Vocalia 2.2.2 - October 2nd 2012

  • Updated for iOS 6: now requests access to contacts when needed + other fixes
  • Updated for the iPhone 5's 4-inch display
  • In-app execution of command bookmarks (command:// and commands://) execution for easier integration with network accessible servers (home automation, etc.)

Vocalia 2.2.1 - July 2nd 2010

  • iOS 4.0 Compatibility
  • Multitasking Support (i.e. speech recognition resumes faster)
  • Retina Display Support: high-resolution icon and artwork for a better dispaly on iPhone 4
  • Improved French Acoustic Model (based on 100 speakers)
  • Improved German Acoustic Model (based on 125 speakers)
  • Improved Spanish Acoustic Model (based on 60 speakers)
  • Improved Italian Acoustic Model (based on 25 speakers)

Vocalia 2.2 - June 18th 2010

  • New voice commands in the iPod Mode for music control:
    • "play"
    • "stop"
    • "pause"
    • "next song"
    • "previous song"
    • "shuffle"
    • "increase volume"
    • "decrease volume"
  • New voice command for selecting an album or a song with the same title:
    • For playing the album: read the song title, and add "Album" before or after the title
    • For playing the song: read the song title only (like in former versions)
  • Bug fix: under iPhone OS 3.1.3, the ready vibration could hinder speech recognition

Vocalia 2.1 - October 22nd 2009

  • Spanish phonetizer and acoustic model (based on 55 speakers)
  • Spanish interface localization
  • Italian phonetizer and acoustic model (based on 20 speakers)
  • Italian interface localization
  • Dutch phonetizer and acoustic model (based on 30 speakers)
  • Dutch interface localization
  • Vocalia now works while music is playing
  • Fixed bug where Vocalia would play only the first song of an album whereas the whole album is selected

Vocalia 2.0.2 - September 18th 2009

  • iPhone OS 3.1 compatibility fixes
  • Playlists can now be accessed by voice (iPod mode)
  • Improved German Acoustic Model (based on 100 speakers)
  • Fixed problem with Phonetization Editor

Vocalia 2.0.1 - August 13th 2009

  • Voice Navigation is now the default navigation mode
  • Voice command "Show help" is now available in German ("Hilfe anzeigen")
  • Fixed minor bugs

Vocalia 2.0 - July 16th 2009

  • Vocalia 2.0 in a nutshell: Enable speech access to contacts, songs and bookmarks on your iPhone / iPod Touch. Even faster on 3GS devices!
  • New Feature: iPod Touch support (second generation only, requires a microphone headset which can be bought separately)
  • New Feature: iPod library access. You select an artist or a playlist using your voice, then the song title to initiate playback.
  • New Feature: Internet Bookmarks access. Import your bookmarks into Vocalia (auto-discovery of iPhone, Bonjour networking), then say one of them to open Safari and go straight to that website.
  • New Feature: Proximity sensing. The default behavior is that Vocalia listens to you all the time. If Proximity Sensing is enabled, Vocalia will only be listening when the iPhone is brought to your head (or when you put your finger on Vocalia's eye). This is very useful in noisy environments when Vocalia can't evaluate the beginning/end of speech.
  • New Feature: Interactive Help Overlay. From now on, Vocalia displays examples of all voice commands that can be spoken at any particular time.
  • New Voice Commands: Scroll inside Vocalia (try again, go up, go down)
  • New Voice Commands: Switch mode (Contacts/Bookmarks/iPod)
  • Vocalia can be launched from a web page using following url schemes: vocalia://contacts or vocalia://iPod
  • Fixed occasional startup crash

Vocalia 1.4.1 - May 13th 2009

  • Go straight to the best result when speech recognition confidence is high
  • New voice navigation options: "try again", "go back"
  • Added instructions what to say (1.2.3) when multiple results are displayed
  • Improved German Acoustic Model (based on 80 speakers)
  • Improved French Acoustic Model (based on 90 speakers)
  • Fixed problem with @ character in contact names
  • Fixed shake motion bug (go back)

Vocalia 1.4 - February 6th 2009

  • German phonetizer and acoustic model (based on 65 speakers)
  • German interface localization

Vocalia 1.3.1 - January 24th 2009

  • Dialing of phone numbers including spaces now works (could prevent Voice and Timer navigation from properly working)
  • Fixed incorrect handling of names with special punctuations (square brackets...)
  • Fixed crash when changing spoken language

Vocalia 1.3 - December 15th 2008

  • Added Tap-free Dialing (Timer-based or Full Voice Navigation)
  • Improved English Acoustic Model (based on 105 speakers)
  • Improved French Acoustic Model (based on 80 speakers)
  • Fixed Problem when Phonetizing Accented Capital Letters
  • Fixed Label Display Problem (SDK 2.2)

Vocalia 1.2 - November 13th 2008

  • Vibration when ready to talk
  • Choice of the Spoken Language
  • 10x faster phonetizing
  • French phonetizer and acoustic model (based on 65 speakers)
  • French interface localization

Vocalia 1.1 - October 19th 2008

  • Large address book support (up to about 5,000 contacts)
  • 30% faster Vocalia launch time
  • Improved acoustic model (based on 90 speakers)
  • Display of phonetization progress, now user stoppable, with incremental saving
  • More robust phonetization
  • Group selection to limit the extent of speech recognition
  • Bounded speech recording in a noisy environment (4 seconds)
  • Fixed interface bugs, faster refresh

Vocalia 1.0.1 - October 7th 2008

  • Faster speech recognition results
  • Fixed results appearing when editing settings
  • Fixed phonetization editor bug (crash)

Vocalia 1.0 - September 27th 2008

  • Julius engine for multi-locutor, speech recognition
  • Supported language: English (based on 65 speakers)
  • Default phonemic transcriptions for all contacts
  • No network connection required
  • No "Tap to speak"
  • Shake the iPhone to try again
  • Visual effects responding to sound and gravity

    • Vocalia's settings:
  • Select the number of speech recognition results shown (from 1 up to 10)
  • Define vocal shortcuts in addition to the name
  • Split first and last names