Chess H5: Talk & Voice control

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About this game

Chess H5 is an advanced chess application equipped with an innovative voice control feature, enabling users to effortlessly move chess pieces using voice commands or phrases. The app boasts the inclusion of the highly proficient Stockfish v15.1 chess engine, offering a spectrum of gameplay options and strategic insights suitable for players ranging from novices to seasoned grandmasters. In addition, the app facilitates engaging online matches against opponents from around the world, fostering a global chess community. To aid players in gauging their development, this remarkable chess application also provides comprehensive statistical information which proves invaluable in charting progress. Beginners, in particular, will find this feature incredibly useful in embarking on their journey towards mastering the art of chess.

NEW:
Cool animated/immersive backgrounds. Play chess while drifting in space or on a ship in a stormy ocean. Chess H5 helps youtubers and other social media users create amazing chess videos for TikTok, X or Instagram by adding animated backgrounds.

You can now earn online chess badges -

• To earn a 🎉 badge, play 10 chess games.

• To earn a 🎉💯 badge, play 100 chess games.

• To earn a 🎉💯⭐️ badge, play 200 chess games.

• To earn a 🥉 badge, play 200 chess games or more and have a 20% win rate.

• To earn a 🥉🥈 badge, play 200 chess games or more and have a 50% win rate.

• To earn a 🥉🥈🥇 badge, play 200 chess games or more and have a 70% win rate.

• To earn a 🏅 badge, play 1000 chess games or more and have a 50% win rate.

• To earn a 🏅💎 badge, play 1000 chess games or more and have a 70% win rate.

• To earn a 🏆 badge, play 2000 chess games or more and have a 70% win rate.

• To earn a 🏆👑 badge, play 2000 chess games or more and have a 90% win rate.

You may lose badges if your win percentage falls below the threshold.

Extra features include:

• Talking chess game: If enabled announces moves and game state & can also announce players entering or leaving the online game lobby.

• Voice control: You can play your moves by voice command or phrases (English language only).

• NEW activate voice control on face detection feature, paid add-on (£$...).

• Powerful Stockfish v15.1 AI: Play against the computer and face different levels of game play from beginner all the way up to grandmaster. Increase difficulty level from 1 - 20 but that's not all, you can give the AI a higher think-time causing it to make more proficient moves.

• Difficulty level can be changed throughout the game as well as computer think time.

• Beginner AI: A new AI opponent has been added for beginners to play against, to help them learn and get started.

• Supports many screens: Chess H5 supports many screen sizes but has also been adapted to make sure you can play on android TV and other devices with odd display sizes.

• Save games: You can save a chess game at any point and come back to it or watch a replay.

• Player stats: Helps monitor your progress by automatically recording your wins, losses and drawers you have against the computer and against online players.

• Buy add-ons: You can buy items from the 'buy items' section of the app for extra features. Like shake device to activate voice command, now comes with an adjustable shake, force level setting.

• Online multiplayer: Play against other users from across the globe, you can view a players wins, losses & draw stats to help you select a suitable match.

Animated backgrounds links:

Outer Space Video by freepik

Ocean WavesVideo by freepik

Ratings and reviews

UPDATED REVIEW DECEMBER 2020: The developer updated the App as promised with almost all the features I proposed in my earlier review. That is an excellent support. Now the voice recognition is based (online and offline) on Google and also Samsung (for Samsung devices), which is the best you can get. Also, words can be used for easier identification (such as Alpha 4 Beta 5) and in a single sentence. Shake has now a sensitivity setting. Multiple chess engines with variable strength is notable. I increased my review to maximum (5 stars). I also bought all the IN-APP extras as a gratitude for the developer's service. I would like to propose some further improvements. At present the MIC ON cancels the TALK. I would propose that the TALK and MIC ON should stay ON simultaneously.as they would not interfere if a certain strategy is implemented. For example the MIC could be switched OFF automatically whilst the TALK is active (i.e. the MIC is OFF when the App speaks the movement, which is approx 10-12 seconds) and then the MIC is back ON whilst awaiting for the player's voice command. Currently the "MIC always ON" keep beeping (i.e. it is not always ON but at intervals and the beeps indicate those intervals of ON and OFF), and the beeping is distracting during the play - perhaps the MIC can be truly ON (without intervals) or at least the beep is silenced. Also, the beep should have a volume (currently is loud and cannot be adjusted). Also, I would propose that whilst the TAP is ON the player can touch ANY part of the screen to activate the MIC (not just the bottom and upper parts) by disabling the manual movement of the pieces. Moving the pieces can then be manually can be reinstated when the TAP is switch OFF in the settings. Also a good option is to add a CLOCK at the bottom. You could also add in the future support for electronic boards (such as DGT, Certabo and Millennium - USB and Bluetooth connections)..Also, some board options would be helpful (not just the white & black square, but perhaps some wood, glass, stone/marble etc).Additionally, auto Portrait/Landscape feature would be useful. Thank you for your kind and excellent support.

Note to developer: thanks for trying. It is a good start. But get real. You will NEVER get AI to distinguish between "Beeee", "Ceeee", "Deeee", "Eeeee" and "Geeee". Ain't gonna happen. Even human beings have a very hard time with this over the phone or in recorded messages. Imagine the impossibility with AI speech recognition, spoken into a teeny weenie microphone on a cell phone! The military noticed this about a hundred years ago and promptly invented the phonetic alphabet. Use it!

Consistently having to hit the mic button to talk is a pain. I like playing blind since I do alot of work on the side, and having to hit the button all the time is kinda annoying, other than that great job on the voice rec!

What's new

• Support for tablets and large screen devices.

• Purchase feature set custom background video for the chess screen.

• Improved stats section.

• Online players list now also act as a leaderboard.

• Immersive animated backgrounds.

• Stockfish updated to 15.1.

• Earn awards and badges.

• Buy paid items to enhance your experience (see the 'Buy Items' section).