HeyTell
Category: Social
Publisher: Voxilate, Inc.
Version: 3.1.0.384
Price: free
Install size: 3.45MB
more than 250,000 downloads
Google Play rating: 4.4 out of 5 (36920 ratings)
Accessibility rating: 4 out of 5 (2 ratings)
Contact Email: android@heytell.com
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View on Google Play (formerly Android Market)
Description
HeyTell® is a cross-platform voice messenger & walkie talkie that allows you to instantly talk with friends & family who use Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7 devices with the press of a single button. * Voice messages are quicker than SMS—and free! * *Very* low data usage, no more than sending an email * Works on any Internet connection! * Superior audio quality: *twice* the frequency range of a cell phone call! * EXTRAS! Check out the Voice Changer or create 25-way chat with Groups! Extras make HeyTell ad-free! * Notifications alert whenever a message is received if you enable the Background Service via Menu > Settings > Background Service ✳ TIP: If you're on wifi & want to avoid late notifications, be sure to set your Wifi Sleep Policy to Never: Menu >Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi Settings > Menu > Advanced > Wi-Fi sleep policy > Never. * Quickly Friend/Unfriend/Block. Adding contacts as friends ensures that you can always quickly find them by tapping the To: field and tapping "Friends." * Choose from 3 different privacy levels to control how users can contact you without an invite: ✓ Low privacy: All Facebook friends can HeyTell you. Any of your Twitter followers can HeyTell you. People who know your phone number or email address can HeyTell you. ✓ Medium privacy: All Facebook friends can HeyTell you. All Twitter friends can talk to you. Friends of your HeyTell friends who know your phone number or email address can HeyTell you. ✓ High privacy: No one can contact you unless you contact them first or unless you accept their Twitter, Facebook, email, or SMS invite. * Optionally, share your location with selected contacts while you talk ✳ TIP: To send your location information to a contact, you must have the MAPS page open (tap TARGET button) when you send the HeyTell message. For privacy reasons, HeyTell does not send location unless you approve & have Maps open. ✳ Conversations can be saved & replayed offline, or deleted ✳ TIP: Long-press on conversations & individual messages to access extended View, Delete, and Export options. * All data and audio you transmit to HeyTell and your friends is encrypted in transit * Earpiece and speakerphone functionality: Press the Speaker button to toggle between earpiece and speaker mode (If you find earpiece sound is too low, enable the speaker) * You do NOT need to share personal information to connect with HeyTell contacts & have full control of your personal info. See https://heytell.com/privacy and https://heytell.com/faq for more information about connecting without sharing phone numbers or email addresses! ✳ TIP: Back up your account so that you do not have to re-add friends when you change phones or update ROMs. To do this, exit HeyTell and enable the Backup options accessed via Menu > Settings > Privacy or Backup & Sync. ✳ TIP: If you can send messages to friends, but you are not receiving them, ask your friends to respond directly to you by tapping the active conversation. It is likely that the contact information they're using to find you doesn't match what you set for yourself and/or your privacy is higher. However, directly responding to the conversation should always work! :) ✳ TIP: IF YOU GET AN "INBOX FULL" message, there's no need to delete the app or messages: This just means that your friend has to listen or reply to the messages you sent before you can continue to send them messages. Once they listen or respond, you can keep on talking! NOTE THAT CARRIERS MAY CHARGE YOU & YOUR RECIPIENT FOR SMS INVITES, but they're not required--email invites and direct connections to other HeyTell users using phone, email, Twitter, & Facebook are free! Problems/questions? - Email us at android@heytell.com! - Follow us on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/heytell - "Like" us on Facebook at https://facebook.com/heytell! - Circle us on G+ at http://www.heytell.com/+!
Recent Changes
v3.1: Added workaround for issue on Samsung phones where messages are sometimes blocked. Updated Facebook and Twitter SDKs; Facebook invites work again! Fixed missing Map background. ***IMPORTANT*** In rare cases, after an app is updated, the system fails to stop the first instance of the app, leaving two running instances. We recommend that, after updating HeyTell, fully restarting to avoid this condition: Menu > Settings > Apps > Manage Apps > HeyTell > Force Stop. Then, re-open HeyTell.Accessibility Reviews
Please log in to submit an accessibility review.admin Monday, 13-Jun-2011 7:07 PM ET
Version reviewed: 2.0.3.235Phone model: T-Mobile G2
Accessibility Rating:
4 - The app is basically accessible, though there are some minor improvements that would make it more usable
Navigation:
Yes, all controls can be accessed
Labels:
Most, but not all buttons, edit boxes, and controls are labeled
User comments:
The popular push-to-talk app works well on Android. As far as I can tell, you need to use the hardware keyboard enter key on the hold and speak button to record your message as opposed to holding down enter on the trackpad. You can also press and hold on the bottom right portion of the screen to hold and speak. Arrow to the person you wish to talk to and press trackpad enter, then arrow to the hold and speak button and hold down hardware enter to record your message. Everything else works as expected. The groups There's a couple of unlabeled buttons on the home screen. One seems to let you friend or unfriend the current contact, but there's other ways to do this anyway.add-on seems to work fine as well.
lights_rage Monday, 18-Apr-2011 8:57 PM ET
Phone model: t-mobile cometAccessibility Rating:
4 - The app is basically accessible, though there are some minor improvements that would make it more usable
Navigation:
Yes, all controls can be accessed
Labels:
Yes, all buttons, edit boxes, and other controls are properly labeled
User comments:
The application is pretty good. for the comet, you have to kinda go up from the arrow control. Then you press your finger on this certain spot on the screen and hold it there. Its kind of above the back key or menu, Those are kind of close together so i can't always get it right.