Voice Assistant-Just use your voice

Developer Quote: "Voice Assistant   is an easy-to-use voice recognition application that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages."

- COST:     Free     - APP STORE STARS:     4
- Categories: Communications, Lifestyle, Native, Productivity, Recorder, Universal

With Siri and the included microphone on the keyboard, my life became so much easier. I'm not a thumb typist, and so I'd spend forever pecking out, revising (correcting the native auto correct!), and actually getting correspondence out! However, many other iDevice owners, and especially iPad owners, do not have the microphone and so communicating is definitely more time consuming and annoying as we type up our mail.

Voice Assistant makes your communication tasks more pleasurable since you can dictate mail, notes as well as status updates directly to Social Networking applications such as Facebook and Twitter. Even better than that, this app supports many languages, one of which is sure to be your native tongue. You'll enjoy flexible and useful features in this universal iPhone and iPad voice recognition app such as:

- Voice driven correction interface
- Automatic correction of grammar and conjugation
- Google Search, YouTube, Print
- Share your text to Pages, Evernote, Doc2Go,DropBox, QuickOffice and more
- Support landscape iPad mode
- Support 22 languages
- Voice-to-text transcriptions that may be sent as SMS, Email, or pasted into any application using the clipboard
- Submit text to Social Networking applications – Twitter and Facebook
- Convenient editing feature that provides a list of suggested words

There are so many everyday uses for a voice recognition app. Let's explain first that Voice Assistant-Just use your voice is based on a learning algorithm, and improves in its recognition the more you use it. Furthermore, you will probably find that you can execute your correspondence up to five times faster than typing on a keyboard. One of my favorite features is the auto grammar correction. You can't beat that for when you're dictating mindlessly in a rush. This is one app you'll want to have handy on your device as you can use it every day in a myriad of ways.

COOL CONCLUSION: Voice Assistant-Just use your voice is a superb helper in getting your written tasks done accurately, on time and will little fuss or trouble.

--Date/Version: Updated 4/13/12 - Version 1.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.
--Note: Voice Assistant requires network connectivity (WiFi or 3G/EDGE).
--Developer: QuanticApps

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VOICE ASSISTANT-JUST USE YOUR VOICE

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Voice To Apps - Voice To Messages And Email

Developer Quote: "With Voice To Apps, just use your voice instead of typing, touch the microphone dictation app, then say what you have to say and the iPhone converts your words into text!"
 

- COST: 99 cents    - APP STORE STARS: 3
- Categories: Communications, Email, Lifestyle, Native, Productivity, Recorder, Social Networking, Utilities

The wonders of Siri never ceases to amaze us. Siri has often been referred to as "man's new, best friend"! That's what voice recognition will do for us! In any event, here's a universal app all iOS users can make good use of and enjoy in both a personal, recreational and professional setting. Voice To Apps - Voice To Messages And Email is a super helpful app allowing you to speak or dictate your thoughts, emails, messages, notes or social networking status which will then be translated to text, and placed in the application you choose. This type of smooth and reliable productivity is the kind of smart feature everyone needs on their iDevice!

I can think of a thousand ways to utilize voice-to-text utilities. In fact, I have used this iPad compatible voice recognition app at least a dozen times a day since installing it. Let's take a look at how it can help simplify family, social and business life, make you more productive and even help you stay safe on a daily basis. With Voice To Apps, you can:

♦ Send a quick and easy text to family or friends - no hands needed!
♦ Dictate an e-mail to your business associate while on the go
♦ Take notes in your class, or dictate your research assignment without having to type it at all
♦ Speak your iMessage while exercising safely - no need to use your eyes and fingers to type
♦ Send a note to yourself or text someone you're meeting while parked (NOT driving) when running errands
♦ Make note of needed groceries or supplies to have them handy on your phone
♦ Useful accessibility function for the handicapped

You can readily see how helpful Voice To Apps will be to you on a regular basis. Now let's take a look at some of its many features:

- User-friendly interface and compatible Retina support
- Dictation function to write an email
- Dictation function to write a text or an iMessage
- Automatic correction of grammar and conjugation
- Copy text and paste it into notes or a word processing application such as (Documents to Go, Pages, Quickoffice, etc.).
- Copy text and paste it in your favorite Apps
- Use text to place in your Facebook or Twitter accounts
- Recognition of 22 supported languages :​ Cantonese Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English GB, English US, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian - just to name a few!

Using Voice To Apps (powered by Nuance) is really a snap. Just open the app, and you will see the sleek, polished microphone waiting for your dictation. If you tap the arrow icon at the top right of the screen, you will see options to: Edit Language, Sign out from Facebook, Sign out from Twitter, Help and About. Language allows you to pick the one you are about to speak. Help gives you the phrases you will need to add a large variety of commands and punctuation to your dictation. For instance, you may speak "New Line", "All Caps On", "Semicolon", "Equal Sign", "Open Quote", etc.

Go ahead and tap the microphone and wait till you see the words Connecting, and Start Recording. Begin speaking into the microphone and when finished, tap the mic again. Now touch the arrow icon at the right top of your screen, and you will see option buttons: Email, SMS & iMessage, Facebook, Twitter and Copy. Use any of these buttons to get your message sent where necessary. Each option will open the corresponding application right then and there to save time for you.

That's just how quick and easy it is to use Voice To Apps! I found the voice recognition iPhone app to be pretty much on target with what I actually spoke, and enjoyed staying within the app to open the various communication targets. When I think about it, I realize how much simpler life has been since using my new assistant, Voice to Apps, to take note of important thoughts and tasks.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Voice To Apps makes it a snap to dictate email, notes, documents and social updates with its easy-to-use, expert voice recognition capabilities!"

--Date/Version: Updated 1/17/12 - Version 1.1
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Languages: English, French, German
--Special Note: Discount -50% off the original price NOWduring the launching period
--Device: Universal: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation with microphone), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad
--Connection: Voice To Apps requires an internet connection (WiFi or 3G/EDGE)
--Video Channel: BrothersApps Channel>
--Developer: Mohamed Alaoui Mrani / © BrothersApps
--Twitter: @brothersapps

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
VOICE TO APPS-VOICE TO MESSAGES AND EMAIL

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Voice Photo Recorder

Developer Quote: "Voice Photo Recorder is a simple, easy, and versatile voice photo recorder..."

 

- COST: 99 cents     - APP STORE STARS: N/A
- Categories: Lifestyle, Native, Photos, Recorder, Social Networking

How many times have you visited a lovely spot on vacation, or even found a beautiful home while house-hunting, seen trendy clothes at the mall or had any other of those "Ooooh....Aaaah!" moments as you rush around every day? Sometimes you may take a pic of the item that interests you, or of your child doing something really cute, but you don't write down that specific location, time or other details that will help you remember more about that moment and place.

You can make life simple for yourself by using Voice Photo Recorder to record all the tips, notes and details you need for memories that will last forever. You never again have to ponder over where you were at any time such as by that picturesque park, or when you last visited Aunt Sue. Your notes and photos will be with you at all times to jog your memory. Once you have your photo/audio composition, go ahead and post it to Facebook to show friends, or even e-mail it to family. Some of the helpful and memorable features of Voice Photo Recorder are as follows:

- Voice recording:
Record/play/pause/append/delete your voice recording easily. Your recording will be saved as a .wav file and can be synced with iTunes.
- Attaching photo to voice recording:
The attached photo will be shown as background while you record or play.
- Categorizing recordings:
You can view your recordings per category. Also you can edit/delete/create new categories easily.
- This app has the following built-in categories:
To do/Shopping/Family/Travel/Ideas/Meeting/Business/Food
- Email: Both voice recording and photo can be emailed as attachments.
- Facebook posting: You can post both voice recording and photo to your Facebook account.

Basically, to use this app, you start your recording or narration of what you want to let others know. Then attach a photo by camera or from your photo album. You may play your recording back, append to your your recording (which is a super awesome feature), edit or add categories of the nature of your composition (an organizational must), and finally, email your recording or post it to Facebook. Simply tap the "i" information button when in the app to get the details you need on the meaning of each icon. Voice Photo Recorder is a truly helpful app to record those warm and fuzzy moments in life or the important details you need to document your photos!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Voice Photo Recorder is a terrific way to record your memories by sight and sound with easy options to share them."

--Date/Version: Released 9/13/11 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
--Developer Link: SMTFON LLC

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
VOICE PHOTO RECORDER

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Best Prompter

Developer Quote: "Professional teleprompter for iPad and iPhone allows you to create and smoothly scroll scripts during a speech."

- COST:   Free  - APP STORE STARS:  3
- Categories: Business, Lifestyle, Native, Productivity, Recorder, Universal

Part of getting your college degree is taking a public speaking class. As a business associate, you may have to make speeches on a regular basis. I know it comes naturally to some - great ease and warmth in delivering words to huge audiences. For others, it can become a nightmare getting the words out without stammering or losing your place. Here to help is Best Prompter, a convenient way to have your speech scroll down your device so you don't have to stand at the podium sweating!

Best Prompter is helpful for presenters, teachers, lecturers, students, video and podcast makers or anyone who needs to use scripts, notes or cue cards while speaking in front of a group. Best Prompter has many savvy features to make your speeches a breeze. Let's take a look at some of them below:

AUDIO RECORDER:
- Allows recording multiple audio files for one script
- Use it during the training sessions to check your speech
- Listen to audio records to analyse and improve your speech
- Record speeches during a presentation to evaluate how good you were
- Share audio records via iTunes file sharing to your iMac or PC

BBCODE TEXT FORMATTING:
- BBCode - native formatting tags for internet forums.
- Create a layout and highlight your script with headers, bold, italic and other tags
- Create the table of contents for the script basing on header tags

GENERAL FEATURES:
- In-app script editing
- Smooth text scrolling
- Full screen mode
- Change scrolling speed, text size, mirror mode, all caps mode on the fly
- Scroll text with gestures and scroll bar
- Easy navigation via the table of contents
- Elapsed time of the speech
- Estimated time to the end of the script based on current scroll speed
- Copy-Paste text from Web, Email, Pages or other app
- Remember the last editing position for each document
- Custom text font type and size, text and background colors for each document
- Optional on-screen markers that help keeping your eyes in a certain part of the text
- Import and export text scripts via iTunes file sharing
- Send text scripts via email

MARKERS:
- Markers help focusing attention on the recent parts of the scrolled script.
- Markers positions can be rearranged.

The multitude of features in Best Prompter guarantees you ease in re-arranging the speech to make it easy to see and read. In my opinion, the font size and color are the greatest assists in your delivery. Scrolling, of course, is a must-have for any teleprompter.

Besides general "must have" features such as varying text sizes, colors, smooth scrolling, mirror mode and so on, Best Prompter also has text formatting. This allows formatting the text in bold, italic, lists, etc. and creating a table of contents with header tags. You can take advantage of In App purchase to add audio recorder functionality. This function allows recording speeches. Try using Best Prompter next time you have an important speech prepared and ready to deliver!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Best Prompter will have you speaking clearly, easily and stress free with its teleprompting features to the most discriminating audiences."

--Date/Version: Updated 7/12/11 - Version 1.0.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Universal: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer Link: Smartphoneware PE

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
BEST PROMPTER

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Fotobabble

Developer Quote: "The Fotobabble iPhone App lets you quickly create and easily add your voice to photos and instantaneously share those Talking Photos with friends."

- COST: Free     - APP STORE STARS: 3
- Categories: Lifestyle, Native, Photos, Photography, Recorder, Social Networking

Have you ever sent your mom or grandma a talking photo frame in which was placed a beautiful picture of your family with your voice inserted in the memory chip of the frame? These frames have been very popular at connecting families and melting hearts. These frames can be pretty pricey, but you don't have to spend money on the purchase and shipment of this type of gift any more. Provided your family and friends use Facebook, Twitter or e-mail, you can send them a Fotobabble photo which contains your picture, some fancy editing and a recording of you or your family's voice. The best part of all is that it is extremely easy to snap, record and send your photo, yet brings so much delight to the recipient. Some of the charming features and uses of Fotobabble are as follows:

- Snap or select or a photo
- Speak into your microphone to record your voice
- Share with friends via email, Facebook or Twitter.
- Capture and share a special or funny moment immediately with both image and voice
- Send realtime Talking Postcards to friends from your travels
- Send holiday and birthday greetings personalized with your photo, your voice and one of our many themes
- Create personalized, engaging Facebook status messages
- Crop, rotate, and add fun effects, text and stickers to your Fotobabble photos
- Improved usability with bigger, slicker record and playback buttons
- Improved uploading performance and reliability

Basically, when you open the app, you need to create a Fotobabble account. This takes a minute to do. Then you link your Facebook and/or Twitter accounts (which you may also unlink at any time). Now you are ready to either snap a new photo, or use one from your photo album. Once you have your pic, (clear your throat a few times), add your recording and send the creation merrily on its way by one of the three sharing methods above! Photo creation and sharing could not be simpler!

Once you start using Fotobabble, you'll see how boring static photos can be. It's so much more exciting to receive a Fotobabble and get double the sensory input! Your photo is personalized which takes infinitely less time than it would to type a special note. Not only does Fotobabble work well on the app itself, but you can go straight to the website to create, enjoy and share your photos at any time and from anywhere.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Fotobabble is a fun, unique and engaging way to send auditory photo greetings to family and friends."

--Date/Version: Updated 9/11/11 - Version 3.0.0.8
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer Link: Fotobabble, Inc.

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FOTOBABBLE

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iKandl

Developer Quote: "For the price of a single paper card, you can send unlimited, personalized birthday, special occasion, or "just for fun" greetings to friends, family, and loved ones."

- COST: Free    - RATING:   4 Stars
(Cost/Rating subject to change per the App Store)
 
- Categories: Cards, Communications, Entertainment, Food, Lifestyle, Native, Recorder, Sentiments, Social Networking

This is a new year, and one of your resolutions is to remember and promptly send your family and friends birthday wishes on the day of their birthday...Not 1 week or 1 month after the big day! Trouble is you work 60 hours a week so you don't have time to make a special trip to the store to get a card, plus stop at the post office to stamp and mail it. Well, you can accomplish your new year's resolution with a minimum of fuss! Simply use the incredibly beautiful, sweet greetings on iKandl to instantly send your spoken best wishes to those you care about! Yes, I said spoken because iKandl has a voice recorder where you can record and send whatever you want (naughty or nice) with your chosen graphic! The cupcake images are absolutely dazzling and mouth-watering. No-one will be able to resist your choice of card. When the lucky recipient gets hold of your cupcake greeting, they can then make a wish and blow-out the flickering candle! Life doesn't get sweeter!

iKandl is a two-part app. The initial app that you download from the App Store for free is the iKandl Player. The Player allows you to select cupcakes and prepare greetings then pass or show it to the recipient. Additionally, you may play with the animated candle flame by blowing on the mic, moving the device, or touching the screen. With the iKandl Messenger upgrade, when you open the app you will see a cupcake with a lighted candle. Underneath are 4 buttons (however, with the iKandl Player alone, you will see 2 buttons). The 4 options are: Cupcake-choose from a gorgeous selection of 2 dozen confections, Microphone-speak your greeting, Envelope-Mail your greeting and Calendar-See a list of friends' birthdays from your Facebook account and device Contacts list. Underneath this, find a detailed help menu denoted by the "i", while the "+" allows you to hide your menu so you can enjoy your cupcake in all its iced splendor! Now, to begin the magnificent creation!

It's so simple and easy to put your greeting together. Honestly, the hardest part will be to choose which high-res cupcake to send. There are too many yummy ones  included! After your selection, record your message and then  show or mail it! The recipient receives your delectable cupcake greeting on his/her iDevice and may play it immediately if having an iKandl greeting card app. If not, simply download to enjoy the sweet sentiments. Please note that the second part of iKandl is the iKandl Messenger. If you choose to e-mail your greeting, you will need to purchase the Messenger in-app for $2.99. Your native e-mail app will appear with your prepared iKandl greeting when you tap Send, and will be sent on its way.

So let's see now...you are being green by not using a paper card, saving money by not having to buy one, and pleasing the recipient of your gorgeous and timely ecard! This is simply a win-win situation. You shouldn't save iKandl just for birthdays either! It's meant to be used for all events - think "all-occasion" greeting cards! Blowing out the candle is the topping on the cake as it is so cool when you hear the fizzling out of the candle and the cheering afterwards.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Who could possibly resist the brilliantly-colored, sweet treats of iKandl sent their way with a personalized greeting and glowing candle to top it off?"

--Date/Version: Updated 1/4/11 - Version 1.3.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Tip/Tutorials: Top In App Purchases: 1 iKandl Messenger for $2.99
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish
--Developer Link: Brothers Technology LLC
--Twitter Link: @ikandl
--Facebook Link: N/A

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IKANDL

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