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Audio feedback (spoken metrics) ​

Android only

This guide covers the Audio feedback panel on the Android app. It lets the app speak your live metrics aloud — so you can keep tracking with the phone in your pocket, eyes on the road, the trail or the sky.

While you record, the app can announce your metrics out loud using your phone's text-to-speech voice — for example "Your speed is now 32 kilometres per hour" every few minutes, or "Threshold reached for altitude. You reached 1500 metres" the moment you cross a target. No need to look at the screen.

This is different from the variometer, which plays climb/sink tones for free-flight. Audio feedback speaks words, and works for every sport.

Opening the Audio feedback panel ​

  1. Start (or open) the cockpit — the recording screen.
  2. Tap the Audio feedback button (the speaker icon) in the side toolbar.

That opens the Audio feedback settings, where everything below is configured.

Turning it on ​

At the top of the panel, switch on Enable feedback. When it's off, the app stays silent even if you've set up triggers.

The settings ​

SettingWhat it does
Enable feedbackMaster on/off switch for all spoken announcements.
LanguageShows the current voice language and opens your phone's text-to-speech settings, where you choose the voice, language and speaking speed. The app speaks using whatever TTS voice your device is set to.
Mute music during feedbackWhen on, the app lowers your music while it speaks, then brings it back — so announcements are never drowned out. When off, the voice plays over your music.
Change volume using default buttonControls what the phone's volume buttons do on the cockpit. When on, they keep their normal job (and the cockpit uses them to zoom the map); turn it off if you'd rather use them to set the feedback volume.
TriggersThe list of announcements you've created — see below.

Choose your voice

Tap Language to jump straight into Android's text-to-speech settings. There you can install extra voices, switch language, and slow down or speed up the speaking rate. SportsTrackLive uses that voice for every announcement.

Triggers — what gets announced, and when ​

A trigger is one rule: announce this metric, in this situation. You can create several, and mix the three types freely.

1. Reached value ​

Announces a metric the moment it crosses a value you set — a one-off alert when you hit a target.

"Threshold reached for altitude. You reached 1500 m."

Use it for things like "tell me when I pass 1500 m", "tell me when my speed tops 40 km/h", or "alert me if my heart rate goes above 160".

2. Time interval ​

Announces a metric on a repeating timer — every so many seconds or minutes.

"Your distance is now of 5.2 km."

Great for a steady check-in: "tell me my pace every 5 minutes". The interval ranges from a few seconds up to about an hour, and there's a slider to set it quickly.

3. Distance interval ​

Announces a metric every time you cover a set distance — every kilometre, every mile, every 5 km.

"Your average speed is now of 28 km/h."

Perfect for splits: "announce my time every 5 km". It respects your chosen units (metric or imperial).

Metrics you can announce ​

Triggers can speak any of these, depending on the trigger type:

  • Speed — current and average
  • Pace — current and average
  • Altitude and elevation
  • Distance travelled
  • Ascent and descent
  • Heart rate (with a connected sensor)
  • Current time (Reached value only)

On Time and Distance intervals you can also announce maximum values since the start — max speed, max altitude, max elevation, max climb rate (vario) and max heart rate — for example "Your max speed has been of 54 km/h."

Custom voice messages ​

Every announcement uses a sentence you can edit. Tap a trigger, then Edit message to rewrite it however you like. Two placeholders are filled in automatically when it's spoken:

  • one for the metric name (e.g. speed, altitude)
  • one for the value (e.g. 32 km/h, 1500 m)

So a time-interval message like "Your {metric} is now of {value}" becomes "Your speed is now of 32 km/h." You can always tap Reset message to go back to the default wording.

Test before you head out ​

Next to a trigger, tap Test Feedback Audio to hear exactly how the announcement will sound — voice, wording and value — before you rely on it during your activity.

Make sure you can hear it ​

  • Use Mute music during feedback so announcements duck your music instead of fighting it.
  • The app can raise the volume to maximum shortly after recording starts, so you don't miss alerts — confirm the prompt when it appears.
  • If you'd rather control feedback volume with the hardware buttons, turn off Change volume using default button.

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