Noizi App – Emojis with a Giggle (Literally)

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If a picture says a thousand words, how many words does a sound say? I guess it depends on the sound…

Noizi is a brand new app that turns emojis into sounds. Using Noizi you can send sounds to friends in your text messages. Why just use images and GIFs? Send sounds so you can shout it loud, sing your praises and give a giggle.

Availibility

The app launched last week in the iTunes App Store and is available for iPhone and iPad for $0.99.

Noizi App in iTunes

The app comes with 240 emoji sound icons with more available to download for free. Additional emoji sound icons are available as in-app purchases.

About Noizi

Noizi is a keyboard app with emojis that play sounds. You can send these emoji sounds to friends in text messages.

The app has emoji sounds in 10 categories:

• Human
• Lifestyle
• Machine
• Instrument
• Nature
• Animal
• Gross
• Scary
• Seasonal
• Holiday

Some of the noises are obvious from the image but others leave you guessing. Be sure to listen to a Noizi before you send it to avoid any unintended messages.

The sounds only play when the emojis are tapped. Unlike GIFs, Noizi sounds don’t auto-play, but you still may want to let your friend know about Noizi emojis the first time you send one. Many of the noises are funny, but some could be embarrassing in the wrong situations, if you know what I mean.

Using Noizi

Setting Up the App

After you download the app, you need to enable the keyboard. Go to:
Settings => General => Keyboard => Keyboards => Add New Keyboard => Noizi => Full Access. Click OK.

Adding a Noizi Sound Emoji to Your Text Messages

When you want to add a Noizi emoji sound to your text messages, you don’t need to open the Noizi app. Instead, tap the globe icon on your keyboard(s) until the Noizi keyboard appears. It looks like this (I added the words “Noizi Keyboard” to the image):

Then tap the smiley face icon to the left of the space bar on the Noizi keyboard. You’ll see the emoji sounds divided into categories. After you’ve used the app, your frequently used emojis will appear on the left.

Tap on an emoji to hear the sound. When you find one you want to send, tap again in the text area to paste it. Tap Paste and the emoji will appear in your text message.

No worries if you get confused. The app includes a video showing you how to use it.

What Else You Need to Know

Be sure to have the volume turned up on your phone to listen to the emoji before you use it. If the volume is too low, you may not be able to hear the Noizi sound and you won’t know what sound you’re sending.

Noizi emojis appear and can be played in the Messages app on Mac computer, though they can’t be sent from a Mac.

You can’t search for emojis on the Noizi app, though you can use the categories to find them.

Be prepared to giggle. If you’re in a situation where giggling would be inappropriate, best to wait before using Noizi. If you’re in a situation where giggling would be a good thing, give Noizi a go.

The launch of Noizi just missed World Emoji Day, but we can still celebrate!

As #WorldEmojiDay comes to a close, see the 🔝 Tweeted emojis around the 🌍 by country. pic.twitter.com/HeiJwTYIdP

— Twitter (@twitter) July 18, 2016

Your Thoughts

Are you a fan of emojis? Do you like the idea of Noizi emoji sounds? Which sounds would you send?

Share your thoughts in the Comments section below!