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[Android Apps and Games] Inner_Bushman:
That's not the same. I pronounce the whole name and surname as it is stored. The problem does not come from inconsistency between the query and the contact info but from wrong language engine. English engine is not able to properly recognize polish names like "Łukasz Kowalczyk" or "Joanna Więcek". That's why i was wondering if there's a way to overcome that issue? Like set it so the command is spoken in english and the contact name is managed by polish recognition engine?

If not, why not let people choose the main engine as native engine and let them set up their own device command/voice command pairs?

After all... i say "call" but my phone is "dzwoni" since it has polish locale anyway.

If there's no way to overcome that problem then what are the chances of having utter! a locale selection in near future?

best regards,

Bushman
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

The best thing that I can tell you is to give your friends nicknames specifically English nicknames. For example call your friend Lucas, and call your friend Joanna. I am using voice to text to speak these words so obviously the English engine works for this. Go into utter settings and find nicknames and assign a nickname to each contact that has a Foreign name that the English engine cannot handle.
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

If you check out Translation in the user guide, it shows how to do this for contacts in your own language - call/text etc also any command and the intro!

Solution until the translations begin.

Sent from xda premium
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Woopie ! My tablet got its Jelly Bean update today....:victory:

Got Utter working in offline mode no trouble..It couldn't understand a word I said for a while, then I downloaded the English Australia offline files and now it does almost as good as it is online..:good:

Did notice something while fooling around though.

When asked for a Internet search using Google, Yahoo etc.. If the word video is in it, then utter will search on you tube no matter what.

Eg "Search Google for animation videos" Will open you tube rather than a web search in a browser.

I tried rearranging words, but it seems as soon as Utter hits the word video, it searches you tube.
[Android Apps and Games] LegendsCrazy:
This is an awesome app! Thank you Brandall! I have it on my Nexus 7 and it's working very well. I also have it on my Galaxy Nexus, but it keeps force closing. Can someone help me please. When I try to open the app from the app drawer it says: "Unfortunately, utter has stopped". I've tried accessing it through creating a widget and it goes through the language set-up process. It becomes "self-aware" and is "listening", but it won't go any further. Stock Verizon Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1 Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] GLDavis:
You're right! I tried several different variations as well and it does take you straight to YouTube.
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

Just a quick note..

Got an update for poweramp today.. they have fixed it..It now starts properly with utter.. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Trekeyus:
figured out why it was having issues the contact had a . in the name "firstname A. lastname" removed the period and no issues with it finding them now
[Android Apps and Games] rectifiercc:
Hi all, i'm new to utter. Been reading as much as possible. My goal is to be able to access utter as quickly as possible anytime but particularly when driving. I am able to access utter from the lock screen using Widget locker which allows widgets on the lockscreen so that's cool. I also installed "Home2shortcut" which allows me to access google now with a double click of the home button which is very quick to get to it from any screen or app. I know you can access utter by long pressing home, but it's 3 clicks to get the utter prompt. And i know you can get it from the notification pull down but that can sometimes be tricky one handed. The quickest way is to use another feature of "Home2 shortcut" which allows you to acces an app, widget or shortcut by pressing home+menu in succession or home+back in succession. When i assign the utter widget to this option it doesn't work right it just makes a widget shortcut for utter on my home page (strange). Anyway would be great if this worked.

Does anyone have a work around or can anyone share how they access utter in the most efficient way.

Lovin the app and its potential.

thx
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Appreciate your suggestions, please keep them coming :good: I hear you on the continuous listening after a command has executed - I like it and will definitely include it as an option.

Creating Tasker tasks by voice has been on the to do list for a long time! I'll include it one day....

WHOOP! and good spot on the video issue! I'll fix for the next release!

You're suffering from this Android Bug which requires a blank space to be placed anywhere that the text wraps to the next line. It's a nightmare, because that position changes depending on screen size/resolution/orientation/font etc

I'm hoping you'll get an OTA to fix it soon!

WHOOP! You're right! You're on form today :good: Best make sure I get Playlists/albums/artists ready for the next release then!

Thanks for letting me know :good: I'll have to check my code to see how I'm handling that - I have a feeling I might have been looking for a surname of '.' !

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Let me know if I've missed anything folks! Got a test build coming soon with a few new features in!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Quite a few users have apps that don't handle the shortcut correctly, so I uploaded this simple app to the Play Store that does nothing but launch the recognition. If you select that as the 'application', then it should work!
[Android Apps and Games] rectifiercc:
Ah hah!! Sweet thx! :)
[Android Apps and Games] thomasgatt:
[SORTED]

I'm getting "the device and media sound must be enabled to run the tutorial" whenever I try to run the tutorial... Any hints? Thanks!

Settings - Sound - Turn on Media sound
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
Hi Ben,

I have a feature request. When utter starts listening, it pauses any music or media which is being played. Getting a notification does the same thing. However, the 'hello james', 'yes james' 'yes master' bit is played over the top of the music - it doesn't pause until it is actively listening.

Is it possible to pause the music before it says 'yes James'?

I imagine it may be quite difficult if it is pausing all media stream output as utter is also output this way. but if it is possible it would be useful.
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

Edit : have you first tried the shake to wake feature of utter?

Hi, I also like having a way to quickly and "blindly" access utter. I highly recommend looking into purchasing the app GMD gesture. You can customize your own gesture on the screen and have it launch the quick launch utter icon.

For example If I touch three fingers to my screen and rotate them clockwise it will launch utter. It's very fast, effective and consistent. However, you will need to be rooted.
[Android Apps and Games] Drifternz:
Yep..found another hic-cup.

If you use Utter to play a song using the default music player on a samsung device, ( Well note 10.1, tab 2 10.1, s2 that I know of anyway) the song plays well.

However, if you exit the app, it does not continue to play in the background like it does if you opened the app and selected a song and then shut the app.

This seems to be the same on ics or jelly bean as the note is on jelly bean while the other two devices are ics and they act the same way.

It works fine on Poweramp though so it must have something to do with the way it is entering the default samsung music player.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

My Nexus 10 arrived today and I just gotta say utter! is simply amazing on this thing with JB 4.2.2. So much faster, even the stock voice is perkier, lol. But I have some questions:

1) Since I'm on JB, I don't need to be rooted to use utter! offline, right? I don't want to root right away, at least wait a month or two to make sure the unit is a keeper.

2) Google installed utter! automatically, as well as my customizations. There are several commands I won't be using. If I delete them on the N10 is there any kind of background sync to Google that would mess with the list I have on my phone?

3) Is there (or can there be) a way to point utter! to a user defined path to music files? I keep my music files on the external sdcard, but it appears utter! only looks to the default folder when asked to play a track.

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HTC Vivid (ICS rooted)
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

1. Yes you can install voice data without root. This was a main feature of jelly Bean. On the home screen go into settings, accessibility, find text to speech, click on the settings button and install voice data.

2. I believe Google will backup the data specific to that particular device. Google knows you have different devices so I don't think it will mess with it. If in doubt, download an app backup. Better yet, just root your device and back up with titanium. Best solution in my opinion.

3. I couldn't find anything that allowed utter to change the default music directory. In any case, if you have Tasker you can create a task to play the exact album you want and just use a custom commands from utter to launch that task.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

Thanks, Nicholas. Trouble is, the only languages listed for download are non - English. I think that was brought up in an earlier post, but I can't find it right now. I'll keep looking.

I'm definitely going to root but like I said not until the window for an RMA closes, just in case.

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HTC Vivid (ICS rooted)
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

If it is not showing available for download then you probably already have it downloaded. You can also check the status of speech recognition by opening the Google Search app click menu go into settings click voice, click download voice recognition data and it should show installed.

Obviously, the sure fire way to check if it is working is to put your tablet into airplane mode and test voice recognition and text to speech. Right now I am using mine with airplane mode on.

FYI, root does not void warranty. and even if it, did you could easily unroot and it not be detected. I always root my brand new devices and I have never had a problem, and thousands of other people can attest to that as well. You can stay unrooted if you want that's fine, I am just trying to ease your mind about the risk. Because the risks I believe, are exaggerated. Plus with root you will unlock the full capability of utter and tasker which cannot be over stated.

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Ok brandall I have 2 suggestions that I think are pretty basic and would make utter more user friendly.

1. The ability to float user custom commands. Since utter will only perform a task based on exact recognition it would help me a lot because sometimes I forget the exact phrase that I created for my custom command.

2. When creating custom commands, the first step is to record your command. And during this time when it asks you to confirm the command sometimes it isn't a perfect match and it will cancel. And I will have to start the whole process over again. It would be nice if utter detected a miss match and said "sorry the second phrase didn't match, would you like to retry?"
[Android Apps and Games] Emydad72:
Lovin' it but

Great app. The best of it's kind so far. I have been singing your praises to all. But.... (there's always a but, lol) Has anyone else reported it lagging after the phone hibernates? Whenever the screen goes off, Utter obviously goes to some kind of standby or stops, but it slows down every feature of the phone when I unlock it until it becomes self aware. I'm using a Moto Atrix 2, standard Rom, Go launcher (yes, I'm using Go Launcher).
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

I'm having a problem with the Web search function on my N10 (JB 4.2.2). Utter! understands and repeats the correct search string, and opens up Chrome, but no search is started. The same command on my phone with ICS completes the search using the stock browser. Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

Yep you're right. It seems to be a problem with chrome. The search works fine with aosp browser and x scope browser. But if I select chrome after telling utter to search it just opens chrome and nothing else.
[Android Apps and Games] bruce7373:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

Thanks for confirming. If I install another browser and set it as default, will utter! know to use it?
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

Install another browser and don't set to default. Just run a test first. Tell utter search Google for "your query here". And it should bring up the option to choose which browser to use. Choose the one you downloaded. If it loads your search into the browser, then you know it works.

I'll post a pic for the example. The pic is what pops up immediately after asking utter to search Google for something.
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
Chrome (the latest) works fine for me. I asked to "search google for potatoes"and it loaded up properly.
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
Re: [APP 2.3+][V3.0.2] BETA! | utter! | Your OFFLINE voice controlled personal assist

Hmm. Which version of chrome are you running? There are 2 versions. Chrome and chrome beta. Chrome beta is what I'm running.
[Android Apps and Games] mircato:
thanks

dat's the best voice control app ever
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
From the play store. It was updated yesterday.

..... and I've just checked - the normal version is actually a version ahead of the beta for the time being.
[Android Apps and Games] Draak22:
I was wondering if anyone can help me out. I'd like utter to ask me if I would like to navigate home when I'm getting in my car.

I basically want a tasker+utter profile with these steps: When connected to car BT if %Home ~ 0 Utter sends me the question: would you like to go home? And when I respond with yes, it will start a task that starts a navigation to my home address.

I've set a variable in tasker %Home ~ 1 when I'm near home. And I've also set the navigate home task.
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
Not quite possible at the moment.

Logic:

Profile: connected to bt (choose car)

Task:

If variable %Home != 1, then

Utter plugin, say "Would you like me to take you home"

Tick start listening.

In utter, create a new custom command, "Yes I would like you to take me home"

Start navigation activity and I think one of the extras would be the coordinates of your house.

You cannot use yes currently, as it could apply to so many things. In the future Ben is planning to expand the functionality of tasker so this should be possible.
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
It works for me as well using the stock Chrome. However, "Search for images of..." seems to be broken again.
[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
And so begins the frequent F5 mashing! :-)
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
^^^ What he said :)
[Android Apps and Games] ironlood:
I'm just like a kid at a candy store

On a side note you should Draft up a document with Q & A about the users phone with blanks to fill in

Questions like...

phone model...

Do you have root...

Are you stock or running a custom rom

Does this feature work

How is this working for you

And a section for bugs or random crashes
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
The only bug I'm left with now is the Galaxy Nexus crashing when TTS Settings is selected from the ActionBar. If anyone could get me a log it would be helpful! The emulator is not helping me :mad: Leaving it for now and concentrating on functions! *Reaches for his coffee*

I should be able to do all of those things (other than the feedback) for the user with code in the app (somehow)... Would be good to have some user 'stats' - Actually, I can probably get some of them from analytics from the Play Store? I'll have a look!
[Android Apps and Games] meadowsjared:
I would love to help in any way I can

Brandall,

I don't know if you have any use for me, but I would love to help you in any way possible! I've developed a few different Android apps and I would be more than willing to either help you figure out a problem, or shoot, I could just copy and paste code from my apps if it would help you along! I've been following this project since the first time I saw the Youtube video, it looks so amazing! :-)

Either way, feel free to email me with ANY questions, or if you get stumped with any UI stuff, I know it's frustrating because I've been there myself, feel free to ask me and I'd be happy to get back to you asap! :-D

Thanks,

-Jared

jaredscodingshack@gmail.com

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=%22Jared's%20Coding%20Shack%22
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
REALLY appreciate the offer, thank you :) I can think of a few issues I could do with some experienced guidance on - I'm sure they are pretty simple, but I'm spending too much time on Stackoverflow!

I'll drop you an email later if that's ok and remember you (as with anyone else who helps out) if utter! makes me a millionaire :eek:
[Android Apps and Games] rmiles7721:
When I get home I will take a look at it. Running CNA 1.55 on a Nexus CDMA and haven't seen that issue.
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
Just installed newest one and TTS is not crashing on mine.

Edit: unless it's the same version haha
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
If you select TTS Settings from the actionbar it doesn't crash??
[Android Apps and Games] freak4dell:
There's a new version?
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
I'm afraid not :( Not yet.. Trying to keep my eyes open long enough to get it finished!
[Android Apps and Games] RoboJoe:
Don't put yourself out, guy. We can, and will, wait.
[Android Apps and Games] ironlood:
As much as I think we would all love an update, I think I can speak for a majority of us when I say TAKE A BREAK AND DONT BURN OUT :D:D
[Android Apps and Games] rygo:
galaxy nexus

I have no issue with tts or anything for that matter running a rooted axiom rom with Franco kernel

Tried several times, uninstalled reinstalled I can't make crash was also good on an older aokp rom

For galaxy nexus
[Android Apps and Games] 99problemz:
Nope all is well on my end
[Android Apps and Games] rmiles7721:
Mine takes me right into the TTS settings
[Android Apps and Games] meadowsjared:
I would love to help in any way I can

Brandall, sure, that sounds fine, and don't worry about waking me up by sending me an email at 4am, (because of the time difference or your inability to rest whilst work still remains on utter). Since Android is so nice and mutes my notifications while I sleep anyhow :-)

Even if your question/problem is something simple, I totally don't mind giving you a hand. The way I see it... either A: I already know the answer, and will just tell ya' what I know, or B: I don't know the answer, in which case, chances are... I'll figure it out, mainly because I'm sure somewhere down the road I'll need to know that answer, and I hate having roadblocks between myself, and getting the programming done! :-P

BTW, stackoverflow is a Godsend! I'm glad you're already found that already. I have to say that is one of the best tools for an Android programmer by far!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Thanks guys - I accidentally fell asleep for 12 hours! I don't feel quite so confused now :eek: so back to it!

Thanks + 1 to you all - It seems as though I was trying to solve a problem that wasn't there!

There were a couple of other bugs that I've solved that made nutter force close, so I'm going to assume they were the cause, rather than selecting the TTS settings.

Thanks again to you all!
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Is that a Tasker script or your own work?

Again, it's appreciated :) I'm back at the workstation now feeling refreshed, so I'll have another go at the problems I have before I email you. I'm sure most of them are simple - I'm using Fragments however, which can make life-cycles, views and activities a little more complicated... Wanted to make the UI as ICS style as possible (right back to 2.1) so it's a route I thought best to take... Cost me many hours though...
[Android Apps and Games] brandall:
Feedback Please

Hi folks, quick question for you:

When I'm writing the instructions and tab descriptions that will be spoken to the user, I compose and test them using IVONA Kendra, USA. I change the construction of the sentences a lot until they flow well and sound best, even if they are not particularly grammatical... I also have to spell some words incorrectly/phonetically so they are pronounced correctly.

If I change to IVONA UK, it doesn't sound as good and would need changing, despite them both being IVONA...

If I change to another voice engine, it can sound awful...

So, my question is, if I detect that you have IVONA US installed and I force the use of that engine and override the fact that you may have chosen to default to another engine/voice which you prefer:

1) Are you going to find that annoying?

2) Is it more important to have flowing introduction speech or more important that I allow the user to enforce their choice, even if it sounds worse?

Basic questions really, but I need to fix this set-up and build it in across the application, so I need to get it right...

[EDIT]

3) Do any of you have your default TTS language set differently to your locale? To clarify, is your locale not ENGLISH, but you use an English (UK/US/AUS) voice by default??

What are your thoughts?

I've almost finished a configuration tab, which will let you test the above for yourself and will be in the next release.

Finally, on this tab, I'm going to detect the device locale and use the default voice and language as the introduction - So I'll need some translation help please! It'll just be a few lines that I'll finalise shortly... Please check back later if you would like this in your language and you can translate better than Google!

Thanks in advance - All of your feedback, encouragement and assistance really is appreciated - I shall remember you all :)
[Android Apps and Games] gloscherrybomb:
"Search for images of potatoes" Also works fine for me.
[Android Apps and Games] Draak22:
I was doing the exact same thing for now. Would be a nice future feature. :)
[Android Apps and Games] ltassos:
Ahhh... it works if I say "search for images of banana" but not if I say "search for images of A banana"
[Android Apps and Games] Adam Lopresto:
Actually, you don't need Utter at all for that, just Tasker. Use the Say command for the prompt, then Get Voice for the response, and then do the rest If %VOICE matches "yes".