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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Caller ID-testing

Hi Ben!!

Thanks for this...really appreciate the hard work.

I've tested the Caller ID function..only with contacts thus far and here's what I get-

1. Couple of rings, then it announces caller-works great.

2. When I request to answer...Utter shows "fetching...then computing" and nothing happens.

3. Looks as though it's going out to the net to the google servers?

4. Just assuming that can be eliminated and execute locally on the device?

5. When I request to reject, Utter answers OK, but the phone continues to "not ring" until the normal time out and goes into VM.

JUST THINKING THIS MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Pleasure! :)

Thanks for your testing skills GLDavis!

I'm going to assume from the above that it's a case of not actioning the answer/reject functions. The 'accept' doesn't have a speech response, so no way to tell if it's heard the command or not...... I'll double check they are active, but more likely a gremlin somewhere.....

I wish I could use offline only to listen to one of these two words, but no such feature from Google :mad:

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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Confirm Before Dialing-testing

Hmmm, this doesn't seem to work either. In the menu, it confirms either choice of confirm or dial contact immediately but doesn't ask for confirmation...just dials the contact.

1. I tested this thinking maybe it might be that I was using SVOX as the voice of choice for Utter, but I tried the google voice as well with same results.

2. Rebooted as well after making selections just to see it that was needed, but same results.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks

You'll only get asked for confirmation if you have requested a specific dialling action, such as 'Call Barry Hat on their mobile' - That would normally immediately start to dial and you should get the confirmation request then.

If you say just 'Call Barry Hat' and utter! then asks you what number, I assumed the user could cancel at that point (if it was the wrong contact), so there would be no need for further confirmation.

Does the above work for you with a full dialling request?? :cyclops:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I've just double checked and you're right, I've messed something up..... I'll investigate after some sleep!

Thanks again for the bug spot! :cowboy:

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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Google Play / Yelp / Define-testing

Really liking these new additions!!
[Android Apps and Games] IamPro:
Anyway to get Google Now to talk back when doing a search? It only brings up the search :(
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Hello lamPro,

From Ben's post about the new features: Google Now Integration

In the Advanced Settings under 'Try Again' you can set Google Now to handle the unknown commands. This is still a work in progress, as I haven't been able to get Google to announce the answers as yet.
[Android Apps and Games] InfraBlueAndroid:
Can you please tell me what "Send Value Only" plug in in Tasker does?
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Hello!!

See this from an earlier post:

Also, you can look at the entire post which is #2155 where Ben has outlined the use of the Tasker Plugin. Hopefully you will find your answer there.

Hope this helps.

Make it a great day!!
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
This works fine for me on my s3.

I say call rob on his mobile and Utter responds, "Do you wish to call Rob on his mobile"

If answered yes, it dials, If answered no, it cancels.

If I say call Rob, Utter asks if I wish to call him at home or on his mobile.

when answered, utter dials the number. Seems to start to say something as it dials, but It is cut off before it gets even the first word out so I haven't figured it out yet.

If I give utter rubbish instead of one of the choices then utter tells me it couldn't find that number and opens the contact.

Love the define. A little simplistic in some areas with its answers, but at least it is giving me a relevant reply each time. :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
That's weird!! I have an S3 and it doesn't work for me. Just dials the number, although I haven't tried call joe on mobile for instance. Hmmmm.

EDIT: Okay...now when I ask to call a contact and specify something like mobile...it works great.

If I ask to call a contact without specifying (work, mobile, home) it dials the number without any interaction.

***So here's what I'm thinking...if your contact only has ONE number...then Utter won't ask for Home or Work for example..so that means by having only ONE number is the reason Utter dials right away?
[Android Apps and Games] dagold:
Another application Doggcatcher (podcast app) keeps pausing when always listening.

Trying to use another application (Doggcatcher podcast) and it keeps pausing when I activate always listening feature in utter settings. A notification from doggcatcher says keep-alive shows audio pausing and than sometimes starting and than pausing again. So I can't keep always listening feature when using doggcatcher podcast app. Just thought I should let you know.

thank you for your application. It's very cool!
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Latest Test Build-For any new visitors

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[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
I have a different issue having utter dial a contact with more than one number. I have seven separate entries for Kaiser, each listed as "Kaiser - (department)." If I say "call Kaiser," utter always starts dialing one specific department. If I say "call Kaiser Permanente," she always gives me a different one. I can work around this by assigning custom commands, but apparently choices are given only when one contact has more than one number.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Hello Bruce!

In your contacts...look at my screenshot..to the left where they all say "work"...I can create a "custom" entry. Do you have that option on your contacts? You could probably create your departments there and hopefully that will work. I'm using stock app on JB 4.1.2

Just curious...lemme know.
[Android Apps and Games] dagold:
Problem with Doggcatcher audio podcast app.

I tried the latest test build version 3.0.9B beta and still the same problem as above with doggcatcher podcast help. Just thought I should let you know.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Hi GL,

I had thought of that, but I assumed utter would present me with just a list of numbers and, without having committed all of them to memory, it wouldn't be practical. Am I (hopefully) wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
I don't know...haven't been down this road before...but my way of thinking is...Call "Kaiser on (dept. name) and that should work...(i think).

You could change a couple and then see if you can call between the 2 tests?

Uhhhh...fingers crossed?
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Well, good news, bad news. The good is I didn't realize you could label custom numbers. So I now have all departments listed under one Kaiser contact. Makes it a little tidier. Bad news, when I ask utter to "call Kaiser," she informs me that Kaiser doesn't have any numbers listed and then opens up its contact page with all seven numbers. I guess she's confused with all those numbers, lol. Gets me halfway there, but I'll just create custom commands.
[Android Apps and Games] regor99:
Tasker variables command

They say sometimes the best is worth waiting for..

This is sweet!!!!!! So simple but it's the dog's dangly bits.

Thank you Ben. Worth the bit of beer money that's on it's way!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Poor Recognition Accuracy

I've always felt frustrated when Google Voice Search doesn't work well for users, as for me, it's pretty damn sh*t hot... Until today........ :eek:

When testing 'Call Barry Hat on his mobile' to check the issue GLDavis reported, I noticed that the voice results were returning utter (!) rubbish!? It was the same for a number of other commands too, returning nothing like what I was saying.

I uninstalled the Google Search App updates and then reinstalled them from the Play Store and it immediately returned to sh*t hot again...... :confused:

If that happens to many users, then no wonder they get a bad experience...... I might have to add a suggestion to do that somewhere.

Anyway, waffle complete!

Thanks so much for all of the feedback so far!

You are absolutely right :good: I'll fix this.

Thanks for confirming :good: It's working correctly for me too now - It was the recognition issue that was my problem!

Thanks for confirming. Until I solve the Google Voice Search bug which is causing this, I'm afraid permanent recognition and any kind of music playback will not work.........

It's on my list to handle custom labels, as they are a bit tricky and don't get populated in the contacts database correctly. Did utter! not recognise the default labels you used though? Mobile, home etc?? If you select them as the label from your contact app (don't manually type them) then they should at least be spotted.

Are you contacts 'linked' ? I mean does the contact have more than one entry, but you've linked them to display together with a Setting in the contact app?? If that's the case, then utter! may be finding the contact that has no numbers (or just an email address or something) and then sending the action to open the contact - Your contact app then links them and displays the contact as 'one' making it appear as though it has numbers!

I waffled, but I think I made sense?!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
:D No need for that, you've helped me out enough with the testing!

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[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Ben, I understand what your mean and, no, I've created one contact ("Kaiser Permanente") which has seven custom, labeled numbers. Nothing else, no addresses, emails, notes, etc. If I create a custom call command and choose that contact, I'm presented with all seven numbers to choose from, so that's my workaround. :)

Speaking of custom commands, does utter have to hear the command in order to create it? Because once it's created, you can edit the fields and it's updated fine. So could there be a choice to create the command this way? Might make it a faster process.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Got you - What happens if you make two of the fields not 'custom labelled' ? I mean you add numbers from the built in selection of mobile, work etc? Does utter! then recognise those??

The logic behind it was to identify immediately if the keyword wasn't recognised twice in a row and to make the user reconsider the phrase/word they chose. If they just type it, they may use something that will never be understood in a million years!

I assume.......
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Yeah, already tried that. I set the appointment number as "Main" leaving the others as customs, but utter didn't recognize that.

I figured that was the reason and it totally makes sense.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Did you try what I suggested? Call Kaiser on department?
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Okay Announce Caller ID.

I had a bit of a play with this, but it didn't work for me. The phone just didn't stop ringing for me to tell it to answer. I tried shouting over top of the ringing, but nothing. :(

The side effect of turning on Utter in the accessibility settings was that Utter would announce when a folder was opened and closed. Very annoying after a while.

By the same token while turning on utter to answer the calls, I had the option to take photos just by saying smile. After stopping Utter in the settings, I can still take a photo by saying smile. Be blowed if I can find where to turn it off again, but I am not bothered as I like the feature.

(I suspect it has something to do with S-voice, but as I have replaced s-voice on the home button, then there is no way to get to its settings without alot of mucking around. not worth the hassle to turn off a feature I like anyway :silly: )
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Yeah, it makes no difference. Utter says there are no numbers listed. Thx anywho. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] remidesroques:
Announce Caller ID

Announce Caller ID

- Called my phone

- Phone rings once

- Utter ask about the answer or reject

- If I say "answer" - It doesn't work. -> Maybe my pronunciation

- If I say "OK" It answers

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- If I say "Reject" or "No" - Utter says "I rejected the call" but it does nothing, the ringing animation stays on without ring sound (the calling phone on the other side keeps ringing)

I guess, it's a polite way to keep it ringing silently so the caller simply believes that you are not there instead of believing that you manually stopped the phone - But then the call screen should go away...

Having the possibility to say for example "Yes, speaker" Would the ultimate free hand answering style while driving

Maybe utter asking "Do want to answer?" would be more simple, then we just have to say "yes" or "no"

[MENTION=4597967]Drifternz[/MENTION] You don't have to turn Utter on in the accessibility setting of your phone to have this function working

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Side note/idea: Being able to organize our cutom command would be really handy - I'm starting to have A LOT of commands so being able to put them into folders/category would be cool - just a thought.

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I will say it again, having Google now with utter is simply AWESOME!!!! THANK YOU [MENTION=984710]brandall[/MENTION] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] moonpie:
This is a great app and works perfectly when I just use the phone. I only have problems when I use bluetooth which is the main reason I went looking for an app for voice control. I think it's something to do with the bluetooth microphone not being active quickly enough to catch what I'm saying - this happens with all voice control apps I've tried not just Utter so I was wondering if you could incorporate something into the app that would force the bluetooth mic to stay active or point me in the direction of a fix.

E.g.

Bluetooth paired and working to listen to music and answer and make calls (by using the bluetooth device call list).

Press and hold bluetooth device call button to activate voice recognition, audio moves to phone speaker then pauses and I only hear "listening" from the "I'm listening" phrase, I wait for the beep to indicate Utter is listening, speak the command, and I get "Sorry but I didn't recognise that speech format" message. (I don't use permanent recognition as I listen to books when I'm driving and previous posts say this won't work)

Motorola Razr i

Android 4.1.2

Nissan Connect bluetooth system
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
How about that? Should be a pretty easy fix.

Thanks remidesroques!!!

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[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
Just a minor tweak...

In the Advanced settings under Try Again, you can select Ask Google Now to search when commands are not recognized (works great for me). But this probably needs to be inactive if the user is not using JB.

I have one tablet on ICS and it allowed me to select this option. When giving an unknown command, utter just sits there. So not allowing users to choose this if they are not on JB may save some complaints down the road when this goes to the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Announce Caller ID-NEW FUNCTION!!!!

Hey everyone..got a little tip for the Caller ID

First, we know that "answer" doesn't work, but saying OK does.

So here's the tip of the day-by saying "ok, speaker phone" it will activate the speaker for you for hands free conversation.

Courtesy of our developer!
[Android Apps and Games] :
I get that too, where Utter tells me she's ready but I don't hear the beep. I just wait a second or two before speaking into my headset and Utter issues the command no problem.
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
Actually, it's not utter speaking on folder interaction but Talkback. This is a bug from samsung which for some reason activates some features like this whenever you activate accesibility settings (you may try modifying the number of screen homes and it should talk as well).

Uninstalling talkback won't make a difference, but using a different launcher will.

As for the camera stuff, it's related to a setting in Language & Input (maybe in S-Voice settings) that says "use voice commands in applications", and it allows to control the media player, and the camera.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Bluetooth is a work in progress for Ben. He has some material to read through, but it's all about finding the time.

I too have this issue and wondered if you could check something for me?

I don't use Google Now, but I activated it once and tried to use BT to issue commands with limited success.

Have you tried Google Now with a BT headset and if so do you get the "beep" through your headset to begin speaking?
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Cheers,

I figured that was the case. I don't have any S-Voice settings in Language and Input. In fact, I have no S-Voice settings in the phones settings at all. The only way I can access the settings for S-Voice are from the settings menu in S Voice itself. A real pain in the butt considering that I have replaced the double home click to open it with utter. (The only way I know of to open S-Voice) .....(OOPS..Take that back, I just remembered there was an icon in the apps folder that I had hidden because I didn't use S-voice as Utter is so much better..:o )

I have looked at other launchers, but I have got to admit, I haven't really found one I like. The go launcher wasn't bad, but I had problems with it locking up all the time so eventually gave up on it. :(

I have seen a couple of roms that have interested me, but as my phone is essential for work, I am reluctant to try rooting my phone.While I know that the risks are low in bricking your phone while rooting, but I have seen enough posts on XDA of first time rooters stuffing things up to give it a go. Even a day without my phone could cost me money.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Drifternz,

First thing I did when I got my new phone was disable S-Voice...basically from all the posts that I read here.

In the early days...I loved Go Launcher, but in the last couple years it's turned into a bloated hunk of junk.

Nova Launcher is clean, fast, as minimilistic as you'd like it to be and not a resource hog. (just my .02 cents for the day)
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Yep..I had disabled S-Voice shortly after getting my phone as well..Had almost forgotten about it until I hit that setting in Utter. :D

Thanks for the tip on Nova ..I had tried it on my S2 quite a while ago but it was buggy and limited. Just had a look on play store and it looks alot more polished than when I had tried it. A lot more reliable to if the reviews are anything to go by. :fingers-crossed:

I will install it later today and have a play, but now it is bed time as I have been working most of the night. (Also the daylight burns !!! :eek: )
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Didn't know you were a Vampire!! :cool:

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[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
Sorry, when I wrote that post I didn't remember that I had selected Samsung Voice Recognition in the settings, so I could get to S-voice settings in the Voice Search settings (in Language & Input). If you select Google as recognition this shortcut will take you to google now instead.

I hid it as well as other apps but in the long term i came to realize it's more of a pain to un-hid the apps in the event i need to access them. So i leave them be.

As for the launchers I'm using apex launcher right now, but can't remember why i decided to stick with it after trying nova launcher. probably something related to the pro features of each one. But even the limited versions are really good.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300
[Android Apps and Games] guy4jesuschrist:
I used the pro version of Apex Launcher for a long time, but then opted for Nova Launcher because of the ability to create folders in the app drawer, then bought Prime when it was on sale for an insanely good price.
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Yep, only I faint at the sight of blood so I am not very good at it. :silly:

I hide apps with the theroy that I will never need them again..:laugh:

I am trying the Nova launcher now..Quite like it except for the apps drawer and the way it sets up folders is annoying me..Much prefer the way touchwiz does it.

Will have a look at Apex later :D
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'm not sure what contact app you are using, but the Android official supported labels are home, work and mobile - If you select one of those from the drop-down-list, it should be detected!?

Thanks Remi :good:

Firstly, if you say 'I'll take the call on the speaker phone'' it should do that for you - I forgot to mention that in the write up! I'm heading towards more natural language use for positive and negative responses with a keyword, so anything should work really. Maybe 'answer' is your accent though?

I'm working on the Server back-end for managing, storing, editing and sharing your custom commands on the website - Coming soon!

Going to post at the end of this message asking for help with the log output for it failing to answer/reject calls.

Thanks for your posts :good: The headset integration is an ongoing project, it really is a nightmare, but for now, the beep may be being muted, so Bass-Man25's suggestion of just waiting a second or two and then speaking might be the way forward?

Great spot! Thank you :good: I forgot to check the package vs. OS Version. I'll correct for the next release.

That reminds me, I read that Google are pushing their Now features into Google Search for all other OS Versions this week....

Thanks for sharing that :good: I get a load of user emails asking me how to stop utter! announcing everything - It's mainly on Samsung devices, so there's a bug out there somewhere.....

+1 for Nova Launcher. Based closely off the Android Open Source code too, so should always be pretty stable.

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Thanks as always for all of your feedback folks!

It seems as though there's a bug with the answer/reject calls feature. If anyone could get me a log output of what's happening when you attempt to answer/reject it would be a great help.

The logging instructions are here, it's pretty easy once you've done it once. I think it's an OS issue, rather than utter! so probably best not to filter by utter!'s package name and instead just send me the full log.

Thanks meter +1 waiting and my appreciation as always!

Cheers

Ben

Ps. Has anyone tried out the Bot Responses?

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[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
I tried it out on my ICS tablet since Google Now didn't work. The Bot responses worked (at least utter! replied) but obviously, the responses are quite limited for the time being. It has potential.
[Android Apps and Games] meminiau:
Utter just keeps getting better and better!

I've been a Google Now user for a while and now that Utter automatically puts through things it doesn't understand through that has really pleased me :) Looking forward to when the bug is fixed and it actually speaks from Google Now :)

Also looking forward to being able to share commands, etc between users :thumbup:

Well done Ben !
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
I'm using the stock contact app. And, yes, any of those three labels is detected. The rub is that, if I have the various dept. numbers listed under one company contact, I need to custom label them. Since none is labeled Home, Work or Mobile, utter doesn't find any and opens the contact so that I can manually choose. Anyway, not a big deal. I'll create custom commands for the ones I use most often. :)