User guide

You can install Toozla directly to your mobile, or download it to your computer first.

Download Toozla to your mobile

Start up your mobile phone’s Web browser and enter http://m.toozla.com. Installation will begin automatically. Please follow the instructions on the screen.

Entering the URL too much effort for you? Feel free to use the QR-code.

Install Toozla from your computer

Download toozla.jar and toozla.jad from http://www.toozla.com/download/pc on your computer and copy them to your mobile via a Bluetooth or USB connection. Then follow the instructions on the screen of your phone.

Get Toozla from a third-party website

List of third-party websites where you can download Toozla.

When it is first run, Toozla will ask you to create a profile.

Language. Select the language in which you wish to receive content.

Your sex. Select your sex.

Year of Birth. Enter your year of birth.

Your sex and year of birth will be used to determine what content you receive. Men and women can listen to different stories from each other, as can children and adults.

If you do not tell us your sex and/or year of birth, you will receive only general — i.e. not tailored — content.

Select OK to save your profile.

The main screen contains stories which you receive. Each item of the list has the date and time when a story came and a story title. Once a story is downloaded Toozla opens the Details screen. You may also open any of 15 previously received stories by clicking on an appropriate story.

The satellite icon at the top left indicates the status of your GPS signal.
An icon with a red cross means that a GPS module is not found. A gray icon indicates that Toozla searches for a GPS signal. A green icon means that a GPS signal is available.

The icons at the top right of the screen tell you what Toozla is currently doing.
A walking man indicates that Toozla is in the Walking Mode. The standing man means that Toozla does nothing.
Toozla sends your current position to the Internet in order to get available content
Toozla downloads the content from the Internet

Select the Menu button to open the menu. See Main menu.

Selecting the GO! button switches on walking mode.. See Walking Mode.

The details screen shows you the text of the story and plays audio. Use center buttons on your mobile to navigate on the screen.

Post audio note. If a GPS signal is available, you can record and upload your own audio note, which will be anchored to your current location. See Post Audio Note.

Tutorial. The tutorial consists of 5 lessons. Select Tutorial to listen to the first of these. Wait for a story to end and select Tutorial again to listen to the next lesson.

More... takes you to further menu options. See Additional Menu.

Exit closes toozla.

Note: if walking mode is ON, the Options menu will contain only two items available: Post audio note and Exit.

The Walking Mode is the most interesting thing in Toozla. Select this mode as often as possible in order to get maximum from Toozla.

If Walking Mode is ON you will receive audio and/or text stories based on the channels to which you have subscribed. See Channels. These stories will be relevant to your current location (sights and other objects you walk pass). When you reach an object to which a story is anchored, Toozla will download the story and play it automatically.

Note: if walking mode is ON, the Options menu will contain only two items available: Post audio note and Exit.

You can only create and upload your own audio notes if a GPS signal is available. Otherwise, you will see a warning message stating that no GPS signal has been found.

Select the Record Audio Note button to start recording. Start talking after the beep. Talk in the same way as you would talk on the phone. When you have finished, select Stop recording.

Note: the length of each audio note is limited to one minute.

Note: audio notes are anchored to the place where you were (see Upload audio note) when you selected the Record audio note button.

When you press Stop recording the Listen to Audio Note and Upload Audio Note buttons will appear.

Select the Listen to Audio Note button to play back your recorded note.

Note: it is recommended that you always play a note back before uploading it, to ensure that it is of sufficient quality.

Select the Upload Audio Note button button to upload the note to the Toozla server and anchor it to your current location.

Please wait while the note is uploaded. This usually takes several seconds, depending on the current bandwidth.

You can manage your audio notes at my.toozla.com. If you are not registered at my.toozla.com, you will see the option Registration in the Options menu. See Registration.

The additional menu consists of the items Registration, Profile, Settings and Channels.

In order to manage your audio notes, you will need to register on the website my.toozla.com. Please provide us with your e-mail address, and we will send you an e-mail with a link to a page where you can confirm your e-mail address and create a password.

If you do not follow the link from our e-mail within 30 days, it will expire, and you will need to repeat the above step.

Giving your phone number is optional.

Language. Select the language in which you wish to receive content.

Your sex. Select your sex.

Year of Birth. Enter your year of birth.

Your sex and year of birth will be used to determine what content you receive. Men and women can listen to different stories from each other, as can children and adults.

If you do not tell us your sex and/or year of birth, you will receive only general — i.e. not tailored — content.

Select OK to save your profile or Back to return to the previous screen.

Request frequency, sec determines how often Toozla will check for new content. If you are on foot, 15 seconds is recommended. Select 5 seconds if you are travelling by car.

Volume sets the volume at which Toozla plays audio content.

The Turn on GO! mode on launch option is used to determine whether walking mode is automatically activated when Toozla starts.

To subscribe to a specific channel, tick the corresponding checkbox, or untick it to unsubscribe. To select which channel you'd like to  anchor your audio-notes to, select Options and then Anchor your audio notes to this channel.

Select OK to save your changes.