Voki for Education

I love the Voki program and I have used the website for years. The talking characters really engage students! I just recently tried the app and I was disappointed by the lack of characters to select from. The app does not offer any of the fairytale characters or the career characters. These were the two categories that I selected images from the most. I was disappointed that the selection on the website didn’t match the options on the app. One good change was a new feature allowing paying subscribers to download the videos. Now, my videos play automatically when inserted in a slideshow.

Hi there, been a Voki fan for years! This app while awesome crashes when you press the play button after you hear the audio bit. Plus it took too long to “download characters” when they aren’t all free which makes no sense. There are so few that are free and I don’t see why they aren’t all free. It’s very frustrating.

This program has really great potential for use in a classroom. I was looking for something where children could create avatars and have them interact and this would be what I was looking for. However, it is not accessible with screen reader software and navigation of the online version seems overwhelming. Also, every time I opened the app it crashed, even after deleting and reinstalling. In addition, it is not cost effective for teachers. It seems that the real value comes with the higher pay tiers. Well, how can you afford that on a teacher's sallary–especially in preschool–when we have so many other expenses. Voki has tremendous possibility to transform the classroom but it is far from that day. Keep working on it. I'll keep watching.