Echofon for Twitter
Description of App
Echofon is the fastest, most powerful Twitter app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and the ONLY free app with Push Notifications and Inline Photo Previews!
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Lightning Fast. Super Powerful. Simple to Use. Echofon is wrapped in a beautiful, clean interface that delivers a punch featuring Twitter Site Streams,
real-time Push Notifications and powerful extras to enable you to manage your busy social media life on Twitter.
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BUILT FOR SPEED:
+ Site Streams deliver tweets in real-time!
+ LiveLinks on your timeline take you instantly to detailed content
+ Threaded Conversation Mode simplifies exchanges with your Twitter followers
+ Tweet over 140 characters with our proprietary tweet extender
+ Mute select users, hashtags and other nuisances within your Twitter timeline
+ Access ALL your Twitter accounts simultaneously
REAL-TIME NATIVE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS:
+ Delivered instantly and natively to all your iOS devices
+ Enable any or all events including Mentions, Direct Messages, Follows, Favorites and Retweets
+ Set QUIET MODE for times you do not want to receive notifications
+ Receive notifications as either iOS alerts or banners
+ Enable sounds and badges as you prefer
+ Select from six custom alert sounds
+ This is NATIVE push from Twitter… no external apps or services required
RICH MEDIA PHOTO AND VIDEO SERVICES:
+ Images are previewed within your Twitter timeline
+ Full-size images open instantly in-app
+ Supports the most popular services including Instagram and YouTube
+ Capture and tweet rich media directly from Echofon or load existing media from your iOS device
MORE INNOVATIVE TWITTER FEATURES
+ Search nearby tweets with Maps integration
+ Personalize Echofon by choosing from 6 custom themes
+ Select a read later service from Instapaper, Readability or Pocket
+ Refine the location of your tweets sent with our Location Picker
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Echofon also affords you the full Twitter functionality you would expect from an award winning Twitter app including robust tweet creation, trending topics,
list management and Twitter profile editing features.
Try it out for FREE in the App Store today!
Version
Free or Paid
Apple Watch Support
iOS Version
Device(s) App Was Tested On
VoiceOver Performance
Button Labeling
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Developer's Website
Developer's Twitter Username
Recommendations
1 people have recommended this app
Comments
Works well but is sometimes bound to lag
where's the tweet or compose button?
Top right corner, but ...
There should be a button labelled 'Compose' in the top right corner of both the Home and Mentions pages that you use to post a new tweet.
However, if this is similar to the Pro version I really wouldn't invest too much time and effort into this app, as it's been a long time since it was fully usable with VoiceOver and the developers have shown no interest in addressing this.
If you never need to tap on a hashtag, username or link, then I guess you can just about use the current version, but TweetList, Twitterrific or the official Twitter app all offer a far more complete and satisfying experience for VoiceOver users.
Depends what you want from your app
Tweeting over 140 characters
Very inaccessible
Well I have been using this app since the days of the I pod touch. This has been my favorite go to twiter app. However, it appears to be very inaccessible. For starters, in any timeline, no tweets are read. I just hear clicking sounds. I set up my account to work with this app and by scrolling through the list, I know something is there that voiceover isng reading. Also, in previous versions of this app, there were tabs at the bottom. I no longer see these tabs. I'm running iOS 8 if that makes any difference. In the mean time, what Twitter apps do you recommend.
Twitter app
The official Twitter app will do most of the basic things for you and doesn't seem to want to fight with VoiceOver overmuch. Plus, you don't have to pay for push notifications, which I refuse to do on principle.
Accessibility Comments
AppleVis Editorial Team Note: This app has decreased in accessibility since its initial review in August 2010. Please see the comments below for more information. Original Comments: This app is excellent, not only from an accessibility perspective. Fully compatible with VoiceOver, this Twitter application has everything you could ever wish for to keep up with your timelines, searches, direct messages and even lists while on the move.