Frequently Asked Questions
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Why are you called 'No Tie Software'?
We are determined to never have to wear a tie for work again.
Apple's AppStore and the iPhone and iPod Touch offer the opportunity to deliver applications worldwide without the old school brick and mortar, shrinkwrap, ship, and inventory model.
Also, ties represent form over function. We believe apps should be designed to be usable, quickly and easily, without unnecessary frills.
If you feel that way too, check out our T-shirts! return to top | |
You guys are great and so responsive! How can I help?
Thank you so much! We appreciate the feedback, including product suggestions. Anything that makes our products better is great.
Your positive reviews on iTunes go a long way! After all, we are iPhone users too, so when we shop for apps, we give a lot of weight to the user reviews, too.
Please tell your friends! The more business, the more we can reinvest in making our apps more useful and everyone benefits!
Consider a No Tie T-Shirt! They make great presents!
Also, we are running a funniest ringtone / video contest! We're giving away tons of prizes like cases, chargers, earbuds and more!
Send us your best ringtone or a video of how you use our apps so we can upload them to our You Tube channel!
Learn more at www.YouTube.com/NoTieSoftware! return to top | 100sounds/birds/animals | | |
How many sounds are included?
A lot more than 100! Check out the list on our site at www.notiesoftware.com/list.php
We believe it is better to UNDERcommit and OVERdeliver. In other words by promising 100 sounds and giving you HUNDREDS OF SOUNDS, it's a great deal.
Plus, we like the name and reserved the domain name www.100sounds.com!
But we got carried away and couldn't stop adding sounds! return to top | |
Can I have a FAVORITES button?
Even better, you can move all of your favorite sounds to the top of the list, and still have access to less frequently used sounds.
In the Edit mode, look for the THREE HORIZONTAL LINES next to each sound.
Drag the lines up or down to reorganize sounds! return to top | |
I would like to use some sounds as Ringtones.
100sounds, 100birds & 100animals were developed first and foremost as Sound Effects apps. But, based on user requests, we have made the sounds available as ringtones BY WEB OR EMAIL DOWNLOAD. There are strict limitations on what an app can do. An app MAY NOT duplicate the functionality of iTunes. After all, there's a lot of money to be made by selling ringtones.
HOWEVER, we aim to please! So you can have ALL of the sound in our apps as ringtones FOR FREE!
And NOW YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES... Ringtones by EMAIL or by WEB! CHOOSE WHICHEVER METHOD YOU FIND EASIER!
Press the (i) button in the top-right of the app to go to the INFO page. On that page, press the rectangular button that says 'Visit' etc. CAREFULLY enter your email address & press REGISTER FOR RINGTONES.
WEB METHOD: USE YOUR MAC OR PC TO VISIT THIS SITE AND CLICK ON RINGTONES FOR REGISTERED USERS (top of page) to download ringtones.
EMAIL METHOD: Using your iPhone, select the ringtones you want & they will be emailed to you automatically! You need to read the email ON YOUR MAC OR PC
Download the .m4r ringtone file(s) and save them to your computer. Double click on the .m4r files or drag them into the Ringtones area of iTunes. The ringtones will then be available for syncing with your iPhone! return to top | TEXT-TO-SPEECH Ringtones | | |
How do I create my own custom Talking Ringtones?
We have several apps (AutoRingtone, Ringtones Uncensored, AutoTTS, & Free Speech Tones) to do just that!
Type your message in the text box and it will be spoken in the voice of your choice! We offer DOZENS of voices in the PRO versions! Some apps also offer the option of ~200 introductory sound effects which you can use to 'get your attention'!
We also have European voices (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian and more... many in Male and Female variations) in Ringtones EURO!
You type your email address, once, so you can receive an instructional email and download your ringtones by visiting www.AutoRingtone.com and logging in with the same address you entered using the app. return to top | |
What voices are available?
We have DOZENS of voices including:
AmericanMan, AmericanWoman, Babe, BritishMan, BritishWoman, Butler, Chimes, Devil, Froggy, Gal, GPSGal, GPSGuy, IrishMan, JerseyGirl, Kid, Lady, LaughFactory, Lisp, OldMan, Organic, PCDude, PCGal, PCGirl, PCGuy, PCKid, PCLady, PCMan, PCWoman, Queen, QuietTime, Robot, SouthernGirl, SpaceAlien, Sultry, Synthesizer, ValleyGirl, Whisper, & Yeller! return to top | |
What is the difference between the various apps?
AutoRingtone: Just type a contact's name and a standard message is created (_YourName_ your phone is ringing. _CallerName_ is calling. _YourName_, please answer the phone.) so it's quick & easy to create ringtones for all of your contacts. PRO version has 100+ sound effects & dozens of voices, plus speed & volume control!
Ringtones Uncensored: Type any message, select from 100+ sound effects & dozens of voices! Designed for iPhone & iPod touch, but works on iPad. PRO version has 100+ sound effects & dozens of voices, plus speed & volume control!
Free Speech Tones: Similar to Ringtones Uncensored but redesigned for iPad's larger screen. Use a full-size keyboard & select from 100+ sound effects & dozens of voices! Offers speed & volume control.
AutoTTS: Similar to Freedom of SpeechTones but without the intro sound effects. Uses buttons for each speaker so it's easy to select / play with voices. PRO version offers speed & volume control.
Ringtones EURO works like Ringtones Uncensored but includes Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian and more! Many of those voices are available as Male and Female speakers! Offers speed & volume control. return to top | Troubleshooting | | |
I cannot hear sounds, or run, or download the app.
Tens of thousands of users are using the app successfully. Here are some things to check.
If you cannot run the app after upgrading, DELETE and REINSTALL the app from your Mac or PC.
Is your iPhone's ringer switch on MUTE? Or is your audio output set for headphone not speakers? You might be low on memory (RAM, not storage). Try powering off and rebooting your device by holding down both the POWER and HOME buttons for ten seconds until you see the Apple logo.
Is your cellular service poor? Try downloading via iTunes from your PC or Mac.
Are you using the latest version of the iPhone O.S.? Is your phone 'jailbroken' or unlocked?
If you check all of these and for some reason cannot run the app, please contact us so we can make things right. return to top | |
Some of the sounds seem cut off or have quality issues.
Please update to the newest version! We have replaced, enhanced and added hundreds of high quality sounds! If you still think a sound needs to be enhanced, please let us know which sounds so we can enhance them.
In our effort to keep the file size manageable (Less than 20MB, the limit for downloading wirelessly) and still have hundreds of sounds, we have kept all sounds to be under 5 seconds. But we can fine tune specific sounds if it's a concern.
We want happy customers! return to top | |
I cannot download ringtones (100sounds/100birds/100animals)
You need to register, using the app on your iPhone, FIRST. To get to the screen where you enter your email, run the app and touch the (i) button in the top right. Then, touch the 'visit' button to go to our website. On the screen that loads, you will be able to enter your email address and REGISTER. No app has access to your email address, unless you provide it, which is a good thing, if you think about it. Make sure you typed your address correctly, using the app.
Next, you can continue using the iPhone to select specific ringtones you want to have emailed to you.
Select individual ringtones by category OR ZIPFILES which are collections of ringtones in a single file. This way you can have 100+ ringtones on your computer in seconds!
Alternatively, you can head over to your Mac or PC and start downloading ringtones using the web method, now that you are registered. Just visit www.NoTieSoftware.com and click on RINGTONES FOR REGISTERED USERS, in the header, and ENTER THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS YOU ENTERED USING THE APP.
Also, make sure you select the app you used (100sounds, 100birds, or 100animals) as it defaults to 100sounds.
Download ZIPFILES and follow the directions. return to top | |
How do I download my Custom TEXT-TO-SPEECH ringtones?
After you create your ringtones using the app (AutoRingtone, Ringtones Uncensored, Free Speech Tones, AutoTTS, etc.), next, ON YOUR MAC OR PC, visit www.AutoRingtone.com.
Click on DOWNLOAD YOUR RINGTONES.
Login with the same email address you entered using the app.
Select which ringtones you want to use. Download the .m4r files and open them in iTunes, if you have an iPhone.
If you have a different phone, download the .aiff files. AIFF files should work in many phones, but some phones might require conversion to MP3. You can download software like Audacity (free for Mac or PC) to do this. return to top | |
I can download ringtones but cannot install them in iTunes
You must save the ringtones to a permanent place on your computer, such as your Documents directory.
Then, if you still have them in ZIPFILE format, double click on the zipfile to extract/uncompress them.
Next, double click on the .m4r ringtone files and they should open up in iTunes. If not, drag them into iTunes manually. You may also be able to right-click on the .m4r file and specify to Open With iTunes.
Some users have had trouble with Opera or Chrome browsers. Those programs do not know how to handle .m4r files. Instead, try Firefox or Internet Explorer. return to top | |
I have the ringtones in iTunes but they will not sync to my iPhone
You might have changed the defaults in iTunes. If you have iTunes set to 'Sync Manually', then that applies to Ringtones as well as Music, Movies, etc.
In that case, you need to drag the specific ringtones over to the tiny icon of the iPhone, under Devices, in the left of iTunes.
Another problem could be that you did not save the ringtones in a permanent place and you disabled 'Copy on Import' in your iTunes Preferences.
If this is the case, you never imported the ringtones into iTunes... you just pointed iTunes to a temporary file that no longer exists.
To solve that, delete the pointer to the missing ringtone and go to Preferences. Check the Copy on Import tab and repeat the steps to load the ringtones into iTunes. return to top | |
I have the ringtones on my iPhone but I cannot seem to connect them to a specific caller.
This has to do with how AT&T or your other wireless provider transmits caller ID information. For example, you might have a user stored as 1-876-543-1200 but your carrier is transmitting 876-543-1200, without the leading '1'.
Try experimenting with different formats until it works.
You could also delete the number, and have that person call you, and then save that number. It will be saved in the same format that your carrier users. return to top |
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Resources
WIN PRIZES! Submit either a funny ringtone file created with one of our TEXT-TO-SPEECH Ringtone Apps or a video showing how you use 100sounds! Win your choice of cases, earbuds, headphones and more! Email the file to us, or if it is too big, upload to http://public.me.com/toddbernhard and email us at info@NoTieSoftware.com to let us know what the filename is and where to send the prize! Prizes include cases from OtterBox or Speck, headphones and earbuds from ZAGG, each worth $30 to $80! | Check out Todd Bernhard's blog on iPhone Life Magazine! Mr. Bernhard, our founder, is a contributing editor for both the print and online publication! | Make a fashion statement with your own NO TIE T-shirt! Ties serve no real purpose. We value functionality over the superficial. Join us and wear the No Tie shirt with pride! | RJCooper.com A great resource for assistive technology including software and hardware such as mounts, cases, pointing sticks for your iPad and more! | HumorTimes.com The FUN way to stay informed! Featuring the best in editorial cartoons, humor columns and fake news, the Humor Times mercilessly lampoons lame politicians at every opportunity! Shows up in your mailbox once a month. Visit HumorTimes.com and order a free sample or a (cheap) subscription! |
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NEWS & PRESS RELEASES (via prMac)
- Ringtone Fails highlights abuse and misuse of ringtones
- Thu, 02 May 2013 08:00:00 CST - It happens to everyone but not always on live television! Junior announcer and former NBA great Shaquille O'neal left his cellphone on during a live TV broadcast and sure enough his annoying ringtone went off and took the whole show down with it. Shaq tossed his phone across the studio, where it landed with a thud and a crack, reminiscent of his bricklaying free throws when he played in the NBA. All of this could have been avoided through use of the Silent mode or a more professional ringtone.
- Six Million Ringtones Later, Ringtones Uncensored Users Get More Voices
- Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:30:00 CST - NoTie announces Ringtones Uncensored Pro 13.2. No Tie's Ringtones Uncensored app has been so popular, and fun, that it's no wonder users of the app have created over six million custom talking ringtones using the variety of Text-To-Speech voices in the app. Now, No Tie has added voices from India, Ireland, Scotland, and Australia, in addition to the voice of Apple's Siri. Users can create ringtones that are professional, for Talking Caller ID, or outrageous announcing anything they can imagine.
- Class Warfare is real, and now iOS users can play as the One Percent
- Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:30:00 CST - No Tie Software today announces Class Warfare 1.0 for iOS. Play as the One Percent and appease the dependents. Class Warfare is a combination First Person Shooter plus Whack-A-Mole, and Augmented Reality. As a One Percenter, users must respond to the angry mob of striking union workers, pregnant women, hungry citizens, and more. It's a parody of the so-called "Class Warfare" that pits the One Percent against the working class.
- Siri Says Anything You Type with Ringtone Director Pro
- Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:47:00 CST - No Tie's AutoRingtone users have created over 5,000,000 custom Text-To-Speech talking ringtones since November 2009. Their latest AutoRingtone-based app, RINGTONE DIRECTOR PRO, is a fun, creative way to create unlimited Caller ID ringtones that say exactly what you want. Users can select from 50+ voices and now, they can even use the voice of Siri to create talking ringtones!
- AutoRingtone Pro wins About.com 2012 Award for Best Ringtone App
- Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:00:00 CST - No Tie's Ringtones AutoRingtone Pro wins About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Award for Best Ringtone App. To celebrate, users will be getting a South African Woman voice for free to create unlimited custom talking Caller ID ringtones. This is in addition to the recently added Australian Man and Woman voices and brings the total to 44 funny and professional voices that users can use to make ringtones.
- Ringtones Uncensored, AutoRingtone named 2 of Top 3 Best Ringtone Apps
- Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:30:00 CST - No Tie's Ringtones Uncensored and AutoRingtone apps were named two of the Top Three Best Ringtone Apps by 148apps' BestAppEver.com contest. Users voted for their favorite apps, and when the results were in, No Tie's apps were an unprecedented five of the ten finalists. Notably, Ringtones Uncensored was the #2 vote getter and AutoRingtone was #3. Additional apps from No Tie that made the Top Ten in that category included Ringtone Director and RINGTON.ES.
- AutoVerbal Pro Talking Soundboard for Non-Verbal Users Wins Award at CES
- Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:00 CST - AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard takes home the prestigious Sterling Award in Relationship/Family Caregiving Category. Winners were announced at 4th Annual Silvers Summit, sponsored by AARP, at the 2012 International CES. The awards represent best in class products and technologies for Americans Age 50+. The bestselling app, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, allows people who are non-verbal, due to stroke, surgery or other conditions, to communicate using hundreds of photo buttons.
- HINY is a free Siri-ish app that tells you NYC MTA Service Status
- Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:00:00 CST - If you like Siri, and live in or travel to New York City, you will love HINY. HINY is a free app that literally tells you the MTA Service Status for Subways, Busses, Rail and Bridges. HINY is a free service of NoTie.NET and is their entry in the MTA AppQuest Challenge. HINY is voiceover friendly, making it great for the visually impaired. HINY is also great for commuters with their eyes on the road or more important things.
- RINGTON.ES is the first, last and only name you need for iOS Ringtones
- Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:00:00 CST - RINGTON.ES 1.0 is the coolest ringtone app and service! Finally, custom ringtones that literally tell you which contact is calling so you never have to guess who's calling or whose phone is ringing. Have the most unique & useful ringtones on the block, in the office, or at school. It's fun to create ringtones and even more fun when your phone rings. Now the AutoRingtone family of apps are even more useful as iOS 5 lets you use custom ringtones for email and text alerts.
- RINGTONE DIRECTOR - Because even your ringtones deserve a Director's Cut
- Tue, 03 May 2011 08:30:00 CST - No Tie Software's AutoRingtone users have created over 3,000,000 custom Text-To-Speech talking ringtones since November 2009. Now there's RINGTONE DIRECTOR, a fun, creative way to create unlimited Caller ID ringtones that say exactly what you want. As 'Writer/Director', the user can touch a typewriter to write a completely custom script that the voice talent will speak, using Text-To-Speech. Users can create unlimited ringtones and messages are completely uncensored.
- AutoCrush VS now Free - I am crushing your head with head-to-head action
- Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:00:00 CST - Kids of all ages love to play "I'm crushing your head" thanks to the hilarious Kids in the Hall skit. Now you can let your iOS device do the crushing and play head-to-head battles over Bluetooth! Rest your fingers and select animated Crushing, Pinching or Squeezing! Let the app do the taunting using funny audio clips. An elegant scoreboard keeps track of the action and the first to reach 20 points wins.
- The missing iPhone feature Apple didn't mention - hint: CallerID
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:25:00 CST - No Tie's AutoRingtone app and service empowers users to create custom Talking Ringtones using Text-To-Speech. Now fans of Fulton Read's music can combine their favorite songs with the new free Fultones app. Instead of relying on stock ringtones, users can create their own talking "Caller ID" ringtones. Fans of Fulton Read can combine several music clips with the AutoRingtone TTS service to create custom ringtones.
- AutoCrush: Automated I Am Crushing Your Head - Hands-Free Fun
- Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:00:00 CST - Who doesn't like to play "I'm crushing your head!". Nobody, that's who! Let AutoCrush 1.0 for iPhone automate the crushing or pinching and give your fingers a rest. Inspired by the hilarious "The Kids in the Hall" routines, AutoCrush goes above and beyond by offering Crushing and Pinching, and in the next free update, Squeezing. The update will allow iPod touch and iPad users to pinch/crush/squeeze using an included image instead of using the camera view.
- SkinCam for iPhone makes taking photos fun and easy
- Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:25:00 CST - No Tie Software today announces SkinCam 1.0 for iOS devices. SkinCam is a fun way to take photos using an iPhone. Instead of a plain preview, users are treated to an assortment of skins such as a Digital Camera, Coin-Op machine, 3D glasses, hands "framing the shot", peepholes, nightvision, rifle scope, telescope, binoculars, and many more. Unlike the built-in camera app, users can touch anywhere in the Preview area to take the picture, making it easier to take shots, especially self portraits.
- The iPhone finally tells you who is calling with Ringtones Uncensored
- Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:10:00 CST - No Tie Software today announces 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored Pro 6.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Users no longer need to remember which song corresponds to which contact. Every caller can be assigned a unique Talking CallerID ringtone using Ringtones Uncensored. Users can select from dozens of speaking voices, including British Man, Woman, Valley Girl, Jersey Girl, Old Man, as well as funny voices like Devil, Space Alien, Synthesizer and Whisper.
- AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard for Non Verbal Users and Kids with Autism
- Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:15:00 CST - No Tie Software today announces AutoVerbal Talking Soundboard 1.0 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. AutoVerbal allows kids with Autism and people who are non-verbal to communicate using hundreds of picture buttons including buttons to speak your preprogrammed messages, plus type anything and it will be spoken using Text-To-Speech. Touch hundreds of picture buttons in over a dozen categories, scrolling down and across using an elegant, responsive soundboard.
- Apple loses One Million as users create 1,000,000 AutoRingtone ringtones
- Mon, 24 May 2010 06:44:00 CST - No Tie Software's AutoRingtone service has created over One Million custom Text-To-Speech talking ringtones since November 2009. The AutoRingtone service enables users to create their own talking Caller ID ringtones, that say exactly what they want. Users can select from Dozens of professional and funny voices. They can use nearly 200 sound effects as an introduction to get a user's attention. Ringtones are downloadable in Both .m4r as well as .aiff format.
- AutoTTS for iPad adds to 600,000 Text-To-Speech Ringtones created so far
- Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:00:00 CST - AutoTTS HD for iPad builds on the successful AutoRingtone app and service that No Tie Software has provided since November. In the five months since release, AutoRingtone users have created over 600,000 custom ringtones. The iPad version leverages the large screen and keyboard of the iPad. While the functionality is similar to the iPhone version, users can simply touch the photo of the speaker they wish to use, making the app even more fun to use.
- Half-a-Million Ringtones created by AutoRingtone users
- Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:00:00 CST - No Tie Software today announced that an amazing 500,000+ custom and uncensored ringtones have been created by users of the AutoRingtone family of Text-To-Speech apps since launch less than five months ago. 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored PRO and AutoRingtone PRO give users the ultimate flexibility in creating their own unique ringtones for the iPhone, as well as other non-Apple phones.
- AutoRingtone TEXT-TO-SPEECH Ringtones because musical tones are so 2009
- Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:30:00 CST - No Tie Software today is proud to introduce 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored and AutoRingtone TEXT-TO-SPEECH, both for iPhone and iPod touch devices. AutoRingtone and Ringtones Uncensored give users exactly what they want in a ringtone, using text-to-speech in 20+ voices, with 100+ introductory sound effects. Now you can have each caller's name, title, and a personal message spoken out loud. No more guessing who is calling or whose phone is ringing.
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