Talking Timer & Stopwatch

JPZ

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About this app

The application allows the creation of timers and stopwatches with automatic or user-configured speeches (voice).

Features:
• Create and edit your timers and stopwatches
• Time settings
• Timer with count-up or count-down
• Auto-speech
• Custom speeches created by the user
• Background and font colours
• Wallpapers
• Font selection
• Alarm ringtones
• Alarm repetitions
• Speech on lap
• Volume settings
• Preparation and final countdown with speech
• 7 previously created presets, which can be modified, cloned or deleted
• Creating new presets

Speeches:
• Auto-speech allows the application to automatically speak the remaining or elapsed time over a configurable period, ranging from 5 seconds to 1 hour. Works individually for timer and stopwatch, and is set to 1 minute for both by default. The interval can be changed or disabled in the settings menu
• User-configured speeches, on the other hand, are individually configured within each preset. They can speak the remaining or elapsed time, along with a previous and following text, also configurable. Example: one preset can have custom speeches at 6 and at 14 minutes, while another preset can have custom speeches at 40 seconds, then at 12 minutes and 30 seconds

Available in 6 languages:
(can be changed later in the settings menu)
• English
• Spanish
• French
• Italian
• Portuguese
• German

Purpose of use:
Can be used for studying, working, cooking, exercising, running, treadmill, meditating, among others.

Usability:
Cool and clean interface, optimized for smartphones, tablets and large displays.
Works with the app in the background or when the screen is off.

Ratings and reviews

Does exactly what I need it to, with a few extra features to boot, like presaved timers, choosing the audio output, theme customization and more. I used to use a different speaking timer faithfully before, but it would randomly stop speaking the countdown, which completely defeats the purpose. This one hasn't let me down yet and it's been some months.

The only thing is that at least with my phone and Bluetooth headset, the announcement is short, quiet and it isn't clear at the begining. I think if it said something like "Time 10 minutes", then it would wake my speakers or ears, with the word "Time" and I would hear the amount clearer. A bit louder would also be nice.

Finding a simple app that suits you for this function is bloody harder than it sounds (no pun intended). This works for me without too much bells and whistles and I'm more than happy with it. Perfect, no, but pretty close.

What's new

Added backup/restore