App Detail » OMOTENASHI GUIDE -Lite-

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【Update to the NEW App】
This application help you to understand audio announcements at airports, train and bus stations, commercial facilities and more in your native language, so that you can enjoy traveling all over Japan.

App Description

[Overview]
"OMOTENASHI GUIDE" is a service that convertsJapanese announcements into an understandable form and delivers for its users regardless of age, nationality, or disability.
When the app picks up a Japanese announcement compatible with "OMOTENASHI GUIDE", it converts the announcement into text for users that are hard of hearing. For foreign users that don't understand Japanese, the announcement is translated into an appropriate foreign language and is displayed in text format.

[User Instructions]
Step 1: When an announcement is playing and you want to know what it says... Open the app where there is an "OMOTENASHI GUIDE" mark!
Step 2: Just press the center button!

[Notes on Use]
The smartphone's microphone is used when receiving announcements.
If permission to use the microphone is off, it may not be possible to convert the announcement correctly.
A settings prompt will appear the first time you launch the app, but when reconfiguring the settings, please confirm the following.

・Microphone
Settings->Privacy->Microphone->OMOTENASHI->On

・Location Services
Settings->Privacy->Location Services->OMOTENASHI->Always

・Bluetooth
Settings->Bluetooth->On

App Changes

• November 04, 2014 Initial release
• November 14, 2014 New version 1.2.2
• November 22, 2014 New version 1.3.0
• December 29, 2014 New version 1.4.0
• January 28, 2015 New version 1.4.2
• February 10, 2015 New version 1.5.0
• February 26, 2015 New version 1.6.0
• April 14, 2015 New version 1.6.1
• April 25, 2015 New version 1.6.2
• May 29, 2015 New version 2.0.0
• June 11, 2015 New version 2.1.1
• June 23, 2015 New version 2.2.0
• July 04, 2015 New version 2.3.0
• July 07, 2015 New version 2.3.1
• July 09, 2015 New version 2.4.0
• July 11, 2015 New version 2.4.1
• July 21, 2015 New version 2.4.2
• August 10, 2015 New version 2.5.0
• August 17, 2015 New version 2.6.0
• September 02, 2015 New version 2.7.0
• September 25, 2015 New version 2.8.0
• October 07, 2015 New version 2.9.0
• October 13, 2015 New version 2.9.1
• October 26, 2015 New version 2.10.0
• November 16, 2015 New version 3.0.0
• December 07, 2015 New version 3.1.0
• December 16, 2015 New version 3.1.1
• January 12, 2016 New version 3.2.0
• February 02, 2016 New version 3.3.0
• February 19, 2016 New version 3.4.0
• March 02, 2016 New version 3.4.1
• March 19, 2016 New version 3.4.2
• July 23, 2016 New version 4.3.0
• July 30, 2016 New version 4.3.1
• November 06, 2016 New version 4.6.1
• January 05, 2017 New version 4.6.2
• June 14, 2019 New version 4.6.5
• November 26, 2019 New version 4.6.6
• September 16, 2023 New version 4.8.5