TorTalk vs QualNote

Makes it easy to access text. Read faster and with less effort. *TorTalk gives me a sense of control, reduces my stress, and increases my self-confidence. Everything I read, I read with ToTtalk. ~~ Josefin Cederholm / Happy User of TorTalk *Without TorTalk I would not have succeeded with my academic studies. ~~ Katja Tasala Gradin / Happy User of TorTalk Any person can LEARN faster by turning text to voice! At TorTalk, we aim to make the worlds best tools for reading text out loud. TorTalk is a SMART text to speech software, it reads text aloud from pictures, from the TorTalk Web Browser or from PDF files shared to the app. You can focus on the content of the text while TorTalk reads to you which increases your productivity. Our study tool reads in over 10 different languages and more than 30 high quality natural voices are included (see language list below, more to come in the future). Product features 1. Listen to web site articles, PDFs, digital text, or physical books. 2. Listen with unlimited high quality voices in 10+ languages. 3. Adjust your reading speed up to 600 words per minute (~3 times faster than sight-reading). 4. Scan physical book pages with TorTalk camera. 5. Import PDF articles straight from safari mobile browser. 6. Import PDFs from emails, iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, and more into TorTalk app. Our text reading tool is made out of own needs and the focus on the end user is important to us. TorTalk can help if you have dyslexia, ADHD, ADD or if you are reading in your second language or if you have eye strain problems or you want to read on the go and multi-task. We love to hear from you. Please give us feedback at info@tortalk.se Languages included: English – British Serena ENG Kate ENG Daniel ENG Oliver ENG English – American Allison US Ava US Nathan US Samantha US Susan US English – Australian Karen AU Lee AU Czech Iveta CZC Danish Sara DAD Magnus DAD Finnish Onni FIF Satu FIF French Audrey FRF Thomas FRF German Anna GED Petra GED Viktor GED Hebrew Carmit HEI Italian Frederica ITI Luca ITI Norwegian Henrik NON Nora NON Portuguese Catarina PTP Joana PTP Romanian Ioana ROR Russian Milena RUR Spanish Marisol SPE Swedish Alva SE Oskar SE Turkish Yelda TRT --------------------------------------------------- TorTalk subscription We provide a free trial. When users expire the free trial period, you need a subscription and with a subscription you can use all functions. Without you can’t use any functions. A subscription period is 30 days and will give you access to all functions in the TorTalk app, that is, take a photo of text and listen to it and use the Web browser inside of TorTalk to listen to the the text on the web and listen PDF files shared to the app At the end of the term, unless auto-renewables subscriptions are disabled, your subscription will automatically renew in your iTunes account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any term. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our link to - Terms of service: https://tortalk.se/terms-of-service-ios/?lang=en - Privacy Policy https://tortalk.se/privacy-policy/?lang=en.

QualNotes is a digital research tool tailored for the social sciences and humanities researchers and students, particularly useful for human geographers and design thinkers. It is designed to assist in fieldwork, providing a range of functionalities to facilitate data collection. The app lets users organize their data collection efforts in project folders that offer real-time collaboration capability. This makes it particularly adequate to teach for example mobile walking methods during a class enabling the student not only to listen to the explanations of the teacher but to follow how they build a digital walking map in real time. Within a project folder, there are three ways to collect data: Mobile Mapping ("Maps"), Interviews and Focus Groups ("Interviews"), and Participant Observation & Autoethnography ("Participant Observation"). These tools cater to a variety of data collection needs that are the foundation of publishing qualitative research papers as well as conducting design thinking fieldwork. The Mobile Mapping feature provides a practical solution for capturing geographical data such as geotagged photos, notes, and audio notes. The Interviews tool simplifies the organization, recording, and playback of an interview because the questions can be timestamped during the recording. The app also includes a feature called (‘Interview Guide’) that enables the collaborative preparation of a list of interview questions (the interview guide) that can be reused by many interviewers. The Participant Observation tool offers the capability to record geotagged and timestamped notes, photos, and audio notes. Additional features of QualNotes include Photo Elicitation during an interview. This allows researchers to use photographs to stimulate discussion or reflection during the recording of an interview or focus group exercise. QualNotes has application uses in social sciences and humanities, but also across practitioners and design thinkers who map physical Journey Maps with the purpose of improving the UX in a physical space and those conducting interviews for research purposes. The Integrated Consent Management for Ethics is another key feature of QualNotes. This tool (available inside each project folder) simplifies the process of obtaining and managing consent from research participants. It allows researchers to collect consent from participants digitally with a finger sign on the screen. This reduces paperwork and it is comparatively safer than carrying documents during the field trip because of encryption and password protections. Only the admin user of a project can download the collected consent forms. Data privacy is a cornerstone of QualNotes. The secure storage of these consents is a priority. QualNotes ensures that all consents are stored securely with multiple safeguards, protecting the privacy of participants and maintaining the integrity of the research data. This commitment to data privacy and the facilitation of ethical research practices.