Did you know? Online gaming and communicating - Voice notes Versus Texting and Phone calls

This post is about something I discovered over time while playing Call of duty online (COD). I'm convinced a number of us go through this also.

It's always great to game online with zero distractions, when your body mind are literally in the game, you probably have headphones on as you speak to your fellow games online. Note this could be in any online game whatsoever. Fortnite is also a great example.

I'm sure many gamers will agree to the fact that we do not like to be distracted when we're in this mode. There are some that will not bother to take one look at their phones while they're in the middle of gaming and some that may take occasional look at their phones once in a while to reply to texts or even receive and make phones calls. Or phones basically are distractions and while we continue to use them in anyway or form, we discover that our multitasking abilities is not as powerful as we thought. We discover that we begin to lose. Game death becomes very dominant especially in the case of call of duty. We know pausing a game goes a long way when we have to go on our phones while gaming tho we actually don't even like to pause. However we cannot pause the game while gaming online in most games. After a session we may choose to quickly go on our phones and reply one or two texts before the next session or do a quick phone call. That we may do but we know that's going to be rushed. Most of our valid points will not be made clear and in the case of call of duty we cannot create a new soldier or customise our player before the next match.

We may chose receive or make a phone call during this short break before the next session, but the level of distraction will be immense as we're pushing a few buttons on the game pad, thinking of what to do next, speaking and listening to the other person speak at the same time.

These Scenarios may look a bit too specific and Nagy to some but believe me it's a real thing many people face. Now how about Voice notes? Have you ever tried sending or listening to a voice notes while gaming online? I have and I must say it is the least distracting way to communicate to someone else outside the gaming world while you're gaming online. No why is this? It's faster than texting, you don't have to bother with an immediate response from the recipient. You only have to listen to what they're saying when you want to and you speak when you feel like the time is convenient enough. Now how do I Know this, is better because I have tried it and many others who have expressed the same findings. I do this most times with the Just Talk social media app to share findings and send direct messages. I use it more than I use WhatsApp cause it doesn't announce to everyone when i'm online and there's no chance i'll be reading a text to a voice note I sent earlier on the Just Talk app. with jus talk app while gaming online, there will be no reading, texting and you cannot talk and listen at the same time as you'll do on a phone call. So you're either talking or listening with voice notes compared to a phone call where you have to do both. It reduces the spread of activities you have to do while multitasking and it allows you focus more on your gaming. compared to texting you  wouldn't have to be take your face off the screen.

Now this is only one of the many scenarios Just Talk proves to be better than many other social media platform or direct messengers. I keep letting people know that the uses of this app is endless. It may seem silly to many how this is of great importance as its just gaming but this solution can be duplicated in many other scenarios. for example DRIVING. See you guys in the next one where I'll be chatting with you about the future of the app and the application to driving.

Create and Share (Voice out yout opinions, teach and learn)

For those who are unaware, JUST TALK is social network platform with a focus on voice notes only. There's no texting whatsoever. All you can say whatever you want there as long as it's with your voce. If you don't like how you sound over recordings, you can always use our voice filters to change how you sound. If you sign up on the app now and look on your timeline you'll discover that there are all sorts of posts, blogs, music, jokes, educational posts e.tc. All audio only. recorded and posted. You too can have a go. Do you have a group of friends that you want to send long messages to quickly? why not have a go on JUST TALK, all the direct messages would be gone after 24 hours. you can select one or multiple contacts to receive your message. I'll leave a tutorial video teaching you how to use the app. 

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Fact of the day - A shrimps heart

Some of you might already know this fact and some might not. A shrimp's heart is located in it's head based on it's anatomy. A video explaining this is available below and an audio version available on the Just Talk app

Just TALK : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.something.ganik.justtalk

Fcat Of The Day - Jelly fish

Today I shall be sharing a random fact. Unrelated to Just Talk, but on Just Talk. This shows the Vast number of things you can do with just talk. If you can do it on any platform then you can do it on JUST TALK, As long as it can be worded it can be done. Each day I'll be sharing a new fun fact of the day on all platforms. I'll make it like a question and the answer will be in one or two social media platforms. Today I have posted the answer on our Facebook page, You Tube page (Click Video to watch video) and Just Talk (Click link to download or open the app. Our Random fact of the day is on Jelly fish. How much of a jelly fish is made up of solid matter. Answers are below.

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Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.something.ganik.justtalk&hl=en_GB
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Justtalk_dtjt

JUST TALK 

Hello everyone. It's been a long time coming. I'm pleased to announce that we have now begun work on the IOS version of JUST TALK . We have also released a new product to help with the funding of this. They're called the falcon laces. Images of this will be available in pictures below the is post. They're being sold for £7 a pair but as long as you have the JUST TALK app you'll get it discounted for £4.50. They can be purchased online on ebay. Unfortunately we would not be able to supply these laces outside the UK.
As many of you already know the aim of JUST TALK is to create a social media platform that will provide equal satisfaction for both the abled and the less abled. We're slowly getting there and we'll needing all the support you can give us. Please purchase a pair of our laces through ebay. If you Live outside UK and you really want it, please feel free to message me on here or preferably on JUST TALK and I'll be happy to make an arrangement to get them to you. Thanks for reading.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justtalk_dtjt/
Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/led-light-up-shoe-laces/173417692578?hash=item28607ffda2:g:R78AAOSwAOdbT0yL
Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.something.ganik.justtalk&hl=en_GB
Just Talk username: teamjusttalk

Equal level of satisfaction for eveyone

Currently most social network platforms are only supportive of people who can see. They may not be able to read and write but may still be able to get a high level of satisfaction from using those platforms. Sadly, not all can see. many can't see, they can't read and write in the case where there are a lot of texts involved. I'm some other cases dyslexic people may not be able to view important content because they have difficulties reading texts. Sometimes it may be a bit time consuming. you cannot go through your timeline without spending a couple of minutes in many cases hours doing anything else. Goin through social media these days means you have a lot of spare time because people spend a lot of time on them. In the case of Just Talk now, you might need to spend a couple of minutes looking for the right audio but once you find it, you can carry on with what you were doing. This is because you can listen and do something else at the same time. In future this would even be made better with perfect integration with Siri, amazon alexia and other smart speakers. specific voice commands can be made to find specific or a number of Casts even without touching your phone. You will be able to go through your timeline without going looking at your phone. Direct messages will be even better. Easy direct messaging with your voice. The smart speakers will not have to bother about converting your spoken words to text as it will spend most times recording compared to recording and converting. There will be no need to try and change the spoken words into texts for the receiving end because the receiving end is audio only also. No texts involve. Because of this audio features of Just Talk we feel many people will (regardless of their visual problems or inability to read and write) get equal satisfaction on Just Talk. 

Did you know!! ( Spoken words versus Written/texted words)

Did you know that even with the word "please" in a sentence, you could still bore into the nerves of someone and piss them off? Depending on where the word "please" goes in a sentence, you can easily be misunderstood. Compare certain scenarios in your mind with spoken and written words. You will quickly discover written words can easily be misunderstood because there's no tone or audible expression to it. Readers can use any tone they feel like depending on their mood. To retain intimacy while speaking to someone, you may chose to speak to someone in person (face to face conversation), over the phone (phone call) or through video calls. Hence the person must be readily available to speak to you when you wish to speak to them. We all know this is not possible all the time as people have very diverse schedules and live in different time zones and may often need to communicate to each other. Sometimes it's expensive to call if the other person is abroad. there might be too much of the word "hello, hello hello, can you hear me?" with voice calls over the internet. Some of us don't live in countries with fast internet, some of us have friends and family abroad in those countries. With video calls, the person not only needs to be available to speak to you, but must be ready to show their face in front of a camera assuming the internet signal is perfect in the first place. Sometimes it may have to be premeditated when it comes to group calls. What if you want to share your message to a lot of people who are very busy and will only be able to listen or view your message when they're less busy? perhaps a pre-recorded video or a live video would do the trick. But you know you have to be camera ready to record yourself and your users may have to pay attention, Not only listening but watching also. We listeners have to wave bye to multitasking while we're watching that video. We already have social media and direct messaging apps/platforms like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat that make communication easier  by allowing users share using, texts, pictures and videos. Most of them include voice notes/text-to-speech/speech-to-text as a passive feature of which doesn't work well in many instances as people have different accents and sometimes the phone just doesn't understand you. None of them ever place emphases on voice notes which can solve all the issue discussed earlier and many more that have not been highlighted. The Just Talk social media app does not only address issues and more. We are aware that not everyone knows how to read and write, it also introduces some new features that make audio chatting and sharing a lot fun, it is the first social media app that focuses on voice memos. It attracts users from all parts of the world because of its simplicity. Users can share like they do on other social media platform a long as they remember they would be sharing voice memos only. Not everyone likes how they sound when they record a voice memo, so the app includes Voice filters that allow users change how they sound. Direct messaging is also possible with the conditions that it will be voice memos only. An interesting feature about direct messaging is that all direct messages are automatically deleted after 24hours regardless of whether they've been opened or not. The uses for every individual are endless just like other social media platforms. This is a new platform that everyone should truly get into. It's faster as all you need is your voice.