# Talking Location > Talking Location (iPhone/iPad app by 方 沈.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talking-location/id887104200 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [方 沈](https://appshunter.io/developer/882296318) - Category: Navigation, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 10.0 · 1 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2014-11-12 - Data updated: 2026-05-16 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talking-location/id887104200/reviews.md ## What is Talking Location? The app will provide six kinds of solutions for talking the location information. The cover solution is only available for iPhone. 1 Talk by the timer 2 Talk by pinch gesture 3 Talk by shaking the device 4 Talk by covering the top screen of iPhone. (use the iPhone proximity sensor) not available for iPad 5 Talk by tapping the Add button at the bottom right corner. 6 Talk by using wizard solution. With the wizard solution, the timer solution, pinch solution,shake solution and cover solution could work at the same time. The user could customise the action of wizard solution. For example, only enable timer and pinch solution work at the same time 7 Use the default language of device as the main talking language. 8 In the main list view, tap the single cell, the detail information about the location will be displayed. The app will could talk the location longitude, latitude or the detail information such as the location name,locality,Thorough fare, sub locality, sub thorough fare. From the setting view, we could select the timer interval from 1 minutes or more. We could also select the talking speed rate. And decide whether to talk the longitude,latitude or the detail location information. The user could indict which detail items could be talked. The user also could select the different talking order. Usage: Tap the left first button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location on the timer interval. Tap the left second button in the bottom toolbar, the app will be the wizard solution. In this situation, the shake, pinch, proximity (iPhone only)detection and timer could work at the same time.The user could customise the action of wizard solution from the setting view. Tap the left third button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location when the user pinch on the table list view. In iPhone,tap the right second button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location when the user covers the iPhone screen by hands or by other objects such as one book.In iPad,shake the device, the app will talk the location. Tap the right first button in the bottom toolbar, the app will talk the location at once. The top left item is the action menu button. It includes the Clear All Data item and Edit Data Item. When tap the Edit Data item, the list data will be editable status. After that, tap the action menu button, the list data will be normal status. For iPhone, the shake solution item move to the action menu list. If the user uses the proximity solution or enable the proximity feature of the wizard solution, then the APP will talk the location information when the user covers the top screen of iPhone from the main view, the setting view or the detail information view. If the user uses the pinch solution, shake solution or the timer solution, then the APP will talk the location information when the App is in the main view. Notice for the first time usage: From the setting view, select the timer interval for the timer solution if 1 minute interval is not acceptable.Then,indict which detail items we want the APP to talk. This edition could talk the current location information to the upcoming phone call with the iphone. The iOS version should be 13.0 or newer. First , accept the coming phone call, after that when this app is talking, the phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.7.6 — 2024-01-30 Bug fixes. Fix the bug about talking in the phone call. After fixing this bug, when a phone call is coming and is accepted, then, start the talking, both sides could hear the same talking contents in the same speed. The phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call. ### 4.7.5 — 2023-12-12 Improve the performances: 1. enable talking to the upcoming phone call. First , accept the upcoming phone call, then tap the talk button. (iOS need to be 13.0 or newer) 2. enable the assistive technology settings take precedence over the property values of this app.(iOS need to be 14.0 or newer) ### 4.7.4 — 2023-08-31 Upgrade by using iOS 16.4 SDK. ### 4.7.3 — 2022-12-28 1. Upgrade by using iOS 16.1 2. Fix the issue about the title color in the dark mode. ### 4.7.2 — 2020-06-22 1. Use the launch storyboard instead of using the launch images. 2. Update the text color in order to display correctly in the dark mode. 3. Use the full screen mode to present the setting view controller instead of using the default view size. 4.Update the feature about checking the location permission ## Apps similar to Talking Location | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [MyWay Pro](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/myway-pro/id1434398223) | — | Free | Navigation | | [Longdo Map](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longdo-map/id487099832) | — | Free | Navigation | | [WristRoute Lite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wristroute-lite/id1447242515) | 3.7 (6) | Free | Navigation | | [Blue Light Maps](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blue-light-maps/id6470309173) | — | Free | Navigation | | [Earphones Sensor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/earphones-sensor/id1597026159) | — | Free | Navigation | | [WeWALK - Smart Map](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wewalk-smart-map/id1344297911) | 4.6 (45) | Free | Navigation | ## More apps by 方 沈 - [Talk SMS Email Notes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talk-sms-email-notes/id882296315) - [Auto Cam Photo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auto-cam-photo/id884498223) - [Auto Digital Video](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auto-digital-video/id884499935) - [Device Motion Detective](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/device-motion-detective/id884501447) - [Auto Audio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auto-audio/id884502711) - [Talking Notes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/talking-notes/id886636411) All apps by 方 沈: https://appshunter.io/developer/882296318 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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