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[Android Apps and Games] rlmiller:
Brandall, are you still looking for testers?

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[Android Apps and Games] mikaselm:
a) Voice engine: I use default google on my tab and but currently use the dragon go for my phone, and prefer the nuance engine.

b)Search engines: I use google exclusively.

c) I've tried about every other voice app on the market. When searching, I think that an in-app list of results is more useful and feels more integrated than loading up the google page. For me, I would like to be able to say "set alarm for 7am" or "wake me up in 15 minutes," And I've never seen a voice assistant that's up to the task. I like the idea for a mute button, searching by voice is nice, but I do it at work a lot, and I don't like the readback.

Last thought: I'm not exactly rich, but I'd be happy to donate to a kickstarter project.
[Android Apps and Games] RubenRybnik:
A.) Use SVOX, PICO or Ivona ... To me, the voice engine really doesn't matter, it's nice to have a natural sounding voice repeat back to me, but base functionality is more important.

B.) Also use Google exclusively, but also agree on having results in the app is the best solution, popping up a browser with my search terms is not very helpful and plenty of other apps do it.

C.) Also agree ... to me the best thing about this app is the ability to control your phone, setting alarms, sending texts, launching other apps, getting directions to launch automatically in another app, etc... Basically what you showed in your video.

From your video it seems like you got exactly the frame of mind on what I'm thinking would make the best voice assistant out currently. As for in app search results, I've been using Evi for the past couple weeks, currently that is the best app search engine out I think ... Results are pretty good, it has a long way to go, but it's on the right track.

Also Evi can't control any apps on your phone which, like I said, I think is the main point of a voice assistant.

I'm on the Samsung Galaxy II Epic 4G Touch on Sprint if you need testers...
[Android Apps and Games] lws803:
Hmm hows progress with utter by far? When will you release it?
[Android Apps and Games] roddygonzo17:
Hey brandall, I have been following this thread since you released the teaser video early in January. It looks like it would surpass siri in every aspect. I seen that you needed testers for different devices, ROMs, kernels, etc. and if you need someone for the OG Samsung Epic 4g Please PM me. Thanks for your hard work and dedication on this app.
[Android Apps and Games] le0.br4zuc4:
I'm ready to test this out ... I have a Galaxy Nexus LTE, HTC Thunderbolt - Transformer Prime and Original Transformer
[Android Apps and Games] edjm711:
I'm also interested in testing. Motorola Xoom rooted, HTC rezound stock, thunderbolt bamf rom, Droid x with dark slide, galaxy nexus stock, and Droid razr stock.
[Android Apps and Games] RubenRybnik:
Haven't seen a post from the Dev in some time ... wonder where the application is at development wise, if it's even close to testing ... lots of interest, would be a shame if this great app / idea goes untested for months...
[Android Apps and Games] mistermentality:
He posted about three days ago, from his posts here it seems its not at testing stage yet but will be soon.

It isn't important when its tested, much as I agree it would be great to have it to test as soon as possible, I think the developer is right to want it released when more polished as first thing would happen otherwise is reviewers would criticise its quality and it would be treated harshly as a result.

Great looking app though, could and should make the developer some well deserved money for his efforts.

Dave
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Unfortunately not. But I have a cunning plan for JellyBean devices...

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[Android Apps and Games] switchgott:
THEN YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!

This would realy realy cool!!!
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Tried linking Google+ and Drive and both say disabled. This feature not available yet? Other than that no issues to report.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for the feedback! They are not ready to test yet no :( Soon... ish...

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.5.1A up!

Nothing exciting, just caught a force close at app start up and a Twitter authentication crash (credit ttamirt). Play Store updated.

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] sk842018:
OP answered in email. Thx
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Hi Brandall, I uninstalled the latest 2.2.4x version on my phone and then tried installing 2.2.5.1 from Play Store but I kept getting the error "Incompatible update".

So I am installing using the apk provided in this thread.

UPDATE: I resolved this issue by,

1. restoring the uninstalled app using Titanium

2. converting its status from system app to user app (using Titanium)

3. uninstalling it again

4. reinstalling via Play Store
[Android Apps and Games] HunnyBearLewis:
Hey, just wanted to report that I successfully authorized Dropbox through utter.
[Android Apps and Games] will182:
Alarm problem

Hi Brandall,

Just updated from google play and the alarm works now. However when I ask it to set an alarm using hours only, no matter what number I use it will only set it to 12 hours, and when I ask using hours + minutes or minutes only, it works however it adds 1 minute to the time so 1 hour 5 minutes becomes 1 hour 6 minutes.

Loving the app so far though, looking forward to kickstarter.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Good work and thanks for sharing the solution. It appears there are a few files left kicking around that have the test signature attached to them. Sticking to the same signature now, so hope the problem won't happen again.

Great, thank you. The usage of Dropbox will appear very soon!

Good spot! Thanks for reporting - Glad the alarms started working sort of though! I can replicate, so I'll work on a fix. Think I see the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
What does level 1 mean in the notification bar. Just saw this and it struck my interest. :eek: Is there a level 2? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
It was actually a test feature of mine that I decided to leave in. Once utter! starts to learn more about you it increases. None of those features are active yet though! So you're stuck on AI level one for now!

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[Android Apps and Games] codesplice:
Which AI Level is the Skynet level?
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
OK that's awesome!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
:) That would be AI: T-1000

It's working on my test devices! :D
[Android Apps and Games] ttamirt:
1. 'tweet' command works. I can post tweets on twitter

2. cleaning data didn't help. still FC message pops up, even though it said 'authentication successful'

3. I usually set my date, time manually. I've set it to 'automatic' and tried, but still same error msg.

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Ok, got the latest version v2.2.5.1.A from play store and it authorizes wihtout any problem.

one more problem about alarm. I can't set alarm properly.

what ever time i say it sets alarm exactly in 23 hours 59 minutes or 11 hours 59 minutes from the moment i say 'alarm'!

is utter not understanding my accent? :(
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks again and glad to hear the Twitter issue is resolved. The alarm problem is entirely my fault and I've fixed it ready for the next version, which will be out in a few hours. Couple more bugs to solve first!
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Sure I can try! :D

I can sure help you wuth the app icon but I can only start in the second week of october.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.5.2A up!

Hey folks, just a few bug fixes again. Credit will182 and ttamirt for pointing out the alarm error. Sorry if you've reported a bug, I've fixed but not mentioned you - lack of sleep is making me a little forgetful! Appreciated of course.

A more exciting release is coming very soon! Honest... Just need to catch all of the bugs that are being reported and then we'll have some command creating fun! Whoop! :cyclops:
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
I tried almost all commands (various settings, toggling stuff on/off, time, weather, reboot, launch <app>, etc). But for some reason, it is not understanding when I say "kill Facebook" or "kill <any app>" for that matter. Is the kill command working for you?
[Android Apps and Games] ttamirt:
thank god, it isn't just me. kill command isn't working for me either. haven't tried it in 2.2.5.2A yet.
[Android Apps and Games] ~kyle:
The kill command works for me although sometimes it has a hard time understanding what app I'm saying. But I'm still using the IVONA UK English voice engine so I'm not sure if there's a conflict with my southern US accent. ;)

I'm on the latest version from the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Ok brandall,

Getting Utter to do or say things by txt message is great, but I hope you are going to install a setting for the user to disable that function if they want to.

Since I gave my friend the latest copy of Utter, my phone has taken on a life of its own. :)

It is amusing at first to have it suddenly say something, or the settings panel or a game suddenly open. But I have to admit, the novelty is fast wearing off.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for your testing. One thing I haven't done is narrow down the kill app results by just the applications that are actually running, either in the foreground or as a background process/cached. That should help, it'll get it included. Also, non-root killing I've nearly finished too.

Thank you all for confirming. Can you 'enable visual results' and see if Google is hearing you all correctly, or if it is something in my code.

If the word 'kill' is causing a problem, I may have to add 'murder' as an option too!?

LOL! Ok, I can see how that might start to wear a little thin! I'm going to include a 4 digit code you choose that must be included in the remote texts, so not just anyone can activate it! In the mean time, I'll add an option to disable it completely in the next release.

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[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Cheers....that will probably not only save my friendship, but also save my friend a costly operation to retrive his phone. :D

Sent from my Galaxy SII
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Haha! I hope you told him that via utter/text :D

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[Android Apps and Games] ~kyle:
It understands that I'm trying to kill "something", it just misunderstands which app I'm trying to kill. I just tried "Kill Waze" and utter! replied, "One moment please...killed SwiftKey3, it was the closest match". I tried again and it replied, "One moment please...killed WiFi Tether, it was the closest match".

Neither of those two apps were active so it might help when you narrow down the results by just the applications that are running as you mentioned.

The visual results in both instances came back as "keel ways" and "kiel ways" (screenshot attached).
[Android Apps and Games] ~kyle:
I just tried again and it worked. Interestingly enough this time the visual results came back as "kill ways" and "keel ways".
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Good work, thank you. It's something I've been meaning to sort for a while, as I'm running the app search against all installed apps - not a good implementation.

I'm pretty sure the existing app algorithm will nail it when I only search through the running apps. I'll try and get it into the next update.

Just one thing to note, apps like the Play Store actually have an application name of 'Google Play Store' despite what it says in your launcher list. I've no idea how many other applications out there differ in this way. My only choice is to hard code those names which is a bit rubbish...
[Android Apps and Games] armyofpunk:
Amazing app! Great work. I've been playing with it all day. Thanks for all your hard work, I can't wait for the ai level to start increasing ( when its active of course ;) ) thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Hi Brandall,

With the utter say txts, is it possible to have Utter remember the last txt and be able repeate it if asked?

It is anoying to have the phone say something when you wern't expecting it and not catch what it said and have no way to find out.

Cheers

Sent from my Galaxy SII
[Android Apps and Games] codesplice:
Hmm, a "repeat last" command could definitely be handy.
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for the feedback guys. Just to confirm, you mean like a 'pardon' or 'say that again' command to repeat what utter said last?

'Read my recent/last 3 text messages' is coming soon, but I don't think you meant that?

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[Android Apps and Games] lncoln:
+1 on the "pardon". Have utter respond with something like..."I'm sorry, let me repeat that for you".

asstastic!
[Android Apps and Games] HunnyBearLewis:
Another vote for the "pardon" idea but with variations accepted like:

"Can you repeat/say that again?" - "Sure...[what utter said]"

"Pardon?" - "I said..."

I mean honestly whatever you choose I won't complain because it's been great so far. Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] lncoln:
Agreed. But a smartass response would be even better. Lol.

Like..."pay attention now", "shall I speak plain english?", or "did I studder"?

asstastic!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Great thank you, I shall build that in gradually over the coming releases. "Are you deaf d*ck head?" shall be included! Perhaps... :D
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.5.3A up!

Ok folks, this is another Play Store release with mainly bug fixes including activating utter! by clicking the permanent notification (credit CarsnGadgets). I've got reports of a force close when the app first opens and on boot, which I cannot get to the bottom of or replicate (as usual). If anyone does experience this, please do let me know and I shall increase your thanks meter handsomely!

What's new:

* New note

* New Voice note

They both use Evernote so you'll need this installed first. If you have a different favourite note taking application, let me know what it is and I'll see if I can make it compatible.

I will create my own versions of notes at some point - it's on the growing to-do list.

* 'Kill + app name' is now available to non-rooted devices.

I've also improved the algorithm so it only looks for running processes before killing something! Credit ~kyle

Note: If your device is rooted, I've continued to kill the processing using root as it's more murdersome! I think that's a word? If you aren't rooted, Android will prevent the foreground application from being killed, so if you're asking utter! to kill the app you're currently using, it won't work.

Also, keep in mind that some applications (such as utter!) are set to immediately come back to life if they die, so if they are still appearing in your Task Manager, it doesn't mean the command didn't work! Honest!

* I've disabled the 'text utter!' feature until it becomes useful, to prevent friends abusing you remotely!

First command creation release is coming later today! Please control your excitement!!
[Android Apps and Games] codesplice:
I just tried the Spell command for the first time ("spell a n t i d i s e s t a b l i s h m e n t a r i a n i s m"). Very quick response, but the reply is given way too quickly. There's no way I could process the response. I like that utter also copies the word to the clipboard, but it seems to put spaces between the letters. Still, very cool. Definitely an instance where a "say again" command would be useful.
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
Notice the same thing bout the speed of reading the letters! But still very impressive response time!

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Extremely excited for command creation today!! :D:D:D

:cool::cool:
[Android Apps and Games] codesplice:
Also, I've recently become a fan of the Catch notes application. It would be really nice to see Tasker integrate with that app as well as evernote.

Hmm... will the custom command creation allow us direct access to various third party application intents? I suppose we can always do that through a Tasker task but it could be cool to handle natively if it wouldn't add too much fat.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks guys - I'll remove the spaces from the clipboard entry so it can be pasted properly. The 'pardon' command should be out in the next release.

Catch notes looks very good. I'll hopefully get it built into the next release too. Thanks for bring it to my attention.

The command creation does have an intent picker, so yes, anything on your device will be available.

Typing up the release post now!
[Android Apps and Games] codesplice:
You're my hero brandall.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thank you thank you :D
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.5.3.1A up! COMMAND CREATION! WHOOP!

Hey folks, so here we go... it's command creation time!

Say 'create a command' and utter! will ask you 'what you want the command to do'.

Now, here's the boring bit (BOOOO :( ), I've only enabled the response 'display a contact'

Why? It's because this particular commands tests all of the functionality that the other commands will use when they are being created - multitasking and multiple database use etc etc. There's a lot of data being chucked around and temporarily stored etc...

As soon as I get the nod from you all that the process is working successfully, I'll release more creation options. Being boring like this, I can narrow down errors very quickly.... Sorry! :rolleyes:

You'll get to pick the custom phrase and the responses you get on success or failure.

The custom phrase will of course be what utter! hears twice - At the end, you'll get the command summarised for you. If the command phrase you said doesn't match the words you said, then hopefully that's job done, as utter! is using what is heard (by Google) rather than what you said! I'm not quite sure how I'll be able to 'explain' this easily to users....

Once the command is set, saying the custom phrase should display the contact.

Editing and deleting and a manual interface to do this will also be available soon.

Ok, let me know how you get on!

Thanks in advance as always.
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
OK so at first I was trying to just shorten how I would generaly have it open a contact but I left off the last name but every time it just did open contacts instead of

"Open contact Anna."

They are close but then I changed the con and word to banana and it worked like a charm!
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
sorry a little slow in getting back to you, been a rough day..

Yep..definitely a pardon or say that again.

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] HunnyBearLewis:
Okay here is what I tried so far:

-Told utter! to "create command" of "display contact" (obviously, lol)

-It recognized command and asked which contact.

-I said "Rachel", and the command to open contact info was simply "Open contact Rachel".

-Confirm

-Set successful response to "Opening contact" and failed as "Failed"

-With visual results enabled I could see it heard everything correctly and that was confirmed when it read the command and responses back to me.

= "Open contact Rachel"....and it came back with "Open contacts is the closest match."

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Then I tried again with someone who I have both a first and last name stored for.

-Told utter! to "create command" of "display contact"

-It recognized command and asked which contact.

-I said "Curtis Mc#####", and the command to open contact info was simply "Open contact Curtis Mc######".

-Confirm

-Set successful response to "Success" and failed as "Failed"

-With visual results enabled I could see it heard everything correctly and that was confirmed when it read the command and responses back to me.

= "Open contact Curtis Mc#####"....and it came back with "Success."

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So for it to work better the contact info needs both first and last names? Just a thought. Hope this helps. Will update with more later.
[Android Apps and Games] lncoln:
With this custom command feature, would it be possible to assign a "hotword" to activate utter? Rather than clicking on the notification, widget, or long pressing the search button?

It would be more than awesome if you could just say "utter? (Or the word you set)" and it responds "yes master (or whatever you set)" ready to go.

asstastic!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Hope all is ok. I've built it in and will be available in the next release due shortly

hmmm... I think I need to give you the option to display your custom command phrases, to ensure they are being set correctly. The inbuilt commands, such as 'open contacts' will only be activated if no match has been made when running through your custom phrases. At least that's how it's supposed to work. Thanks for the report, I'll check my logic and knock up a way of showing custom commands in the floating window.

Thanks for the feedback, it's seems a similar issue to eisenbathb. When you told utter the contact was 'Rachel' it should have told you if that contact could not be found, or there was more than one option. So, that must have been set correctly. Again, it's the custom phrase of 'Open contact Rachel' that appears to have not matched... As above, I'll get some visual feedback enabled to see where the problem is.

It's definitely something that will be built in eventually, but right now the solutions out there involve substantial battery drain. When Google Now is hacked a little more, or actually publishes its code for the offline recognition to support developers, then this will be the best solution. Until then, it remains on the to-do list...
[Android Apps and Games] CarsnGadgets:
Hi Brandall,

I have just installed the play store version after uninstalling the previous one I had.

I now do not have a notification icon at all? I get the mic there when utter is listening,

but nothing when the phone is idle?

sorry.

edit: It seems to work fine side loaded onto my Nexus 7, the widget is there in notifications, but definitely not on the stock ICS SGS2 even if I reinstall it?
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Utter + Bluetooth (hands free device)

Brandall,

I use a hands free device in the car (Blueant S4).

Will utter be able to hear my commands through this device or maybe in the future?
[Android Apps and Games] Diskb0x:
Grats on the new release Brandall, it's looking really good now.

I've had a quick skim through posts but haven't seen any mention of the parking function not working. I can get it to record (I think as I can't see the coords) where the car is parked but it doesn't do anything when I try to locate said car other than say you "you parked here or something like that".

Any ideas? If you need some logs let me know and I'll try and grab some tonight for you.

Ta,

Diskbox
[Android Apps and Games] acunn1:
I tried to download the latest version from the Market, get "installation failed, product not properly signed". When I tried to load the latest apk file I get "application not installed" but no explanation. Phone HTC Evo 4G rooted, using stock ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
You may have to uninstall the older version and reinstall the new from the market or the download from here.
[Android Apps and Games] hackgoogle:
I have the nightly of cm10 on jellybean on my s3 and even after setting the voice search to English (UK), I get no replies from the assistant. I can tell however, that this took a lot of work and I would like to thank you for it. This outmatches Siri IMO.

EDIT: Got it fixed, stupidity on my part. Looks like I changed the wrong voice settings. It is the one linked from utter, not the Language and Input settings.