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[Android Apps and Games] baghera1979:
OK thanks. So the device doesn't have to be unlocked, just push the power button and you can access from that point

you are evolutionary success, act like it
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
I might be wrong when I say this and correct me if i am dev. but my understanding is you would have to wake the phone up first by pressing the power button then unlocking it, if you have the lock screen enabled on your device. If not enabled the you can simply press the power button to wake it up. Thus being able to use the app.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Absolutely correct. It depends on the lock the user has configured, it couldn't bypass code unlock for example. I would hope I would be able to configure a voice password unlock, but at the moment I can only figure out how to do it with a rooted device.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks a lot for this. I remain a little puzzled and need to have a good look at my code (and the apk) to see what's happening :good:

About to post the final Play Store update! Just doing the release notes....
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V3.0.0B up!

Hey folks, I'm going to get this version on to the Play Store later and then crack on with the memory issues.

What's new?

Image and websearch URLs fixed - credit ltassos

Centigrade is now Celsius - credit Extreme_One for nudging me out of the 80's!

New command 'Call back' calls the last incoming/missed number - credit GLDavis

EDIT: I've had a report that this command is calling random numbers!? Anyone else confirm? Thanks.

Root commands and paranoidandroid issues fixed - Credit Pankaj via email

Layout moved around again to try and get the most useful and common settings in settings rather than advanced/power etc.

Manual shake to wake settings added

Try again

I've added more options in the advanced settings - for those that have Wolfram Alpha installed, you can send unknown commands directly to that as your default. I've also added the option for 'decide at the time' - utter! will say it doesn't understand and then immediately start listening again. At that point you can:

1) Say Cancel

2) Say ask Google

3) Say ask Wolfram Alpha

4) Repeat the command or say another one.

It needs some tweaking, but the choice is there for now!

More bug fixes and speed enhancements!

I'm sure there's more, but I can't remember any.....

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I'll get it on the Play Store later [EDIT: Now on the Play Store] - no doubt I'll get a flood of random crashes that no one ever experiences on here and once it's settled down in a day or two, I'll get on with memory/Google Voice/Car mode/wake-up-phrase/offline recognition....

On the subject of car mode - Google and Samsung are both overriding the bluetooth headset press choice at system level in Jelly Bean. They are making sure you only use their 'Assistant' for this and have prevented any others from working. This really, really takes the piss...... I'm sure they will sort it out in a year or so. For ICS and below, your bluetooth headset button may now launch utter! or give you the choice - let me know!

Right, thanks in advance for your testing skills and all of your help getting me this far! I'm off to edit the Play Store write-up!

EDIT: V3.0.0B is now available from the Play Store
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
FYI-Looks like you still have the "last" beta version on for download. 2.2.9.3B?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Congratulations to GLDavis for being the quickest to spot my deliberate mistake.......

Apk updated!

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

I think Google voice server is down... Anyone else having problems?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Working ok for me. Try a reboot, if that doesn't sort then let me know! Thanks

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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Just tested and I'm fine.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thank for comfirming :good:

For back page arrivals, V2.2.9.4B can be found here or linked in my signature
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Update looks great, thanks!

To those using Wolfram Alpha, is it worth the investment?

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

Thanks. Although I did think you'd leave Centigrade in as an option (I don't want to be branded some kind of modernist-enforcer! :p )

This is brilliant, makes utter! immediately feel more intuitive even when only sending the query to Google.

I may have to invest in the Wolfram Alpha app one of these days.

I'd also like to hear from anyone using utter with Wolfram Alpha ...

Sent from my ARCHOS 101G9
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Oh dear... If i use voice search in Google now or use utter, it instantly fails. I've restarted too. Not sure what has broken it :s
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Hi Bruce,

I bought it so I could have integration with Utter for testing. I see it as an occasional app for diverse information that might come up once in a while in conversation or questions. Currently it comes up as a page and the results can't be spoken as of yet.

I like it's database which seems to be pretty extensive, and when it becomes available to speak results I can see it's effectiveness for random information or when researching something.

I would think it would depend on the user and what their needs are, but in closing...Siri, Google Now, etc., etc...have Wolfram integrated and so it would help to place Utter within the same category and help to place it higher above those mentioned above.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
You were so adamant about Celsius, I felt I didn't have a choice... :D :D

About Wolfram Alpha, the current integration does nothing but send the query to their Android App - I can't speak or access the results as yet.

If you want to see what the app will do, check out their website here, the Android app is pretty much just a small version of that! I love, but I'm a massive geek!

This is probably more of a useful answer! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
See my response to Bruce regarding Wolfram
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Thanks for the responses about WA.

TBH I have never really managed to get anything particularly meaningful from WA when I've tried but it must be that my search queries are badly phrased.

For example, how would one find out something like the average annual mileage for UK drivers? (Not something I have a special interest in, but the kind of query I'm trying to assess WA with)

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[Android Apps and Games] Adam Lopresto:
The new "Try again" settings are fantastic. One other thing that would make them even better is if the Visual Results had three settings: "Always", "Never", and "Only for unknown commands". I often don't know whether Utter didn't understand me because it didn't hear me correctly, or whether it heard me perfectly, but I got the syntax of a command wrong. Being able to see what it thought I said would be helpful. When it does understand me, though, that's just clutter.

My biggest feature request is still being able to pass arguments to Tasker commands, though. That is, when the begining of a command matches a custom command I've bound to a Tasker task, send everything leftover to the task as %par1.

Really coming along nicely.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
WA can be tricky in the way that you phrase questions so I took a stab at what you just proposed so see the attachment. It does work, and it's great for all types of inquiries and there are just people that are really into that stuff. (I like being able to get info if I need it and therefore find it useful).
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I like it and have added it to the list - thank you.

It's definitely coming and it's high on the list to do. The Tasker dev is busy with his Holo Beta release (free trial there for any interested users ) at the moment and I need to run a couple of things by him. But to confirm, it's coming.....

This is my concern for integration - it's not hot on natural language usage and often parameters need to be defined. Like Tasker above, I'll need to be able to allow users to configure certain constant expressions/variables, so they can then use them to 'compute' against another parameter. I don't think that really made sense, but I think I know what I mean!?
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
FYI-on a roll today, but with the WA...I think I get it. You're gonna have 3 or more (variable/expression parameters)..for instance: Statistical-such as my previous example. Mathematical-which is what a lot of users have WA for. General-who was the 34th U.S president (for example).

I think the

General

is where most of the other apps are directed as they usually only have one response and therefore easy parameters to pass on.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Yes, that's what I mean - so mathematical or statistical could be a constant and then used to calculate a result against a variable parameter that's input by voice.... I think it's more complicated than it sounds - or at least I hope so!

For back page arrivals, latest test build (V3.0.0B) is now on the Play Store
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V2.2.9] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Thanks all for your assessments of WA. I think I'll hold off for now.

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[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Thanks GLDavis, it's good to know that WA does work if you phrase the question correctly. :thumbup:

However average mileage per driver is the figure I was looking for. :banghead:

As Ben commented though it does pose a bit of a problem as we're inclined to use more natural speech when interfacing with utter!

I'll be watching with interest to see how utter+WA integration pans out...

Sent from my ARCHOS 101G9
[Android Apps and Games] Adam Lopresto:
A query of "(annual mileage driven in uk)/(population of uk)" works for me. Actually, that's exactly the sort of thing Wolfram Alpha is particularly good at; they don't have miles per driver as a stat of its own, but you can build it yourself. Getting that in voice, though, is a little more tricky
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Tricky! Unless utter! can interpret our natural phrases and pass a meaningful query to WA we will have to develop some strange speech patterns. :screwy:

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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

We utterly (no pun intended).. Hee, hee beat WA to death! But anyone wanting to know about it just got the full crash course. It's Friday, and stick a fork in me!!! I'm done!
[Android Apps and Games] GMoGoody:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

I had to revert back to 2.2.9 from 3.0.0. When I installed 3.0.0 it replaced my long menu press Google now with Google search.* For me that is the only quick way to access Google now. Any ideas

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utter! version-2.2.9B

Model: SCH-I605

Manufacturer: samsung

SDK Build: 16

Release: 4.1.2

Root access: true

Voice Search: en-us

com.google.android.tts

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Ok so here is what happened.

Once 3.0.0 was installed it changed the long press of the home button middle icon from google now to google search. When pressed the OS prompts me for Complete Action Using

The choices are Google and Utter.

The first time I installed I selected Google but only got voice search. After trying it a second time with a new install I now get Google now. I used Just Once both times. Once I set the selection of Google back to always the icon switched back to the google now one.
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
Not sure what's happening for you. I'm running utter 3.0 on both my phone and tablet. Long pressing the Home icon gives me a choice of Google and Utter. If I select Google and "Always", it brings up Google Now on both devices all the time, not Google Search. Did you try going into Settings/Apps/Google Search on your phone and scroll down to Clear Defaults... then do the long press on the Home icon? Both my devices are running JB 4.2.1
[Android Apps and Games] Justinchi:
Wow, what an amazing app!! I don't know if any1 suggested this, but an optional conversation mode would be great! Like Speaktoit Assistant where once you receive feedback it immediately requests the next command. Also, the timeout after it asks you for your request seems to be very short. If you don't begin responding within like 2 seconds, it no longer hears whatever you say, but I understand it's still in beta. Great app man.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

I agree about the conversation mode. About the timeout: you can extend that in Settings > Pause Timeout.

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[Android Apps and Games] Justinchi:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Ahhh that's what that option was for! Thanks dude!
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

You bet. :)

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[Android Apps and Games] Adizzzle:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Hey Ben, i went back to stock ICS on my i717 note and now when i activate utter she doesn't listen for my responses until i turn off utter in the utter setting and turn it back on again. Am i missing a setting or something?

:beer: "We can't stop here, this is Bat Country!" :beer:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Think we sorted this on the chat?

For those that ever suffer a similar problem, it's the ICS Google Now hack that causes it... decisions decisions!

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It's been a long day, so I'll look back over your posts tomorrow to see if there's anything I need to answer - need some sleep! Thanks to those that have helped out in my absence :good:

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For back page arrivals, the latest build is on the Play Store!
[Android Apps and Games] GMoGoody:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

After the second install of utter 3.0.0 everything worked as expected
[Android Apps and Games] Justinchi:
Hey pplz, I'm having another problem. Not this app's fault. I'm on the Note 10.1 with Android 4.1.2. When I tap my voice button on my bluetooth headset, S Voice comes up automatically. I tried clearing defaults, but there were none for the app. When I froze the app, then it gave me the option to select either Utter or Google Search by default. Is there any way to set Utter as default without freezing S Voice?
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
It would be great if it was more configurable when it can't understand you. So, for example, it could ask you to repeat (a user input number of times), and if it still doesn't understand you it could ask you if you would like to send it to google now / WolframAlpha.

I'm still suffering major Jelly Bean bugs, the main one that if it doesn't hear me it continues for ages (but can longer pick up anything I say) before saying there is a speech server error.

Another suggestion for full tasker integration: It would be great if utter understands that it is being used for a specific tasker task, so that if I say 'Yes' for example it carrys out a specific action, but if I need to respond 'yes'for a different task it will carry out a different action.

This would make the custom conversation abilities with Tasker infinite!

N.B. The practical reason I want this: Currently using tasker and utter in my car it tells me when I have a whatsapp/fb/sms and asks me if it would like me to have it read out loud. I would like to be able to respond yes or no, currently I have to respond using unique speech such as 'yes sms'or 'no facebook'.
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
You using the latest version? Check the Advanced Settings :
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Yep, sorry what I meant is that currently it will continue to ask you to repeat until you say cancel. It would be good if you could set the number of times, e.g. 2. And then after that, you could either tell it to stop or send to W A.
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

That's a good idea!

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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

NEW REQUEST

Just discovered a new app this morning on the play store named FLOATING STICKIES. Try it as I think it is one of the most simple and effective ways to jot a note that I've come across yet!

Ben,

I'm hoping that integration with this might be possible? Thinking along these lines-

" new sticky note", then we could speak our message, and have it inserted into the note.

That would be it.

If anyone would take 5 minutes to check the app out, I would like to know your thoughts. I think it would be a useful addition to utters arsenal.
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
You could just create a custom command launching an activity. FloatingStickies-- Floating Stickies(.MainActivity). I gave it the command "New Stickie" and it launches a new stickie on the desktop.So you could start out with the "remember this" command which copies what you say to the clipboard then "New Stickie" to open a new stickie and then manually paste the clipboard (the little down arrow in the stickie). Not what you had in mind, but do-able.

Ideally, it would be great if we could "chain" commands together in utter. In other words, create one custom command that would chain the following together...Command: "New Stickie, this is a test". This would start the Remember This command, copy the text to the clipboard, start the new stickie command, open a stickie and paste the clipboard into it. I think the ability to chain commands together into one custom command would be a powerful addition.

Maybe a better example could be: custom command: "Tell me about my day". The user could chain together "Whats' the weather", What is the date", "Read my last text message" or whatever to give an overview of the day. This could be carried out with any built-in or custom commands to provide the ultimate in customization.
[Android Apps and Games] Extreme_One:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Floating stickies is a great app, not for me though as I can't handle the persistent icon over my full screen apps.

I can definitely see it as a neat app to integrate with utter!

Sent from my ARCHOS 101G9
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

^^^^^ I like that. In effect creating a macro or command profile. Good idea.

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[Android Apps and Games] Justinchi:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Anyone know how to disable s voice as the default Bluetooth application without freezing it? No defaults to clear. I wanna make Utter the default but still need to use Svoice gesture Window.
[Android Apps and Games] M7mdA7md7sein:
Looks Promising, but unfortunately for me it doesn't recognize that I am even talking at all...

other similar apps do without problems with the same exact settings but I don't like them actually :D

Keep Up Good Work :)

Galaxy Ace S7500
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

It would be better integrated so we could say cut/copy note, paste note, read etc. Also I'm thinking about sharing with Evernote, Gmail, etc.

The fact that it stays resident makes it ideal for integration with other apps.

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Make sure you have the latest version of Google voice search installed, then enable visual results and make sure that utter hears you.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

Forgot to mention earlier but the idea of chaining commands sounds like a great idea. Wonder if it's even feasible. Maybe Ben will give us some good news.
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
I think when the Tasker integration is fully finished it will be very easy to do it. Just add each action as a task.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I think if I allowed you to enter parameters and assign words/phrases to them, then you could say 'resolve mileage divided by population multiplied by the number of inches in a mile' etc.... It's on the list!

It's on the list! :D

Unfortunately Google aren't playing fair..... See here for how they've blocked other apps using the headset button - Samsung have done the same.... Nothing I can do I'm afraid.

Customising the 'is there anything else I can help you with' or retries etc is on the list. Not too difficult... Working on a monitor for Jelly Bean not timing out. Pretty much finished it. The next command being relative to the previous one is going to take a huge code overhaul... I want to build it in soon, but it's a time thing....

It's actually created using the same library as I am for the floating results. The dev is on XDA, so I'll drop him a message. Should be extremely easy for him to alter his code to allow for this and an easy job for me too!

As above, I know how I'll do this, it's just a major coding move around for me.... I will do it though!

Thanks for reporting this - does it say the intro and then just nothing......?

Unfortunately copy/paste is locked for security reasons... but I have a cunning plan! :D

High on my list is updating Tasker variables.... Not enough hands or hours in the day.....

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Thanks again for all of your posts and suggestions etc! Much appreciated!

So, the Play Store release has gone well and I've only had a couple of bugs to solve! So far.... Thanks again for all of your testing that polished it up before the release :good:

I found myself deviating from the to-do list today and..... wait for it..... I've got utter! working offline! WHOOP! BUT, before you get too excited, it's only for Jelly Bean and to test it out you'll need to be rooted..... :( Oh, and of course it's only for commands that you wouldn't need a connection for... You can't browse a webpage!

I'm going to post the first test build of it tomorrow so you can have a play around. Thought I'd mention it now so you've all got time to rush off and root your Jelly Bean devices in preparation!! It was just easier to create it with root permissions, hopefully I'll gradually work out how to do it without.

It's gunna be fun.... :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] foreverinpanama:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.0] BETA! | utter! | Your voice controlled personal assistant |

wait wait wait, near the end there kind of hidden off sight.... is that "offline"?! You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
[Android Apps and Games] Justinchi:
Woah, that's so much good news I don't know which sentence to rejoice about! xD "You rock dude" isn't even cool enuf, but woooooo, u rock xD. Also, thx for the feedback about Bluetooth apps. No one seemed to know anything lol. I even created a thread about that one issue, and no responses -___-. Anyway thx for your time, labor, and dedication!