Talking Notes3.8.9 - App Store

In this app, we could make our daily notes and listen to the talking of the notes content in more than 20 international languages. We could use our Apple Watch as a smaller size talking note book, use our iPhone, iPad as a large talking note book.

The note in the Apple Watch is independent from iPhone.
In the Apple Watch, if the default language is English, in this app, we could input text just by using microphone of watch, the diction feature will change our English talking into the text in English.

Different notes, different talking languages. All of notes will be saved to the core data base system.

First, the user could input one international text such as Japanese, and then select the Japanese as the talking language for this notes. After tapping the talk button, the user will listen the native Japanese talking.

Second, all of the international languages could speak English text. That means, if you select the French as the talking language, and input the English as the text, then it will be one French to talk the English.

Finally, if you are prepared for the two languages talking the same content. You may find this APP will be helpful. For example, If you select one Chinese and one English to talk the same content but with their native language. First, add one note, input the English content, and select the English-US as this note's language. Second, add one note, input the Chinese content and select the Chinese-TW as the note's language. As a result, tap the talk button from the list view, you could hear the notes' talking one by one.

More important , all of the notes could be repeatedly talking. After hear the talking for many times, the talking content will be remembered easily.

Export the notes content by using the export buttons.
In the main list or in the single note view, we could find the export button in the bottom tool bar. In the main list, tapping the export button, all of the notes will be exported. In the single note view, tapping the export button, the current note text will be exported. The content could be exported to the paste board, or to the mail body, or to the local text file. The exported text file will be saved to the local folder in the app, and the local folder could be read by using the iTune File sharing or from the talking notes folder in the files page of the device folder in the Mac OS finder directly. The content could be export to the remote files in iCloud or other Apps.

In the latest iOS devices, when we need to input the text content, we could just long press the text view, the live text scan button will be displayed, so we could capture the text content from the camera directly. In iOS 16, The languages currently supported by Live Text include English, French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Korean. Several old iPhone devices may not support this feature.

This edition could talk the text notes to the coming phone call with the iphone. The iOS version should be 13.0 or later.

First , accept the coming phone call, then in the main list view, tap the talk button at the second left button at the bottom tool bar . Then, the other people could listen the talking of this app from his or her phone.

In the single note view, when the new call is coming, then accept it, next, tap the talk button. So the other people could listen the talking of the single note from his or her phone.

In short, with this APP, you make the daily memo, hear the talking, go over your daily event, and remember the important information.

Version History This app has been updated by Apple to prepare for watchOS 27 compatibility. No new features are included.

For the first time user, the default preference for the volume of talking will be high instead of loudest. Our user could update this setting from the setting view. 3.8.9 06/18/2024 Bug fixes.

After fixing this bug, when a phone call is coming and is accepted, both sides could hear the same talking contents at the same time in the same speed. The phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call. 3.8.8 01/18/2024 Improve the performances:
1. enable talking to the coming phone call. First , accept the coming phone call, then tap the talk button.
2. add the voiceover label for the four buttons in the main view. 3.8.7 12/09/2023 1.New feature: could export the note list or single note to the remote files (iCloud or other App)
2.Bug fixes. 3.8.5 07/31/2023 1.Update by using the latest iOS SDK 16.1. In the latest iOS devices, when we need to input the text content, we could just long press the text view, the live text scan button will be displayed, so we could capture the text content from the camera directly. In iOS 16, The languages currently supported by Live Text include English, French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Korean. Several old iPhone devices may not support this feature.
2.Fix the issue about the title color of the view controller 3.7.9 11/28/2022 1. For the bar button in the bottom toolbar of the main list view, add the image icon for the talking button, add the image icon for the setting button, and add the image icon for the stop button.
2. In the main list view, add the export button in the toolbar. By using this button, the app could export all of the notes into the text file, or into the paste board, or into the email body.
3. In the single note view, add the export button. By using this button, the app could export the single text note into the text file, or into the paste board, or into the email body.
4.The exported text file will be saved to the local folder in the app, and the local folder could be read by using the iTune File sharing or from the talking notes folder in the files page of the device folder in the Mac OS finder directly.
5. Add the new constraints for the image in the launch storyboard. 3.7.8 05/29/2021 1.Support the landscape view mode for iOS devices such as iPhone or iPad
2.Update by using iOS 14.2 SDK 3.7.4 02/24/2021 1. Use the launch storyboard instead of using the launch image
2. Update the color of text in order to display correctly in the dark mode
3. Use the full screen mode to present the single view controller instead of using the default view size. 3.7.2 06/12/2020 1.Upgrade by using iOS 12 SDK
2.Support background talking
3.Support talking in the background when users are using other App such as safari or Apple Music 3.6.2 02/12/2019 1. New feature: Support the Apple Watch. From Apple Watch, the user could add, edit, remove the text notes.
2 Fix a bug about talking speed 3.5.3 09/11/2017 1.support the Apple Watch
2.fix the bugs 3.2.5 09/19/2015 The talking features upgrade for iOS 8. 2.1.1 08/03/2015 Fix one critical bug: When the user input a lot of text, some text will be hidden by the soft keyboard. 1.5.1 08/12/2014 Fix the following bug: in iPad device, the setting view is located only in the upper left corner.
Solution: relocate the controls of the setting view, so they could be displayed better
Update: when the app is talking, only stop button is enabled. 1.2.1 06/25/2014 1.1 06/17/2014