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Quick Voice Search - Yell! app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 7760 ratings )
Business Travel
Developer: handsfree.ly
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.9, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 17 Nov 2014
App size: 39.79 Mb

Yell! is a speech interface to fetch information about local businesses (restaurants, cafes, delis, stores...). You could ask for stuff like:

Restaurants
Delis
Cafes near El Camino and Wolfe
Brunch at Valley Fair in San Jose
Restaurants in San Mateo

The top-5 matches are displayed on a map. You can then interact with this map in 2 ways:

1. Tapping or Double-Tapping
You can tap on a marker and hear the business details. If it matches your interest, you can double tap on the map (anywhere on the map). The app then dials out to the business. You can also click on the picture of any business and get directions to the business.
To summarize:
-Tap on a marker to hear details
-Tap on the picture to get directions
-Double tap anywhere on the map to call the business

2. Use your voice [turned off by default in Settings]
After you hear a short click, you can say commands like:
Get Details (for the business shown in the map)
Get Directions (to get directions to the business)
Next (to skip to the next business)
Back (to rewind)
Repeat (current business details)
Exit (to return to main screen)
Call (call the current business)

The call feature requires you to enter your email address, telephone number and country location in the Settings page of the app. You can also turn off/on speech commands and speech output. Changes to the speech settings are applied when you quit the app and re-enter the app.

Guide to using speech queries in Yell!
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Yell! is designed to get you the top-5 results from Yelps APIs. It deals with two pieces of information from you, the user:

a. Where are you looking to find businesses, ie location?
b. What are you looking for, ie your search term?

You could leave out (a) and we use your current GPS coordinates to find the top-5 matches. All the search terms below use your current location:

Cafes
Search for cafes
Search for cafes closest to me
Search for a cafe near me
Brunch
Best breakfast place near here

You could add a location using common phrases like "at", "in", "near", "close"...:

Restaurants at Union Square in San Francisco
Restaurants near Levis Stadium in Santa Clara
Bistros in Burlingame
Vegetarian restaurants in San Francisco