Remote VT
A remote voice tracking client for StationPlaylist, modeled on the Windows Remote VT Editor — native controls, keyboard-first, made for a blind DJ.
Download Remote VT v0.14.1 (.apk)
Version 0.14.1 · 2.3 MB
APK for Android. Installs directly — your phone will ask you to allow installs from your browser. Updates arrive inside the app. You'll also need a StationPlaylist VT Server you already have — that's the server this client connects to.
Plainly, about who built what — please read this
I did not build the StationPlaylist suite. Remote VT is an independent, unofficial client for StationPlaylist VT Server — mine, not theirs. The StationPlaylist team is in no way responsible for it — not for what it does, and not for support for it. It will be shared with them if they want to distribute it. The suite itself is theirs: StationPlaylist.
And the same terms as everything else on this page: Remote VT is by Justin Harris, for people not served well by the official SPL Remote VT Android client.
Why it exists — what it solves
StationPlaylist has an Android app of its own for DJs, and for sighted DJs it's fine. But it was built with tools that draw everything on screen as a picture — and that makes it completely inaccessible to a screen reader. Their team said reworking this app for accessibility would cost too much. That's only about this app, though — their Windows software is genuinely accessible, and they even work with the people maintaining the NVDA add-on and the JAWS scripts. This was the one app they weren't willing to rework.
But I want Remote VT on my tablet, darn it — so this one exists. Remote VT is a remote voice tracking client for the VT Server you already have: native controls a screen reader can actually use, keyboard-first, modeled on their Windows editor, with every step reachable by key and announced as you go. Voice tracking shouldn't chain a blind DJ to one Windows desk.
- Your server, your logs: connect to your own VT Server, and your playlist logs list newest first — no scrolling back through old logs to find today.
- Only as many days as you need: a setting controls how many days of logs load, so the list stays the size of the work you're actually doing.
- Hours, military style: hours are shown the Windows way, as 00:00 to 23:00 — the actual hour, not "Hour 1, Hour 2."
- VT Recorder: record voice tracks on this device, stage by stage, the way the Windows recorder walks you through it.
- The editor's own keys: edit with the keys the Windows editor uses — Ctrl+R, and the replace keys Ctrl+Shift+I / A / C / B.
- Save back to the server: Ctrl+S saves your edited hour back to your VT Server.
New in 0.14.1: right-click popups
A small release that shows our sighted friends some love — mouse-friendly touches, plus a wording tidy-up. Pair a mouse with your tablet and right-click a playlist item: the item is selected and its options open — the very same options Enter and a long-press have always opened. It matches the desktop client, whose playlist items have right-click popups too. Keyboard and touch work exactly as before. The About screen also reads plainer now: it simply credits the author and says who the app is for — "By Justin Harris, for people not served well by the official SPL Remote VT Android client." Nothing else changes.
Verify your download
After downloading, check the file's checksum against the one published here. If they match, your file is exactly the file that was released — unaltered in transit.
Remote VT v0.14.1 — MD5
4879ddac86820182b0620f38ebf6140b
Signing certificate (SHA-1): 36:36:21:48:15:4E:C1:FF:C0:0A:28:B9:78:CB:C9:B9:4C:DA:DC:F7 — the same Powerhouse Apps release key signs every release.
Virus-free: the published checksum above must match your download — that's your guarantee the file hasn't been tampered with. Scan reports are published alongside each release — here is the Scan report for this release.
Permissions, explained
| Permission | Why this app needs it |
|---|---|
| Internet | Talks to your VT Server — nothing else. Your logs, your hours, and your saves go between this device and your server. |
| Record audio | Records your voice tracks on this device, with the VT Recorder. |
| Install packages | Lets the in-app updater install new versions, so Remote VT can update itself. |
That's the whole list — three permissions, each tied to a job you can point to.
Documentation
The full help lives inside the app, under the Help menu. The essentials:
- Connecting: point the app at the VT Server you already have and sign in — Remote VT is a client, so there's nothing to listen to until it reaches your server.
- Logs: playlist logs list newest first. In Settings, choose how many days of logs to load.
- Hours: pick an hour shown military style, from 00:00 through 23:00.
- Recording: the VT Recorder walks you through recording a voice track stage by stage, on this device.
- Editing: Ctrl+R, and replaces on Ctrl+Shift+I, Ctrl+Shift+A, Ctrl+Shift+C, and Ctrl+Shift+B — the Windows editor's own keys.
- Saving: Ctrl+S saves the edited hour back to the server.
- About: the in-app About carries the same plain statement as the box at the top of this page — I didn't build the StationPlaylist suite, this is an independent, unofficial client, and the StationPlaylist team is in no way responsible for it.