YouGuide — The story in your ears
Discover the hidden stories of Argentina's 45+ cities
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Discover the hidden stories of Argentina's 45+ cities
3 followers
YouGuide is the automatic proximity audio guide app. Walk, listen, and discover the secret history of every corner of Argentina without touching your phone.
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Congratulations on the launch.
Since multiple landmarks can be close together.
How do we avoid overlapping or interrupting audio triggers?
@thamibenjelloun Thank you so much! That is a great question and exactly the kind of challenge we focused on solving to ensure a smooth walking experience.
To avoid overlapping, we built a smart audio queuing system. Here is how it works:
The audio automatically triggers when you enter a 50-meter radius of a landmark. However, if there are multiple landmarks clustered together, the app will never play them at the same time.
Instead, it calculates your position and always starts with the closest one. Once that specific audio finishes playing, the system applies a 10-second buffer (cooldown period). After those 10 seconds, it evaluates your location again and triggers the next closest landmark.
This logic ensures you get a seamless, uninterrupted story as you walk through dense areas, completely avoiding any overlapping chaos.
Hey guys! Major update here!
YouGuide v1.7.3 - Guest Mode, AI & Auth0 Stability
This update marks a major milestone in the app's accessibility, allowing tourists to experience the value of YouGuide before registering. It also introduces AI-powered voice generation and stabilizes the workflow for registered users.
New Features
100% Functional Guest Mode: Users can now explore the app and listen to audio samples of points of interest without needing to create an account.
AI Voice Integration (Google Cloud TTS): Implemented on-demand descriptive audio generation using Google Cloud's Neural2 model, providing an immersive audio guide experience.
Guest Consumption Control: Added a smart, device-linked system (deviceId) that allows guest users to listen to up to 5 free audio samples before prompting them to register.
Bug Fixes
Google Login Stabilization: Fixed a critical issue with Auth0 tokens (jwt malformed) that prevented logged-in users from saving custom routes and accessing gamification features.
Analytics Tracking: Resolved a database conflict (MongoDB) that was rejecting user IDs originating from Google OAuth, ensuring that metrics and events are now saved correctly.
Infrastructure Improvements (Under the hood)
Vercel Proxy Optimization: Adjusted the server configuration (trust proxy) so that rate limiters can accurately read the real IP addresses of users.
Secure GCP Credentials Handling: Refactored the backend for robust injection of Google Cloud environment variables, eliminating server crashes (Error 500/128).
Flexible Authentication Middlewares: Endpoints now dynamically support both authenticated users with valid tokens (JWT) and guest users without an active session.
Hello guys! After a complicated weekend trying to update the apk, is finally here!
The new apk is already at the landing to download.
Tbe next features will be some cities and places around the world so you can try it, what do you think?
At this moment, you can only enjoy in Argentina while you are walking through the different cities.
I would love to have your feedback!