# StartRobot3 > Talking start clock for orienteering — TTS, recordings & runner call-up. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.undy.startrobot3](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.undy.startrobot3) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.undy.startrobot3` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** undy - **Category:** SPORTS - **Downloads:** 2 - **Version:** 1.3 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-04 - **First published:** 2026-08-03 - **Publisher country:** AU - **Size:** 8.23 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-12 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.undy.startrobot3) - **Privacy policy:** [https://undyau.github.io/StartRobot3/](https://undyau.github.io/StartRobot3/) ## Description StartRobot3 is a talking start clock built for orienteering event starts.

Run a start with no announcer needed. StartRobot3 plays timed audio
messages — custom recorded clips, text-to-speech announcements, beeps,
runner names from your IOF XML 3.0 start list — all locked/offset from a fixed start interval (30 seconds, 1 minute, or 2 minutes).

KEY FEATURES
• Mixes text-to-speech, your own recorded audio clips, and beeps into a
single timed sequence
• Build custom "chains" of announcements anchored to the start, end or middle
of each interval, with as many chained cues before/after as you need
• Clock locks to wall-clock time and uses GPS time signals to stay accurate
even with no phone signal in the field
• Nudge the whole schedule forward or backward by N minutes on the fly if
the event falls behind or ahead
• Works fully offline — no internet connection required to run a start
• Loads standard IOF XML 3.0 start lists and calls out each runner's name
at their scheduled start time

WHO IT'S FOR

Orienteering events that need a reliable, repeatable start announcer at one or
more points. You could run once instance for call up and another for the start.

PERMISSIONS

• Microphone — only used if you record your own announcement clips
• Location — only used to read GPS time for clock accuracy; your location
is never stored, displayed, or shared
• Notifications — shows the required ongoing notification while the start
clock is running
• Internet — only used if you load a start list from a URL instead of a
local file

StartRobot3 does not collect or share any personal data. See the privacy
policy for details. ## Rankings - #3,064,508 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.undy.startrobot3.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [ORIclock](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.picoevents.ORIclock) — 20 users - [Go! - Start Clock](https://chrome-stats.com/d/se.tg3.startclock) — 34,396 users, 4.80 / 5 - [RC Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.paloaltophoto.starttimer) — 2,872 users, 5.00 / 5 - [ARDF Fox Clock](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.foxClock) — 3 users - [Track Start Sounds](https://chrome-stats.com/d/appinventor.ai_ricardocrivas.TRACK_START_SOUNDS) — 1 users - [RunSpeaker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.runspeaker.app) — 58 users - [StartApp - Start clock app](https://chrome-stats.com/d/se.competic.startapp) — 150 users - [Orienteering Start App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/it.daviderusconi.oristart) — 588 users - [Voice Sail Start Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/info.leonenko.starttimer) — 4,965 users - [Oribos Start](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.oribos.start) — 30 users - [RaceCue](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.racecue.sprintstarts) — 11 users - [Ori Time, Orienteering Start](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.eka.Ori_Saati) — 1,554 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.undy.startrobot3)