Android apps by sparklingapps

Translator With Speech

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:17:51 +0000

Use this cool talking translator to instantly translate any typed or spoken text into any of 54 languages! It also pronounces the translation for you.

Unlike other translation apps, this one does not solely depend on one web translator. It produces superior spoken translations!

This Translator also stores previous translations in its database and allows you to prepare a set of translations in advance and play them back later without the need for internet and expensive data roaming.

This application features:

-Translation into any of 54 languages
-Translates English spoken text
-Remembers earlier translations, providing playback without internet
-Just click to playback. Very useful when trying to tell that taxi driver where you want to go.
-Localization for 10 major languages
-Transliteration support for non-latin character sets
-Sleek user interface

Supported languages:
-Afrikaans
-Arabic
-Albanian
-Belarusian
-Bulgarian
-Catalan
-Croatian
-Chinese Simplified
-Chinese Traditional
-Czech
-Danish
-Dutch
-English
-Estonian
-Finnish
-Filipino
-French
-Galician
-German
-Greek
-Haitian Creole
-Hebrew
-Hindi
-Hungarian
-Icelandic
-Indonesian
-Irish
-Italian
-Japanese
-Korean
-Latvian
-Lithuanian
-Macedonian
-Malay
-Maltese
-Norwegian
-Persian
-Polish
-Portuguese
-Romanian
-Russian
-Serbian
-Slovak
-Slovenian
-Spanish
-Swahili
-Swedish
-Thai
-Turkish
-Ukrainian
-Urdu
-Vietnamese
-Welsh
-Yiddish

Speech translation is provided for the following languages:
- Afrikaans
- Arabic
- Albanian
- Catalan
- Chinese Simplified
- Chinese Traditional
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latvian
- Norwegian
- Macedonian
- Polish
- Portugese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Slovak
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
- Welsh

This application requires access to the internet to create a new translation.

Recent changes:
Adjusted background image for tablet devices.

Voice Answer Free

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:34:19 +0000

Voice Answer gives answers on many topics and can assist you with several tasks, all voice controlled.

Examples of topics and specific questions and commands:

Translation: 'Translate I would like to go now into Spanish'

Play songs on your device: 'Play music by Adele'

Reminder: 'Set reminder to 5 pm'

Social media: 'Post to Facebook This is great', 'Tweet I am going home now'

Search: 'Google this','Wiki that'

Places: 'Where is the nearest bank?'

Text: 'Send text to George I will be late'

Email: 'Email John Let's get together this week.'

Call: 'Call mom'

Knowledge: 'Who was Abraham Lincoln?', 'Define artificial intelligence.'

The answers are spoken out, and relevant information is given.

You can also just have a general chat with Eve. Test her witty personality or just ask her to tell a joke or two.

Recent changes:
For 1.3: improved wikipedia results further.

For 1.4: added additional voice, select the preferred voice in settings

For 1.5: bugfixes

For 1.6: enhancements & fixes

For 1.7: voice recognition enhancements

For 1.8: 3D robot added as in-app purchase

For 1.9: Fixed distribution setting

AeroWeather

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:28:01 +0000

Finally, the famous Aeroweather app is now available on Android!

Get current and precise weather conditions (METAR) as well as weather forecasts (TAF), which are used by pilots for their flight preparations. You can choose worldwide airport weather stations from the built-in database by either name, ICAO or IATA code. Data will be shown in its original format or fully decoded into easy understandable texts.

** NOTE: in order to display temperatures in Fahrenheit, switch off "Show original units"!

Features:
- shows additional information like sunrise/sunset, station location/elevation, timezone, and daylight saving adjustment
- optionally displays all times in GMT or in the station's local time
- supports US and metric units
- display/adding of nearby stations

Recent changes:
- Added full tablet support from 1.28 onwards
- Fixed compatibility with Nexus devices
- ICAO code for the station "Johannesburg International Airport" has been changed from FAJS to FAOR
- Fixed issue in radar display in Switzerland
- Resolved issue with showing offline data on tablet
- Corrected decoding of the snowtam field in the metar
- Added MIL color code icons

- Added Notams support!
- Improved compatibility for latest device screen resolutions

Voice Answer - like Siri in 3D

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:20:16 +0000

Voice Answer is a voice assistant that gives answers on many topics and can assist you with lots of tasks. We have introduced a stunning 3D robot with whom you can chat, ask detailed questions and who can guide and help you.

The knowledge base behind the app contains 'Wolfram Alpha' as well as Wikipedia amongst others, which gives you an enormous amount of information in your pocket.

Examples of topics and specific questions:

Mathematics:
'Integrate sin x dx from x=0 to pi'

Units & Measures
'What is the U.K. men's size 11 shoe in Japanese size'

Money & Finance
'What is the current Apple stock price'

Statistics & Data Analysis
'Geometric mean 12, 17'

Dates & Times
'What is the current time in Tokyo?'

Socioeconomic Data
'What is an Intercity bus driver salary?'

Current Weather
'What will be the high temperature today?'

Health & Medicine
'What is the life expectancy of a U.S. female age 30?'

Places & Geography
'Where is ZIP 60637?'

Chemistry
'Show the 3D structure of ibuprofen'

People & History
'When did Ghandi die?'

Food & Nutrition
'2 slices of swiss cheese'

Physics
'What is the speed of light?'

Materials
'Show me Topaz'

Education
'How many kids are repeating primary school in Mexico?'

Culture & Media
'US constitution'

Organizations
'New York University'

Engineering
'Doppler shift 300Hz, 75mph'

Astronomy
'Star chart'

Music
'Key of Aflat minor'

Transportation
'What is the total length of all roads in Spain?'

Technological World
'Frequency allocations 900MHz'

Words & Linguistics
'Show me words that rhyme with bear'

Earth Sciences
'When was the Jurassic Period?'

Life Sciences
'Compare puma, lion, red fox'

Sports & Games
'San Francisco Giants'

Web & Computer Systems
'What is the cheapest tablet?'

Colors
'What do you get when you mix red and blue?'

Text: 'Send text to George I will be late'

Email: 'Email John Let's get together this week.'

Call: 'Call mom'

Translation: 'Translate I would like to go now into Spanish'

Play songs on your device: 'Play music by Adele'

Reminder: 'Set reminder to 5 pm'

Social media: 'Post to Facebook This is great', 'Tweet I am going home now'

The answers are spoken out, and relevant images are given.

You can also just decide to put the chatbot on and have a general chat with Eve.. Test her witty personality or just ask her to tell a joke or two.

We will further enhance the available functions. Thank you for your feedback.

Good luck with Voice Answer!

Recent changes:
1.5 Actions added!

Translation: 'Translate I would like to go now into Spanish'

Email: 'Email John Let's get together this week.'

Call: 'Call mom'

Play songs on your device:'Play music by Adele'

Reminder: 'Set reminder to 5 pm'

1.8 Animated robot added! Swipe from right to left and back to switch between the robot view and the text view.

1.9 Added optional second voice. Select your preferred voice in options.

1.93 Added app introduction.

1.94 Voice recognition update.

Talking Goggles Free

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:13:38 +0000

Talking Goggles can recognize images and speaks out what it finds.
- Recognizes almost any image within seconds. Logos, landmarks, books, products, artwork, text and more..
- Shows the description of the image and speaks it out to you.
- Speaks it out using the correct accent of your selected language.
- Includes a torchlight to assist in reading.
- Video mode. Talking Goggles will continuously check the video stream for any familiar images, and will present it and speak it out when it finds something.
- Easy copy function. Use goggles as a scanner/translator and use the results in any other application.
- Look up more details on the image found by doing a direct search. Or, if it is a product, check where it is available nearby, and show a price comparison.

Don't know the name of that actor on that poster? Just point your camera at it and Talking Goggles will tell you!

Want to find out if that product is really the cheapest around? Take a picture and let Talking Goggles do a comparison for you.

Point Talking Goggles at a logo, and you will be told the name of the company after which you can do a search for it.

Talking Goggles is particularly good at recognizing book covers and posters. Try it out!

Talking Goggles gives you amazing possibilities. We are constantly improving the app further, please contact us on support@sparklingapps.com for any comments or suggestions.

Recent changes:
Even more recognition types added

Sweet Talker - Mirror mirror..

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:20:54 +0000

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the prettiest of them all? Well, why don't you decide?

This is a mirror app with a twist.

Listen to sweet talk from completely anonymous strangers. Or say something nice to any of the many other people using this app.

If you select 'local', people will show up that are close to your location. It may be the guy or girl sitting at the other table! You never know for sure though, unless you ask..

You can also remain completely anonymous by selecting 'global' and receive compliments from people all over the world! Check out the photos of the others and let them know that they look great.

Sweet Talker is a positive, uplifting experience. Join in!

Recent changes:
Bug fixes

Talk to Eve

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:20:36 +0000

Meet Eve, She is charming, witty and always ready to listen.

Eve is actually intelligent. She will remember what you told her, and get back to it when appropriate.

You can speak to Eve using advanced voice recognition and she will respond in a clear voice! You can have a real live conversation.

Sample conversation:

You: Hello
Eve: Hi there!
You: My name is Martin
Eve: It's a pleasure to meet you, Martin.
You: How are you?
Eve: I am doing very well. How are you Martin?
You: What is the meaning of life?
Eve: The meaning of life is part of God's mysterious plans.
You: Will you be my friend?
Eve: Sure, I would like to be your friend Martin.
You: How do you look like?
Eve: Like a shiny device in your hand.

Eve is not meant to give meaningful advice or provide answers that are factually correct, although she does know a lot of details plus anything you teach her. She is mainly meant for idle conversation. However, you could use her to remember details for you.

We are constantly improving Eve, adding topics to her database and we will give her more abilities to assist you in day to day tasks.

Have fun with Eve!

Recent changes:
- Improved display for tablets.

- Chatbot isssue resolved.

- Improve voice recognition

Picture Surprise

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:52:00 +0000

A picture says more than a thousand words. But if you could also add the words then... Ah well, I don't want to spoil the surprise. Why don't you figure that out for yourself!

'Picture Surprise' lets you send a gift-image including your own small audio recording to anyone you want in four quick steps:

1. Select or take a picture.
2. Record your own audio message
3. Select a wrapping paper from the list
4. Send the gift-wrapped picture surprise to anyone you want.

This unique yet simple to use app runs on all Android devices. You can even send messages to your friends who have iPhones and iPads.

Go ahead, download this app for free. Surprise someone you love or enjoy the excitement of unwrapping a surprise picture!

Recent changes:
Bugfixes landscape/portrait images

Voice Ask

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:14:40 +0000

Meet Eve. She is in your phone, and you can ask her anything, really, anything at all.

Its a bit like Siri and Iris. You can ask her questions on any topic, either by talking to it or type it out, and she will answer you in a clear voice.

Examples of topics and specific questions:

History:
‘When was the invasion of Normandy?’

Flights & Airlines
‘What is the flight time between Los Angeles and Tokyo?’

Health and Nutrition
‘What is normal weight for someone 5 feet 6 inches tall?’

Time zones
‘What is the current time in London?’

Celebrity basic facts
‘What is the birth place of Obama?’

Ages and dates of birth and death
‘How old is Lady Gaga?’

Geography
‘Which countries border Germany?’

Directory
‘What is the address of Microsoft?’

Unit Calculations
‘How many euro is 400 dollars?’

Mathematics
‘What is the square root of 501?’

Acronyms
‘What is KLM?’

Movies
‘What are the names of the James Bond movies?’

National holidays
‘How many days until Christmas?’

Animals
‘What is the largest mammal?’

Diseases and Drugs
‘What is the life expectancy in the US?’

Earnings
‘How much does a financial analyst earn in New York?’

The answers are spoken out, and relevant images are given. Further information will be presented in links under the answer.

But you can also just decide to have a general chat with Eve.. Test her witty personality or just ask her to tell a joke or two.

NOTE: We are finalizing an update that will include messaging and emailing. We will further enhance the available functions. Thank you for your feedback.

Good luck, and have fun!

Recent changes:
- Fix for sound and ICS.

- Chatbot issue resolved.

- Added new optional voice (to select in options)

Speech Wiki

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:18:10 +0000

Speech Wiki gives you access to the Wikipedia knowledge base in an easy way. Just type in your question in the text bar on top, or press the microphone to speak out your question.

You can ask questions like ‘When was the battle of Waterloo’, ‘Who were the Doors’, ‘Define democracy’, ‘Paris’, etc. The answer to your question will then be presented and spoken out. If available, a relevant image will be shown as well.

You navigate to previous questions and answers by ‘swiping’ the answer screen to the left and right.

Speech Wiki uses the Wikipedia database and will therefore always be up to date with the latest facts and figures.

Recent changes:
Bug fixes.