Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone?

[PCMacUser]

For the patent to work, Apple would have to prove that noone else has done this before. But it has.

 

[iOrlando]

God, this would be a #1 seller in no time.

maybe if you like karaoke...for me..its ho hum....

 

[float1975]

wow,
this is impressive

on march 12 i submitted iKaraoke to the app store,
http://www.ikaraokeapp.com,
at the time no karaoke app was on the app store

they just made fun of me just delaying and delaying until they rejected it on june 3 with their typical ridiculous justifications,
http://www.ikaraokeapp.com/node/18

never even bothered to reply any of my several emails sent to appreview since then

this week i just noticed a bunch of crappy karaoke apps,
and now this...

i dont get it, it is really not worth trying to innovate in this plattform...
wich is a shame, and actually what motivated more in developing for the iphone os

btw, i already developed the first midi controllers and first download app for iphone, iTouchMidi and iDownload, iKaraoke would be another pioneer...

 

[syklee26]

There are just too many William Hungs to approve this app.

 

[iPhoneNYC]

Well, I certainly sing off key so this could be interesting!

 

[iAlexG]

That would be good but I would never use it

 

[gwangung]

For the patent to work, Apple would have to prove that noone else has done this before.

I don't think so. They'd have to prove that no one else has done this particular implementation before. Considerably easier.

 

[davidwarren]

Engineers?

It would be more ethical to pay an illustrator, yet far less amusing.

what?

 

[Drag'nGT]

Just don't sing around me unless you really can sing.

 

[xIGmanIx]

exciting to some, don't really know if i would consider this front page material

 

[whooleytoo]

10 million+ portable karaoke devices sold every year?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO -catch breath- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[o9p0]

This ain't about Karaoke

Once again I get the feeling that Apple is trying to draw people's attention away from its true plans by publishing all this crazy stuff

Here here, yyy. This is about waveform analysis for other purposes. Voice modulation, speech-to-text, voice recognition.

Think: disguising your voice on phone calls, locking the phone for use only by the original owner, possibly for pitch training, more accurate voice control, dictation, sending text messages without typing.

 

[TonyV125]

In terms of the iPod application on the iPhone... Instead of a Karaoke button, I'd much rather have a button to access the equalizer. Clicking the home button, then the settings icon, then iPod, then EQ, is a little much. I don't need to change it often, but it would help when listening to one music genre then switching to the next.

 

[marksman]

Here I am...

Rock me like a hurricane!

 

[enkadrummer88]

This would be absolutely hilarious to watch at a party! The greatest phone in the world now has potential to become a karaoke machine as well.... Too bad Billy Mays can't pitch this one lol

 

[dangleheart]

As interesting and fun the idea is, why is it a patentable one and more significaintly why is Apple patenting it. The state of the art that is needed for this already exists. There are quite a few great programs that can detect pitch. All that is needed is someone making an iPhone app for it. Or I am missing something here?

 

[Wikinerd]

Ah, finally. Something to help us perfect-pitched people out of our misery.

 

[chr1s60]

Introducing iPhone Karaoke, available in late 2009, except for those users on AT&T.

 

[seamonkey420]

isn't there already a good/similar app on cydia?

called TuneWiki?

doesn't rate your singing and whatnot but does show you the lyrics to your music as it plays

anywho..

 

[leandromp]

great, now the guy whos always dancing on the train, will be singing too!

But i love this idea. I hope to see it soon on the iPhone. the weird thing here is that theres not even 1 karaoke app in the app store. The american idol app sucks, it though u were going to be singing, but no, is just like Tap Tap but more expensive.

 

[localoid]

If you need a machine to tell you if you're singing on key, most likely you're not...

 

[float1975]

great, now the guy whos always dancing on the train, will be singing too!

But i love this idea. I hope to see it soon on the iPhone. the weird thing here is that theres not even 1 karaoke app in the app store. The american idol app sucks, it though u were going to be singing, but no, is just like Tap Tap but more expensive.

maybe this gives you a clue:

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/02/app-store-rejections-apple-rejects-ikaraoke-app-then-files-a-p/

iKaraoke has been waiting for approval since march...

 

[Counterfit]

What I want to know is: Will the app be able to rate you singing a different part? Say, if you're listening to some 4 part chorale, could it rate you for singing the tenor voice as opposed to the soprano?

 

[Doctor Q]

We'll all need waterproof iPhone cases so we can check if we're in key as we sing in the shower.

We can also practice singing in our cars (and have plenty of privacy here in Los Angeles since nobody carpools), but it wouldn't be safe to drive while using an iPhone app like this. And if you miss a note badly enough you might break the windshield!

Once we've had enough practice, then we can take turns singing Karaoke at parties.

 

[dnguyen]

whoa nnow i can show my friends how good i am in karaoke!