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Chimoo Timer

Chimoo Timer - 1.5

countdown timer & stopwatch with speech recognition

All Time: (4.1)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.5
Release Date: 2007-03-05
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 4,341
Downloads (all versions): 21,367
Price: Free

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Product Description:

Chimoo Timer is a simple countup/down timer featuring speech recognition and text-to-speech support. Give Chimoo Timer a try for all your timing needs!

Features
  • Free! (donations still appreciated ;-))
  • Speech recognition for timer control; see above.
  • Text to speech for counting seconds and speaking alerts.
  • Optional "tick" sound on hours, minutes, or seconds.
  • Count up and count down modes.
  • Optional floating mini window takes up less space on your screen.
  • Optional multiplier view for counting frames per second (fps), etc.
  • Optional menu extra displays in the menu bar.
  • Dock menu to control timer.
  • Low CPU usage; especially when in background or hidden.
  • Written with Cocoa - native to Mac OS X.
  • Universal binary - PPC and Intel native.
  • Customizable settings for what to do upon timer expiration.
  • Optional feature to warn before stopping timer - great for timing important things when you don't want to accidentally reset or stop the timer.

What's new in this version:

  • [new feature] New menu extra optionally displays timer in menu bar.
  • [new feature] Dock icon can be hidden when menu extra is shown.
  • [new feature] Greatly expanded text-to-speech options including count down expiration warning, ability to speak last ten seconds of a countdown, and customizable voice and speech rate settings.
  • [new feature] Retooled speech recognition system with a few more options now displays standard floating speech palette.
  • [new feature] New OS X style toolbar for timer control.
  • [new feature] Option to display progress bar during count down.
  • [new feature] Automatic repeat after delay option.
  • [new feature] Ability to log current timer value and save log to a file.
  • [other] Preferences reorganized.
  • [other] Lots of other miscellaneous changes.
  • [bugfix] Accuracy of timing is no longer affected by automatic internet updates of the computer's date and time.
  • [bugfix] Problems getting a count down time to stick have been resolved.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS Classic

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Chimoo Timer CommentaryNice app -- one suggestion - Version: 1.3.1, 1/18/2006 02:17PM PST

dougn
This is a nice, clean, useful application, deserving of donations for people that use it regularly.

I'd love to see a preference added so that you could start / pause the timer by pressing a key (such as the space bar), so that if I am timing a speech I can start / pause without having to hunt for the button with the mouse.
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Chimoo Timer ReviewAmazing! - Version: 1.3.1, 12/8/2005 11:35PM PST

MJGrothaus--2008
Wow. This is exactly what I was looking for for my stretching and yoga. Now I can totally concentrate on my exercises and not have to break pose to look at a watch. The voice activation is perfect!

Simple UI is perfect as well. No need for this kind of app to look fancy.
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Chimoo Timer ReviewWork Well - Version: 1.2, 1/19/2005 08:53AM PST

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richiestaggs_dotmac
I needed a simple stopwatch like app. Simply start when I want and stop when I want. This app does that very well. The voice recognition is good as well. Thank You for the freeware.
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