PhotoSpeak for Android
by Antonio Wells
Apr 5, 2010 12:45 PM –
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PhotoSpeak – Bringing Snapshots to Life. From the masters of image manipulation at MotionPortrait, PhotoSpeak takes still photos from your Android handset and transforms them into amazing 3D avatars that can repeat your every word, both on your phone and your friends’ as well.
Price: ¥350
AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Impressive app for bringing photos to life!
- Make your 3D avatar speak what you say
- Avatar is interactive; blinks, moves and follows your screen gestures
Cons
- Stores all 3D avatars and voice recordings are stored inside internal memory storage
Features:
PhotoSpeak for Android is innovative and simply impressive! Take a photo or use one from your phones gallery to bring a photo to life as a 3D avatar; complete with blinking eyes, movement, it follows your screen gestures and you can make it speak recorded messages you say! It’s all done in the cloud on MotionPortrait‘s servers, quickly shooting the interactive avatar back to your phone. I remember seeing this technology years back only available on the Web by SitePal who used vector 3D avatars to convey text-to-speech messages… now it’s available for smartphones.
Even create a music video from your avatar, see how New York rockers Masters of Reality used PhotoSpeak to create their music video. Check out how we used PhotoSpeak for a lil celebrity endorsement! 
Gripe Alert: all 3D avatars and voice recordings are stored inside internal memory storage, be sure you have a lot of space or delete some avatars when using the app.
Video: PhotoSpeak for Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXDrbmbg7Ps
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PhotoSpeak 3D Avatar
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PhotoSpeak Photos from SD Card
To create a PhotoSpeak movie using your favorite photos
1. Make sure your phone is connected to a network. WiFi is better.
2. Press the ‘Camera’ button.
3. Take a photo or select one from your photo library.
4. Wait until the process is complete – it can take a minute or more over a cellular network, but is usually done in a few seconds on WiFi. The created movie is automatically saved.
To record a voice
1. Press the ‘Record’ button.
2. After the confirmation dialog is displayed, press ‘OK’ to start recording your voice.
3. Press the ‘Stop’ button to stop recording. You can record up to a minute of audio.
4. To listen to the recorded voices, press the ‘Voice List’ button.
To interact with your movie
Tap or drag anywhere on the screen
Usefulness:
Not really useful, but one of the most innovative and coolest apps for Android we’ve seen in a while.