Transfers

To support those who use SynchroTales across multiple devices, functionality is provided to transfer items and their associated media between devices using WebRTC. This is useful when, for example, one edits documents on a desktop computer, but does most of their reading on a mobile device. Rather than transferring each item & its associated media files individually, then importing them on the recipient device, the transfer feature can be used to send them conveniently as a batch.

Transfers are performed in a peer-to-peer manner. Data transferred will not be processed by, transferred to, or stored by any remote server operated by SynchroTales.

Send

To send a library item to another device, select the "Transfer" action from the library item action menu. After the selected item is ready to transfer, a dialog will be shown displaying a transfer code.

To sync the item to another device, enter this code into the receive dialog. Transfer will only occur while this dialog is open. it may be stopped at any time by pressing "Cancel."

Note that anyone who obtains the displayed code may receive the item while this dialog is open

Receive

To receive a library item from another device, selecth the "Receive Transfer" action from the collection action menu, then enter the code associated with the intended transfer.

Once a connection to the sender is established, select the desired languages and press confirm. After the transfer is complete, the item will be available from the collection screen.