Talking Tuner

Name: Talking Tuner
Price: 0.99 USD
Rating: 3.5 (15 reviews)
Author: HotPaw Productions

Music

Only for iPhone

$0.99 · Designed for iPhone

15 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

HotPaw Productions
Language

EN
English
Size

567.3
KB

iPhone

HotPaw Talking Tuner is a hands-off, sound-activated, talking, chromatic, musical instrument tuner. It talks to tell you if your instrument is in tune or not; so you don't even have to look at it or touch the display. Talking Tuner uses speech synthesis, and works with or without VoiceOver being enabled. This app was created because I received a request to develop an iPhone app which could help a vision-challenged individual tune their musical instrument. This app is the result. With the Auto-Speak switch turned on, Talking Tuner will listen for a note to be played, and then, after waiting for the end of the sound (so as not to talk over it), will speak the note name, and how many cents sharp or flat the end of the note is estimated to be. Using headphones may help make it easier to hear what this app is saying while tuning. Make sure to turn the volume up high enough to hear it. The pitch estimation algorithm works best for notes between 2 octaves below Middle-C to 2 octaves above Middle-C. It may not work as well for very low notes, very high notes, or with any background noise, harmony, or accompaniment present. The default tuning resolution is about +- 3 cents (3/100ths of the pitch difference between semitones). Optional higher resolution tuning settings may result in a slower tuning response.

Ratings & Reviews

3.5

out of 5

15 Ratings

Very good.
04/14/2011

Taylor Scott
Just bought this app and good job! As a blind guitar player it is hard to find a good tuner. This one is exactly what i've been looking for. The reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 is the speach is hard to understand when it sais G and A. Other than those notes it works great. Thanks!
Very good.
04/14/2011

Taylor Scott

Just bought this app and good job! As a blind guitar player it is hard to find a good tuner. This one is exactly what i've been looking for. The reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 is the speach is hard to understand when it sais G and A. Other than those notes it works great. Thanks!
Nice to find something like this
03/12/2021

Blindstein
I’m learning mandolin, and it’s nice to be able to have a tuner that I can use without being able to see. First time I started the application on my iPhone/iPad, it did not work, but force quitting and restarting changed it. Voice is clear and understandable because it works with voiceover on. For some reason it kept saying that my g was six cents too short, and then when I have done nothing with it but came back later on it said it was in tune. Any suggestions on how close the instrument should be to the phone? Nice update would be an option to have instant speech feedback instead of waiting for the end of the note, which would be useful when wearing headphones and would not create interference.
Nice to find something like this
03/12/2021

Blindstein

I’m learning mandolin, and it’s nice to be able to have a tuner that I can use without being able to see. First time I started the application on my iPhone/iPad, it did not work, but force quitting and restarting changed it. Voice is clear and understandable because it works with voiceover on. For some reason it kept saying that my g was six cents too short, and then when I have done nothing with it but came back later on it said it was in tune. Any suggestions on how close the instrument should be to the phone? Nice update would be an option to have instant speech feedback instead of waiting for the end of the note, which would be useful when wearing headphones and would not create interference.
Almost what I need
08/30/2018

DPB400
I have friends who are blind. I like this talk tuner for them but it doesn’t have the incremental steps I need. It will go from 0 (in tune) to -6 for example. But I need -3 or -4 on a string. This won’t do it YET. If it did each degree then it would be perfect. I’ll check back to see if it upgrades. I had to buy it to find out and there was no problem receiving the refund.
Almost what I need
08/30/2018

DPB400

I have friends who are blind. I like this talk tuner for them but it doesn’t have the incremental steps I need. It will go from 0 (in tune) to -6 for example. But I need -3 or -4 on a string. This won’t do it YET. If it did each degree then it would be perfect. I’ll check back to see if it upgrades. I had to buy it to find out and there was no problem receiving the refund.
Don’t know what I would do without it
10/22/2023

Tye the blind guy
I’m totally blind, and couldn’t play guitar without it. I love it. I’m writing this review to ask if you would please consider making this in an Apple Watch app. That would be awesome. Thanks again.
Don’t know what I would do without it
10/22/2023

Tye the blind guy

I’m totally blind, and couldn’t play guitar without it. I love it. I’m writing this review to ask if you would please consider making this in an Apple Watch app. That would be awesome. Thanks again.