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[Android Apps and Games] foreverinpanama:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Alright let me answer your last question first. Invest in tapatalk. Incredibly good app for forums.

As for installing files not from play store normally they will be "file.apk" if that makes sense.

Go to system settings-security, here check the "unknown sources."

Otherwise, subscribe to this thread and you will know when a new release is out.

Hope that gets you started.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

So I've started checking out alternate TTS engines to find a more natural sounding voice. Dragon's wasn't bad (I've since uninstalled it in favor of utter!). SVOX is better. Have any of you used IVONA?

Also, when I switch between TTS engines in android settings, I find that I have to force stop/restart utter to get the new one to load. Is there a better way? Maybe a "restart" option in utter's settings would be useful?

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] Unsanityinc:
panama,

Thank you for the very fast reply, I found the "allow 3rd party apps" and checked the box. I'm assuming an apk is just another name for an app that is not from the play store. Now I'll figure out how to get this latest utter version on my phone.

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
In response...

Hello and welcome to the forum-

Someone has already answered part of your request.

1. Check the install non-market as explained, then go to the latest post by Brandall and you will see the link to the latest beta update. Easiest way to upload is by scanning the QR code or you can email the .apk to yourself and install that way.

2. Once you install the latest beta, you can see how it works on your device.

3. Only you will know if this is the right app for your needs, but it can be tailored to you much more effectively than any other app out there that I know of. With some tinkering and a little patience you should be able to get what you want.

4. Last but not least..I like the brunette idea...maybe Ben doesn't know there is a "genie" mode? Anyway, tapatalk is a great app for forums and yes, XDA does have their own app. available on Google Play.

P.S. if you like Swiftkey there is a new guy in town reviewed on XDA called "kii keyboard". Kinda gives the best of both worlds. Has great reviews and works great for me. (Also in Beta).

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Hey Bruce,

I used Ivona for a while and it is the most "natural" of all the voices that I have tried. (It does have a 250MB download) to your SD card that is required and it can be slow to initialize so sometimes your responses are cut off.

My biggest problem with Ivona was the updates...everytime I updated I would lose functionality, have to uninstall, reinstall and just caught pure hell every time.

So, I went to SVOX and have been happy ever since.

With Utter I only had to go into the settings and update my Voice and Language selections. You should not have to force/restart...just update the menu options like you did when you initially setup. (Easy Peazy).
[Android Apps and Games] Unsanityinc:
Latest version up and running already, gonna begin messing with the app now. The apps memory is only using 23mb and 0.3% of my total

memory on gs3. I saw in other posts some people were expierencing much more usage, but I simply closed the setting out and it lowered instantly.

I look forward to helping out with the testing of this app. I deleted GoSMS and Utter is now correctly reading my last text message.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Hmm, I thought I did update the menu options, but maybe I didn't. I'll check that out, thanks.

I'm testing IVONA now -- 250MB? No wonder it took so long to download. The US voice is terrible -- poor girl sounds like she's had too much gin and cigarettes. The UK version is much nicer. But if it becomes a PITA as you said, I'll cough up the $$ for SVOX.

So what's the deal with the wake up phrase? Does it activate the service? Does it put utter! in listening mode? I'm not clear how/when to use it.

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
The wake up phrase has been a work in progress with a couple of test periods where it didn't seem to work very well at all. Now I guess it was only found to work in very few cases with ICS and above but not with GB (which I have).

The intent is to give the user complete hands free access and of course would be perfect for driving mode (if you ever used Vlingo) you would know what I mean. It would be very battery intensive as it keeps the CPU awake and listening for a wake up phrase. An example maybe would be you're in bed for the evening and your phone is charging and you realize you should have sent an email to a colleague. You're very comfortable and don't wanna move, so you issue the wake up phrase, tell Utter to compose your email, have it read back to you and then send the message. Poof...done and all you had to do was speak. Nifty Idea and we're hoping this can be accomplished. :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] Unsanityinc:
I've been messing with the new beta for a couple hours and now I'm not sure if I have the latest version installed correctly. Features such as

"Where am I", and "Define+word" are not working at all. Is it supposed to be like this? Also, I have to manually kill the app from a task killer to get rid of the settings, it must have done it before when I restarted device, And when I hold the home key to see all my running applications, Utter (the setting app) doesn't show up. Besides from these few things, everything else is working very quickly and atleast for me the voice recognition is excellent.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
If your looking at the settings and specifically "Define Word" and next to it is a (D) that means "disabled" and on the list for future updates. You'll see that next to a couple more items.

I've never heard of anyone having to kill utter to back out of the menu...that's a first..

I can't say specifically, but Utter was built to use "minimal" resource and may not hold it's place in memory and therefore doesn't show up.
[Android Apps and Games] Adizzzle:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Haha I just found quite the 'Easter egg' with this app, it seems as though when I activate Utter, and then say "F*ck off" Utter brings up an uninstall menu for Utter. Then says "if you insist"

Lolololololololololol

:beer: "We can't stop here, this is Bat Country!" :beer:
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
If you look in the "View Command List" in utter settings, you will see a [D] next to these commands. This indicates they are currently disabled. The very top of the command list is a Key indicating what each of these mean [D] - disabled, [R] root access is required, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] foreverinpanama:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

I'm going to have to try this when I am out of work! That's funny
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Got it. So, with the service running and I say "Wake up" and nothing happens, I don't have to worry about draining my battery, right?

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
That's my assumption only!! Ha, try at your own risk. Seriously, just check your battery usage. You'll notice the Icon in the status bar has a different color too. So if you notice high battery drain, just turn the feature off.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

The icon is normally blue, which I assume means the service is running. I did see a red icon once. I don't know what I did to cause that or what made it change back to blue, but I haven't seen it since.

EDIT: never mind, figured it out. Turning on wake up mode now works from settings, and the icon turns red (I don't think it did before, but I've been playing with this thing so much I can't remember, lol).

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] Adizzzle:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

It totally works on both mine, and my girlfriend's phone.

Its worth a good laugh though, I really didn't expect any response or action when I was randomly swearing at Utter. But lone behold. :p

:beer: "We can't stop here, this is Bat Country!" :beer:
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
It seems II can answer my own question re: bluetooth. Utter works over the air, but it is not listening using the 'headset' microphone. I think Eva had an option as to which microphone you would like to use, that would be a nice feature.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

HaHa! Brilliant!

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
There's also an Easter Egg you can access. Start utter listening and say "Easter Egg". You'll see an image of an egg appear and utter will ask you for the password (I don't know what the password is though...) ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Darkfeather:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Hi again! I'm having the best time reading in this forum! Who would have ever thought?? You guys are all pretty smart and seem to know what you are doing in regards making utter work for you. I am definitely having fun but am still stuck when it comes to trying to figure out how to have it read my last text message. I'm using Handcent SMS and have ticked the box, lower priority in the application settings as Ben pointed out. When I ask utter to read my last message, it says "Sorry, I don't appear to have any recent message data." She says this no matter if I disable Handcent and just use my native text app, I've even tried being in the app when I ask the command. Is there some crucial step that I am missing here? I'm sorry to be a pest. I'm using a stock Galaxy Nexus with 4.1.1. Thanks in advance for any help!
[Android Apps and Games] Adizzzle:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

I found the first password! XDA Developers

:beer: "We can't stop here, this is Bat Country!" :beer:
[Android Apps and Games] ewingr:
Just tried it. It did come up with the option to select Utter. I did that and said to use all the time. That does work, although the icon is still a G. No big deal.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

That Ben is a sly fox. :D

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Glad you're having fun! I'm not sure what might be causing your issue. I don't have Handcent. Hopefully someone on this forum has it and hopefully can help.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
WHOA! Lots of posts! Just reading through them now. Will be back with snippets and answers shortly!
[Android Apps and Games] Adizzzle:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

It seems as though the first easter egg password doesn't work on my girlfriend's S3. We both have tried numerous times. Works fine on my phone oddly enough.

:beer: "We can't stop here, this is Bat Country!" :beer:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Reading through, I think most of the questions have been answered! Thanks to those who've helped, appreciated as always.

Hopefully other manufacturers will follow suit as from what I've done it appears to be in the Jelly Bean source code. So surprised it has yet to appear on other devices. Still a two button press solution, but better than nothing!

This was reported a while back and I think it turned out to be the sensitivity of shake-to-wake being set high enough to detect the vibrate of an incoming message alert etc. Could that be it? If it happens again, could you go to the Running Application Settings and see which services are active please. Hoping the buttons in the app aren't fibbing about what is and isn't active....

Thanks as always GLDavis, and for your help for others. Yes to the call back - I like it :good: Don't know why I didn't think of it! The punctuation should be part of GVS, so should work and remain untouched. Driving mode will indeed include the 'would you like to reply' functionality - I'll build it all in at the same time. Memory issues are really no fun :(

Welcome to the forum! :cowboy: I think other users answered most of your questions - If I've missed anything, let me know.

If you can make this happen again, I'd love to know how you do it.... Sounds like I'm leaking an activity which would certainly explain a few things memory wise! Well, actually it wouldn't... but it sort of would! I know that only made sense to me :cyclops:

You have been busy! :D

I think the question has been answered, but to clarify, the red icon denotes permanent listening - It should activate when you say 'wake up' and then the permanent recognition will stop. Until I've perfected it, I'll leave it as this for now. Once it's working well, it will go back into permanent listening mode again once the command is complete...

It will kill your battery and will use a lot of data - I haven't had time to test just how much yet though I'm afraid....

Thanks, need to have a big play around with this to see if it varies from headset to headset, device to device, OS to OS, male to female, chicken to egg.

I think I'm tired.

Me! I love it here! :laugh:

Not a pest, please ask away. Could you try texting yourself please and see if utter! gets the message data then? Let me know!

:victory:

Thanks for confirming. I'm wondering if I have to provide some specific icon to replace it... I'll add it to the list!

Thanks again folks! Currently in a world of a memory woes....

By the way, has anyone got a negative opinion about the ads (you can hit me with it)? Are the ones in the dialogs etc too much?? Or should I just push it out to the Play Store and wait for the 1* hate ratings?! :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for letting me know - The S3 is my nemesis.... Get so many reports from users of random things not working...

Could you enable visual results for me please and just check that it's not returning something random? Google Voice Search will return different voice results on different devices used by different people, differently. Yup.
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Probably everyone knows this but if I enable utter by mistake and it is too weird to say Cancel (let's say I am in a meeting and I activated utter by mistake due to a lame launcher gesture), I can always hit the utter notification to kill it, right. That's what it does right now. I am asking if that's the intended outcome of tapping the utter notification while it is listening.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
It is indeed the desired behaviour, although I'm not sure I've actually ever pointed it out before... If you accidentally activate it, then you can deactivate it in the same way - a shake or button press etc will shut it up!

EDIT: Latest test build can be found in my signature or here
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
By the way, has anyone got a negative opinion about the ads (you can hit me with it)? Are the ones in the dialogs etc too much?? Or should I just push it out to the Play Store and wait for the 1* hate ratings?! :crying:[/QUOTE]

Ben,

I've never rooted and therefore put up with ads for a lot of the apps I've tested and it's never been a real issue with me. It's the rooters I think that hate the ads more than anyone...that's why they rooted so they can have control of their phones. I don't use the menu much since I have most of my settings in place now.

So...to all the newbies out there since we're all having fun...are you finding the ads intrusive to the point of being detrimental to the success of the app? Please be frank and go have some more fun!!!

Thanks!:good:
[Android Apps and Games] will182:
easter egg

Second password is Ben Randall
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I've coded a way to just enable ads whilst the user is in the application and disable them again (restore their original blocks) when they exit. Perhaps I could put up a dialog if I detect they are blocking them and ask them kindly to temporarily enable to support the development - appeal to their better nature! If they hit the decline button, I'll send them into boot loops! :EVIL:

I clearly made these too easy! Well, until the hunt begins....... :cryptic:
[Android Apps and Games] guy4jesuschrist:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

I was gonna post this a few hours ago, but just now remembered to do it. Glad I read through the posts first, so as not to look stupid, haha.

I tried "utter", "Google Android", and "Android" for the 3rd password, to no avail. Was trying to go with what seemed to be the pattern of the first two passwords...birth of utter! and things related to the environment it exists in, but maybe I'm going in the wrong direction? :P
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Ben,

Re: ads. I'm the type who, if I like an app and therefore use it a lot, would prefer to pay for an ad-free version. That being said, if these ads get you to the endgame sooner, that's cool with me. As GLDavis says, once you get everything configured, you're not in the menu that much anyway. I wouldn't worry too much about putting people off. Your product is too good. :)

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] Unsanityinc:
Brandall,

The Utter app is now appearing on my gs3 task manager (when holding the home button, and I can close it from there). It took around a half hour after switching from the Play Store App, to the Beta version on here, that it began working properly. Needless to say, it fixed itself eventually.

Ads have never bothered me on any device as long as they are not popping up in my notification bar, I don't like that..

To the person who is having trouble with HANDCENT SMS. Once I deleted GoSMS, it took me 2 restarts and a couple text messages sent to my from other phones before Utter began working properly with "reading the last text message". Simply disabling GoSMS and using the default messaging app on my phone did not work for me either. I had to permanently delete GoSMS. Not sure what your willing to do, but that's all that seemed to help for me. Resetting your phone, and I've been using Advanced Mobile Care (free play store) seems to really improve things. Good Luck.
[Android Apps and Games] lncoln:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

About ads...

I personally don't like them...especially when they take up 1/3 of the screen, or hinder the function of the app you're tryin out. Your's are not bad at all...since they're only in the settings menu, and don't get in the way.

I do use ad blocking software, and don't believe ads should be pushed to my device through an application or any other means.

However, I do realize the hard work that developers put into their projects...and the fact that most people dont give a **** (save for the ones on this forum). That is why 95% of my apps are donate versions. I've also donated to the devs of the roms I've flashed, and am waiting for the donate version of utter to come out. Or I can just donate to you now, and you can send me a key to remove the ads. :)

This is as honest as I can be.

you're gunna die clown!
[Android Apps and Games] MattTech:
It seems like you've finally added some of my suggestions! I'm loving the latest release right now. Good job and keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
Shake2Wake was also disabled....
[Android Apps and Games] screech_79:
R: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

There is no way to help translate in Italian or some other language !?!?

I like very much your work !!! Continue this way ! You're great !!! :cool:

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Sorry for my english, I'm Italian.

Send from Xperia Arc S CM 4.1.2

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un OT tira l'altro!!

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[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
The only thing about ads that bother me are when they continually flash on the application screen becoming very distracting or when the ad is placed too close to a button that you have to press to perform a function in the application (like a save button for example) causing you to accidentally click on it all the time.

The ads in utter! don't fall into either of these categories.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
FYI-I just sent you a PM.
[Android Apps and Games] will182:
I tried the exact same thing :)
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Ok, I am a couple days behind on post so I hope this hasnt been already answered yet. On my stock VZW Galaxy S3 long press the home key(S3 doesnt have a dedicated search key) the recent apps menu pops up with options for task manager/google/remove all at the bottom. If i select Google it gives me the choice to use google or utter. Then with the option to make this always or just once.

On another I installed latest beta on my tablet. Stock JB on that one and will give the ads preview a try. I seen a question as to how it would display in earlier post.

Great work and thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

I don't find the ads too intrusive.

Sent from my ARCHOS 101G9
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Just did some testing of the text function. It works well with the stock message app, but not Google Voice. When asked if I want to proof read, I'm given the choice of which app to open. The stock app shows the message. Google Voice gets the contact number right, but the text field is blank.

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Ads on tablet

The ads box looks fine on my Xoom, like everyone before me, once the app is configured how you want it, not much reason to be in that part of app and it's really not obtrusive too me. Your dedication and hard work is second to none. Keep up good work and I am happy to have the opportunity to test.