VoiceVista 4+

Name: VoiceVista
Rating: 4.6 (47 reviews)
Author: Jianfeng Wu

Soundscape Resurrection

Jianfeng Wu

Designed for iPhone

- 4.6 • 47 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

VoiceVista is a critical application for the blind and low vision users' community. It is built upon Microsoft's discontinued and open-source project Soundscape (https://aka.ms/ossblog) and is licensed under the MIT License (https://github.com/microsoft/soundscape/blob/main/LICENSE.txt).

The app leverages advanced iOS audio technology and precise location services to empower individuals in developing a heightened sense of their environment. It offers reassurance in unfamiliar settings, assisting users in forming mental maps and confidently navigating their desired routes.

For more information on how the app works and how your data is used and protected, please review the service terms and privacy policy:

Service terms: https://drwjf.github.io/vvt/terms.html
Privacy policy: https://drwjf.github.io/vvt/privacy.html

6 Feb 2025

Version 1.8.5

- Added Hausa, Southern Sotho, Swahili and Xhosa translations via machine translation
- Updated German translation by Sharo

4.6 out of 5

47 Ratings

Jeff has managed to make a brilliant app even better!

Soundscape is now renamed and even better than before! Geoff has gone above and beyond in reorganising the display to make everything more clear and easily understood. Lots of options with beacons and markers, breadcrumb root, lots of granular settings for those who become more familiar and want to do more things with their settings. As with any app, it takes quite awhile to get used to it and find your way around when you use VoiceOver. However, stick with it it's worth the effort and you will be rewarded for your efforts.

Could either be a bit more intuitive or could do with having more support

Having downloaded this app, it strikes me that it is not particularly intuitive for a first time user who knows nothing about soundscape or previous incarnations of this app. for example, if I am enabling a beacon to find a place, I don’t know what the different sounds mean and there is no explanation to support the sounds that you can rely on.. Also think that use of English is rather confusing. For example, there is a button that says callout! This should really be “where am I“. Call out sounds like you are calling out the emergency services. Also, I think it would be useful if the website had a user guide that you could read to get familiar with this app

Many thanks for resurrecting soundscape

Many thanks, now my surroundings are back ideal for new and old locations, perfect for use with my bone conduction headphones, best get out and set some new markers thanks to the siri short cut

The developer, Jianfeng Wu, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Information

Provider

Jianfeng Wu

Size

132.5 MB

Category

Navigation

Compatibility

iPhone: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPod touch: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

Mac: Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Watch: Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.

Apple Vision: Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Languages

English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sesotho, Simplified Chinese, Singhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Zulu