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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
You are correct...Ben setup to turn off recognition as it was conflicting with the Internet Streaming.

He did however setup to "reenable" recognition after a timeout of about 5 minutes.

So, when finished playing, wait like 5 minutes and see if recognition reenables itself.

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Hello everyone!!

I received a Google Search Update last night, so please, if anyone is having issues, can you please report it?

Also, some or all of you may have been getting "there was an ambient noise error" since the prior update. I seem to be getting it now more in a "quieter environment" as opposed to a lot of outside noise...can anyone confirm or just let me know if its become more prevalent?

Thanks, as always! :D
[Android Apps and Games] Tahahm:
I wonder if this issue is only for google play or is it same with offline music players as well ? When is ask utter! to 'play' a track it says not found but when I ask it to 'stream' a track it opens up google play and starts playing even though all my songs are stored on my phone and not streamed.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
From what I noticed, you tell it to play the song in the following format: "Artist - Song". Just saying the song's name won't be enough.

It's a real pain for artists I have no idea how to pronounce for Google to understand, e.g. Leibach. :P
[Android Apps and Games] Tahahm:
I even tried it with the " Artist - Song" format. Didnt work with the play command but 'stream' picks up the song , Could it be because I dont have an offline music playe installed?
[Android Apps and Games] kurtph1969:
Hi, is there any fix for this yet? Does it work at all/depend on the messaging app you are using? I think this is a useful function and look forward to it working properly.
[Android Apps and Games] zepoy:
Alarm for me is always set 30 hours from the time i said it regardless the time i say... :(
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
Maybe it's meant to read the last message you sent by dictating to utter; have you tried that?

I don't recall utter reading the messages as they arrive, so i don't think it access the database to read the received sms

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[Android Apps and Games] zepoy:
Utter reading my messages as well im using stock messaging app, he reads my facebook messages too.. The only thing that i can make her stop is when i opened the message notification right away or disable notification all together..
[Android Apps and Games] kurtph1969:
According to the Command List, there is 'read last text message'. I would be interested to know bow many people have this working, then I can report back to Ben
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
If I'm not mistaken, you need to enable utter! in the Accessibility settings for it to pick new text messages up.
[Android Apps and Games] kurtph1969:
Thanks. I've already done that. It works OK if I receive an sms. It's the 'read last sms' that doesn't work. Can't access the sms database.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
To all: This has always worked for me..."Read last text". There have been issues using "GO SMS" or "Handcent", but never any real problems using the stock messaging app....Is the phone rooted?

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It this is working okay-automatically reading the text when it arrives, then it's accessing the database correctly.

** The command is "read last text" and also, I tried what you have above "read last SMS" and that works for me as well. You're using the stock messaging app...not something like GO SMS or Handcent correct?

By all rights, these commands should work for you? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
I just enabled utter in accessibility and tried this (not sure why I thought it would only read the notifications and not the content in the messages) but even so, the read last text is not working very well.

I use stock messaging app, and utter does access my database; but it reads a message of several days ago instead of the last one i received.

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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
You don't have to enable accessibility for this command "read last text". Accessibility is only needed when you enable "announce notifications" that reads texts automatically when they arrive.

This has been reported for some time now, but not on every device. Not sure where the answer lies but I would check your settings in the messaging app and look for anything that you might be able to enable or disable that might fix this.

It works with my stock app and also an app called MySMS that I use on the PC.

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I'm looking through my settings for my SMS app...just curious though...Do you have "Notifications checked in your setting to Notify you of incoming texts in your status bar"???????

Thinking maybe this is worth a shot?

EDIT:If it is checked, then uncheck and recheck and see if that helps as well.
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
I have had no problems so far with "read last message"

I only use the standard text app that came with the phone and do not have accessibility enabled. It works every time for me. :D
[Android Apps and Games] cableghost:
Permanent Recognition

Is it possible to add this function to the Tasker plugin as an option to turn on/off. This way, we could create a Tasker profile that enables the wake-up function only when the display is on.

Further thought...with devices like the Moto X that has a separate processor for active functions, would it be possible at some point to have the wake-up, or other functions, only use a certain processor?
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
I did have a setting to show a preview of the message in the notification bar when it arrives, after unchecking it i sent a text to my phone and asked utter to read my last message.. it worked as expected. I tried texting myself again after re-checking the setting and it worked as well ...

So all that was left was disabling utter in accessibility and trying to text me something, and again, it worked.

So, I conclude i have no idea why it wasn't working before, and should probably try again texting myself from a different phone (in case the fact i received sms from my own number had any incidence on the results)

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[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Cool!!! That's good news as I've been thinking about this one for a while. I'm just assuming that Utter couldn't recognize the last message because it couldn't find the notification or time stamp to read. I dunno, BUT...another victory!!!

I hope this works for other users!!

Thanks for trying that sir!

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See this thread for using "intents" to setup permanent recognition using Tasker that was written by Ben.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34339449&postcount=2155

As far as the processor goes, I have no clue, but it sounds like a good idea!!

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Please check this post below. I would like you to try this and see if it clears up the problem. Thanks!!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45969635&postcount=5528
[Android Apps and Games] jugg1es:
I've used some voice assistants in the past with varied levels of success, I've had this for about a week now and after the initial setup( getting offline to work was a bit if a chore ) I have to say that this is IMHO the best I've come across. Will gladly pay for this when it comes out of beta. Great work:thumbup::beer:

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
[Android Apps and Games] cableghost:
Thank you; that works great.
[Android Apps and Games] Thwip:
Works fine for me, after saying, "read mesage", "read last text", etc. Utter says the name/number, time, then reads the last message. But only the last received message.

Droid Razr rooted stock ROM.

I use the stock text app with notifications off FWIW. In conjunction I use TabletTalk to enable me to use my tablet for texting.

I deleted the last message from stock app. I asked Utter and it read the message I deleted. I then deleted the same last message from TabletTalk on my phone. Utter then read the same, twice deleted, message. I suspect Utter may buffer at least your last message?
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
In my opinion the problem is that utter doesn't read the message from the database, but instead it stores the message on its own at a certain time.. I just checked and it says the same message i used to test it, but i already have other newer messages in the database.. My conclusion is that utter must be in the background when you receive a message, otherwise it can't store it, and that's why it won't be able to read it later.

Maybe Ben should make it so utter reads the database, but i assume it would need root and other things which might require more work than the current behavior

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[Android Apps and Games] gbossley:
Read last message works for me.

I get a lot of "there was an ambient noise error", and "speech server error" though.

I can't get Utter to start on reboot, in spite of re-installing. Maybe I need to delete files before a reinstall???
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Check in settings, power user and select start on boot to fix this. As for the ambient noise error this started with a recent update. Ben is very aware of the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] Thwip:
I always have Utter running, but not listening. That may be the issue? I'm not an Android programmer but doubt that message database reading requires root.
[Android Apps and Games] Tahahm:
Desperately waiting for a fix regarding the clash between permanent recognition and google play. The developer said he has a fix but I dont see it :( Pleaseee Brandall!
[Android Apps and Games] gbossley:
Thanks GLD but it doesn't matter if I select "Start at Boot" - it just doesn't work. Did a full reinstall (maybe didn't delete cache / files) and no improvement.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Got me on this one!!! As long as I've been on this thread never run across this one. Are you using some type of task killer or battery saver that could be killing the process? Sounds to me like a conflict with another app? You could try another fresh install after deleting all files on the internal or SD, but I don't think that's it. Do you have any other apps that are resident in the notification bar?
[Android Apps and Games] gbossley:
Avast!

(Wasn't a problem until a recent restore?)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Does avast have an exclude list or white list? That might allow them both to run.
[Android Apps and Games] D1RTYW0RK:
Website Link

This is probably a simple thing but searching this forum of endless pages has proved more difficult than expected.

What I want utter! to do is to open my To Do list in Google Drive. The most versatile way to do this would be to have a custom command that launches the link that I share my To Do list with. However if it were somewhere in the "Custom Command" activities that would also be acceptable.

One other unrelated issue is that utter! fails to kill my Pandora Ap. Honestly I would love for utter! to be able to interact with Pandora completely. Pause, skip song, and thumbs up or down would be awesome. Being able to close the app via utter! would be sufficient.

Last but not least I do want to thank the developer for making this awesome application and the forum for helping so many.
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that it works for you because utter is always running, if you turned it off and received a message, the app would never be aware if the existence of that message.

And you may be right, unless tasker is using some kind of buffer the same way utter does, it shouldn't need root; as i can access the content of the message through some native variables in a task

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[Android Apps and Games] ashgotti:
I've really come to depend on this app when I'm driving, but I'm having an issue with the notification volume. I use LLama to do different profiles: quiet/vibrate when I'm on wifi and loud/ringtone when I'm connected via bluetooth to my car so that notifications are read. I'll be listening to music and a notification will come in but Utter is extremely quiet to the point that I can't make out the notification. It seems to be random as I've had to reflash my rom and start from scratch a few times. I use the same settings but this time I can't hear any notifications. Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
Doesn't utter pause the music when the notification is read? if not, you could try to set it manually with llama.

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[Android Apps and Games] ashgotti:
The music pauses but the notification volume is almost 0. I don't see any settings for notification volumes in Utter and in my LLama profile, it's set to 15/15.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
In your settings in Utter you probably have volume set for "media stream", so setting up with Llama would require you to set your "media volume" I would think.
[Android Apps and Games] ashgotti:
I do have it set for "media stream" and in Llama the media stream is set to 15/15. My music is perfectly loud, just not the notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
How about adjusting your "notification volume"?

With the way that volumes are controlled now in Android it can get a little tricky. I would try adjusting the "notification" volume and see if that makes any difference.

The android system might pickup what's coming across as a "notification".

Screenshot.
[Android Apps and Games] dakoellis:
Does anyone have a reliable way to get utter! to listen to a bluetooth headset? I can't get it to actually listen, but other apps do so I don't think its an issue with my rom.

Sorry if it's been answered already, I just only remember someone saying it's an OS problem, but I don't think that's the case so maybe there's a setting or something?
[Android Apps and Games] badhri:
Some time back I had posted the above thing as a question for 'entropicAlchemist'. Can some one(Ben, Gld, anyone) please enlighten me if this is possible or not? Plz

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
I'm pretty certain there's no way to do that currently.
[Android Apps and Games] Leavard:
Sorry about misleading you [MENTION=5377657]badhri[/MENTION], the Utter locale plugin doesn't work like I thought it did.
[Android Apps and Games] khaoskosmos:
This app is amazingly powerful, especially combined with Tasker.

The only thing I noticed, is that the results utter gets via Google now aren't read out loud.

ie - telling utter the following voice command...

"search who won the 2012 world series?"

The result is a Google now search that returns San Francisco Giants, but doesn't speak it out loud.

I have Google now preferences set to always speak.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
You are correct! Hopefully that will be fixed in the Next update
[Android Apps and Games] angelhod:
lunch utter from locked phone

hi,

I just found this great application but one thing worries me. I don't know how to lunch application from locked phone, my case is:

1) plug headphones to the phone

2) press and hold button on my headphones

so application starts and I am able to talk with it

what is not working

1) plug headphones to the phone

2) lock the device

3) press and hold button on my headphones

nothing happens

so is it possible to talk with it when the phone is locked?

thanks for any reply
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Google has pretty much locked down the use of a headset to its own application via a "signature" which is in essence a password that blocks developers from waking a device. Utter will work with a "long" button press, but the phone needs to be awake and unlocked. :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] kurtph1969:
This is really strange. I was having the same problem - needing the phone to already be unlocked to make long press work. I then installed "Headset Button Controller" from the Play Market:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton&hl=en (I believe there is also a trial version). This gets round the problem mentioned above because you can assign, say, double click headset button activates Utter. Plus you can have it wake the phone too!

However, for some bizarre reason, the long press for Utter is NOW working when the phone is locked! I have also tried disabling/uninstalling Headset Button Controller and it still works, so I'm not sure how or why it works. Anyway, Headset Button Controller gets round the problem either way, so I would recommend it!
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Just in the last 4-5 days there have been 2 updates to Google Search and updates on most of their apps. Could be that the problem was resolved in those updates. Who knows?
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
I honestly doubt the app fixed it somehow because its description in the play store mentions it can't configure the long press in jellybean.

Even so, it's a good alternative to use together with tasker to send the intent that activates utter's listening. I used to have it set to a double press instead of the long press because it didn't work that way.

It would be nice if it were because of a Google update as GLDavis suggests, since this "monopoly" of the button is totally unneeded
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Amen!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] gbossley:
Clue to "There was an Ambient Noise Error"

At the moment about 3 out of 5 times I try to use Utter! I get one of two errors "there was an ambient noise error" or " there was a speech server error".

If I as "what time is it", Utter nearly always works successfully. Straight after I ask the time, other requests nearly always seem work.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
The ambient noise error is caused by a gain increase that works well for Google but not utter it seems. It's my assumption that different models of phones have different levels of sensitivity and the ambient noise error varies with each. Some are better than others at filtering out background noise. The developer is aware of the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] gbossley:
OK so the cause is known? My point was that "what time is it" seems to somehow set Utter up to work better with any other commands.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
The command what time is it should have nothing to do with it. I would bet that the word "what" is one of the most used words in Google's recognition and that's why it seems to set the stage. Ben reproduces the error consistently by setting his phone next to a fan.
[Android Apps and Games] christcb03:
Send Utter a Command Via tasker

This is very possible. All you need to do is set up a password for remote control access in power user settings within Utter. Then create a new task in tasker add a task under the phone category for send sms. Put your own cell as the number and in the message put password_utter_do command. Substitute the password you set above and the command you want utter to do. It seems that sometimes it doesn't get recognized if the box to show the message in app is not checked, but that may just be an issue with my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] ricorico94:
Hi,

I had tried to use Utter! and then I stopped, because I was not able to use it to order taking a picture or starting (then stop) recording a video.

Any one knows if it's now possible ? I still can't see such feature listed on google play, but maybe I just didn't find how to do it..

br,

Eric
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Not currently within the app, but you may be able to setup using Tasker.
[Android Apps and Games] faku1810:
Indeed this might be a feasible way to do this.. but I wouldn't use it personally, since even if it's a self sent message, it's still charged by your provider, unless i'm mistaken. So if you used this regularly, you'd be wasting money. Using tasker/llama/etc as a replacement for those actions is a better alternative.
[Android Apps and Games] Aitch:
Love it!

Been playing with it for only a short while but noticed a few things:

1) How can I set it to speak out Google Search answers - like it does with Google Now?

2) Is there a way to link the Speech Volume to Ringer Volume - it seems to be linked to Media Volume right now. I found a box in Settings to change it but is seems to be permanently ticked andI can't get to disable.

3) The Float Commands box doesn't remember where it was last sized and placed. Is there a way to store this and also change the font size of the text?

4) Thank you for such a Kickass App!
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
1. Currently, this is not possible. The developer is working on a fix.

2. What box are you speaking of that you changed? It's always adhered to the Media Stream.

3. You are right it doesn't remember sizing and it's a known problem. The font size is not changeable.
[Android Apps and Games] ffpoke:
Add kindle fire hd commands I have rooted my device so once fully tested we should put it on the amazon app store not before. fire hdx commands are after hd commands because I only own hd 8.9
[Android Apps and Games] Aitch:
Yes it is fixed to the Media Stream - there is a tick box which won't let me untick.

Any idea when the next update is coming? Are you planning on keeping it free after it comes out of beta?
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
Media is the default and the only option.

Not sure what the Dev has in store after beta, maybe premium plug in's.
[Android Apps and Games] Aitch:
Sorry I thought you were the developer - where is the dude?

Few more things I've noticed:

4) When I set it to start at boot - it doesn't, at least not with Permanent Wake-Up active?

5) I use Rocket Player for Music, when I'm playing a song it keeps pausing every 2-3 seconds - if I deactivate Permanent Wake-Up, it stops the problem?

6) The Remove Notification toggle removes the Blue Utter icon, but the Red Utter icon is still there?
[Android Apps and Games] jugg1es:
At the moment permanent wake up at boot can only be achieved through tasker i believe.

I've no solution for number 2 I'm afraid

The Remove Notification toggle only stops the android system from killing the app when it needs the ram, if you've a fairly high end device it shouldn't be a problem, this is why you can still see the red listening icon as the app is still running but does run the risk of being killed.

"I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart."

- E E Cummings (1894-1962)
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
There is not currently a solution to number 2-when permanent recognition is running it is almost continaully reaching out to the Google server in order to maintain a connection to those servers as well as poll the CPU to keep the unit awake. That is a google problem that needs to be resolved but the dev. might have a work around.

At any rate, post #2115 is a Tasker workaround using "intents" to stop permanent recognition when using a music player, then reenable once the music is finished.
[Android Apps and Games] christcb03:
This is a good point, if you don't have unlimited texting it would get rather expensive.
[Android Apps and Games] Tahahm:
I read in the earlier messages that the developer had found a workaround to the issue with music and permanent recog but I guess he's too busy with other stuff. I am desperately waiting for some sort of fix to that because my phone is playing music in the car when anything else isnt happening on it...and the bug just renders the whole concept useless because I cant dictate my tasks without reaching out and pushing the button. And ofcourse changing songs on the fly would be the best thing ever :)
[Android Apps and Games] Aitch:
Has the developer stopped developing?