[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Well I tempted fate there... Sorry for my absence - I've no doubt you're all used to my vanishing acts now - but this one was to fix hundreds of bugs and complete some much needed fixes.

I'll put the details of the coming release in the next post. For now, just answer the historic questions - please note, all responses start with 'sorry for the delay in responding' :rolleyes: I'm desperately trying to keep my head above water!

Reliant on Google at the moment I'm afraid. Other providers charge by the character! S Voice doesn't allow third parties to access their voice data. I've no idea why. Perhaps they are being charged per character by Nuance!? The Samsung TTS engine needs to be shot! It's offers none of the latest API compatibility, such as switching voices. I really do wonder what these big companies are playing at sometimes.... :confused:

utter! used to work by toasting the voice interaction. I dropped this in Saiy, as I do plan to use the Assistant Framework for situation where silence is needed. It'll be similar to how the Google Assistant looks now.

Yes please! Any translations that have already been complete, still need an up-vote or two to be approved. So, even if you do that, it would be a great help. There are loads more Strings (speech) to be added soon. As I write, currently 1,391 people translating! I'm very lucky. I also have a lot of emails to keep up with :good::crying::eek:

We're stuck with the beep I'm afraid. There are 'hacks' I could use, but they are hacky! My aim is to move away from Google as soon as....

Thank you for the feedback. The misconfigured sound effect is a very odd one!? Is that still happening? As you'll see from my next post, the latest test build has a complete headset section, including beeps! I'll post more on it shortly!

I hope the latest test build will sort this for you.

No :( I was, but they stopped. Will check my settings in a mo.

I think you sorted the gapps/Assistant combo out :good: To have no intro, just select the custom intro, leave it blank (with use randomly unticked) and press save! That should work.

Did you sort this. It could be a gapps requirement, or an offline language download requirement or a separate Google Play Services update.

In the latest test build, which I'll link to in my next post, has a fix for this in the Superuser Settings. It's named 'wired headset fix', but I'm pretty sure it will solve your issue too.

Unfortunately, Google removed the ability to set an 'allowable silence time' before it threw an error a long time ago. It's very frustrating. When I move away from Google, I will sort this. In the mean time, I'm afraid, whilst reliant on Google, there's nothing I can do to correct this behaviour.

Your wife can use the hotword to activate the app by voice. Could you elaborate a little further on altering the commands please, so I can have a ponder.

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Sorry, could you point out the bit you mean please! Thanks.

I think you'll need to install Tasker to get this working how you want. You could save many playlist names and songs in custom variables and also have some simple music controls (which Tasker handles well by emulating button presses).

I'm sure there are lots of media controlling Tasker profiles out there to get you started, but I've no doubt someone will point you in the right direction if you get stuck. The guide thread is still very active.

Hope you sorted this - there are plenty of widgets and shortcuts you can add from the 'launcher'. Failing that, there's one in the Saiy Settings, which should create it for you (depending on your Android version)

I've added a way to configure this in the latest test build. Post about it coming next!

I updated the Voice Data Receiver a while back - there are separate downloads now here. I probably should have advertised it a bit more :( sorry

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Hundreds of fixes in the latest test build. I hope I've sorted this...

I' was hitting rate limits for the 'free' weather data provider. Fixed that! Fixed the time in command too. Loads of other fixes......