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[Android Apps and Games] whitedavidp:
That is interesting. I did set that at some point. Cannot recall if this was an issue before that or not. But it has been a while (at least 12 hours and at least 1 reboot) and it did not come back on its own. Thanks

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I tell Utter, "set alarm in 5 minutes" and the toast shows set in 6 minutes. This is confirmed by the alarm results. Said this when the clock showed 5:01 and the alarm is set at 5:07. A few seconds later while the time was still showing as 5:01, I said "set alarm in 6 minutes" and the toast/results show set in 7 minutes (5:08). Not sure if this is intended, a rounding condition, or a bug. Not a big deal. Just noticed it and thought I would ask. Overall, utter is very good. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] tonhuelos:
No problem. Also, in the current version of Utter Ben has turned down the notification beep. If you google the APK for Utter 3.1.0 and install that you will notice the beep is at normal volume. You will have to uninstall the current version of Utter if you decide to install the previous version.
[Android Apps and Games] oneoftwo:
Utter stops hearing me when running Sygic navigation

One of the main reasons I wanted voice control for my phone was for driving. I have unfortunately discovered that utter! doesn't seem to work with my navigation app (Sygic):

utter! works great when doing regular stuff on my phone

After starting Sygic, utter! still responds to my wake-up key (I get the voice prompt, the beep, and the "I'm listening" notification), but it fails to hear/respond to anything I say. The "I'm listening" notification stays active indefinitely.

The moment I exit Sygic, there's two scenarios: 1) I get a "recognition" vibration, and utter! begins working normally after that; or 2) utter! stops working until I issue restart command from the troubleshooting menu.

The behavior is very similar when I try to use permanent recognition (utter! simply won't hear anything I say while Sygic is active). I have played around with Sygic's settings, but nothing made a difference. Could it be because both app's are trying to use the same (Google) TTS engine (I have noticed that sometimes, Sygic will stop talking when trying to use utter!)? But why would that mess up speech recognition?
[Android Apps and Games] whitedavidp:
Thanks for letting me know this. I also noted (and somewhat disliked) that the beep was turned down in volume when no BT is present. I presume this was done in response to user requests. I'd like it higher as well. I cannot seem to locate a 3.1.0 apk file from a source I think I can trust on the internet. So I guess I will stick with the current version for now. Cheers!

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Could this be related to the problems resulting from the last update to Google Search app that are mentioned elsewhere here? I don't know except that others have talked about an endless waiting for speech loop.
[Android Apps and Games] tonhuelos:
PM'd you a link to the previous version Utter 3.1.0
[Android Apps and Games] anicotra:
Same problem here.

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Sorry, should have quoted the issue. Same problem here.
[Android Apps and Games] philipoflyboy:
Yes, it happened to me today. Google search got the update, and now utter is utterly broken! I seriously hope [MENTION=984710]brandall[/MENTION] will fix this for us! Help us BEN, you're our only hope…

:mad:
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
FYI-I sent Ben the Google .apk file yesterday as he had not yet received the update.
[Android Apps and Games] tonhuelos:
Uninstall updates to Google in your settings>apps. Go to Google Play and turn off auto updates for Google. This should set your phone to the manufacturers factory original version. This should fix the problem. If you wish to update to a more recent version of Google but not the current update you can do so at APK Mirror and choose the version you want. Hope this helps

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-search/google-app-4-1-24-1672412-arm-apk/

Note: I merely uninstalled updates and left it at that. I did not take an older version from APK Mirror but the choice is yours. If you aren't confident on what you are doing then I say do nothing and wait. I don't want anyone to screw up their phones on my advice.
[Android Apps and Games] whitedavidp:
More Utter + BT Headset Issues

Until yesterday, I was experimenting with Utter only in the peace and quiet of my home office. Yesterday, I had a lengthy opportunity to test it in my vehicle - which is where I expect to use it the most for hands-free dialing on my Samsung Note I phone.

I have to report that while in the vehicle with the engine running, my luck with offline voice recognition (I have no mobile data plan and wouldn't want to use it for this if I did), my results were not very good and quite frustrating. Even simple things like "cancel" were not consistently recognized. I found that with the vehicle engine turned off, my results were pretty darn good. Of course, this is not of much practical help for me. I was using my BT headset (Plantronics M50) and perhaps that is part of the problem? Is it possible that the headset is passing along too much engine/road noise? I had the windows rolled up (cold outside), FM radio off, no heater running (not that cold), etc so I felt I had pretty ideal rolling conditions for using Utter.

Also, as discussed a few days ago here, I turned off auto-connect for BT because having it engaged seems to mute the recognition beep and I need it to know when to speak else my commands (even under the best circumstances) seem to get their leading bits chopped-off. When in this condition, I find that I must long-press my headset button twice (with a break in between) before Utter wakes up. When auto-connect is enabled, Utter always seems to respond first time, every time. It sure would be great if there was a way to have auto-connect enabled AND a recognition beep over BT.

I would also say that the volume level of the recognition beep is just too low - even when there is no BT involved and it comes over the phone's speaker. Someone said this was lowered in the latest release and I presume there were requests to do so. So maybe a volume setting for this?

When it is working, Utter is utterly (pardon the pun) great! But unless I can solve my BT issues, I am unsure I can use it much. Maybe one of those headsets with a longer, boom microphone? Or something that has better ability to cancel out extraneous noise? I really know nothing about these things so would welcome suggestions - especially those that are reasonably priced. Thanks and cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Cdubber:
Same issue with Utter listening beep repeating constantly after Google Search auto update. to v4.1. Uninstalling all Google search updates then updating to v3.6 from apkmirror makes Utter work again.
[Android Apps and Games] oneoftwo:
No, my problem was unrelated, as I didn't have the updated Google Search version yet -- after some digging, it seems the issue might be with Sygic rather than utter! Now, of course, I'm in the same boat as everyone else on top of my original woes.
[Android Apps and Games] philipoflyboy:
Yes that works. I'd be much happier keeping google up to date though, rather than use an out of date version. Those updates are created for a reason and I suspect security flaws. Come on [MENTION=984710]brandall[/MENTION] ! Help us out man.
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
What is 'shake-to-wake' supposed to do ? It's supposed to do the same thing as tapping the utter notification right ?

I enabled it but when I shake by phone, it's not doing anything.

I am not using utter launcher. I am just using utter. ( if it matters ).
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
wave-to-wake is also not working.
[Android Apps and Games] philipoflyboy:
Check your phone's settings. Is your proximity sensor switched on?
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
The device does not have a "proximity" sensor setting, but there is a "motion control" setting and I already have it turn on. Furthermore, I installed a "wave-to-unlock" app from the play store, and it's working.

Similarly I also installed a "shake" application and hook it to launch "utter", that's working too but that is not the final result, because after starting "utter", I still need to click the "mic" button on the top right corner to activate it.

It will be good if I could activate utter without even turning the screen on.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
utter! is broken :(

Hi folks, hope you're all cool.

Just checking in to let you know I'm aware of the issue with utter! just beeping like a lunatic.... Thanks to [MENTION=4865507]GLDavis[/MENTION] for bringing it to my attention and the ripped APK (I didn't get the Google Search update here in the UK until yesterday).

I'm on the case, but I have a horrible feeling Google have blocked voice recognition from background apps............. :(

Really hoping I'm wrong......

Back soon.

Cheers

Ben
[Android Apps and Games] jotters:
Yes, thank you tonhuelos! Though just like philipo I would like to keep google up to date. Don't know if this update included security patches, but did notice an improvement to Google Now (using it from other apps now possible).
[Android Apps and Games] tonhuelos:
Hi Ben. I can confirm that other voice recognition apps do work with the Google update. If you don't mind, while you are tinkering with Utter can you bring the volume of the recognition beep back up or give us the option of mute, quiet, and normal? Would be appreciated thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] themadproducer:
I'm still on ICS with my S3 believe it or not, with a stock but rooted rom. [MENTION=984710]brandall[/MENTION] ... The issue I get is "speech server error" sometimes 3 of 5 times. Then sometimes, it works normal for consecutive attempts out of the blue.

I get loud beeps ironically. I've tried everything in my experience to eliminate possibilities. If I use Svoice, there are no issues, but it's not totally hands free like Utter.
[Android Apps and Games] philipoflyboy:
Ok. Silly question. Make sure you actually have the box ticked beside 'wave to wake' under 'settings'. Under 'advanced' you can play with various wave configurations. Number 3 works well for me, while other configurations don't work at all. So that might be the key. Having other apps installed that use the proximity sensor proves that your hardware is working. It might be a good idea to disable them, or even uninstall them first, to make sure they are not monopolising the sensor.

Good luck!
[Android Apps and Games] oneoftwo:
Glad to hear you're looking into this! As for your horrible feeling, I can confirm that KLets (which also offers offline voice recognition using Google's built-in features) still functions after the Google Now update, so hopefully it's nothing quite as drastic.
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
I did uninstall them before I posted the result. And I played with the different configurations. But unfortunately none work.

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I also want to report the problem I have with the google search version.

I also get the 'infinite" acknowledgement feedback if I use the latest version (4.1.24) But using older versions did not work either.

To be precise, older versions did work for a while. I do not know what has changed somewhere, all of a sudden, the older versions are also not recognized my voice commands in offline mode. Online mode speech recognition still works perfectly.

I tried 4 different versions so far. None works for me in offline mode. I downloaded the offline data for UK english and US english.
[Android Apps and Games] thomasando:
Having the beeps too. Not being able to open my garage door while riding the motorbike up the driveway is mildly annoying, but at least now I know it's nothing I've done.

The Play store has a lot of negative reports about the new Google Now update, and a lot of them are related to voice commands/voice readouts.
[Android Apps and Games] markworksfx:
[MENTION=984710]brandall[/MENTION] glad to have you back would you also consider adding a way to access utter through android wear

J.A.R.V.I.S.
[Android Apps and Games] nerd2games:
Looks promising!
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
I don't have an android wear. But I wonder have you tried ticking the option in google search configuration to enable 'recording audio through bluetooth headset' if available' ?
[Android Apps and Games] markworksfx:
No I'm talking about the Android wear smart watches not a blue tooth headset

J.A.R.V.I.S.
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
Sorry if it does not help but I was hoping that the android phone might treat the android wear like a headset with mic.
[Android Apps and Games] philipoflyboy:
Xda after two beers;

If for one day I was Ben Randall

On everything I'd keep a handle

I'd be a super programmer

I'd be cooler than M C Hammer

I'd read every xda post intently

And fix all the bugs instantly

I'd use my super programming powers

It would take me just a few hours

Saving the world of utter

Taking the app to the next level, with butter

I'd code for utter every day

And code for Gluru every night, that's ok

I'd fix the Google update bug

I'd make volume levels more controllable for any thug

I'd add an always listening feature only for when the screen is unlocked

I'd be a Bluetooth whiz, and create perfect connectivity for all of my flock

I'd be Mr [MENTION=984710]brandall[/MENTION] Universe

And Miss universe would be my bride, not with some other nutter

The application super clever, and without clutter

Thank you Ben, for creating utter!
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
After doing some further reading, I have come to realize that offline speech recognition is for sure not as accurate as online. At least that's what it is now for the google engine. So when I said that utter did not work for me in offline mode, it's probably has nothing to do with utter per se. It's offline limitation anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] ducati31Z:
Can someone tell me how to use utter with wolfram alpha :)
[Android Apps and Games] blondini:
Which of the many Google apps do I need to uninstall updates? I don't have an app just called Google
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
Google search
[Android Apps and Games] blondini:
Sorry no app Google search should it be just google app?
[Android Apps and Games] maxoutputuk:
its google app just uninstall it but mind it reinstalls every chance it can as an update
[Android Apps and Games] ThunderWolf78:
For those of you struggling to get utter to work with a Plantronics legend headset, this is what I did:

I downloaded language data for offline use, activated utter in accessibility. My headset is set to only be used for phone calls, no media(media kills battery faaaast) so I ticked "connect Bluetooth headset" and listened to "not all headsets are playing nicely with me" prompt... Of course it didn't work so I checked with myheadset updater and updated from fw 99 to 106, repaired the headset and voilà, it WORKS! I've named my assistant "Jarvis" because he's there all the time and is utterly unobtrusive apart from all the other gimmicky crap that's out there. Thank you so much for making utter, please don't abandon it! :)
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
Disable auto update.

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One thing I never fully understood is that those bluetooth headset and or speakerphone, when they say the support voice commands to make call/receive call, are they using smartphone's speech recognition engine or they have built in engine ?
[Android Apps and Games] ThunderWolf78:
There appears to be only two native commands on my Plantronics headset and they are "answer" and "ignore", so yeah, probably. :-\
[Android Apps and Games] sdfgsteve:
Is there any chance of putting in a setting for the maps app in use? I use osmand, and it gets brought up correctly, but the query is sent as 'q=$query', which apparently osmand doesn't use. I'm not sure what other map apps use.
[Android Apps and Games] ThunderWolf78:
While we're at it and wishing for fixes and additions to utter, could one somehow make the app reconnect the bt headset every once in a while, maybe with a setting for interval? It works nearly flawless now but it seems to "forget" it after a few hours...
[Android Apps and Games] vikraminside:
I would suggest you to deactivate battery savers especially root oriented cause it might kill existing tasks including utter. You may add utter to ignore lists if battery app or task killer provide you the option.
[Android Apps and Games] ThunderWolf78:
My phone is neither rooted nor has it any battery saving tools activated...
[Android Apps and Games] themadproducer:
[MENTION=984710]brandall[/MENTION]

Hey Ben...I thought I would chime in once more here...hoping you might spare us a wee bit of your expertise and time.

Being on ICS, I'm afraid to get flamed for not upgrading...but I know for a fact, that updating the OS fixes some things and breaks others. It's a classic cat and mouse game sometimes.

That being said...Utter is at the point of unusability for me.

It simply gives the speech server error maybe 9 out of 10 times.

It even occasionally complains about a lack of connection.

I've tried all kinds of fixes, workarounds and research....but I give up.

In the mean time, I'm using the not so popular Svoice.

What's interesting is that it works 100%...except that it's not as talented as Utter. So any Google updates have NOT adversely affected Svoice.

Anyway...if you don't have time....or don't think you will be working on Utter any time soon...can you break up with us and let us go start the healing process! ;) :crying: :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] vikraminside:
What about stock battery saving button on? task killers? Antivirus? Phone Boosters? Game boosters? There is no logical explanation as to why utter should go offline without any of these. If utter is the only tool in your phone apart from stock OS, utter has some real problems :)
[Android Apps and Games] JLPDA:
Like many, I really like Utter! and have tried many others, but, I get alot of "ambient noise" responses in addition to Utter! taking a long time to activate after pressing the voice button. Has anyone tried Skyvi lately?
[Android Apps and Games] ThunderWolf78:
No boosters or savers of any kind, all "extraterrestrial" battery saving utensils are disabled since the Z3 compact kinda survives for two whole days on one charge unless I burn through SOT constantly. Utter also doesn't get disabled, it just "forgets" that I have a headset and from time to time isn't keen on talking to or through it... :)

Does anybody know if there is a failsafe way to force voice recognition to be done offline apart from turning data off?
[Android Apps and Games] whitedavidp:
Hello and thanks for Utter! I have a Tasker task called "indoor lights" that I use to turn lights in my home on/off. The word "on" or "off" would be passed into the task as a parameter. I would like to create an Utter custom command that invokes the indoor lights" Tasker task. But I need to take the word spoken after the custom command's name and pass that to Tasker as well. Can I do this? If so, how? Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Neon Mirage:
Well done

I am seriously missing utter now, but I am trying soo hard to be patient. Is there anything I/we can do to speed things up for Utter!?
[Android Apps and Games] whitedavidp:
Issue With Custom Commands

I am just fooling around with these for the first time today so sorry if this is a known issue. I am on the latest Utter from Play Store on a Note 1, Android 4.1.2.

I created a custom command "test" that runs a tasker task called "test" which just puts up a popup where the popup message is %par1.

When I say "test" to utter, everything works as expected and %par1 is not set.

But if I say "testing", "testament", "test one two three" or seemingly anything that begins with "test", Utter also invokes the "test" task in tasker as if I had said only "test".

I am not sure if this is by design or not. I was hoping that Utter would take anything after "test" and place it as a parameter in what I suppose is a TaskerIntent that Utter is sending to trigger Tasker to run the "test" task. My "test" task attempts to de-reference and display %par1 but it is never shown as set.

It may be that Utter is matching what is said to the list of custom commands using a wildcard and so these all match. If so, I am not sure that is a great thing.

Just my $0.02. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] kl522@yahoo.com:
If utter works for you in the version before the latest google search update, why don't you stick to that combination ? .... and allowing the developer more time to work on the problem with the latest google search. I suspect offline recognition has a lot of issues that why most people implement the online recognition only .....
[Android Apps and Games] thomasando:
Could you do it with two different tasker tasks, and two different custom commands?

I do something similar for my garage door. I have two different custom commands ('open garage door' and 'close garage door'), and both of these will call the tasker task 'Garage'. I can't see why it wouldn't work with two underlying tasker commands...
[Android Apps and Games] whitedavidp:
Oh, absolutely it can be done that way. However, I am a coder - a software developer and I view Tasker as a programming environment. So I am inclined to build things in as modular and re-usable a fashion as possible. As such, I view and have constructed this indoor light function as a routine where the only thing that differs is the "on" and "off". I did this before I knew of Utter and its ability to trigger Tasker actions. So I wanted to avoid as much redundancy as possible. It may not be possible but I will keep trying. There may be a clue to doing this in the sample Utter plug in project for Tasker I found after posting about this. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] thomasando:
Haha fair enough - makes sense!
[Android Apps and Games] n4pst3r3r:
I'm a software developer, too, and I find it actually a valid approach. Of course it would be way cleaner if arguments could be passed to tasker. But having two additional tasks like "Lights on" and "Lights off" which do nothing else than calling your first task with the respective argument would be an example of an adapter pattern or a wrapper, which is used in software development all the time in such cases.

Oh and as for a more pragmatical argument: Du you want to switch your lights with utter or not? ;) As soon as such functionality is added, you can take a few minutes to revert the changes and do it the clean way, but until then you don't really have a choice except for, like, not doing it at all.
[Android Apps and Games] blondini:
speech server error

HI,

Been using utter for some time with my bluetooth headset and have to say it works pretty good. This morning all I get after the utter responds is "There was a speech server error"

I had already rolled back google search to keep it working, does anyone know why I might be getting this error?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] kl522:
Speech server error means the engine has not local voice data and it's trying to go Internet to perform online speech recognition and that has failed. Go check your choice of language has associated language files.
[Android Apps and Games] themadproducer:
[APP][2.3+][V3.1.1] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assistant

I get the speech error constantly now and there is no issue with my online connection as far as any other app I have and I tried different networks. Extremely frustrating. The other night I tinkered with a hundred different things on my device, and finally, utter was working consistently. The next day, bam, back to speech server crapola.

Strange, today, I'm 1000k from hm, on the same carrier, and now it's working fine. WTF
[Android Apps and Games] kl522@yahoo.com:
Haha maybe google was busy updating their speech servers. LOL