Tune Announcer Pro was a music & audio app developed by SoftWyer. It was removed from Google Play Sep 4, 2023 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Tune Announcer Pro had been downloaded 660 times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Tune Announcer Pro was rated 4.42 out of 5 stars, based on 44 ratings.
App Information
Tune Announcer Pro cost $3.99 to download. The APK download size was 1.68 MB. The last available version was 3.6.2. The last update was on September 14, 2018.
Technical Requirements
Tune Announcer Pro required Android 4.0.3+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play November 2010.
Description
IMPORTANT NOTICE =================
Due to rule changes Google have made we are no longer able to support this application through the Play Store.
We are prevented from uploading new versions due to our use of implicit broadcasts. If we comply with the restrictions to target the latest APIs, then Tune Announcer will cease to work as without implicit broadcasts we cannot receive scrobbles.
If you've bought Tune Announcer and need help to resolve bugs, then contacts us directly (support@softwyer.com)
This application speaks the track name, artist and album title when playing music using the default media players, or others that support scrobbling.
It's useful if you have a large music collection and cannot see the screen to check the names, e.g whilst exercising.
It uses the native Text-to-Speech capabilities of the device to speak. If you don't like the way it speaks, or pronounces words, then download an alternative TTS provider for your device.
TOASTER
Tune Announcer also toasts the song details whilst speaking. Shows the album cover, track name, artist and album name.
The details of the tune pop up are large enough to be comfortably and safely read whilst driving.
Toasts can be enabled and disabled independently of the Announcements.
TASKER Support
Tasker can be used to create Action Intent Tasks that enable or disable Tune Pop and Announcements. See this blog for more details : http://softwyer.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/tasker-support-for-tune-announcer-pro/
Pro version has:
- toggle widget - notification icon - configure the application to ignore certain characters and symbols when speaking. - option to ignore all text in brackets () & [] - well done toast - speak in English option (British) - speak album name - free format speech mode allows you to choose what parts to say and where to place them. - tasker support. - speak at the end of the track, rather than the beginning. - Google's network sourced speech synthesis
SPEAK AT END OF TRACK
This relies on the track containing a reasonable estimate of the time as well as it being scrobbled correctly. Scrobble Droid, Google Music, Double Twist and the Built in Android/HTC players all seem to be OK for scrobbling track length.
If you fast forward through a track, or pause it, then there will be no speech at the end. Android does not scrobble this information.
Toasts always appear at the start of the track, regardless of 'speak at end' setting.
SPEECH VOLUME
On some devices the speech volume can be quiet, especially when played through headphones or over bluetooth. Unfortunately this is a limitation of the device and Android OS. We can't fix these problems so please try the free version before buying the paid version.
PRE-REQUISITES
For Tune Announcer to work, your music player MUST support SCROBBLING. Tune Announcer supports a variety of common scrobble formats and will work with most players that implement scrobbling. Some players require that you enable scrobbling in their settings. Furthermore, some players won't scrobble unless you install the LastFM scrobble client. Usually, it is enough just to install it, you don't always need to register with LastFM to scrobble.
Turn on Tune Announcer's debug mode and play music. If you don't get any 'toast' messages with debug scrobble information, then your music player is not scrobbling. Either change your music player's settings, or change your music player. Tune Announcer is NOT psychic, it requires the player to scrobble.
To speak, your device must have an Text-to-Speech service built in. All modern Android OS's will have this, though you may need to enable or download the speech libraries. Check your Android OS Settings under Language and Input.
As always, please email us with any issues so that we can fix them! Feature requests are always welcome.
Recent changes: v3.6.2 + Workaround defects in Rocket Player
v3.6.0 + Configure phrase exceptions to prevent toast or announcements + UI Improvements
v3.5.4 + Notification can be swiped away (will return eventually) + Bug fixes
v3.5.3 + Peek notifications use album colours
v3.5.2 + Fix language bug, thanks Martin
v3.5.1 + Portuguese translation by Marcio
v3.5.0 + Option to hide the notification
Further details on Google+ -> https://plus.google.com/113750147836457488590
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★★★★★
Fantastic software! Definitely a must-have for driving or running. Very well written! I couldn't ask for a better software. I love using this while driving so that I don't have to exit my navigation app to see what song is playing. Also, great for the gym or while running. Sometimes you just aren't in the mood for a song and need to skip before it really gets started. It also works well with streaming apps such as Milk Music. Developers are very proactive, and even quickly implemented one of my suggested features.
★★★★★
Best improvement to listening since invention of m I listen to lots of new music and often in shuffle mode. No mobile player could better inform me about the tune I listen than a voice-over from Announcer. First of all a player is usually in my pocket. Or it is unsafe to look at screen while driving. Most players display tune info in a hard-to-read way. Also, the support is excellent.
★★★★★
Just works! I love this feature on the iPod Nano, but I need to press a button to make it work on the Nano. This app just works, and the voice is clear. I have many classical pieces and can't recognize all of them at first listen. I fee sorry for commenters who have so few tracks in their collection that they recognize them all. Widen your horizons! Thanks again - great app.
★★☆☆☆
Didn't recognize which service was playing. No Spotify!
★★☆☆☆
HTC one X not working Just updated from1.2 to 1.8.1, and it has stopped working ! The test works but nothing else. Not even the one they are pushing works. Come on lads and fix it, please. It's a great piece of software.
★★☆☆☆
Works but resets volume levels reset to default after you pause a song. Really annoying when wearing headphones and music doubles in volume. Uninstalled app and problem solved.
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