETIN)
http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?p=1192
.. "Vorail: Social Media for People with Vision Loss" (Second Sense)
http://www.second-sense.org/2016/10/vorail-social-media-for-people-with-vision-loss/
Vorail VoiceOver implementation:
.. rotor action on feeds to connect with voices and people in different ways.
.. four button touch to bring focus to tabs.
.. magic tap on feeds and inbox to pause and resume playback of questions & answers.
.. magic tap on IM screen first time starts recording, second magic tap ends and saves.
.. magic tap on record screen first time starts recording, second magic tap ends and saves.
.. magic tap during play-all on feed skips to next answer from next person.
.. scrub to return to previous screen.
Comments
What's new in version 1.78
.. listen-to-all answers smarter:
(a) partially played now counts as "played”, making it easier to skip an answer, then resume play all answers
(b) instead of VOa for each answer skipped, now only announce once that played messages being skipped (regardless of how many messages being skipped)
.. added Poets’ Corner to questions screen, inviting poets to experiment with verbal, non-visual poetry sharing
.. after recording a message, preventing screen from locking during playback
.. using a different five minute alert sound during recording (previous one sounded like push notification being received)
.. fixed typo: VOa now says, “notify me of new answers to this question"
bird = bug
VOa = voice over announcement
VOf = voice over focus
dt = double tap
mt = magic tap
What's new in version 1.79
.. fixed three mute birds. if we follow someone and she mutes us, we can still see her in our following list, but her profile appears empty to us, and we can still ask her a question, but she will never receive it. same if we like her and find her from our likes list (her profile will appear empty to us and she will not receive the messages we send). if she post to poets’ corner, we will not see her post.
.. updated VOa to “subscribe to question to notify me of new answers”
.. fixed error when trying to listen to all answers, and all answers already played
.. app opens “Questions” screen by default instead of “Feed”
key:
bird = bug
VOa = voice over announcement
VOf = voice over focus
dt = double tap
mt = magic tap
What's new in version 1.80
.. updated mute feature as it relates to follow, subscribe, likes, ask me sections of Vorail
.. new ’On Air’ section for radio producers and journalists
.. code migrated to Swift3
.. updated notifications to not show duplicate lines of text in iOS 10
.. added 'single finger' to make record VoiceOver announcement =
"Single finger double tap to start and stop."
.. updated ‘wifi error’ message to reflect issue is with a backend service (next step is to migrate to different backend)
Can't find "ask-me"
Guess that says it. Where's the "ask-me" screen/tag/setting/whatever?
Wish there were a search for tag function. Wish there were a place where posts on how to use the app could be accessed in 1 place for newbies.
ask me??
There is no such area. I don't even know what you are referring to.
re: ask-me
Ask-me is supposed to be a tag where you let people know what your area(s) of expertise is/are. There have been several references to it throughout these comments, most from the app developers. It seemed from those comments that it was a selection tag, but obviously I don't see it, & pretty clearly you don't either :). Thanks & have a great day, Charles--& happy Father's Day if that's applicable.
Update
I don’t think they are going to update the app anymore now that they made the vorail companion
No longer using the app
Same here. I don't think they will update the app. I've removed it because I have quite enough apps.
update
Tom R stated that they will update the app as needed. He will look into when iOS 12 comes if is broken.
The ask me tab was removed a
The ask me tab was removed a few versions ago because it didn't really take off.
It was pointless IMO because you could just as easily message that person privately.
Now paid
You now have to pay for the app; five bucks a month or 50 annually with 2 free months. This is a great app and I will continue with a subscription.
Any tutorials for the new Vorail app?
So, obviously, the entire way one now uses Vorail has changed, and I am completely clueless as to how to navigate it. Are there any tutorials out there that can help?
response to tutorial
greetings i was told by tom himself that the new gestures and audio files about them can be heard at
http://www.vorail.com/
good luck:)
I have this app
Hello, I’ve been using this app for over two years and I love it!☺️