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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Haha. We're caught up on one last snag.

Maybe you guys can help.

Now the Voice Recognition is phenomenal. A little too great actually. And because of this, the ringtone and vibrator both need to be off once we start listening for speech input.

If the ringtone is on, the engine is unable to recognize any speech.

If the vibrator is on, we get a result of "tst tst tst tst tst" or "ass ass ass ass ass" (literally, that's what it says :p).

So we're trying to figure out how to smartly turn on voice recognition and temporarily turn off the ringtone and vibrator while it listens for speech. We've decided to go with the dynamic of picking up the phone, which temporarily silences vibration and ringtone, allowing you to speak to the device. Now, we ran into another snag right here. The vibration interferes with our ability to detect if you picked up the phone since the phone is always shaking.

Another option is to listen with the microphone and temporarily turn off the ringtone and the vibration. We attempted to go with this at first but there is far too much happening. The ringtone is slowly increasing in volume over 15 seconds (somebody requested gentle wayking xD) and the vibration is inconsistent and very loud. This makes it difficult to detect when you start speaking and there still is the question of whether or not this is fast enough at silencing vibrate and ringtone to allow the voice engine to pick up all of your speech input.

So, here are the options ordered by fastest release time to slowest:

1-Remove the vibrate feature, we hate it anyway!

Silence ringtone on pickup to listen for voice input. We could literally get this out in the next 30 minutes if we did this. The downside is no vibrating alarm clock.

2- I want my vibrate, here's another hour or two.

Silence ringtone and vibrate on pickup. You get to keep the vibrate feature, but we spend some more time ironing out these kinks.

3- Shut up and do it like a pro.

No pickup to talk to phone. We use the mic to detect when you start talking and silence the ringtone and vibrate right when you start. The upside is that this is the best way to do it. The downside is that it will take days to do.

4- ???

If you have an idea on how to deal with this, let us know. It may just be the solution.

We currently working at number 2.

Number 3 will definitely be included in a later release if not this one.

What do you think guys?

It is your app after all :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Take your time. We can wait.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
i can live without my alarm clock vibrating...think about it, normal alarm clocks dont vibrate so its not a huge loss...but i think that having to pick up the phone pretty much negates the ease of voice recognition...if i have to reach to pick up my phone anyway pressing the off button isnt that difficult

scenario #3 would be the best...but is there a trigger word or something? (ie snooze or "alarm off") because if any sound disables the alarm clock i can see a lot of people making a noise or saying a word by accident when they hear their alarm and go right back to sleep...

when i first heard of this concept i pictured/assumed that the alarm would go off and i could simply say "alarm off" and it would stop...and thats all i had to do

theres another app in the market that has voice recognition snooze/off...i havent used it...i wonder if they need you to pick up the phone...if not, you guys have some work to do to beat out the competition
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
We're thinking about no vibrate, but if we can get it to work with it, we'll keep it.

As of right now, we have to do on phone pickup. We need to temporarily silence the alarm while it listens for your voice, otherwise it won't be able to recognize. We're looking into silencing the alarm when you start talking, but it's extremely difficult to tell the difference between your voice and the ringtone.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
is it possible to differentiate between sounds and trigger words or are all sounds (ringtone, your voice) the same? if there is a way to do that you can just set up to recognize a few trigger words
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
The problem is it can't recognize any words while the ringtone is blasting :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
hmm thats tough..maybe download the other app to see how it works? i dont know if they have a trigger or how the voice recognition works...i havent downloaded it....maybe it will give you an idea?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adnfxmobile.wakevoice.lite

"The idea is simple: when the alarm rings, you just have to talk to WakeVoice to stop the alarm or activate the reminder."
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
WakeVoice just silences your alarm after 5 and activates voice recognition. Then starts ringing again.

I think voice recognition should only start when you're awake/trying to voice command it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
Ideally yeah...seems like its gonna tough to do..if it's even possible
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] chadfend:
Maybe I'm a little slow but am I missing something to set the weather? Both days I've used, it has been zero degrees.

Phone is Samsung Skyrocket. Paid and downloaded app from the market.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
Any updates ?

Any updates/news/estimates about when beta/ver3 should be ready?

Current version is working correctly so no problems when using it, but I am really waiting for 24 hour clock.

Also, I might be the only one who is not waiting for Voice Recognition, my english is so terrible that there is no system that can ever recognize my speech

(Check youtube for Formula 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen, then you realize how bad our spoken english is here in Finland) =)

So I have just turned off this feature in current version.

/Miikky

Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.0.4)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
That has been fixed in the latest which we are releasing the beta for right now! :D

I'll send you a copy as well.

Wayk 3.0 Beta

This is a purely functional beta, the options in settings and some GUI enhancement will be done during the beta testing phase.

What's New:

-Voice Recognition: Pick your phone and tell it to snooze, dismiss or snooze for 'x' minutes!

-New Clock: Our easy and intuitive method of setting the time just got easier on the eyes.

-24 Hour Support: It's finally here. All our international users can now enjoy Wayk in their native time mode.

-Gentle Wayking: You asked. We delivered. The alarm now increases in volume over 15 seconds to Wayk you up better.

-German Language: One of our loyal fans, PrimeDeluxe, has translated the app so that users can enjoy it in their native language!

-and more! Fixes to the weather, calendar and more have been added.

We are sending the link out to the beta testers. Expect it in the next 5 minutes! We need you to let us know how everything is working.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
i just tried it twice...the alarm goes off at the appropriate time but i am having a hard time clearing it...the alarm sounds and i just see 3:45 ALARM with a picture of the weather...waving, shaking and voice did nothing...the alarm just disabled itself after awhile

the 2nd time the alarm sounded for 1 sec then dismissed itself
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Wow. It was working perfectly on our end. Try completely uninstalling then reinstalling the app.

I'll be uploading a new version of the apk in about an hour if I can get back to the office in time.

At least the 24 hour works properly, yes?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
I'm having the same issues. It will fc on me when I try to snooze it
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
i completely removed it before i installed the beta...i figured it was best to do it that way since this version was a lot bigger i assumed it had massive changes

looks like im not the only one

btw the new interface looks very nice...i was trying to set the alarm the old way...took me a few secs to realize it used the rotary method
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Got your fc report. Its a quick fix.

Looks like I'll have to put out a new beta. Should be out in a moment
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
An updated beta is out.

Use the same link to download the latest APK.

The force close should be fixed and the alarm should be more responsive.

Let me know we needs to be done.

We're also looking into reintroducing the tap method to work alongside the rotary method (ie, tap on the 3 position to get 3). I miss it myself personally. It'll be implicit if we do bring it back, but it is a nice shortcut to have. :)

-edit-

Updated again @ 16:33 PST

Merged two sets of changes to main repo

Got the FC bug narrowed down

@ 17:19 PST - Before you post, just got your force close report. New error. Fixing it right now. Updated version will be up in 5 minutes.

@ 17:23 PST - Uploading fixed version. Please download in 2 minutes.

@ 17:28 PST - New version uploaded. Only have a 26KB/s upload at coffee bean. xD
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Parse error when downloading :confused:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Uploaded again. That should fix it? O_o
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
FC fixed for snooze. Now she doesn't talk to me and tell me the weather:mad:

Voice recognition is a little quirky. Does it automatically snooze for 10min?

Edit: I was not picking up phone to ask her to snooze-that works. Wave to snooze works

Love the clock. The slow increase of alarm is awesome. Did I hurt her feelings? Why won't she talk to me?

This is going to be one bad@#s alarm when done
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Looking into the Text to Speech. Looks like she gets shy when the voice recognition is going on.

Damn straight.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
What does Senti stand for? Just curious
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Senti stands for Sentience.

We love making intelligent apps. Everything we make has a little something to it that makes it smarter and more alive than what you're used to.

Not only that, but our main project. The reason we started the company and the one we are devoting most of everything to is the name. It's all very hush hush right now and it has to stay that way for while. ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
I'm a Senti fan. Keep up the great work

Question: why did I go from 2.9.9 to 2.9.5?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Glad to hear it :D

That was just so I can tell the difference in any FC reports we might get. We didn't actually go backwards, no worries :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
I'll have a true test in the morning, if she wakes me up.

Any more updates tonight? I'm up if you need me to test
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
Hi, I Downloaded the First version of these beta builds and it Works fine. Or at least I am awake now :-)

However, I did do a Fresh installation, maybe thats Why I dont have any problems problems with it.

24h clock Works very well.

/Miikky

Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.0.4)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
No more updates tonight. Everything is working. We just need tonight to research text to speech. In the next build, we're putting hour tap back into the clock so we'll need an update on how thats working out in the morning.

Glad to hear it.

On the fresh installs, we need to make sure upgrading the app works out as well. Could you uninstall the beta build, install from the market and then upgrade to the beta build without uninstalling?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
Hi,

I did what you asked:

Removed new beta installation, installed old version from Market, configured settings and updated to new beta version. Did not go so smooth :

1. New alarms where also still on AP/PM -format/mode(i had already checked option for 24 hour clock mode). I needed to remove old alarms before 24h mode activated.

1. Old alarms where still on AM/PM -format

3."Alarm activated" speech everytime i create a new alarm, i had disabled "voice" from options menu.

4. Most important, I tested if alarm/wake to snooze would still work(as somebody reported some FC-problems) and it was OK.

So, maybe there is an issue with configuration settings between old and new version ?

/Miikky

Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.0.4)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Ok I'm up. Voice recognition is hit or miss. I told her to snooze -snooze for 10 -please snooze - for the love God snooze -I'm going to throw you against the wall. Then I reached to grab my phone and she snoozed. So wave to snooze works great
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stkfigure:
Same stuff that people reported.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Kurupt1:
Can I try the beta please?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
The issues have been fixed :D

This made us laugh histerically.

We're just adding it to the tutorial right now, but voice command works on pickup. :X

Pm'd :D

Next update to the beta rolling out in 3 hours.

Just has the couple fixes mentioned above, option for voice recognition and an updated tutorial.

After you all approve this beta, we release 3.0 on the market! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Same link or are you sending a new pm?

Edit: my agenda says - calendar loading & #8230

No calendar or news feeds
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Kurupt1:
+1
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Oy looks like it'll have to land tomorrow.

It'll be the same link.

We just changed the API key, so it won't be loading anymore for the current beta version which has the deprecated API key.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
Hi, cant wait to try out the new version.

I really like this software, much more gentle alarm clock than the others. Also, wave to snooze is just brilliant(i wonder why nobody else has thinked about this earlier).

There is only one problem, its too easy to snooze(almost didnt get to work in time after waved 4 times in a row) =)

Maybe I need to set alarm to go off little earlier so I can do more waving :P

/Miikky

Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.0.4)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
How the hell am I supposed to know what's going on in the world if I don't have my feeds:)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
You guys are too funny :D

Just a quick update. I've got an anatomy practical followed by another 4 hours in the lab. I'll be out at 5. We're just about done with the update. We'll be sending it out around 7:00 (11 hours from now) provided everything goes smoothly. :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
Any news?

On my case, there is no rush with new version as this beta works so well(I dont use voice commands). But it is nice to have latest version to play with.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mxconnections:
tested on my lg optimus black p970 and its very clean and smooth
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Wayk 3.0 has been released! Get it on the Play Store! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
been away for a couple of days...so official 3.0 has been released in the play store? how does the voice recognition work now?

sorry i disappeared...hope my earlier comments helped
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Getting fc on 3.0 during setup. I've installed it twice and still get fc. :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Voice recognition works on pickup. We smoothed it out pretty well. There was no other way :(

Fixed. It was a bug for 2.1-2.3 devices. I'm surprised you all aren't on ICS already. I thought this was XDA :p
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
No ICS update for my red headed step child Motorola Photon and CM9 is too buggy. I'm waiting for phone upgrade
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
I feel your pain. ICS is buggy and slow on my N1. I'm waiting on a phone upgrade too to really enjoy it. I should be upgrading to the HTC One S or Samsung S3. What phone are you waiting on?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Samsung S3. I'm not a fan of HTC and sense. I'm also thinking about switching carriers. Sprint only has HTC one x and nexus
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
I'm not a fan of sense either, but that's where CM comes in. :D I like the HTC build quality more than Samsung. Switch to T-Mobile if they have the S3, unbelievably great service :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Did you get my pm
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Did you get mine? :p
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Yes. Thank you.

Alarm set and ready for am
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
That's true. The only time my phone is stock is when I'm buying it. It's rooted and unlocked before I get home:D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Now that's what I call XDA :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Wayk 3.0 = AWESOME

Great job on the update. Now get to work on the next app:D

Edit: What's new in 3.0.2?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Thanks! :D

What's New:

FC fixes.

Extra options in settings for Voice Commands and Button snooze/dismiss

License checking

We just got done filming the commercial for Wayk. Our designer is working on the video editing. Now that Wayk is at 3.0 and has become the best alarm app of them all, we're going to slow down development some, but that doesn't mean we won't keep making this the better than the rest. We will be releasing Wayk 3.5 June 1st.

What's coming in Wayk 3.5:

-Custom news feeds

-Black theme

-Performance improvements

-Better screen size support

Anything other feature suggestions you guys might have.

Let us know what you'd like to see!

As a side note though, most of our efforts will be devoted to Nebby, Liva and Senti.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jon341427:
Love the app, but I have one issue. If my phone is face down the alarm automatically snoozes. I understand that placing the phone face down defeats the purpose of waiving your hand to snooze but I may do it by accident and miss my alarm. If the app senses a waive to dismiss within the first 2 seconds of the alarm going off then the app should turn off waive to dismiss until the phone is picked up.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Agreed. We've had heated debates over how to handle this issue. We'll have it squared away in the next update. Thanks for your support! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jon341427:
Thanks for your quick response and for making a great app! Another thing I noticed that could hurt sales is that when you search for wayk in the play store your app doesn't come up. You must search for senti to get a hit.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Yeah we've noticed this too. Wayk is slowly coming up in the wayk search results though. It used be like 1000th now its like 15th. Once we get more DL's, it'll come up top. Thanks for getting our backs :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
Strange bug

Hi,

new version is very good, no problems with it.

However, I have found one "bug" with it.

I have turned on 24h clock and when i create an new alarm/or modify existing and put the time 06:10(i need to wake up too early), it shows as 06:010 =)

It will still wayk me up in 06:10 so it doesnt really matter. Fresh installation didnt help with this one....

/Miikky

Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.0.4)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Hey Zed

Wayk does not talk to me anymore.:( Did you guys disable this because voice recognition? I'm using Ivona voice if that helps.

This is one of my top 5 favorite apps of all time( TB, Rom toolbox, Wayk, Docs to go, Calculation 4.0). Love it
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Fixed. We'll publish a quick update tonight.

I've noticed that this happens sometimes too. Sometimes the voice recognition conflicts with the voice output. We're working on a fix now. In the meantime, you can try disabling voice recognition in settings to get the voice response working.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] avatar_ro:
i will give it a try ... looks very nice...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Very nice video;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Check out the Wayk video!

[YOUTUBE]IWmieWQqUWg[/YOUTUBE]

Wayk 3.1 is out.

Just a few fixes. :)

New features:

-Face down snooze fix. (This is for you Jon)

-Miikky's Bug fixed

-Voice response improved (hope she's nicer to you Daniel)

-Option to choose calendar in advanced settings (for Ben)

-Gentle Wayking length of time option in advanced settings (again, for Ben :)

-Reduced APK size by 50% to 4.0 MB (this is for us :P)

-Other minor fixes and performance tweaks

/e

You beat me to it Daniel :eek:

Don't forget to rate and comment after you buy it :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
You guys are awesome. Thanks for listening to us and putting out the best alarm.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
the app is really cool but it doesn't seem to like my ZTE Blade.:(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Are you running 3.2?

I haven't been getting any FC reports.

Is it just quirky? Wave not working right? Pictures weird?

Give me all the details and it'll get fixed asap
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] muskt:
I am currently on my 2nd Prime. The first was returned after 4 days. This one is as close to 100% as I can imagine.

Anyway, I had grand visions of all sorts of things I could use it for; however, they haven't really come true.

I also own an Asus Netbook (slow, but at least 3 times the computer that the Prime is), and a Dell laptop running both Win 7 & Simply Mepis Linux. I also have a very good desktop box (which I triple or quad boot).

I do not have the docking station for the Prime.

I desired to use it to view Instrument Approach Plates (Aviation Stuff). They are downloadable as a very large PDF file (598 pages for Alaska) which does not have a linked index (not the fault of the Prime). As you may guess, scrolling to the "Y's" is very slow.

Without purchasing an external Bluetooth GPS, it cannot be used with a moving map--even is one can be found.

I have found it very difficult and cumbersome to move files between the Prime and any of the other computers.

I have attempted to use the bundled browser (POS, in my opinion), and Firefox for Android (FF is my preferred browser on the computers) and found it lacking on the tablet. I have finally settled on Opera Mobile--Not great, but at least useable. (It doesn't even have a HOME key/button, for goodness sakes.)

I attempted to transfer files via Bluetooth from my laptop (yes, they can see each other), but gave up in frustration.

So, without seeming to be whining, what do other owners use the Prime to do?

Jerry in Anchorage, Alaska
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Undocked:

1. Random surfing

2. RSS reading

3. ebook reading (my #1 use)

4. Video watching

5. Email triage

6. XDA forum browsing :D

7. Light gaming

Docked:

1. Draft writing

2. Note taking in meetings, seminars, etc.

3. Responding in email

4. Posting to XDA forums :D