It's app developers like this that make me proud to make suggestions.
I'm glad that Voice Answer in future updates will be more accessible.
Shawn
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Dear Shawn,
Thanks so much for your feedback, it's really inspiring to hear how our apps
can be of help to people with disabilities.
We will look into voiceover functionality, actually we haven't taken that
into account yet. I hope we can add button labeling to help.
For speech output we depend on our provider. They have changed the voice a
few months ago. We are considering other options as well. For now, do check
the voice speed setting in 'settings' in the app, you can set it to speak
slower or faster. This may help in understanding it better.
Thanks again, we are working hard on further improving the app, and feedback
like this is what keeps us going at it. Many people expect so much and are
fast to complain. Voice Answer has many uses, but we know it is not perfect.
Still, we believe it's a great app and we will continue to make it even
better!
Best regards,
Martijn van der Spek
Sparkling Apps
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From: Shawn Krasniuk [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 8:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Suggestions for Voice Answer
Hi. I was the one that just sent a review to you guys. I gave you 4 out of 5
for Voice Answer. Thanks for incorporating text messaging in your app. I
also like how you got the robot to read your text message before you send
it. I'm a visually impaired person that uses Voiceover so there are some
accessibility issues but they're easy to work around.
I got a couple of suggestions, and they are as follows:
1. For Voiceover users, there are 2 unlabelled buttons. One says dimmed
button, and the other one says button which I assume is where you press to
talk to Eve. If you could label the button to make it say, "Tap here to
talk" or something like that, blind users would know where to press. I have
some sight so I know where the robot is, but others might not.
2. In one of your other apps called "Voice Ask," when it first came out, Eve
sounded human. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ND950SWOo to see what
I mean. In that video, you could see that Eve sounded more human, and
although you can't hear it in that video, she even took breaths. It would be
cool if you brought her back in Voice Answer, or better yet, both apps.
Compare her to how she sounds in that video to the way she sounds now. I
think you'll find her a bit robotic sounding.
3. If people like the way she sounds now, all robotic and everything, then
there should be an option in both apps' settings to choose which voice
people want.
I really enjoy this app and I can't wait to see what kind of improvements
will be added in the next update. Thanks for your time.
Shawn Krasniuk=
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