Bridgy: Face-to-Face Talk　

An all-in-one communication app. Just place one iPad or iPhone between two people. Use handwriting, speech-to-text, translation, games, brain training, and drawing to support face-to-face conversation between two people. 1. Talk by writing • Sit face to face with someone who has difficulty hearing, and write on the screen with your finger or a pen. • Just speak to your iPhone or iPad, and your words appear as text on the screen. • You can also type on the keyboard. Register phrases in advance to display long messages with just a few keystrokes. 2. Speech to text • Speak to your iPad or iPhone, and your voice is converted to text on the screen. • Choose the text color and font. • Faster, smoother, and more enjoyable than writing on paper or on a whiteboard with a marker. 3. Screen controls and features • Split-screen (top and bottom) or full-screen display. Full screen shows large text even on small devices, making it easier for people with low vision. • Screen lock can be turned on or off. Turning it on keeps the screen from suddenly going dark. If you will not be talking for a long time, turn it off to save battery. • Enlarge and move the text on the screen with two fingers. • Use the slider in the bottom menu to change the text size. Tap the slider to switch it to line thickness. • Text adjusts to the screen size when you rotate between landscape and portrait. • Scroll back to see text that has moved off the screen. It also works as a memo, for example for a room number at a hotel front desk. • If speech is misrecognized, press and hold the microphone within 3.5 seconds to cancel it. • After 3.5 seconds of silence, the conversation so far is converted to text. • Text scrolls upward one line after another. • Tap the eraser to erase lines. • Tap the trash can to clear all lines and text at once. 4. Face-to-face conversation in foreign languages • Speak to your iPhone or iPad, and it translates into another language. • Supports English, French, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Japanese. • Double-tap the microphone to switch between listening to the other person and to yourself. • Translated sentences can be read aloud. • Translated text can be shown in a different color from the original text. • Once you download the language data in advance, real-time translation works without an internet connection, even where there is no signal. 5. Two-player games • Tic-Tac-Toe, Gomoku (Five in a Row), and Reversi. • Play face to face, or play against the AI. The AI has three strength levels. 6. Fun brain training • Memory Match (Concentration) and Reverse Rock-Paper-Scissors (where you play after your opponent), and more games that get you thinking. 7. Draw together • Two people can draw on one screen, facing each other. • Draw freely with your finger or a pen. 8. Photos to spark conversation and smiles • Show photos of pets, trips, family, scenery, and memories, or videos shot with the camera. • Look at photos together and share your memories. • Enlarge a photo with two fingers. Lines or speech-to-text drawn over a photo never change the photo itself. 9. Read text with the camera or from photos • Read text on signs, menus, and manuals with the camera, or from photos. • Trace over the areas you want to select. You can select more than one. • Check and correct the text before it appears on the screen. • Foreign-language text can be translated. 10. Privacy • Works offline. Designed so that conversation content is not sent to or stored on the developer's servers. • Speech recognition and translation use Apple's features. Depending on your device settings and conditions, processing may take place on Apple's servers. • One-time purchase, with no subscription and no ads. If you lose or change your iPhone or iPad, you can restore your purchase at no extra cost. We welcome your feedback: what could be easier to use, or what features you would like to see.