Here is information from the help section of the Talking Tuner app. HotPaw Productions Talking Tuner HotPaw Talking Tuner is a hands-off, sound-activated, talking musical instrument tuner. It talks to tell you if you are in tune or not, so you dont even have to look at it. Talking Tuner uses built-in speech synthesis, and thus does not require that VoiceOver be enabled. I received a request to develop an iPhone app which could help a vision-challenged individual tune their musical instrument. This is the result. Talking Tuner can assist someone to tune a musical instrument without having to look at or touch their iPhone's display. 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 frequency resolution is about +3 cents (3/100ths of the pitch difference between semitones). 100 cents is the frequency difference between semitones. 50 cents is halfway between notes, or pretty much way out of tune. 1 cent represents a tiny 0.058% frequency difference. The Volume Threshold slider in Talking Tuner sets the sensitivity. Higher numbers will require a louder sound before the app starts to estimate the pitch. 3.0 is the default volume setting. There is a setting available (for Talking Tuner inside the ios Settings app) for higher resolution spoken frequency reporting (+-2 cents and +-1 cent). However, note that the response time and delay may be slower at these higher resolutions. There is also a setting available to configure the Concert A reference frequency, which has a default value of 440.0 Hz. Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Oct 4, 2019, at 4:30 PM, Karen Poulakos <ka...@poulakos.com> wrote: I also use Talking Tuner, and have the same problem of not being able to hear it when it opens. I have just gotten in the habit of opening it, then pressing the Home button to close it, then double tapping to open it again. That seems to work every time. Karen P. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, October 4, 2019 5:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Accessible guitar tuning app? Thanks for that solution. I just put in earphones. But, it is nice to be able to just do the app switcher. I do not have a better way at this point. Richard Always look out for #1, and be careful not to step in #2. On Oct 4, 2019, at 1:56 PM, 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: I use Talking Tuner regularly, and like it. However, whenever I open it, it is in Audible unless I go to the app switcher and re-open it from the app switcher. Do other people have this problem? If not, any suggestions for how to get it to work right on initially opening it? Thanks in advance, Keith On Oct 4, 2019, at 2:15 PM, Wayne Scott <waynedscot...@gmail.com> wrote: Wayne Scott "Everything happens in God's chime." On Oct 4, 2019, at 1:08 PM, Anne Robertson <annefromo...@gmail.com> wrote: I could tune my guitars just fine using a tuning fork, but when I fixed up an old banjo someone gave me, I needed this app. Otherwise, I had to tune a guitar and then the banjo. My husband, who has perfect pitch, doesn’t have that problem. Cheers, Anne On 4 Oct 2019, at 15:29, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: Robert, That was the second response in this thread. 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