Map & Talk4.0.0 - App Store

***IMPORTANT***
This version is the final version of Map & Talk.
This app will be ended around the end of 2026.
Thank you very much for using the app for long years.
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“Map & Talk” helps you when you use taxi and tell your destination in Japan, Taiwan or China.

You know the place name, but it's difficult to tell it in local language.... Now, it's easy with the app.

You only select a place from map or Bookmark, then the app makes translated sentence and speaks it in Japanese or Chinese. You can ask people “Please go to Tokyo station” or “Could you tell me the direction to Fushimi Shrine” etc. in local language. You don’t need to learn Japanese or Chinese.

"Speak" and "Bookmark" functions are available even if you are offline. You can use these key functions at no wifi places.

“Map & Talk” is a free app and easy to use:
+ Select a place on the map
Find a place nearby you or searching with keywords. Only tapping a place on the map to select. Now it's ready to say.

+ Make sentence automatically
App generates and shows sentences in Japanese or Chinese according to your objective such as “tell your destination”, “ask the direction”, “ask about time” or “ask about fare”.

+ Speak it in local language
Once you got the sentence, tap “speak” icon. App speaks it in Japanese or Chinese.

+ Easy and Quick access from Bookmark
You can also access places from Bookmark. It has about 300 popular sightseeing spots in Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Hokkaido), Taiwan(Taipei and Kaohsiung) and China (Beijing, Shanghai, HongKong and Macao).

+ Make your own preference Bookmark
You can add any places to Bookmark. Save places on the map such as the hotel where you're staying, sightseeing spots and restaurants where you will visit today. You can ask the guide for those places to local people without searching wifi spot in town.

+ Useful phrases
App has useful phrases when you are in taxi, you want to ask something in town or you enjoy shopping. Choose a phrase, speak it in Japanese or Chinese.

+ Available even offline
Bookmark and Phrases functions are working even you are offline. You can talk sentences from them anytime, anywhere.

Free version has limitation such as 10 times speech and disable to add your preference Bookmark.
Once upgrade, you can unlock these limitations and remove ads.

“Map & Talk” app will help your travel.
Now, you can get navigation from locals. It makes your travel Japan or China more memorable.

Version History + support latest Google Maps related libraries
+ fix some bugs 4.0.0 Aug 19 fix some bugs 3.3.1 06/21/2024 + fix issue to speak voice on iOS17
+ update user interface 3.3.0 03/20/2024 fix some bugs 3.2.3 06/07/2023 + enhance user interface
+ fix some bugs 3.2.2 03/13/2022 Optimize user interface 3.2.1 03/30/2020 + enhance user interface
+ fix some bugs 3.2 01/17/2020 but fix 3.1.3 12/31/2019 bug fix 3.1.2 10/23/2019 + fix a bug of map related function 3.1.1 10/21/2019 Improve user interface 3.1 07/18/2019 + Improved user interface.
+ Now you can select places at the point on the map.
+ The limit on the number of utterances in the free version has been raised to 10 times.
+ Fixed an issue where some functions did not work on upgrade with iPad version. 3.0 12/16/2018 + enhance user interface
+ fix some minor bugs 2.4.2 05/21/2018 Change user interface to enhance usability 2.4.1 04/07/2018 + Add talking Chinese function
+ Add Bookmarks of Taiwan and China area
+ fix localization issues 2.4 03/01/2018 + fix layout issues for iPad 2.3 02/12/2018 + fix a bug 2.2 01/19/2018 fix a bug which makes app crash
enhance stability 2.1 01/03/2018 + Support Japanese and English speaking
+ Add New York, Los Angels, SanFrancisco, Chicago and Hawaii area to Bookmark 2.0 11/19/2017 + Add Hokkaido area to Bookmark. 1.3 11/08/2017 Optimize design and layout for iPad. 1.2 09/28/2017 - add places in Nara (Japan) area as Bookmark
- add phrases for shopping
- fix bug 1.1 03/10/2017 1.0 02/07/2017