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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for all of your opinions about the ads, appreciated as always. I won't quote any of your responses directly, but I have read them all.

Actually, just to make sure some of the new users know, there's a 'thanks' buttons you can hit on posts that are useful to you, so if I don't acknowledge/quote something you've posted, a quick check back on the post you wrote and you may see that I've 'thanked' it, so you'll know I've seen and appreciated it! I've I missed something, please give me a nudge!

Ads

I'm aware that I'm asking users to test a product that isn't finished and has bugs, so I can't charge for it yet and that includes an 'ad free' beta... I'll leave the ads as they are for the Play Store release and post a dev note that I need the cash for development funds! If a user is rooted and is blocking ads, I'll use a pop-up to ask if they'd like to enable them just for utter!

Memory/Battery

Some of you posted memory usage figures (thanks) and I was wondering which applications you were using for this? I've left one of my devices with utter! disabled for a day - it shows utter! using 30% of the battery but no CPU time...................... This obviously makes absolutely no sense.... :veryconfusedfaced:

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I'm going to release another update tomorrow which will be the Play Store version - nothing really new, just a few final tweaks.

hmmm.... If it happens again, could you check the running services please and see if wave or shake have sneakily started?

Really do appreciate the offer for translation assistance. I'd love to just post all of the text the application uses and get it translated immediately - but I wouldn't be able to answer the Italian help emails.... When I get my website up and running, I'll look at this again.

Thank you - As I don't have the app (I'm in the UK), I didn't know it even picked up on the sending request.

Could you go to the Power User settings and tick the 'SMS Body Fix' and try again please?? I really hope that works.... I had weeks set aside for the integration!!

Thank you! :highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Oh, just a thought Ben; can you give us the choice of using Celcius instead of Centigrade?

I can hardly believe I'm asking as when I first started hearing Celcius used instead of Centigrade, in school in the 80's, I thought it'd never catch on! Now, to me, it seems strange to hear Centigrade again. :rolleyes:

Sent from my ARCHOS 101G9
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'm clearly stuck in the 80's! Will be in the next release :cowboy:

EDIT: For back page arrivals, latest test build in my signature or here
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Battery/Memory

Memory/Battery

Some of you posted memory usage figures (thanks) and I was wondering which applications you were using for this? I've left one of my devices with utter! disabled for a day - it shows utter! using 30% of the battery but no CPU time...................... This obviously makes absolutely no sense.... :veryconfusedfaced:

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Ben,

For the memory/battery I used an application called "All-In-One-Toolbox" which shows a breakdown

MEM: CPU: BAT:

I have also utilized the standard android (Settings/Running Services) to check both TOTAL MEM and it shows the breakdown TTS, VOICE, etc.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Ben,

With the SMS fix disabled, I get no choice of which app to use -- it goes straight to the stock message app.

With the fix enabled, I get a choice of apps, but nothing shows in the text field of Google Voice.

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Just a quick find. I'm trying to go through all of the commands one by one. Searching for images doesn't appear to be working anymore... Search for a picture of Big Ben
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Just tried. I got a search result listing for Big Ben. No image. Is that what you got?

And oddly, even though my preferred search engine in Dolphin is Google, results were generated by my ISP.

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] Rupert Norris:
This is why android is better than ios
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

I get "web page not available" for every item I search for. Just for images though. Regular searches seem to work fine.

Is that what you're getting?
[Android Apps and Games] theronnightstar:
So I've been playing with this for a few hours now and I LOVE it! I do have a question, as well as a graphical bug for you. I have searched high and low through this thread and on google to see if there is a command to simply shutdown the phone. I've read the commands list several times, including the Superuser section. Every command is present except Shutdown. I'm sorry if I missed it, but I simply can't find it, nor how to set up a custom command for it. Maybe by writing a script and using "Terminal Emulator(.RunScript)" to run it - not sure. Anyhow, I thought I'd ask. Also, a "Go to sleep" command to turn off the screen would be awesome.

I say this because most of my day is spent with my hands in water, and the voice control would be awesome. Mostly just wishes from me, but hey - nothing asked, nothing received. ;) And since I'm being greedy, maybe an "Unlock screen" to pass the lock screen and get to the launcher. Something like "Unlock screen" followed by "Search Google <insert term here>" would be an example. Even when my phone is asleep, I can shake it and give it commands like the afore mentioned "Search Google <insert term here>" and it works, but I still have to touch my screen to get past the lock screen. Oh, and a "Kill All" command to kill all the background apps. OK, OK, I'm gonna stop now. Certainly not like I can do any better, or at all.

I have to say though, you have done an AMAZING job on this. All the Apple fan boys at work always bust out Siri when I tell them that the iPhone survives on nothing but hype and marketing and that Android is WAY better. Now I can laugh at them and bust this out and make them shut up! Thanks for that! And the more I play with it, the more amazed I am. Something as simple as realizing I can get back to my home screen just by using "Open Nova" is as cool as sh*t! Those fan boys are in for a whole world of shut-the-hell-up. And you made it possible. Thank you! Thank you!

As for the bug, when I toggle options under Settings, the checkmark or "x" don't change until I leave the program and come back in. It is purely graphical in nature, as the setting is indeed set or unset. Just thought I'd mention it. Not really an issue for me.

I have an HTC Inspire 4G - rooted, running IceColdSandwich 8.8 by Lord Clockan and the Nova Launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
I'm getting a listing page returned by my ISP and no images (yes, regular searches are working fine). Looking at the address generated by utter, it appears there are spaces in it and all of the required characters (/, &, and =) are returned as spaces also. I'm sure it will be a minor adjustment to get it working again. :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Good find by the way.:good:

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Since you're rooted do you have Tasker? There is a system setting under Tasker called "Device Shutdown" that you could use. You could create a task for it, then create a custom command and use the tasker task for that purpose.

Android itself has some limitations especially for things like GPS, System shutdown etc, that require the use of software like Tasker.

The settings issue you speak of has been prevalent since the beginning but if you exit out and then come back to it you will see your changes then. Not a big deal and it is on the list for correction at some point and time.
[Android Apps and Games] theronnightstar:
I figured as much. Like I said, it wasn't a big deal. I figured it had been mentioned, but 296 pages is A LOT to read through for that.

As for Tasker, I'm pretty sure it costs. Not really an option atm. But that is cool. Thanks for the response. Was just a wishful thing... along with the rest of my (edited) post. I'm just happy enough with this as it is. I keep thinking up new ways to use it.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Not a problem. The customization is one of the greatest features, but the best of all is that Utter just plain works and you're right about looking for ways to use it.
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
Another small find. Not sure if just on my device or not.

On my Nexus 7 tablet, when I tell utter to "open contacts", it opens the "People" application (which is correct). On my Nexus 4 phone, "open contacts" opens the number pad of the phone dial-er instead of the People application. Both are running the latest version of JellyBean.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
In thinking...are you using the stock application for both devices? When I say that command on my Evo..it opens my defaulted application which is Go Contacts. I'm not "wealthy" like you guys and I don't have a tablet :(, but I'm sure there are others that do!!
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
Yes, both devices are using the stock contact application (called People). Neither device is rooted and both devices are using the stock version of JB.

I'm not wealthy either but when I told my wife I needed the tablet for "work", she believed me :laugh:
[Android Apps and Games] trein91:
How do I set it not to call me any names? (how it was back in the beginning)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
I think the initial response is set to something like "Yes Master" or "what can I do for you", etc.

So if you want to change that just say "call me whatever" with whatever being what you want Utter to say. So call me "master" would result in the responses being "yes master" or "what can I do for you master". It's a simple change.
[Android Apps and Games] trein91:
Perhaps it was master, but if you set the custom nick to nothing (ie blank field), it says it will greet u immediately etc. It used to be "what can I do for you" before this, but after the tutorial (it asked me to set a name), it would now say "what can I do for you *name*"
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Well then, this looks like a developer question. I've always used a name. I'm sure he'll answer your question shortly and that would be a good thing to know anyway for future users.
[Android Apps and Games] orion2001:
"Speak Louder/Softer" command not working on GNex ICS

Just some feedback to the dev - Tried the speak louder/softer commands and while it registers it, the volume actually never changes. Neat app, but the quality of the voice recognition is still pretty spotty and frustrating. Nicknames are a nice work around but I hate having to make a bunch of nicknames for people with non-traditional names. It's pretty annoying that google doesn't yet have a personalized voice recognition panel that lets you train certain names/words.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Can't you just go into Customization > Custom Intro and change it to whatever you want? That's what I did.

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
I know initially he set the command not to exceed the highest level you already "have" on your phone. That's to keep it from blowing your eardrums out or more importantly have something repeated that might be offensive to others in a loud booming voice. So if your had for instance your media volume set to maximum already, then the commands to raise or lower the volume should work...if that makes sense.

It would be great if Google would do a lot of things including giving us the ability to use offline! That's what makes Utter sooooo much better than the traditional apps that rely on the speech engine only for recognition. Yeah, it might be a little time consuming (in the beginning), but once done...you're done!! Without the feature you would never get recognition using Google or probably any other voice service. I have many names that are non-traditional like "Dzemal"....which I can't get Google to recognize to save my life. I made a nickname, and when I need to text or call him, I speak it and i'm done! Otherwise I had to manually pull up on my phonebook or the texting app. Hopefully now you might see the beauty of the nicknames and custom commands features.

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Bruce....you're a genius!!!!

Sometimes we forget about the simple answer to a problem. I had forgotten completely about that!:good::highfive::good::highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Gawd... I don't hear that very often, lol.

Speaking of offline, have you noticed that if there isn't a WiFi or mobile data connection utter won't initialize? Is this because of the ads? I don't recall it happening before.

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Has to do with voice recognition servers. Nothing to do with ads. There isnt a way to do offline recognition yet
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for confirming. I've had a good hunt around about this and it appears it was reported to Google over a year ago and they still haven't fixed it...

Looks like the only way to use Google Voice will be via authorisation = effort!

Good spot! Thank you. :goog: I've fixed for the next release.

That command isn't there I'm afraid... I've yet to find a shell command that 'safely' shuts down the device... Still hunting! Toggling the display is on the list to do, but quite far down - Unless you have your hands in water, you probably wouldn't use it too much!

Both are on the list to do! Lock screen is tricky due to security and no offline recognition (for a voice password). Kill all command shouldn't really be used on the latest devices as the memory management should be much better - unless certain developers mess it up! Oops! :sheepish:

To make it more natural you can use a replace words feature. In the top box put 'go home' as the command and in the bottom box put 'Open Nova'. Options to edit the responses is on the list too!!

Thanks for reporting this! Seems odd that it works on one and not the other... Could you check and see if the package names are the same for them both please? What happens when you say 'open people' ? Until I resolve it, you could use a replace words feature for that.

There isn't actually a way to reset to 'unknown name' - Not sure many would want this though...? Figured a name, or as suggested a custom intro would suffice... Let me know if there are any more votes for this! I'll pop it on the list somewhere.....

Thanks - I've had this reported a couple of times before and it's on my list to look at. Does speak maximum or speak minimum change anything?

When you say won't initialise, do you mean doesn't say anything....?

If so, I think this might be related to you running the Jelly Bean network synthesised voice - I had presumed (incorrectly) that if the network was unavailable, or failed sporadically, the built in Google voice engine would be used. It appears instead that it does nothing but fail silently and not report this.... *sigh*

Thanks for all of your posts again folks! Sorry for my lightening replies, got a full inbox and a to do list that needs its own storage facility....

Please let me know if I've missed your question.

Latest test build can be found here or in my signature.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Ben, what I meant by 'initialize' was it wouldn't accept a command. It just said something about not having a network connection and disappeared. Sorry for the poor choice of words.

I'm not on JB (HTC doesn't think the Vivid is worthy apparently...). Oh, and I'm using SVOX not Google.

Sent from my HTC Vivid (ICS)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Bruce,

You have to have a network connection to the servers. Either WiFi or 3g until offline recognition becomes available
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for confirming :good:

SORT IT OUT GOOGLE!! :stampfeet:
[Android Apps and Games] theronnightstar:
I have seen references to many ways of doing it in my previously mentioned search. Take a look at this link, this link, and especially this link. The main command in all of that is "reboot -p". I just used it, and it works. Have to have "su" though, so it would obviously be under the "superuser" section. May or may not be what you were looking for, but since I can't help any other way, I thought I'd throw that out there. You would know WAY(!!!) better than I would. Everyone complains about what is or isn't in an app without any effort to help, so this is my small attempt.

As an aside, I think I am going to go through this thread on my next days off and "thank" every message from brandall I can just because this is such an awesome app.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for taking the time to look for those :good:

You'll notice that when you execute the command, the device immediately dies - it doesn't run any shut-down scripts and that's the 'safe' part that I'm currently missing. I'm sure there is a way to invoke these, but as yet, I haven't found them, but have found some clues...

Thanks again.

By the way, for those wanting a trial of Tasker and its new Holo theme, you can grab a copy from here. I think you get 7 days of usage before you'll have to uninstall or pay. Using a shell action in Tasker, you can enter the reboot -p command (with superuser access) and then set up a custom command to run this task, activated by the phase 'shut down' for example...

Once I've sorted the shut down scripts, I'll build this in as a standard command.

For back page arrivals, the latest test build can be found here or linked in my signature.
[Android Apps and Games] Tsular:
This interested thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
"Open People" is not recognized since the application apk is actually named "Contacts" but it is listed as "People" in the application list. The apk is the same on both devices. I tried creating a custom command where it would open the Contacts apk but the results are the same...it opens the phone dialer. Same results when I created a replacement word. If I tell utter to open contact John Doe, it properly opens the People application and displays contact John Doe.

The only thing I can think of is through the Nexus 4 phone dialer (the number pad) I can get to the phone dialer, the call log, and the contact list all from a menu across the top of the number pad. I'm "guessing" utter is opening this contact list instead of the "People" application even though they are one and the same and it's opening on the number pad since this is the "default" screen for the 3 menus.

For me, this is no big deal. I brought it up only as a result of my testing.

Update:

I created a custom command and instead of it launching the contacts apk (which opened the phone dialer). I had it launch an activiity -- People(.activities.PeopleActivity). My command is open contacts and this works.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Interesting...I was thinking maybe there was something in your settings that might be different between the phone and the tablet and that might have been the difference, like one of the default settings and that still might be the cause. Good that you found a workaround.

We're all tinkerers and this is the kind of stuff that we like, but when we can't find a reason it's a little frustrating. Such is human nature and this is my .02 cents for today!!
[Android Apps and Games] @rj*n:
I'm using Galaxy S2 ICS (LP3) and it was the same with me too. (n)utter can't recognize IVONA TTS engine while it flawlessly picks up Pico and Samsung TTS.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
If you go to the Android text to speech settings and select IVONA and then 'Listen to a sample' what happens? Which IVONA voices do you have installed?
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Everything seems to work pretty good so far. Running a stock Droid razr
[Android Apps and Games] Futur Innovations:
The IVONA voice sounds much better than any of the other voices. Which makes me sad that it doesn't like the UK Amy voice. So you said that the US voice works just fine, right?
[Android Apps and Games] zul8er:
Working here so far on my Vibrant running Euphoria RC2 with Kiss 6.5.2 beta kernel.
[Android Apps and Games] Number R09:
i have INOVA UK Amy on my DInc2 and she speaks just fine using (n)utter!, no FC, no problems i've encountered yet.
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
Works fine no fc's on Gnex Lte running Axiom Patient Zero v15 with 3.0.26 trinity kernel. And using IVONA US Kendra.
[Android Apps and Games] @rj*n:
It works fine with everything else and surprisingly inside (n)utter aswel. It (IVONA) recites the About dialogue without any problems but fails to recognize the TTS data- shows 'Language data missing' and asks to 'Install English language voice data' via toast in the Home tab of the app. Shall try and test other TTS too if possible and let you know the results.
[Android Apps and Games] sknight13602:
Hey brandall I just wanna say good work man and clarify when I said it dosent work on my phone I was trying to pass on info but now I see a bunch of post that say they want updates and fixes and throwing out bugs be happy he is putting it out their for us first guys if your not being helpful wtf.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
It was my fault for not making it clear in the initial release notes what did and didn't function. Following the long-press assignment instructions only to find they didn't work, of course appeared to be a bug.

Please keep your feedback coming and I've learnt to make the release notes more clear! :)

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for letting me know - I've released I've mixed up the locale device results with the locale voice results. Fixing for next release. Cheers.

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[Android Apps and Games] tomgillotti:
Hey Brandall, do you have a target date for the first update? Thanks again for all of your hard work on this!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'm about to have a 12 hour stint on it now, so maybe later! But more likely Tuesday as there are a couple of bugs which have stumped me... Roll on the Java support... :mad:

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[Android Apps and Games] baghera1979:
Sorry if this has been asked but I am reading this from my phone.

Are we or will we be able to assign this to activate upon pressing the volume keys or power button? I ask cause I have a friend who is visually impaired - not totally blind but low vision, that wants to get an android tablet. Something like this would them out tremendously if that can be achieved. Reading on the screen is hard for them but being able to use !utter to send emails, texts or make calls would be awesome. Hope I was clear enough with this.

Thanks

you are evolutionary success, act like it
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Assigning hardware buttons for activation is problematic between different devices and ROMs - On my device, utter! starts listening when you shake it. I assume that would be sufficient for partially sighted users?

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[Android Apps and Games] baghera1979:
Yes that would suffice. Can !utter be activated like that while the screen is off or does the device screen have to be unlocked?

you are evolutionary success, act like it
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
The power button (or equivalent) would have to be pressed first, otherwise I'd permanently have to prevent the device from sleeping and that would, for want of a better technical term - kill the battery!

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