Talking Calculator5.2 - App Store

A comprehensively featured calculator that has become a favorite among adults and primary schools around the world. Designed for a wide range of users, this calculator has large colorful buttons, optional high contrast, full VoiceOver support, and unique to this calculator; the option to use speech for answers, button names and formulas!

*** Showcased by Apple Australia at the Association of Special Education Administrators in Queensland Inc. Conference 2011 ***

"We have found it particularly useful to students with developmental delays."
- Apple (Australia)

If you’re looking for a talking calculator with scientific or fraction operators, then please look for this app's big brother, the Talking Scientific Calculator. If you're looking for statistics functionality, then please check out the new Talking Statistics Calculator app.

Talking Calculator's features include:
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- Select between two user-interfaces: standard calculator, and ultra-simple, which is ideal for young children.

- Reads answers, entered numbers and formulas aloud. For example:
1,234.56 is spoken as "One thousand, two hundred thirty four point five six."

2 + 5 x 3^2 is spoken as "two plus five multiply three squared"

- Two entry modes, Standard and Formula. Standard mode emulates traditional calculators: You need to be mindful of the 'order of operations'. Formula mode takes care of the order of operations for you. You enter a mathematical expression, complete with operators and parentheses (brackets), tap the EQUALS button, and the expression is evaluated. This is similar to using formulas in Microsoft Excel.

- Paper log feature, designed particularly for classroom use. Calculations are recorded with a timestamp and can be viewed or emailed.

- Built in recording studio and script. Requires only 5 minutes to record a new voice. Recordings can be transferred between devices using Bluetooth.

- Supports VoiceOver standard and touch-typing input styles. Speaks numbers and formulas naturally, not as sequences of digits. Magic Tap can be used to speak with the built-in or custom recorded voice.

- The entire app is accessible to VoiceOver and Switch Control users, including the recording studio for recording your own voice and the use of complex formulas.

- International number formats

- Optional high contrast mode (black on yellow)
Customizable for each level of vision:
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Normal to low vision: Large, clear buttons with optional speech.
Low vision: High contrast display mode, with optional speech.
No vision / blind: VoiceOver reads the button names before they are activated. The calculation results are spoken.
Why record new voices?
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Having your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch talk with your own voice, or that of a friend or tutor will make the calculator sound more natural to you. The calculator will speak with the accent you are used to hearing. Note also that the VoiceOver feature built into your device, while awesome, is not good at reading out large and small numbers.

It can also be fun to experiment with silly voices.

How good is the sound quality of recorded voices?

Excellent: The microphone in your iPad / iPhone or iPod Touch 4G is of very good quality, and this calculator performs digital signal processing to ensure the audio level is consistent across all recorded words.

Version History iOS14 refresh 5.2 03/08/2021 Fixed some issues with very large integers (around 1 quintillion).
Fixed some issues with negative fractions. 5.1 05/12/2019 * Enhanced VoiceOver support (reads numbers and formula more naturally).
* iPhone X supported.
* Split-view and Slide-over supported.
* Menu UI enhanced.
* All screens support portrait and landscape orientations.
* New Paper Log Viewer. 5.0 05/09/2018 Refresh, built with the latest tool-kits. 4.5 08/21/2017 * German added to the already existing US and UK number pronunciation styles. 4.4 01/04/2017 Minor tweaks to the UI. 4.3 12/08/2016 New in 4.2:
- Configurable pronunciation. E.g. Pronunciation of 110 can be "one hundred ten" (US style) or "one hundred and ten" (UK style).

New in 4.1:
- Improved presentation of some calculation results.

New in 4.0:
- Makes use of iOS 8 and 9 APIs
- Improved support for the latest 64-bit devices
- Minimized storage

Note: Version 3.14 is still available for customers with devices running iOS versions prior to 8. 4.2 03/24/2016 New in 4.1:
- Improved presentation of some calculation results.

New in 4.0:
- Makes use of iOS 8 and 9 APIs
- Improved support for the latest 64-bit devices
- Minimized storage.

Note: Version 3.14 is still available for customers with devices running iOS versions prior to 8. 4.1 03/07/2016 - Makes use of iOS 8 and 9 APIs
- Improved support for the latest 64-bit devices
- Minimised storage.

Note: Version 3.14 is still available for customers with devices running iOS versions prior to 8. 4.0 12/18/2015 New in 3.14: Fixes a layout issue for the settings panel on iPhone 5.

New in 3.13: Supports the transfer of voice recordings via Bluetooth. 3.14 03/18/2013 Supports the transfer of voice recordings via Bluetooth. 3.13 03/13/2013 Recording studio script now has all simple operators before the advanced operators. 3.12 11/26/2012 Fixed issues with landscape orientation. 3.11 10/30/2012 * Fixed issues with landscape orientation.

IMPORTANT: This update has an orientation issue that will be resolved shortly: If the calculator starts in landscape, buttons are positioned incorrectly. This can be resolved by entering and existing the 'Settings & Help' within the calculator. There are no problems if the calculator starts in portrait orientation. 3.10 10/17/2012 * Larger buttons on the iPhone 5 and new iPod Touches.
** This update only supports devices with iOS4.3 or above.

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IMPORTANT: This update adds support for the 4" screen size of iPhone 5 and the iPod Touch 5th-gen, and for iOS 6. Unfortunately, this update also breaks landscape orientation for iPads on iOS4/5. A fix has been submitted to Apple, and should be available as another free update any day now. Thanks for your patience. 3.9 10/01/2012 New icon 3.8 09/19/2012 - New visual appearance
- Fixed memory leaks associated with the paper-log function and the formula mode. 3.7 08/29/2012 Minor enhancements. 3.6 08/06/2012 - Improved VoiceOver for calculations,.
- Improved VoiceOver for the recording studio, especially for iPad users.
- Fixed a rare bug that affected the inbuilt voice after switch to other audio apps. 3.5 06/27/2012 Added a percent button (due to popular demand) which recognises when it is used in the context of addition or subtraction.

Eg 1. '200 + 5%' is shorthand for '200 plus 5% of 200' and is therefore calculated by first determining 5% of 200, then adding 200. The result is 210.

Eg 2. '200 - 5%' is shorthand for '200 subtract 5% of 200' and is therefore calculated by first determining 5% of 200, then subtracting from 200. The result is 190. 3.4 06/04/2012 New in 3.3:
** Improved recording experience for users using both keyboard clicks and VoiceOver.

New in 3.0:
** New formula entry mode. Easy to use. Fully accessible.
** Enter '2+3x4+(6-2x2)^2', read it or have it spoken to you, then tap the equals button and it evaluates to 18.
** Handles the operator precedence for you. (BODMAS, PEMDAS, etc.)
** Replaced the cube button with an x-root-of-y button. A cube calculation can still be achieved via the y-to-the-power-x button. 3.3 05/13/2012 New in 3.2:
** Paper log feature, designed particularly for classroom use. Calculations are recorded with a timestamp and can be viewed or emailed.
** Enhancements for entry of negative exponents.
** The calculator now ignores the device's mute setting, removing a common source of confusion.

New in 3.0:
** New formula entry mode. Easy to use. Fully accessible.
** Enter '2+3x4+(6-2x2)^2', read it or have it spoken to you, then tap the equals button and it evaluates to 18.
** Handles the operator precedence for you. (BODMAS, PEMDAS, etc.)
** Replaced the cube button with an x-root-of-y button. A cube calculation can still be achieved via the y-to-the-power-x button. 3.2 04/12/2012 New in 3.1:
** Improved VoiceOver text for the new Formula feature.

New in 3.0:
** New formula entry mode. Easy to use. Fully accessible.
** Enter '2+3x4+(6-2x2)^2', read it or have it spoken to you, then tap the equals button and it evaluates to 18.
** Handles the operator precedence for you. (BODMAS, PEMDAS, etc.)
** Replaced the cube button with an x-root-of-y button. A cube calculation can still be achieved via the y-to-the-power-x button. 3.1 02/11/2012 ** New formula entry mode. Easy to use. Fully accessible.
** Enter '2+3x4+(6-2x2)^2', read it or have it spoken to you, then tap the equals button and it evaluates to 18.
** Handles the operator precedence for you. (BODMAS, PEMDAS, etc.)
** Replaced the cube button with an x-root-of-y button. A cube calculation can still be achieved via the y-to-the-power-x button. 3.0 01/13/2012 Moving custom recording files back to a permanent storage location, even though this will affect the size of device backups. 2.3 10/18/2011