What is the difference between sound scape, sound Scape community and voice vista?

By John W. Hess, 11 September, 2023

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iOS and iPadOS

Good day. I downloaded soundscape, soundscape community which is named soundscape and voice vista. Can someone share the difference between the two sound scape programs? Wehn, I started them they both acted exactly the same. Also, I'd appreciate some thoughts on Voice vista and how it is used. Thanks.

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By Pax on Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 09:06

they are just forks, this is just "which name you like better" kind of thing, or "what team you trust more"

By Panais on Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 09:06

I think only voice vista has this feature but I’m not sure. From what I gather the original soundscape didn’t have turn by turn navigation but I’m not sure about that either.

By Justin Philips on Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 09:06

There was no turn by turn guidance in the original one.

By BC4000 on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 09:06

4 months after resurrection from Soundscape, we have the following new features:

- Transitioned the user interface style from Windows Phone to iOS, including avoiding the use of a tab bar for providing actions.
- Integrated more place data from Apple Maps to provide users with additional location information and options.
- Introduced the ability to manually trigger the "Hear Intersection Ahead" command on the first tab or hear about the next intersection while in a vehicle.
- Enabled turn-by-turn navigation instructions for a single audio beacon or a route with numerous waypoints.
- Implemented street name callouts to help users become familiar with the region, even indicating the house number they are located near.
- Expanded the range of methods for creating or importing routes, including generating them using a navigation algorithm or importing from a GPX file, with the most popular method being the Breadcrumb waypoints mode.
- Provided additional methods for creating or importing markers, such as pasting them from Apple Maps or importing from a GPX file.
- Introduced the option to add reverse waypoints for a new route or append reverse waypoints to make the route circular.
- Implemented adaptive callout frequency for the distance to the beacon, similar to a radar, resulting in more frequent callouts when nearing the destination.
- Added callouts for the distance and relative direction to points of interest or beacons, with the option to use clock relative direction.
- Expanded the availability of Siri shortcuts for the most commonly used commands, including "Start Route."
- Introduced more assistant commands for quick access to commonly used features, such as marking or sharing the current location.
- Published a list of frequently asked questions on the website for user convenience.

Translated text comes from the contributions of friends around the world.

- French translation contributed by Saladeuh.
- German translation contributed by Sandra Pilz.
- Italian translation contributed by Simone Dal Maso @ nvApple.
- Russian translation contributed by Danil Kostenkov.
- Spanish translation contributed by Arturo Fernández Rivas and Enrique Varela.