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Bingo caller that reads each number aloud, puts the board on TV and prints cards
Next Ball is a bingo caller for game night with friends and family. Everyone plays in person with paper cards, and the app says each number out loud as it draws it, then marks it on a bingo board people can read from across the room. It's built for whoever runs the game. One big button calls the next number, Undo is always a single tap away, and nothing pops up over the board. It works offline and doesn't need an account. CALLING THE NUMBERS • Tap Call next number and the app reads it out in your phone's own text to speech voice. • Repeat says the last number again. In a noisy room you can slow the voice down or have every number said twice. • Auto call keeps the game moving by itself, one number every 2 to 60 seconds, and pauses if you leave the app. • Five games are ready in two taps: 75 ball, 90 ball, 80 ball, Speed 30 and Blackout 75. • Play in stages (one line, then two lines, then a full house) without starting the numbers over. • Or build your own mode: pick the numbers and the card size, and draw patterns of your own. PRINTABLE BINGO CARDS Print up to 500 cards at once from your phone, or save them as a PDF for later. Pick A4 or Letter, 1, 2, 4 or 6 cards to a page, and put your own title on top if you like. 90 ball cards come in strips of six, and each strip holds every number from 1 to 90 exactly once. Every printed card has a short code. When someone shouts "Bingo!", type in the code and the app checks that card against the numbers called and the pattern you're playing. A card printed today still checks after the app updates. Using bingo cards you already have? Type in their numbers and the app shows any that haven't been called yet. THE BOARD ON YOUR TV Connect your phone or tablet to a TV or projector and the board appears there on its own: the last number in a big ball, the few before it, the pattern being played and every number called so far. The buttons stay on your phone, so the room watches the TV while you run the game. • By cable: an HDMI adapter in the phone's charging port. Not every phone can send its screen over a cable, so check yours first. • Without a cable: use the screen mirroring or cast button in your phone's quick settings. Some wireless connections copy the whole phone screen instead of showing just the board, and then a cable is the surer choice. • The calls play wherever your phone sends its sound, often the TV speakers. The Connect a TV guide in the app goes through each step. No TV? A tablet on a stand makes a good bingo caller by itself, with the whole board filling its screen. BIG AND CLEAR • Large buttons, large numbers, strong contrast and plain words on every button • Called numbers are filled in, bold and ticked, so they stand out by more than a change of shade • Light and Dark themes, plus a white on black Projector theme for a dim room • Works with TalkBack, text at 200%, a keyboard and the Remove animations setting • Fits phones and tablets of any size, upright or sideways ENGLISH OR SPANISH The bingo caller speaks English and Spanish, and the whole app comes in both. The first time it opens it asks which one you'd like, and the calls are spoken in that language too. You can switch in Settings whenever you want. JUST FOR FUN Next Ball is for playing bingo for the fun of it, around a table rather than online. There are no ads and there's nothing to buy. The app asks for no permissions and never connects to the internet. Your game is saved after every call, so a phone call or a flat battery won't lose it. The modes you build can be exported to a file and opened on another phone. One thing it doesn't do: there are no cards to tap on screen. Players mark paper cards, and the app does the calling. Questions, or a card that won't check? Email me at the address under App support and I'll take a look.