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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Wayk is back!

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Wayk

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//////////// WE'RE BACK!

Hello again everyone!

After a far too long hiatus building out the Whisper app, (whisper.sh, check it out). We're back for some Senti madness. We've learned a hell of a lot over the past year and are ready to drop some delicious app goodness on you guys. We started by rebooting Wayk. We rebuilt Wayk from the ground up to be a lean, mean, Wayking machine. It's working wonderfully, and we're soft launching this puppy one more time. We've got some sweet features and upgrades in store for you guys and just can't wait to get it all out!

Glad to be back,

Cheers!

////////////////////////// Original Post

Hi everyone,

This is Zed, a noobie developer at Senti. We just soft-launched our first app and I wanted this wonderful community to help us test it out and gather feedback before we started to promote this bad boy.

The app is called Wayk. What we've done is try to completely revamp the way you interact with your alarm. We've created an actual wedge clock that makes setting most alarm times only two taps away. We've also made it so that you just have to wave your hand over the phone to snooze it in the morning. You're greeted with a voice response. We've added your calendar and news feeds for you to read when you wake up in an easy to read format.

We've got a lot to add to this app, but we wanted to guage your interest before putting in the time, because we do have quite a few apps in the labs right now.

We'd really appreciate bug reports, feature requests and improvements you might have!

Thanks!

P.S. You can see screenshots in the market description or on our website http://senti.in

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We wrote a blog post because of how awesome everyone has been! Thanks for the support!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ysuleman:
Will give this a try tonight!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Great! Looking forward to your feedback
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tebuddy:
Looks cool, will also test tonight.

Edit:

Downloaded, installed without a problem. Ran a test alarm. Initially very impressed with the app design and modern style. The wake up voice addressing you by name and telling you the weather and opening Cnet was awesome. The swipe to snooze feature works for the most part. In the morning in a groggy state I don't see it working well enough to be as convenient as a quick mindless swipe, you would actually have to make sure to slowly go directly over the sensor for it to trigger properly. However I need to actually sleep and then try it before I make any real comments.

The only negative things were that on my mdpi HTC Aria on cm 7.2.0 the first pane of the tutorial goes below the viewing area and you cant swipe down to see it and cant go landscape. Also that on the alarm time set screen with the radial menus, the listed alarms and times go below the viewing area so that to save and finish the alarm you need be careful not to mess up your alarm settings while doing so which I did a couple of times on accident.

Also, on the radial menus you can set any time by five minutes, but how do you set them to any number in between? For example I want to set an alarm for 7:33 in the morning, so I tried messing with the smallest inner circle bar and could barely ever get it to move when I wanted it to and ended up going to another interval five minutes later.

Overall really impressed over the improvements from the default alarm. Will try tomorrow in a real sleep and then wake up setting to see if everything is still good.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Wow! I appreciate the feedback already. I can see the issues are mainly stemming from our weak accommodation of mdpi devices. We'll get that sorted out asap.

If you had been able to read the clock screen on the tutorial, it would have told you tapping more than once on a 5 minute wedge adds a minute. It's interesting that you tried interacting with the minute wedges themselves. We'll look into adding support for that, since it seems to be a (more?) natural interaction.

Thanks a bunch for your input so far! I look forward to seeing how it works for you in the morning!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bryanchapman9999:
Looks nice. Downloading and installing now.

Will let you know in the morning!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
I suggest you test it out real quick now, if you have something important to wake up for in the morning. Just in case.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xriderx66:
Love the app so far.

Just did a quick test to see if it works, and it does.

It did have a problem loading my Calendar, it just said Loading...

The waving thing worked :D

Some suggestions:

I really like how to overall UI looks, when you start the app it shows ALARMS in a organized manner and thats really good, but when the alarm actually rings, I think you should change the sign from the sun to something else, or that in HD because it showed up really LOW res on my phone.

Also Make the MENU button options icons like NEW ALARM, SETTINGS etc. a better suited color. Green,red, etc does not look good on this simplistic white/blue UI.

Another problem; When selecting what time the alarm should be go off on, we cannot choose by exact minutes, or am i doing something wrong? You should probably add the feature to just press the [TIME] and keyboard pops up and then you can customize the time.

Also how does the voice work? I'm going to sleep right now, and do not want a weird voice talking to me and freaking me out in the morning so i've turned it off for now, but i'll report on it later.

edit: also you should probably add a alarm clock icon to the notification bar and make it optional to remove/keep it so people know if the alarm is active or not.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ysuleman:
Here we go. I love it. The UI is awesome and simple. Everything works. You guys should try and add voice command!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Thanks for the great feedback!

The calendar will be fixed!

Glad to hear everything else worked out

It's time for some new weather icons!

New menu icons too? Sweet.

You can set exact minutes by tapping on the currently highlighted 5 minute wedge. Each tap adds a minute to the wedge.

This is obviously an issue though. We failed to deliver a sensible minute setting method.

New minute method on clock, coming right up!.

We understand that the stock android voice is terrible, so we made the voice interaction as low key as possible. We think it turned out really nice and unobtrusive. You should try it out!

Notification bar and option, I'm in!

It's great to hear you like it!

Voice command sounds great! We'll definitely be adding that!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ysuleman:
Hey guys there is a notification saying that alarm is set... The alarm clock logo on the right side of the nitification bar.

from my SGH-T989 using XDA
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
I think they were asking for a notification in the notification bar that says when the next alarm is going to ring with the option to enable or disable it in the settings. Would you like to see that feature included as well?

Btw, thanks again for all the help everyone. It's invaluable and we really appreciate it!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ysuleman:
I have a better idea! You can have a setting to enable or disable if you want to see it on notifications. Get it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Aganar:
I've downloaded and installed it. I'll let you know how well it works tomorrow morning.

Honestly, there are too many good clock/alarm apps out there. I have Dock Clock for when my phone is charging at work in the morning, Alarm Clock Plus for work after noon (I like to listen to music at my desk and ACP has an awesome option to include widgets on the Dock Clock, meaning I can have google music controls while still displaying the clock), and some combination of those and stock alarms for waking me up in the morning. Now I get to add this to the mix as well!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PrimeDeluxe:
Great App.

Very clean and easy to use.

Will there be a 24 hours clock?

Created with Galaxy S AOKP
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pieru:
Nice app indeed, i really like the whole concept of making available the infos you need in the morning all at once.

I had some problem though:

-the ringtone the alarm uses is not the one I choose but the stock one

-except for the first time I used it, it force closes when snoozing and doesn't show any of the feed selected

Probably the FC i due to the fact that I run a custom rom. I will test a little more thoroughly, may be I find out what's the problem.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
There are no plans for adding a 24 hour clock. We'll run a poll to see if there is enough interest. We have plans for a possible overhaul of the clock. Adding a 24 hour option would be really easy if we went with the plans for the new clock. I'll keep you posted.

I got your BugSense reports. We haven't tested ICS at all, so we'll go and add support for that asap. Thanks for that catch.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xriderx66:
Hey man, I want to thank you for this app, and not just that but i love how you're taking in all the suggestions. Great developer. Will be using this app for a while. thanks :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdiddy_ub:
this app is awesome...however is there a setting to make it so i have to press a button to disable the alarm...i think simply moving the phone is wayyy to sensitive...in a half-sleep state i feel like i could easy touch my phone and fall back a sleep...especially if im trying to "wave" and enable snooze
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xriderx66:
Can't confirm it right now, don't have my phone, but there is a option to disable the waving feature but im not sure how you would snooze after that..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
I am running the free one in your OP. The app is kinda quirky because the gentle wake rings loud and suddenly softens and then increases. There is no pic in the backgroung while the alarm rings. The voice isn't coming either. The alarm gets dismissed too soon.

Since I haven't paid for the app(usind the free one for Xda), I'm not asking you to go out of the way to support my device. ;)

BTW I am running CM 7.2, which is full of tweaks, maybe that's why(coz I mess around with TTS?- it cud my fault also... i'll try this on ICS) Anyways its an ARMv6 device...

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
The free one in the OP has been updated quite often. We're at v3.2 to right now so go ahead and download the update. We'll get cranking on the fixes whether or not your paid. Thanks for letting me know. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SimonTS:
I downloaded the free version from your first post and installed it - v3.05

I then go to Google Play and it shows an update available, but if I try to update it then wants me to pay for the app?? :confused:

I have no problem paying for an app, but would much rather be ble to try out an ad-supported copy of the up-to-date version before doing so.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
The free version in the first post is at v3.2, so go ahead and download the latest version and try it out.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SimonTS:
OK, thanks for that - re-downloading now. Could you possibly do a favour and list what version is currently on the front page for downloading as you change it so that people know? Otherwise you will probably end up with the same person downloading it every single day just to be sure they don't miss an update :p
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Wayk 4 Timeline

-Widget

-Custom RSS Feeds

-Calendar/News Voice read out

-Theming

-Back Camera Support

-Front Camera Support

-Smarter Dismiss (Face recognition for ICS devices ;) )

Have any feature requests for Wayk 4? Let me know! :D

Lol. Good point. Just added it. :)

How are you liking it?

Anything you'd like to see added?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SimonTS:
I only installed it yesterday and used it for the first time to wake myself up this morning. Slightly wierd that it read the time to me as "Six hundred and thirty" :eek:

That kinda confused the be-jaysus out of me for a few seconds. Aprt from that, I like the look of the slow-wake, so will let you have some more feedback tomorrow I hope.

Update;-

I still got the same wierd time reading this morning, so I'm going to change my clock from 24h to AM/PM and see if that fixes it.

Just out of interest. Is there any way of setting this alarm so that it could launch a playlist in the default music player for example - that way you could choose the music you want to wake up to, and use the slowly increasing volume setting as well.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
We'll fix the voice read out in Wayk 4.

We'll also add the custom music options in Wayk 4. ^_^
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SimonTS:
Do that and you'll definitely have another person paying for the app :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Looking forward to seeing Simon on our merchant account :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
I thought you were taking a break after 3. Looking forward to the update
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Haha no breaks. I just said we're slowing down on Wayk. Wayk 4 should be rolling out in 3-4 weeks. We're on a parallel development workflow, so while everything else gets done, so does Wayk. :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jajandio:
Hi! I just downloaded the app from the first post, and it's really cool!

I just have one question, in my screen, the setting alarm screen looks kind of weird, is this how's supposed to look?:

(I can't post outside links yet, here's the screenshot: h t t p://imgur.com/C8zGM)

Just think it's a little weird the "SUN" checkbox and having to scroll down to save or cancel... maybe fit it all in one screen?

thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pedrsantiago:
The app's very clean and has a nice design

however,

1- is it possible to change the temperature from ºF to ºC?

2- will there be any built in option to change the voice volume without lowering the alarm volume?

Thanks and great app ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] abhi.eternal:
Wayk is really cool, but how much I try I just cannot set it as my default alarm. No technical reason, just that I am too lazy to utter 'snooze' when I am sleeping or wave my hand over it (too tiring to make sure I am waving over the sensor)!

Currently, I am using the MotoBlur alarm which allows me to touch anywhere on the screen to snooze it. Less effort you see! It dismisses the alarm using a slide function.

Now, if you could integrate this 'touch to snooze' feature in your app along with a awesome background (I love Moto's background as well), then Wayk is definitely become my first alarm of choice.

I so want to use Wayk. I keep on installing and uninstalling it. Please help me keep it!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
That's odd. What phone model do you have?

It's probably because it's an untested resolution. We'll get it fixed in the next update. :)

1- Temperature should be in ºC depending on your country. What country are you located in?

2- The voice volume is the same as the media volume. Right now, the app sets media volume to max and returns it to where it was after it's finished. We'll update it to use the volume you have it set to, unless it's zero, then we'll set it to max. Thanks for the tip.

Ah, we currently have a snooze button/dismiss option in the settings. You can use that until we add the touch to snooze and slide to dismiss feature. As for the background, it uses your current wallpaper. Choose an awesome wallpaper and you'll have an awesome alarm background!

Thanks for all the input everyone! We'll get everything rolled into Wayk 4! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fresherthanU:
Great app!! ..keep up the good work!

Sent from my SGH-T989
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
I'm flattered that this is your first post. No plans on stopping here. :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SimonTS:
I'm sorry that the few morons have spoilt this for others. I will gladly wait for the free version of Wayk4 and hope it is everything it could be - then I will gladly pay for it. At the moment there are a few issues which stop me doing that, but I hope you resolve them before v4 is out.

Good luck :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NaglBagl:
Rev. versstDe

Really enjoyed this app, I will be using it regularly.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
I'm ready to test 4 :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Neefy:
Needs military time (2400 hour clock) for it to be useful to me as we don't use AM/PM in Denmark, and it takes me hell to get used to when I've always used military time, if this is added I'll be sure to try it out :-)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
There is 24-Hour clock available in settings if that is what you need.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Go into settings then choose Advance Wayk settings and 24hr is at the top.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Neefy:
Well I bought it however talking to it did not work at all, what do I need to do to make it work?

I tried saying dismiss in every possible voice I could muster and in any tone-level
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mquinn24:
Chirp chirp chirp.. Mighty quite in here. I guess that's a good thing. No problems to report.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Fixed in Wayk 4.

Yup yup. We're looking at 1 week until we get the Wayk 4 beta rolling. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] darkwildchild79:
this is the most coolest apps that i have ever tired, the layout is smooth and cool, interactive is just steamless, the logic of your reponses, when you wake up is perfect, was a bit cautious using this app, but i guess it was just being a big kid, i will be up there supporting your work fo sho, just wondering what is nebby and liva????
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xriderx66:
Wow, I was one of the first to try the BETA version of this app, and this is how far its gotten! Amazing. Nice work man
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] darkwildchild79:
just to let everyone know that this is version 3.2, the latest edition right now :) also does anyone know how to changed the wallpaper on the alarm???
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Love to hear it! :D

Bubble (previously Nebby) and Liva are both stealth mode right now. You can read a little bit about Bubble by clicking Bubble in my signature.

Thanks! Wait till you see Wayk 4! ;)

For now at least. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xriderx66:
Any ETA on Wayk 4? I'm planning on buying this next week anyways.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
We're aiming for the beta this Friday and if all goes well, released on Sunday.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xriderx66:
Great! Just pm me if you have room for one more beta tester
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Yuniti:
Interesting, gota try it later
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
Its about time for some beta testing rounds.

I need everyone interested in beta testing to PM me your gmail account or just send an email to hello@senti.in so I can add you to the beta tester emailing. Copies of Wayk will be sent out through the mailing list as we roll in features and bug fixes. The sooner you send in your emails the sooner we can get started. ^.^
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] samuelong87:
just bought the app after reading about it! Am excited but here's to hoping it wont be a battery hog on my One X!

P.S: How does it begin to read feeds? Doesnt seem to react :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
AFAIK, it isn't a battery hog. Wayk only shows 3% usage on my ancient nexus one. Reading feeds is coming in Wayk 4. The beta testing rounds are starting tonight but the news and calendar read feature wont be rolled into the beta test until Friday.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
How about custom news/RSS feeds, still coming to Wayk 4?

Also, if translation to Finnish language is ever needed/Wanted I can do that :-)

Miikky
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gavinKingsley:
I have a feature request (and since I haven't read the whole thread yet if it's already been requested consider this a +1): please allow the app to sync from multiple Google accounts' calendars.

My job uses Google Apps and I have my work calendar separate from my personal calendar but for any given day may have appointments for both. I'd love if the app is gonna tell me my schedule it can read from both accounts.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miikky:
Beta testing..... =)

Hi,

few things with new beta version of Wayk :

Custom RSS-feeds works, thank you very much for this (was most wanted new feature for me).

Ability to choose a calendar : works fine, I also use multiple calendars so this feature was very welcome.

Inspirational Quotes - I would like to have option to turn this off, quetes are in English and they take too much screen state.

New Alarm-icons are different, they look nice but I did like the older icons more.

One bug so far, i was not able to use "Enhanced Wave/wave to snooze", it just doesnt work, have tried to wave both backside and fronside of phone(Galaxy nexus has both cameras) but it just doesnt work. I needed to pullout battery to get it stop ringing. This was working correctly on earlier version and I like this feature.

Activating Snooze&Dismiss -buttons -> I was able to dismiss or snooze alarm.

/Miikky

Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
No problem. We'll roll that in asap. As a workaround for the time being, you can add one calendar to another account. It'll still be a separate and easily removable calendar that will show up in a different color in your calendar, but it'll allow Wayk to download both. I can see why you wouldn't want to do that though. Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks for the update Miikky. Glad to hear your feeds are working! :)

We've added the option to enable/disable quotes for Round 2 of the beta test.

The new wave is hit or miss. Some phones love it, some phones don't. Should be working better in Round 2.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] abhi.eternal:
Splash screen still shows Wayk 3!! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
:P
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] njwest:
I emailed you for the beta testing, and I asked you there, but I'm an annoying chap so I'll ask again here. Is voice recognition fixed in Wayk 4? I'd love to dismiss it verbally and feel like I'm in star trek, but I can't.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xriderx66:
Same here. I'm an impatient basted who wants his daily dose of Senti wayk.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] APrinceAmongMen:
A quick update for everyone.

Beta Round 2 will roll out tomorrow.

Sent it out. Let me know how it does.

Hey I'm not sure if I sent it out to you or not. might of got lost in the shuffle. if I haven't, shoot another email with the subject: you son of a *****, where's my beta
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] darkwildchild79:
i still have not got the updated link, or was it met to be sent to me???