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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I've made the standard icon black for the next release, not quite so in-your-face!

Yes, that's coming. First up is just one command by your chosen phrase. Once that's working for everyone, two or more should be relatively simple.

Thanks for letting me know. Try these:

1) Kill utter! and your voice engine with a task killer.

2) In the troubleshooting tab, type in 'Whats the time' and see what happens. If nothing happens, check your voice engine files in the Android tts settings to make sure no additional downloads are required.

3) If the above doesn't solve, try uninstalling and reinstalling Google Voice Search.

Let me know if that solves the issue for you.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.4.7A up!

I've managed to get the on/off switch into the ActionBar on this update (I made an ActionBar replica). It's a pretty close match on my devices. I'll swap it for a proper ICS switch (for ICS devices) when I have more time. The on/off bug state is fixed - credit morg01 for spotting. Also included:

Email

First chance to test this out - Say 'email Joe Blogs' and utter! will take over. Hope it works ok! Let me know.

Spell

Not very exciting, but sometimes comes in handy! You can say 'toast the clipboard' afterwards to see it.

I've forgotten to enable these in the command list... Oops.

Finally, when you open the main app, three times will appear in the logcat A,B and C. Would be great if you could let me know what they are on your devices - They are background processes utter! is performing and one of them takes 15+ seconds to complete on an older device of mine.

All of the other new features are in the quoted post above.

Ok, think that's it for now!

Thanks in advance for your feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
In the troubleshooting tab, commands work just fine. That's a bummer, The new Google Now is a must-have app. It's strange, as everything else connects to it just fine, including "voice" options on keyboards.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you resolve it, if you have the desire to do so. (It *is* a hack, afterall!)
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for letting me know. Is it a ROM hack or a stand-alone version you are using? Can you post a link to it please and I'll check it out.

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[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747224

There's the thread. I'll say it again: if you could get utter to integrate well with GNow, it would be pretty epic. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] codesplice:
Here are my times (on Galaxy Nexus running an AOKP JB build):

A: 227
C: 12091
B: 17155

Also, first time checking in in quite a while - you've been busy! Nice work!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks, I've taken a quick look and I'll have to wait until a more stable version is out before I start poking around and see what I can do. I hope I can work something out then though. The hacked version of Google Voice search will be messing things up I'm afraid. Nothing I can do :(

Busy busy indeed! Thanks for the times, about what I thought. Need to speed them up a bit somehow, as the app won't work to its full power until they are complete...

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[Android Apps and Games] BaYRiCaN:
Thanks for the quick response. i tried all the above and still nogo but i cannot uninstall Google voice search should i do it with titanium back up and can i just download again from play store..

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I've attached the latest version that you'll be able to install over the top of your current version, tried and tested from my device - If you back-up your own copy first in Titanium just in case. A reboot afterwards never hurts... Let me know how you get on.

Just check you're on V2.1.4 first.
[Android Apps and Games] BaYRiCaN:
Did it and redid the other steps but now it just says "utter is computing " in my notification when i give commands. But in trouble shooting it tells me the time.

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[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
This is what it does for me. Have you ever installed the hacked Google Now?
[Android Apps and Games] BaYRiCaN:
i have inverted gAPPS i hope that's not the problem.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
If I understand correctly, inverted is just a theme? If that is the case, then it shouldn't make any difference, especially as we tried the replacing the original Voice Search.

To clarify, utter! says 'yes master' and then it vibrates and says 'listening' - the icon then remains forever saying 'computing' - does it ever change to 'fetching' ?

Does Google Voice Search work on its own?

The only issues I've seen like this before have been solved by reinstalling Voice Search, or there is a hack which utter can't detect as it's not a 'normal' error.... I'm pretty stumped I'm afraid other than to suggest returning to full standard gapps to confirm if that's the problem - but then it could be something in your ROM! :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] BaYRiCaN:
I'm running AOKP .. it used to work for me on same Rom. But yes it says, yes master, then searching, then computing is where it stays forever. I tried the normal gAPPS and same thing. My Google voice search works fine. I know I'm so confused also it's weird.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'll have a ponder over what it could be. I'll probably pm you and RoboJoe a modded version with some extra logging to try and catch exactly where it's failing, if that's ok. I've made a lot of background changes in the more recent versions, so perhaps something to do with that, rather than voice search or Google now etc..

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[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
Fine with me.
[Android Apps and Games] BaYRiCaN:
Cool, thanks so much

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[Android Apps and Games] vbetts:
Running cmod7 on my Droid x2, crashes when I try to open it.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for letting me know. Can I pm you a logging enabled version to try and catch the bug?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.4.8A up!

Hey folks, a few behind the scenes changes again in this version. Also included is:

Play

"Play +artist +track name"

for example...

"Play The Beatles Hey Jude"

I'm not sure how it will perform on your devices, or how fast it will be - it really depends on how well organised and tagged your music collection is... If it's all over the device and external storage, then utter! will definitely take longer to return the closest match... but I'm using some tricks to speed things up... So, actually, I've no idea how this will work! :eek:

Let me know!

Cheers

EDIT: For other recent command additions, please see this post
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
So the play command worked well but I don't like the fact that it doesn't use my music app it just puts up a little window... it should open it through Google play music
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for letting me know, it's not supposed to do that! It is supposed to allow you to choose your music player the first time. I'll check the code.

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[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
V2.2.4.8.1A up!

Small change that I hope will allow you to pick your default music player the first time. Credit eisenbathb for pointing this out.
[Android Apps and Games] ~kyle:
Thanks brandall! Works great for me. But the prior version before this fix also worked properly for me. It did pick the wrong song the first time but it's gotten it right everytime since.

Please post a link when your Kickstarter page is up. :good:

cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Hi Brandall,

The music play works good for me..It is still quick even though my music is in a DCIM,Music on the external sd card. 8^)

Found no problems yet..

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] ironlood:
I'm loving the new update.. With my S-III there is S-Voice which is activated by double pressing the home button.

was curious if Utter could possibly be set to react the same way?
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
Hey brandall not sure wat happened but still not picking the right music player... here is a screen shot from the most recent update... could u possibly change the in app to let me pick defaults for all apps that could use multiple apps like email,music, SMS and wat ever else there is on those lines.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for the feedback and glad it's working well! Will definitely post the link to Kickstarter, thanks - so nearly finished it now!

That's good news! I meant to tell you, that I hope I've fixed the root request loop you reported. Can you test and let me know please? Thanks meter +1 waiting.

Thanks for the feedback. Hardware key remapping is a root hack only as far as I'm aware, which is a shame. I'm sure there's an app out there somewhere that helps you do it... My ROM has key mapping built in, so utter! is mapped to a quick press of the search button, which is nice and easy...

Oh, does the S-III have a search button? If so, utter! is already mapped to the long-press of that. It's the only non-root configurable option.

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[Android Apps and Games] kamots:
Hey brandall :D just wanted to thank you again for all of your hard work on this app. It. Is evolving very nicely indeed. I have switched phones to an HTC one x and I unfortunately do not posses the skill set needed to root it, lol but all of the non root functions are working flawlessly for me. I appreciate all of your work on this project.:thumbup::beer:
[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
No. Long pressing the menu button initiates a search, but it's the equivalent of tapping the search button, not long pressing it. Long pressing home opens the voice dialer (ugh!) and long pressing the back button does nothing, as always.

It's way, way off topic, but anyone owning the GS3 (or a tablet) is stupid (yes, *stupid*) if they don't immediately buy an app called GestureControl. With that, you can get around our sad, sad lack of search buttons.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontrol

Edit: Root only, btw.
[Android Apps and Games] ~kyle:
I just verified that this works on my Atrix 4G.
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Yep..I can confirm that the root request loop is fixed. It doesn't even get sleepy anymore.. just informs me that root access is required for that function..so all good :good:
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
S-III does not have the search key. Wish it did so for now i use a homescreen shortcut for utter. App works great by the way. Havent put much music on this so havent used the music command yet
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Ok, couple of things to try - Go to the Android application settings and clear the app data for utter as a default may be associated in there. If that doesn't work, then find the music player that is playing the track and clear the defaults for that too (in the Android application settings).

Let me know that works for you.

Thanks for your feedback :) I'm sure you'll venture to the root thread soon! :eek:

It's frustrating that a user can't remap them to what they wish without needing root access to do it... I'm surprised that didn't make it into JellyBean. I thought that the permanent icon in the notification bar started utter! when it was tapped, but I've just realised it seems to be opening the main app... It's not supposed to - that's supposed to be another way to start the app. I'll change it.

Thanks for letting me know - I think I need to 'advertise' this an option somewhere.

Great stuff. Thanks again for reporting it :good:

Glad all is working well. It should be lightening quick with only a few track on there then! :D

1) Shake

2) Wave

3) Long-press-search

4) Permanent notification tap (when I fix it for the next release)

5) Launcher shortcut

The above are the current ways to activate utter! If anyone has any other ideas of what I could do, please do let me know! The obvious one is permanently listening for a keyword, but that's a little way off at the moment - but it will happen.

Thanks again for all of your feedback folks, it's really appreciated.

That reminds me, no one's really mentioned the texting and emailing - does that mean it's just working fine? Coming soon will be your emails and texts being read out when they arrive (if you want), which will perhaps make it more natural to ask utter! to reply straight away by voice?
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
There don't seem to be any defaults set for any of those apps.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
What happens if you manually click on an mp3 file? Which play options do you get?

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[Android Apps and Games] ~kyle:
Oh yeah, I meant to mention this before, the texting does indeed work...and very well at that. I like that it asks you if you'd like to proofread it first too.

Do want! :D
[Android Apps and Games] eisenbathb:
OK so just checked and aparenty Google play music is stupid and that is how it opens wen told to play music.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisryn:
I'm having an issue it keeps telling me to check voice search. I've done all the steps I can find in this thread. All typed commands work just not spoken commands. Is there a way I can fix?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for the feedback!

Oh, that's a little strange. I'll have a snoop around and see if there's a way to force it into the full player.

Thanks for reporting this. You are the 3rd to have this issue and it's baffling me. Google Voice Search is returning empty results and no error to go with it. You're the 2nd on a Galaxy Nexus.

I'm still hunting the cause and if it's custom ROM based...

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[Android Apps and Games] chrisryn:
I did notice that when I went to uninstall and reinstall voice search there was no uninstall option. Had to use titanium to uninstall then install from market. It is time for a flash so I'll try another ROM and report back.

Edit: I think current ROM had it as a system app or could be a JB issue. I will check next ROM and pull voice search to see if that's the cause. If all else fails I will pull AOSP JB source and compile for test.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for your offer to do that, but to save you the trouble, I've just found this

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=36679

Looks like my fellow Voice Assistant creators are suffering the same and it is an Android bug. I'll update my code to work around it. Will get it out tomorrow to test.

Please do star the issue on the link!

Cheers

EDIT: Does changing the language in the Voice Search Settings to English UK make it work for you?

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[Android Apps and Games] chrisryn:
I just got done reading the issue report you linked and was getting ready to try that when I noticed your edit. It does resolve the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisryn:
It is really odd that the en-us returns null values yet other languages don't. Yet voice search by itself works.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Good news!

It's odd indeed. I really hope it's a server issue and not in the Jelly Bean code, otherwise it could take a while to fix... Not sure how the uk vs us recognition will alter the accuracy of the results... Guess we'll find out!
[Android Apps and Games] Hpes0j:
thank you sir for sharing...
[Android Apps and Games] ~kyle:
For what it's worth, I've only ever used the English UK voice. I think the American voice seems a little less feminine and almost robotic sounding. It's just not as pleasant sounding as the UK voice to my ears.

Now...if there were a "south of the Mason Dixon line" US voice I might like it better. :p
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Pleasure :)

I guess it depends on the Voice Engine you are using - I think IVONA seem to put more effort into the US and UK voices.

Each to their own though... I like to have my voice engine set to female, French and hear her try and speak English... It does it for me! :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Anyone out there running a stock Jelly Bean ROM on a non rooted device? I'm not sure if that could only be the Nexus 7 or if the SIII update has been leaked?
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
I have a xoom wifi that has official stock jelly bean unrooted
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Oh, I didn't realise the xoom was blessed with that... Can you confirm a few things for me please...

1) Does offline recognition work in Google Now?

2) Does offline recognition work on a custom keyboard or just the stock one?

3) What happens if you try to ask utter! something offline?

Your thanks meter is waiting to be increased :)

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[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
1) doesnt look like offline works. Touch voice search and says cant reach google at the moment retry.

2) basically says same thing when i press text box.

3) utter tells me lost network connection when asked time in a different location than my present one
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Damn... Is that the expected behavior for a non-Nexus device do you (or anyone) know? Does it have the full Google Now built into it?

Edit: Thanks for trying btw!

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[Android Apps and Games] chrisryn:
The Xoom is a Google developer device so it would be official jelly bean. I will test if I can ever get my Xoom back from moto.
[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
The xoom is like the nexus of tablets so I think that would be normal and now is built into the search
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Ok. Strange it doesn't work offline then?

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[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Turned off wifi and all commands tell me it's lost network connection. I didn't have utter! Installed on my xoom until today so I tried to play and turned wifi back on and utter still not working. Says Google search not returning any results. Touch voice settings in utter menu and utter says it cannot access
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for reporting. It looks like you have the Jelly Bean bug talked about on the last page (please star the issue!). Could you go to the Android Voice Search settings and change the language to English UK and see if utter! works please?

The voice search settings location must have changed on Jelly Bean too then... Again, thanks for letting me know! I'll see if I can find the correct link in the source code.

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[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
Utter works with English UK as default
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Great, I'll have to sort a work-around until Google pull their finger out and get it fixed... No way of knowing if English UK will make the recognition less accurate for the American accent...

Thanks again for your assistance, it's appreciated.

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[Android Apps and Games] shawn13165:
No problem. So far utter has gotten all my commands right with the exception of not getting my name right when i try to set it. Mistakes Shawn and says shine this could be me though.

Correction after saying my name slow and deliberate it got it right. Playing music works lighting quick and asked what player first time. So I'm not seeing any issues using UK voice with American accent.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks for the feedback, good to know the music search is running fast, it wasn't sure how it work as there's a lot going on in the background.

If any of you are finding the music search slow, updating your tags will of course help a lot. I stumbled across the free app DroID3Tagger, which allows you to queue up the tracks that aren't tagged or named correctly and sit back and do NOTHING! Users have reported bugs in the comments, but for me it worked flawlessly, even on random tracks that weren't labelled in any way at all!? Worth a try.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Another feature

I'm working on an update to get around the Android bug detailed here - Please star it if you are a custom ROM user (or stock Jelly Bean!), as it will surely rear its head in your coming ROM updates. In the mean time, there was another command in the last version that I didn't reveal:

Browse directory +'directory name'

Example:

"Browse directory My Documents"

Also:

Browse subdirectory +'directory path'

Example:

"Browse subdirectory Music, Beatles, Let it Be"

You'll need to go to the Link Applications tab in the main app and click the link to File Magic, which is a file explorer designed by the developer of Tasker - As you'd expect from such a dev, it has plenty of compatibility options for other applications. I can't find any other File Explorers that have such features. I hope that will change when utter! becomes a little more popular and developers want to make their apps compatible.

The subdirectory command can be very slow - Java and recursive directory searches don't play well together. I'm checking/every/individual/subdirectory/level on your external storage against every/possible/command/string/heard - there is a MASSIVE amount of work being done...

Is it quicker than browsing to it manually...? You'll have to tell me...

Let me know! Thanks in advance for your feedback (which will help me know the direction to take for searching for files...).

For the latest release details, see this post and the post it links to
[Android Apps and Games] efreese:
something to shoot for?

Brandall,

Came across this and thought it might be useful for future feature planning and completeness checking for utter:

http://www.answerdevices.com/index....ry-mobile-assistant-should-be-able-to-answer/
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thank you! I'm digesting now! Gotta make sure it's up to scratch!

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[Android Apps and Games] tomgillotti:
Just got a replacement Verizon Galaxy Nexus, rooted, and installed MIUI JellyBean ROM and now Utter! Just gives me a 'working' notification with all commands.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I didn't get notified of this post sorry. It's a jelly Bean bug, if you change your language to English UK in the Google Voice Search settings, it should work. Let me know how you get on.

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[Android Apps and Games] codesplice:
Looking forward to it!
[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
That issue that we were emailing about a week or two ago appears to be gone with the newest version. The thing is, my wife is due to give birth literally at any moment, so I've stopped flashing stuff for my phone-- I haven't changed anything regarding my ROM, kernel, Google Now-- nothing.

Did you do something on your end? Do you want logs or anything? (Not that logs for a working product are very useful!)

At any rate, I'm glad that I can use Utter! again. :)
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'm really hoping that the bug detailed above with English US has been resolved by Google then. I've changed nothing either (other than inserted an alert to change to English UK), so that would suggest it was a server error rather than a Jelly Bean build problem. That would be very good news......

If anyone did (does) have the Jelly Bean bug, please do confirm!

EDIT: Good luck with the birth btw!!!

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[Android Apps and Games] tomgillotti:
Did this (changed Google voice settings to English UK) and downloaded latest version. Working fine again.
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
I'm getting force closed on every command. Notification says computing.. fetching.. then I get utter has unfortunately stopped.