knowing your app (part 16) how to search and add contacts: add me "keshjacobs"

If you've only just downloaded the app, you may not be able to do much until you add atleast one person on it. As usual i'll always offer my contact details to those who wish to speak to me (keshjacobs). Feel free to add me and i'll be happy to speak to you and answer your questions if you have any. Adding a new contact is pretty simple. On the timelinepage/screen there are three icons situated at the top of the screen. one on the left, on in the middle and the third one on the right (check below post of pictures). To add a new user, we will be needing the one in the middle. This icon is a highlighted picture of the app logo in white and it is called the profile page icon as taping on this icon would take you to yout profile page. The information in your profile page at the moment should include your unique username, your name and a search box. Friend requests will also appear on this page(|you would have the option to accept or reject requests). To search for a new friend you would be needing the searchbox in this page. Tap on the search box and type in the name or username of the person you wish to add. In the case of adding me case, search for "keshjacob" but in the pictures at the bottom of this page I have searched for "karan31". The user's display name would appear as seen in the pictures below also and to send a friend request, tap on the square with s cross in it. Iimmediately a friend request would be sent. As soon as the other contact accepts this friend request, then you're all set to start talking.

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knowing your app (part 15) downloading and listening to your messages

I may have not gone through sending a new message just yet, but it will come soon. For now we will focus on downloading and playing receieved messages. This is because you may add me and I will send you a message immediately. Like I explained in earlier posts, feel free to send me a friend request on the app. My user name is "keshjacobs". downloading a message is very easy. On the timeline page/screen all the = information are clear and easy to understand. names/usernames of app users will appear here as well as indications for opened, unopened or deleted messages (more info in the "timeline page/screen") above. At the moment, receieved message will have an arrow facing the left. To download the message tap on the name/username bar. the message should begin downloading at that point, and a message saying "downloading" should appear immediately, if any other thing appears, please tap on it again. After downloading the message should change to "ready to play" tap on it to play the message. You would be able to play the message as many times as you want under 24 hours and the message underneath the Name/username should say "receieved" and the smiley besisdes the image would change. love and share the experience to the world. The instruction might look long as you read this post, but it is really easy to understand. I can very much assure you that you would be a pro in the first few seconds.

notice the smileys arrows and the texts in the picture below.

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Knowing your app (part 14). Why did you choose that app logo?

How to create a good app logo.

Well to answer that question, i'll first like you to know that THE BIRD IS THE WORD and everybody knows that. Peter Griffin from Family Guy knows that and he's telling everyone here. The logo if you don't already know is a Parrot. A RED parot with a GREEN beak. As we all know a parrot sometimes does a lot of talking. It is sometimes known for imitating as we can also see here. It is one of the few, if not only creature asides man that can repeat human words. Since my app is for voice messages only, it felt like a cool creature to include in my app logo. Now people may ask then why did I chose the colours red and green for the parrot. Traffic lights have three colours however I only need two to pass the message. RED on the traffic light means STOP, and green means "GO" except the rules apply differently in some areas. However, in the arear i'm from and live and in many others i'm aware of, Red in the traffic light means Stop while Green means Go. No how does that relate to my app? My app is for sending and recieving voice messages only and everything about the app evolves arounf that distinct function. No texting feature in the app whatsoever. The part of our body we use to text is our hands but the part of our body we use to talk is our mouth. So with that in mind the decesion was to paint every part of the bird REd and the beak RED which signifies do not communicate or text with the rest of your body but do that with your mouth. Don't text, Just Talk. it is always wise to think deeply before creating an ap logo, try to make it related to the function of your app as much as possible. In my case I was lucky to have my brother do the thinking and designing of the app. He chose the colours and never drew meaning out of it but drew meaning out of the creature (THE BIRD) as he did relate the bird to the app's function. The colours where a product of my mother (speak about a wonderful team). My mother was the one who drew meaning out of the colours. It made so much sense we decided to stick with it and thats why we have that as the app logo today.

Now what is to come: I think I may have discovered the best ways to make perfect and more interesting voice filters. voice filters that will have wonderful bacground sounds to really make your voice sync perfectly and create a more appealing experience.


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Know your app, (part 13). one month birthday on the app store

On the 26th of jaruary 2017 was when the first version of "Just Talk" was available on the appstore. An app idea that first saw light over a year ago. From inception, till date the idea of the app has changed/improved for the good. so much thought has been put into it.

I thought of a way of introducing something new into the messagin sector of the app world. Couldn't introduce an app that did the same thing every other app did. It would have been too mainstream if I created a text messaging app. The whole world already does that and besides, its not very innovative. I needed to make a mark and create something no one has ever thought of and thats why we have "Just Talk - DTJT today. Yes it might be a hussle to excecute it as I had no skills in coding but, I had to excecute the plan anyways because it sounded like a damn good idea! Pictures where taken with ideas like instagram, snapchat and faceook, Texts where taken with the likes of imessage and whatsapp and it was possible to send voice notes in almost all of the apps, but then i noticed that none was bespoke for voice messages only and besides there are some things that we just can't type or be bothered to type. there are times you want to pass a message accross quickly with a phone call but you just can't because the other user cannot use their phone at the moment. Voice mail does cost a bit sometimes and you don't always love how you sound when you hear the voice mail play back. Sometimes you start typing a chat/text to a friends but then it becomes so long to read. Or perhaps you're dyslexic and can't read texts everytime. The issues go on and on. I decided to create a solution to that. Some people may argue that other apps already send voice notes and I agree but none of them are made for sending voice notes. Voice Notes are more of an addon, whereas Just Talk is made for seding voice notes and to make things better and more interesting, you can change how you sound. Voice filters from sounding like an object to sounding like someone or something you love dearly, to add to that, its fun! I Didn't stop there still. How about making it more fun? I asked myself. Give users many access to their messages but limit their acess against time. So users may be able to listen to their messages as many times as they please but only within 24 hours. After 24 hours all would be deleted. I also found a way to increase the fun level of the app. messages would also delete even if you do not open the messagges. all receivers have 24 hours to open and listen to a message or it would be deleted. It is also easy to spot those who have not opened your messages after 24 hours. In future you would see things similar to story in other apps, but mine shall be called "pods" rather than sharing a story like other apps, you share pods in mine (they will be voice messages only). This feature is to come in the next few weeks.

So now you know alittle bit of history about me and more about the app. I would take this time to say "Happy Sunday" to you all and thank you for reading. Do something nice to celebrate my first month on the app store if you can. #nopressure

Here are some throwback pictures (one year ago). After drawing the screens of the app with a pencil on a peice of paper, I drew it on a PC with paint. I hope you enjoy viewing them.

Knowing your app (part 12) : News. got some interesting pics for you

Hello wonderful blog readers, back at it again. In my last post I indicated that there was going to be a new update coming sooner than expected. Well, i'm back again on it to let you know for sure that this update would surly be ariving sooner than I expected the last time (can't wait can i?). got some pictures about the new update i'll love to share. I would love you to do abit of guess work if you can. feel free to comment if you can. Plus I had a rethink about the link for new readers who do not know what the app is about so I thought it would be nice to put it at the bottom of the post for this one. But first here are some tease pics for the new update.

Feel free to do the guess work. Now for you new new users readers, what is Just Talk - DTJT about? It is a messaging app but this time for voice messages only and it allows users to use voice filters to change how they sound. You can listen to your messages as many times as you want but after 24 hours they would be deleted. This is regardless of whether you've opened them or not. I've you fail to open the messages withing 24 hours a smiley would be there to let you know you've not been very responsive to a friend. :D . don't text, just talk. keep talking people.

Knowing your app (part 11). News: notifications

For those who already know what the app is about, my sincere apologies for flooding you things you already know. For new readers I have had to write the description of Just Talk - DTJT over and over again at the start of every post. Sadly I can't get tired of doing that and it makes new readers happy. however I have found a way to make all of us happy 😊 as every reader matters. A breif discription of the app is located just at the top of the app page, so I can always direct readers there. So they can read both this and that at the same time. Here we go for this one. A breif description of the app can be seen if you click here. There we go, two birds with one stone.

Now to the matter at hand. its been almost two weeks since the last update was realeased (13th of february 2017). yes I did say there would be new updates every month but i've manged to bring two in one month so far. seems like we may be getting another one very soon. perhaps in a couple of hours or days 😊. This early and new update would include a new voice filter, Bug fixes and notifiction fixtures. For many of our daily users, you would notice you haven't been getting notifications for your messages. This is because they are currently getting improved. In the past your notification badge said you received 7 messages (you get one notification on the notification bar but the badge said different) meanwhile, all you got was one or two or more. That currently getting fixed. All shall be as normal and better with new update. At the moment you will not get notifications for your messages (sincere Apologies for that) but, all shall be resumed shortly with an update (version 1.3).

what to expect in extended future updates: profile podcasts (some may call it profile messages, story or just podcasts).


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Knowing you app (part 10) app video

I have now been able to create a video that also describes the app. Remember, Just Talk is completely FREE it is available on the ios app store only. There have been a few complainsts about the texts in the video so there would be another video coming up soon. It would be easier to read. but for now, I hope you enjoy this video and the lovely background music by Tay iwar: zion wolf (tay edition).