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[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Hi Brandall, thanks for this amazing app. I yet have to test out all its features. I'm glad to finally see an app that does more functional stuff than answering to gimmicky questions. I have yet to try out the browse directory feature. I wished other file browsers were compatible with utter. I installed File Magic, but it has horrible UI, even worse than Tasker. Would it be possible for you to collaborate with the dev of Total Commander? He's a cool guy to work with and has been very prompt and open to suggestions, questions I sent him. Solid Explorer and X-plorer are also one of the best browsers.

Someone might have already requested this. But is a feature planned so that,

(1) .. the "yes master" or "yes <name>" can be replaced by a simple beep/toast even when the phone is not in silent mode?

(2) .. the feedback voice can be chosen to be muted. E.g. it does not need to repeat a confirmation of what's it doing.

Thanks once again. I am excited to see what more this app has to offer; it has already exceeded my expectations (which were set to low after trying about various Siri clones). Good luck with your kickstarter application, I'll chip in my contribution.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Good news - hoping the change from US to US doesn't affect the recognition much... No way of knowing.

+1 thanks meter if you can get me a log. Haven't had an FC report for a while, so very keen to catch it!

Thanks for the feedback :) Pleased that the 'functional' approach is winning through! File Magic's UI is horrible... I was very surprised that no other file explorers appeared to accept an instruction to directly open a directory.

I read about Total Commander being updated yesterday and it's definitely on my list to make contact with, along with ES, Root Explorer etc. I'd made a decision to wait to approach these devs (and many others for many other functions) until Kickstarter was a success (hopefully), as it might go higher on their todo list if they can see it will encourage plenty more users. Right now I don't have that temptation for them. I'll hang in there a little longer before I send over the requests, but the ones you've mentioned I've added to the list. Thank you.

Having a 'no intro' option is on the list to do. I hadn't considered making the responses configurable (confirm success/fail/error/none/toast only etc) - but I'll definitely do that, it's a good idea. Thanks again for the feedback!

EDIT: For anyone joining the back page, the latest test version and release notes can be found in this post
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
Brandall sorry for the uninformative post earlier.. I'm running jellybean 4.1 killerkang cna rom on my gnex. I'll try to get you a logcat soon. But I will say the prior version ran flawless for me.

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Funniest thing. okay so I was getting ready to send a logcat. I figured let me try again just for giggles. And what do you know it works now. Its like utter knew it was about to get in trouble and started acting right.:p No issues now on my end... again lol
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Good news! Bad utter! Let me know if it happens again and we'll try and catch the issue.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
All good?

Anyone found any issues in the latest version? Facebook, Twitter all working ok? I'll whack it on the front page and the Play Store otherwise :cyclops:

Feedback positive or negative welcome!

Latest version can be found here
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Uninstalled last version then reinstalled latest and it says it cannot access the voice settings. This is on stock jelly bean

It does however respond to commands with the settings back to us english

Also I dont have twitter or any other twitter client installed on my xoom with jely bean when i click to authorize utter it force closes. Facebook is ok but i have facebook app installed
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
That's great, thank you. I forgot to update the Jelly Beans settings as they've changed, I'll get that added.

Twitter shouldn't crash even if you don't have an app installed... If you could get me a log I would be very grateful. If you're not sure how, let me know and I'll run you through it.

EDIT: Good news on the US settings. Hoping they've fixed the issue.

EDIT2: For those landing on the back page, the latest test version can be found here

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[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Yea thought there was a setting in utter for log so I need a little assistance
[Android Apps and Games] lookatmenow:
I'm new to your app and I'm wondering if there is a command list for what we can say
[Android Apps and Games] mahootzki:
In middle of all the settings "View command list"

sent from Brooklyn NY using a Galaxy S lll
[Android Apps and Games] lookatmenow:
Thx I don't know how I missed that :(

What about custom commands? Is there a way to set those up
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I took out the logging option as it was a little sketchy....

Check out this post using the app System Tuner http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28065043&postcount=1205

Hopefully that should help you catch the crash details and then hit the feedback option in the app to email it to me or post on here.

Let me know if you can't get it to work and I'll talk you through it on gtalk or something. Thanks meter +1 waiting!

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'm working on the first release of creating custom commands now. Shouldn't be too long until it's out to test.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Don't worry about getting the log, I've managed to replicate the issue. Working on a fix now. Thanks again for reporting it.

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[Android Apps and Games] polakowt:
Any luck with getting Bluetooth headsets to work?

Tom
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Ok, sorry bout that. Fell asleep last nite and stuck at work all day today.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
No worries! I've solved it, so only glad you made me aware of it!

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Sort of... I've set up some logging to toast exactly what button and pattern is detected as being pressed by your headset. It'll be out to test in the next release later or tomorrow. I'll email you the instructions. Thanks in advance!

If anyone else wants to get involved in helping me resolve wired headset and bluetooth headset issues, drop me an email from the link in the app. Thanks.

For back page arrivals, the latest version can be found here
[Android Apps and Games] polakowt:
Great! Will look out for it
[Android Apps and Games] IAmAN00bie:
Is it just me, or is the first page that opens up when you launch the app incredibly sluggish? This has been happening with every test release for awhile now... My phone is the Galaxy Nexus running ParanoidAndroid 2.1 with Franco kernel r250.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for reporting and you are absolutely right. The app is now performing lots of background functions as soon as you try and open it, some of which need responses before the user interface knows what do display.

Other apps get round this by having a 'splash screen' which is on the list to add at some point. The todo list is getting longer and longer!

Btw, how long is it lagging for? About 3 seconds?

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[Android Apps and Games] IAmAN00bie:
Yeah, it lags for like 2-4 seconds. It does die down a bit, but the scrolling isn't like it is in other menus like Settings.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
When you open the app a load of background tasks are kicked off. Your device will be working very hard. It shouldn't effect the UI, but that depends on the hardware of your device and how much processing power you have...

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[Android Apps and Games] Phrodini:
Would have liked to try this out but sadly it doesn't work on my phone, 2.3 gb
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
It should do... What's happening? Is it crashing? Let me know and I'll get you up and running.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.4.9.1A up!

Hey folks, what's new you ask? A couple of things:

Text utter!

I'm going to be adding a lot of advanced security and device recovery features over time (see here for the things I've got scripted from days gone by) but for now I'll start with the basics.

If you receive a text that starts 'utter ', utter! will intercept it.

"utter say testing testing 1 2 3"

"utter do set my sound profile to normal"

So with the above you can get it to remotely perform any function starting with "utter do" or say anything starting with "utter say".

Also:

"utter where are you"

This will grab a GPS location and then load up the browser/maps with the location showing. This is just to test the initial code - of course when I know all is working fine, I'll switch this to utter! texting/emailing the originator all very secretly in the background.

I'll look at retrieving last known location, cell tower or WiFi etc etc in the coming releases.

Continuing on the location theme:

Car locator!

"I've parked my car"

"Where's my car"

For those that can never find their car in a Supermarket car park... problem solved! Bit of a gimmick, but I'm sure someone will find it useful!?

Some speed improvements, UI tweaks, bug fixes:

Twitter authentication crashing (credit shawn13165)

Jelly Bean Voice Search Setting (credit shawn13165)

App sluggish on loading (credit IAmAN00bie), I think I've improved it a little

...and some other stuff that I can't remember because it's 5am here...

For a list of all of the other recent additions since V2.2.4 please see this post. You'll need to uninstall your current version if you're updating from V2.2.4

Thanks meter +1's waiting for your feedback! Thanks in advance as always. :good:

EDIT: There appears to be a Facebook server problem for authenticating apps. Hopefully it will resolve itself soon.
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Another icon :)
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
So just noticed test tab in linked applications... every time I click it utter crashes.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I like! I'll put on the first post. I really need to get a 'theme' sorted for utter! so the main app icon is a little more eye catching and the icons in the app are all of a similar style. Let me know if you want to volunteer!

Oops! That's some testing code that shouldn't be there! Good spot.

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[Android Apps and Games] HunnyBearLewis:
Hey brandall, I really like your app. It works beautifully on my Sensation. Though, I'm having trouble running it on my A500 tablet sporting JB.

The app installs fine and I can open the interface to see commands, toggles, install links, etc. However, when I create a mic shortcut for utter, pressing the button doesn't initiate anything (or at least that I can see/hear). It doesn't seem to reject my spoken input, seems more like it never starts the process at all. I pressed the toggle shake option and felt the tab vibrate but there was no spoken feedback confirming - then proceeded to give it a shake with no reaction after that.

If there is any more info I can get you just let me know. Oh, and I'm running the latest release from earlier today/tonight.

Update: I took a peek at my logs after pressing the utter widget and noticed some relevant things:

Update 2: Checked out my Google TTS settings and found that, completely unrelated to utter, it's broken at the moment. It wouldn't speak back or let me choose the language, eh...so I switched to Pico TTS and though it doesn't sound pretty, it actually opened and recognized my words.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for looking into this and solving it. It's so frustrating that the 'isSpeakingFailed' messages that appear in the logcat aren't sent back to the app - I could at least handle it in the form of a toast to warn you that something was wrong then...

I assume the A500 JB ROM is a custom one?

There's the 'Install Voice Engines' link in the app that will take you to IVONA and SVOX links- Pico TTS is horrible! But IVONA is buggy and laggy and SVOX also has a few bugs and is only a trial.. Hope you can get the Google Engine working.

Ps. Killing the Google Voice Engine sometimes brings it back to life - depends if you are rooted though to what level you can murder it...
[Android Apps and Games] IAmAN00bie:
The latest build you posted did improve the sluggish feeling upon loading up. Also I think one thing that jellybean users can do is going to the app settings for utter and disabling notifications. This gets rid of the icon but keeps utter alive still in the background, at least that's what happens with widget locker.
[Android Apps and Games] freak4dell:
Wow, it seems like I've missed a lot in the past couple of months. I need to start testing this again.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I need to have a good look at the new Jelly Bean notifications as there's seems to be a few errors kicking around where a foreground app will not get murdered by Android if the permanent notification is removed. I believe the ability to do this is a bug and will be corrected soon. There's conflicting info though. I'll let you know when I work it out. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Glad to hear it!

Features are piling in now!

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[Android Apps and Games] will182:
Alarm problem

Hi Brandall,

Sorry if this has already been asked but I can't seem to get the alarm function to work. When I ask it to set an alarm, I get the reply "that's done for you", a window opens with the title "alarm" at the top, but the rest of the screen is black, and no alarm is set.

I've got an unrooted SGS2 4.0.3, T-mobile UK.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
That's a new one, so appreciate you reporting. I'll investigate.

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[Android Apps and Games] reddead66:
why are few commands disababled and sometimes it says "recogniser is busy.please wait" :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
The disabled commands are the ones that will be appearing very soon, they are just not quite up to scratch yet...

The recogniser is busy error is my most hated error! It's when Google Voice Search is waiting on the results being returned from the server, it just sits there waiting, refusing to time out and there's nothing I can do about it... So frustrating.

I'm working on a fix to try and get around it. In the mean time, it's a case of killing Google Voice Search in a task manager... Not good.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Twitter bug?

Hi folks, can anyone replicate a crash when trying to link to twitter? I've had a report of this but all is fine on my devices. In the linked applications tab press the 'tap here to authorise' twitter button. +1 thanks meter waiting if someone could get me a log.

Really want to get this latest version up on the Play Store so I can concentrate on the custom command creation, it's ready to test! :eek:

For back page landers, the latest test version can be found here
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
How to get a log using System Tuner

This post is to help anyone who is new or unsure of how to catch the logcat output. It's pretty easy once you know how and also a good thing to know to keep an eye on what's going on under the bonnet of your device.

Download and install the free app System Tuner - it's a beast of an app.

When you open it, there is a 'Logs' button, press it. You'll now be presented with what is happening under the hood whilst your device appears to be doing nothing.

The entries are colour coded, red and orange being errors and warnings and this can often be the first step to diagnosing any issues on your device from troublesome apps. You would expect the log to be relatively 'quiet' when nothing is happening on your device, if it isn't, then it's worth taking a look at which applications are for some reason 'busy'...

Press the 'filter button' to see how you can narrow down the results you are seeing. To filter by what utter! is up to, click on 'Running application' and select com.brandall.nutter.

You can press the 'clear' button before/afterwards to start a fresh in the output.

To get a log for a developer, you can most simply just hit the 'save' button, which will export the full log output to the external storage and you can then email this. The log can sometimes contain private information, so it's often best to email this directly to a trusted developer, rather than post it in a thread for the world to see. If you're happy with the content, you can copy and paste it [coade] wrapping it in quotes [/coade] obviously spelt code not coade...

which looks like this and is scrollable, so it doesn't take up too much space

To get a more precise log (which makes it a little easier for the developer!), you could:

1) Press the clear button

2) Filter the log by the application package name (com.brandall.nutter)

3) Navigate to utter! using the app switcher (long press home), to make sure System Tuner is hopefully left running.

4) Replicate the crash

5) Return to System Tuner via the app switcher.

6) Give the log a moment to update and hopefully you'll see the red errors appear.

7) Save and email!

Sometimes the log won't update because the app (utter!) has been killed in the crash. If this is the case, you have the option to find utter! under the filter 'Killed application'. If it's not there, then filter 'verbose' will return to the full output where the error will be showing somewhere in the mass of log entries. Save and email that.

Once you've done the above a couple of times, it really is a one minute job thereafter to grab a log for any app/developer, which is often the only way we can diagnose a problem correctly.

Hope this has helped.

EDIT: My email is benrandall76 AT gmail DOT COM
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Hi..

Silly question, but has anyone got wave to wake to work on a galaxy s2 ?

If I wave much more I am at risk of either getting rsi or going blind. :)

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
LOL! You can't sue me ;)

It does take a little practice to get the rhythm right... Perhaps a YouTube rhythm speed demo is needed!?

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.5A up!

Hey folks, it might just be my peculiar voice search habits (with my mass of random testing), but the problem of multiple commands being detected was getting really annoying... When I'd say 'Turn on Bluetooth', I was getting the following in the voice results:

Turn off Bluetooth

Turn on WiFi

Call turn on Bluetooth

Text turn on Bluetooth

This was making utter! have a baby. So, I had no choice but to redesign the core detection algorithm :( Not happy about having to mess with such a thing so close to the Kickstarter release (whenever they approve it!), but at least for my usage it was needed.

EDIT: If you're interested to see what utter! gets back from the Google Servers, to decipher a known command, 'enable visual results' will show you the full results list. 'Disable visual results' turns it off afterwards.

So, nothing new to add since this post and this post , but a major background change, which should in theory be faster too!

Would really really appreciate a whiz through of the commands from you to make sure I haven't broken anything so I can get it on the Play Store.

A check of the Facebook, Twitter and Dropbox authorisation in the Linked Applications tab would be appreciated too. Dropbox integration is ready to test, but want to get this version out of the way first. Command creation is finally also ready to test!!

New toys to play with soon!

+1 thanks meter waiting!

And of course my appreciation as always.

BUGS

IVONA - it is just one giant bug. Use it at your own risk!

SVOX - since the most recent update it's been crashing quite a bit. If you're trying to start utter! but nothing is happening, kill SVOX in a task manager.

Wave-to-wake - some users are reporting that this is giving them RSI. Beware!

Alarms - haven't caught the blank screen bug as yet...

See the linked posts above for some other issues with CM9/10/Jelly Bean and just Android in general...

EDIT2: I got tired with being so picky about the Play Store releases - It's an Alpha build after all! I've upgraded to V2.2.5A and whacked it on there!

YOU NEED TO UNINSTALL V2.2.4.X VERSIONS BEFORE INSTALLING THIS ONE!

Right, I'm going to grab some sleep before I wake up to an inbox of bug reports! :eek:

EDIT3: Please can you install from the Play Store here if possible, rather than the link below. Gives the option to auto report crashes then without doing anything. Also, feel free to give a good rating! :) Left the link there in case some don't have access to the Play Store..?
[Android Apps and Games] ttamirt:
Couldn't authorize twitter.

When i press authorize app button utter said successfully authorized. but Force Close or Report popup msg box appeared. and utter is stopped.

rooted htc vision, cm7 latest nightly build, utter 2.2.5.A installed from play store.
[Android Apps and Games] IAmAN00bie:
This is a very powerful app for Android enthusiasts. However, without support for asking basic questions that one would Google search, I feel like it won't reach a very large audience. Competitors like the recently released Maluuba are creeping up your doorstep in this department. I know that you are working on this and that it is a planned feature, but I was wondering if this feature would be enabled soon for testing? :p
[Android Apps and Games] switchgott:
Question:

Does utter now work offline, i mean withount internet connection???

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for reporting, I got the log on the Play Store. Could you try two things for me when you get a moment please:

1) Say 'tweet' and see if utter! allows the command. This will let me know if the authorisation was successful despite the error. Otherwise it will redirect you to the Link Apps tab.

2) Clear the utter! app data in the Android Application settings and then try the authorisation again to see if you can replicate or if it was a glitch in the Matrix...

EDIT: How are your device date and time settings configured? Are they automatic by your network provider?

Thanks meter +1 waiting

I hear you and agree. Knowledge base and translation is working on my device, but they use premium API calls. I need the funding from Kickstarter, then I can remove the one line of code from the app and it's there to use! Very soon hopefully to answer your question....

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[Android Apps and Games] edjm711:
Also Eva virtual assistant is an excellent app with tons of capability. Its only limitation is that you have to be specific with commands. I have high hopes for this app. It seems like the one that will be possibly the perfect assistant for android.
[Android Apps and Games] Hamletiano:
Hi all,

Brandall, you will create an awesome app!!! :)

if help required with translations,maybe i could give a hand with spanish and french...
[Android Apps and Games] ironnius:
Bumping for an awesome app, hope to see a public test build soon
[Android Apps and Games] RubenRybnik:
Double bump ;) Also hope to see a public test soon ... that video is pimp!
[Android Apps and Games] floridatank:
+1 for the test!!
[Android Apps and Games] szihs:
Beta

count me in too .+1
[Android Apps and Games] vladrak:
If you need help with translating it to other languages let me know. I can translate it to Bulgarian!
[Android Apps and Games] Ditti4:
I can translate it to German. :)
[Android Apps and Games] joaor10:
+1, and I can translate it to Portuguese!
[Android Apps and Games] Number R09:
i can translate to redneck

ie:

the current temperature is 26.8 degrees Fahrenheit. > translates to > Friggincoldout

continue 1.7 miles, proceed through the intersection, your destination will be on the left. > translates to > go down the road for a bit, when you get to the intersection take a straight, the place you lookin for is on that side of the road (gestures with thumb).
[Android Apps and Games] sushigeezer:
App looks promising but if there would be an option for different speech mods .... awesome.

my call would be Boris Johnson :D