WatGebeurd: AI Samenvat

The in app link for the plug in module results in a 404 - as does the App Store link for the developers website

It’s not made clear that a) you need expensive microphone to use and b) doesn’t actually work with iPhone anyway. Developers seem to assume prior knowledge of these facts as it’s not clear in the app information. Just state these requirements clearly before all the tedious technical minutiae as it’s frustrating to download only to discover it’s completely useless.

No IOS therefore unusable for me.

I would give this zero stars if I could as this is not compatible with iOS devices. Apparently it used to work for iOS but why keep it on the store if the device you have to buy to get it to work won’t fit an Apple phone?

The latest upgrade may have fixed some bugs but now the time, date and battery status lettering is black on a black background. Previously it was white lettering on a black background. We work in low light situations, WA, and black letters on a black background doesn’t work! Put it back to white please!

I’ve been using the EM Touch Pro since the day it came out. I was really impressed with it, so much so, I got my wildlife charity to stock and sell them. Recently though, I haven’t used it for a while until tonight (21st Aug 21’). What have they done? It’s awful. Soooo much background noise that isn’t from insects or the like. I switch to heterodyne and the speaker goes nuts that I have to shut it down or damage my ears. The display cannot make it’s mind up as to what way round it should be either. It used to be user friendly, but not now. Whatever updates WA did, undo them, they’re awful.

It would be good if you could select all recordings of the same type all at once, i.e: • Session/date • No ID/species

I have been using the Echo Meter Touch 2 in a professional capacity and it has performed brilliantly to date. Easy to ID and visualise bat calls on the app and in the field, for a very affordable price too. You will need to amend some of the settings i.e. minimum trigger frequency and sensitivity before using it, otherwise the auto ID function doesn’t work so well and you’ll hear a lot of background noise. I’ve used the app with the iPhone XR, iPad 2017 and iPod Touch and it works smoothly on each. When recording in live mode I find using headphones and locking the screen (it will still record) best practice. Using the speakers and keeping the screen on constantly does drain the battery, especially on an iPod.

I was given an Echo Meter 2 (iOS version) for Christmas and I am now guilty of having it constantly in my pocket. It gets used on my iPhone 6, my iPad and on my other half’s iPhone 8. Absolutely fascinating to see the secret world happening around you after dusk. Ecologist daughter was impressed at what she saw when she used it on my iPad.

The box of tricks arrived two days before I was due to go on holiday. I had very little time to get acquainted with the app. I need not have worried it worked perfectly. I spent every night close to Bodmin moor (in Cornwall) for a week collecting data with four spices of bat being identified. Can’t wait to get back home to examine the data on my computer. Having built many bat detectors over the years I now have a system that is a quantum leap over anything that went before.