Viddycom Press Kit

Quick Facts

Blurbs

One-Line

Viddycom is a camera app for iPhone that lets you take photos and record video with natural-language voice commands, so you can stay in frame instead of fumbling for the shutter.

50-Word Blurb

Viddycom is a voice-controlled camera app built for solo content creators. Say “Show time, take a photo” or “start recording” and your iPhone does it — no tapping, no timers, no remote shutter. It handles photos, video, zoom, flash, and camera flip entirely hands-free. Available on iPhone, iOS 18+.

150-Word Blurb

Modern content is made by one person in front of the camera, but the camera UI was designed for two people with a videographer. Viddycom fixes that: it's an iPhone camera app that listens. Say “Show time” to wake it up, then talk to it — “take a photo”, “start recording”, “zoom in”, “flash on”, “flip camera”. Say several commands in one breath and it does them all, in order. Viddycom understands natural language, so you don't have to memorise rigid phrases. Turn on continuous listening and your camera stays alert for the whole shoot — no wake word between commands. Wake word detection runs on-device for privacy and speed; on newer iPhones with Apple Intelligence, natural-language understanding runs on-device too. Viddycom is built for fitness trainers, makeup artists, dancers, cooks, parents — anyone who needs both hands and still wants a great shot. iOS 18+, iPhone.

300-Word Blurb

Solo creators are everywhere — fitness trainers demonstrating poses, makeup artists with cream-covered fingers, dancers mid-routine, cooks covered in flour, parents recording their kids. They all share one problem: the iPhone camera was designed for someone with a free hand to tap the shutter. Remote shutters help, but they're one more thing to hold or forget. Gimbals are overkill. Timers are clumsy.

Viddycom is a voice-controlled camera app that solves this the obvious way: it listens. Say “Show time” to wake the app, then tell it what you want — in your own words. “Take a photo.” “Start recording.” “Zoom in and flash on.” “Flip camera then take a photo.” The app hears you, does the thing, and gets out of the way.

Natural-language understanding means you don't have to memorise exact phrases. Say several commands in one sentence and Viddycom executes them all, in order. Turn on continuous listening in Settings and the camera listens for the whole shoot — no wake word needed between commands, no touching the phone at all.

On iPhone 15 Pro and newer with Apple Intelligence enabled, language understanding happens entirely on-device. Older iPhones use an on-device open-source recognizer with a lightweight cloud fallback only for rare edge cases — and only a sanitised text transcript is ever transmitted, never audio or identifiers.

Viddycom is iPhone-only, iOS 18+, and sells as a subscription — $4.99/month or $39.99/year with a 3-day free trial. Early subscribers get Founder pricing locked in for life, even as new tiers are introduced over time.

The app is designed with a single philosophy: when your hands aren't free, your camera shouldn't need them either.

The Story

I kept noticing solo creators fumbling with their phones mid-shot — fitness trainers losing their framing, makeup artists trying to hit record with cream-covered fingers, dancers missing the start of a take. Modern content is made by one person in front of the camera, but the camera UI was designed for two people with a videographer. I built Viddycom so the camera listens. — Marcus, Founder of Viddycom

What Viddycom Does

Core features

• Wake word activation. Say “Show time” and the app starts listening. Wake-word detection runs entirely on-device.
• Natural-language voice commands. Say what you want in your own words — Viddycom understands. No rigid phrasing to memorise.
• Multi-command — say several things at once. “Zoom in, flash off, flip camera, and take a photo.” Viddycom hears all the commands in your sentence and does them in order. Works whether you use words like “and” and “then” or just run the commands together.
• Continuous listening mode (one of the most powerful features). Toggle the wake word off in Settings and the camera listens for the whole shoot. Run through an entire session — “start recording” → do your thing → “stop recording” → “flip camera” → “take a photo” — without touching the phone or repeating a wake word.
• Photos, video, zoom, flash, and camera flip — all voice-controllable.
• Tap-to-listen as an alternative to the wake word. Tap the waveform button in voice mode to start listening immediately — handy in loud rooms.

Visual feedback

Viddycom is designed to be used when you aren't looking at the phone. Three pieces of ambient feedback tell you what the app is doing, at a glance:

• Ambient edge colour shows what mode you're in. A subtle glow around the camera view: white for photo mode, red for video mode, pulsing while listening, teal-green on a successful action.
• Capture confirmation flash. When you take a photo or stop a recording, the camera screen briefly flashes a soft, teal-tinted white — so even if your phone is placed across the room, you know the shot was taken or the recording was saved.
• The app ignores normal conversation. Speech is only processed after the wake word (or a waveform tap). Chit-chat, background speech, and non-commands are silently ignored — nothing is acted on, stored, or transmitted.

Voice command reference

This is a reference, not a requirement. You don't need to memorise specific phrases — speak naturally and Viddycom will understand. Common forms:

The full vocabulary covers everyday language plus film-production terminology (action, cut, rolling, marker), photography terminology (fire, trigger, bracket, burst), and regional dialects (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, North America, South Africa, India, Singapore).

What Makes Viddycom Different

Viddycom doesn't replace a gimbal or a pro rig — it replaces the moment you reach for the shutter. That's the moment that ruins takes.

Version 1.0 — Known Limitations and Active Development

Viddycom 1.0 is a focused first release. We'd rather be upfront about current limitations than let reviewers be surprised:

• Noisy environments. Wake-word and command recognition accuracy drops in loud settings (TV, traffic, crowded rooms). Works best in moderately quiet environments. Noise-robust recognition is a top priority for follow-on releases.
• Distance and quiet voices. Wake-word reliability is tuned for conversational volume at ~1 metre, with useful pickup to ~3 metres. Whispered speech typically isn't picked up — this is intentional to prevent accidental triggering.
• Hardware differences. iPhone 15 Pro and newer with Apple Intelligence enabled get the fastest, most accurate on-device recognition. Older iPhones fall back to an open-source on-device recognizer. Both work; newer is better.

Active development continues across several fronts — more will follow over time. Viddycom ships with an in-app feedback channel where creators can report bugs, request features, and upvote other creators' requests directly from the app. What gets built next is shaped by what real users ask for, not a fixed roadmap we guess at in advance.

Visuals and Media

High-resolution screenshots and a 30-second demo video are in production and will be available on request. Email contact at viddycom dot com for the latest assets.

The brand logo, app icon, and colour palette are ready today and also available on email request.

Brand Guidelines

Colour

Teal Mint is our single brand colour. Please keep it consistent in coverage.

Do

• Use the teal (#0D9488) when referencing the brand identity
• Capitalise “Viddycom” as a single word with no space or capital-C
• Pronounce it “vid-dee-com” (like “video-com”, short-i)
• Refer to the wake word as “Show time” (two words, capitalised as shown)

Don't

• Don't tint or stretch the logo
• Don't write it as “VidCam”, “VideoCom”, “ViddyCom” (camelCase) or “Viddy-com”
• Don't place the logo on busy backgrounds without a safe zone

For Reviewers

What's worth showing

Pick what fits your video's length. None of this is required — but these are the moments that land.

• The wake-up. Say “Show time.” The waveform animates. Wake word runs entirely on-device.
• A single command. “Take a photo.” The camera fires and flashes teal-tinted white to confirm.
• Multi-command — this is the one that impresses. Try something like “Zoom in, flash off, flip camera, and take a photo.” Viddycom does all four in order.
• Continuous listening (the killer feature). Toggle the wake word off in Settings. The camera now listens for the whole shoot — no wake word between commands.
• Video. “Start recording” → do something → “Stop recording.” The edge glows red while recording; flashes teal-tinted white when it saves.
• Pricing + availability (if relevant to your format). $4.99/mo, $39.99/yr, 3-day free trial, iPhone, iOS 18+.

Common gotchas to call out

(So reviewers don't mistake them for bugs.)

Reviewer-friendly quote you can use verbatim

“Viddycom isn't trying to replace a gimbal — it's trying to replace the moment you reach for the shutter. And that's the moment that ruins takes.”

For Creators Making Videos About Viddycom

You have creative license to make the video you want — your story, your style, your length. One thing is required, one is strongly suggested, and the rest is yours.

The one requirement

• Show the app within the first 15 seconds. Viewers need to know what they're about to see before they scroll past.

The one suggestion

• Screen-record your iPhone while Viddycom is running. Showing the tool and the resulting photo/video in the same frame is the single best way to communicate the hands-free benefit.

A couple of small asks

• Make sure viewers can clearly hear the voice commands.
• Use the wake word verbatim: “Show time” — two words, casual inflection. Please don't rename or paraphrase it.

Everything else — length, format, tone, edit style — is yours.

Tips when filming yourself with Viddycom

• Place the phone where you can be heard clearly. Wake word detection is tuned for ~1 metre in quiet rooms.
• Use continuous mode for multi-shot sessions. Settings → Voice → toggle Wake Word off. The camera listens the whole time. String commands together: “start recording” → do your thing → “stop recording” → “take a photo” — no wake word needed between them.
• Don't whisper. Wake word is intentionally tuned to ignore whispers (prevents false triggers).
• Wake word is “Show time”. Not “Siri”, not “Hey Viddy”. Two words.

About

Viddycom is built by Marcus, Founder of Viddycom Ltd — a UK-based solo operation. For partnership, press, and review enquiries, please email contact at viddycom dot com. The founder is not available for on-camera interviews.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Viddycom always listening to me?

No. The wake-word detector only activates while the app is in the foreground, and speech recognition only engages after “Show time” (or a waveform tap). Audio is processed in rolling buffers and discarded as soon as a command is classified — nothing is recorded or stored.

Does my voice go to the cloud?

Almost never. Most common commands are matched entirely on-device in under a few milliseconds. On iPhone 15 Pro and newer with Apple Intelligence enabled, natural-language understanding also runs on-device using Apple Foundation Models. A small percentage of commands fall back to a cloud model — and only a sanitised text transcript is sent, never audio or identifiers.

Why iPhone only?

iOS ships best-in-class on-device speech recognition and, on newer phones, a free on-device language model (Apple Foundation Models). Android development is on the horizon but isn't part of this first release.

Why subscription, not a one-time purchase?

Viddycom has ongoing server costs for the occasional cloud fallback plus infrastructure. A small recurring fee keeps the app supported and updated. Founder-tier pricing is locked for life for early subscribers.

How does Viddycom compare to Siri or iPhone's built-in Voice Control?

Siri doesn't control the camera UI directly. iPhone's built-in Voice Control is a system accessibility tool — powerful, but literal and setup-heavy. Viddycom is purpose-built for photography and video, understands natural phrasing, chains commands, and is designed to stay out of the way during a shoot.

Will there be an Android version?

Yes, it's on the roadmap. Not part of this first release.

Is there an affiliate / referral programme?

Yes. A referral credit system is built into the app — every creator who converts through your link earns you credit toward your own subscription. Formal creator partnerships will follow post-launch — email contact at viddycom dot com to register interest.

Press Coverage

To be populated post-launch. If you're writing a piece, let us know and we'll link back here.

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