If you have any experiences (good/bad), please post.
I am interested in seeing if incoming announcements are working for Xperia X1.
Thanks.
everything works EXCEPT the incomming announces.
otherweise great tool but i barley use it. good while driving a car and u want to call some1. otherweise just a gizmo
same comment as above.
I use it often to start my programs without having to go through menues to find them.
yeah i have it aswell and don't use it often, its so hard to get it to call the right person but "call home" works (might be my accent and it having trouble understanding what i say), the announcement for appointments works also but other then that i haven't used it to call anyone.
Also has anyone got it to say you got a new SMS or something? or does it just not do that.
I use mine quite a bit for starting programs, and listening to my incoming text messages and checking my battery level. Like someone said above, it doesn't annouce CallerID for some reason.
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yeah i have it aswell and don't use it often, its so hard to get it to call the right person but "call home" works (might be my accent and it having trouble understanding what i say), the announcement for appointments works also but other then that i haven't used it to call anyone.
Also has anyone got it to say you got a new SMS or something? or does it just not do that.
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if u want something like "u got a new sms" just use another wave file for that.
however, u can set VC to read the SMS as soon as it arrives. but i realy dont suggest that. had a meeting once and my GF just send me a dirty message ... my mates had a good laugh ^^
Has anyone gotten this program to read incoming email headers as well? It's only reading incoming smses for me, but not sure if that's a program limitation. I also noticed that my attached wave file for incoming emails no longer worked. I have disabled the sound playback from incoming emails all together in hope that it would announce something. However, not a thing.
The program is starting to proove to be pretty pointless. I was also hoping to find a way to modify the MS voice engine with a more nature speech engine like AT&T Natural Voices.
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Has anyone gotten this program to read incoming email headers as well? It's only reading incoming smses for me, but not sure if that's a program limitation. I also noticed that my attached wave file for incoming emails no longer worked. I have disabled the sound playback from incoming emails all together in hope that it would announce something. However, not a thing.
The program is starting to proove to be pretty pointless. I was also hoping to find a way to modify the MS voice engine with a more nature speech engine like AT&T Natural Voices.
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Ok i got mine to finally read my sms and email headers...scared the hell out of me when i was sleeping haha kinda of a bad idea to have it read the header when received at 5am.... but all i did was uncheck the "high priority messages only" and it plays both my normal alert sound when i get a new email and reads the email header, but all in all its just a funny program to have or for the very lazy that can't read their own sms or email, also it reads all the emails header that you received at that time and depending on if you get alot...haha hope that helps
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I am interested in seeing if incoming announcements are working for Xperia X1.
Thanks.
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It doesn't work on incoming calls for me either.
Otherwise great app I use it all the time.
also it makes my ringtone fluctuate in volume.
Although I am beginning to use my Xperia less and less, its strength with voice commands was a high point. I used it very often and was mostly satisfied with it.
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Although I am beginning to use my Xperia less and less, its strength with voice commands was a high point. I used it very often and was mostly satisfied with it.
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Hey George, I thought you sold your X1 already?
Annoying
The voice command has become somewhat annoying and I will probably remove it soon.
When out doors, if I attempt a voice command using the phone microphone it will never pick up what I say, almost 100%failure rate. IF I use the wired headset it will pick it up almost 100% of the time. Why so much better with the wired headset? It's further from my mouth and surely more suscptable to other sounds.
The Voice command causes my ring volume to go loud and quiet, loud and quiet, as if it were supposed to announce the caller name when quiet, but it doesnt.
The main thing annoying me is that when I use "play music", "artist", "name of artist here" it will only add a playlist of about 2 songs from that artist, even though I have a whole album, or collection of albums.
For Example, I say "play music", (what do you want to play), "artist", (which artist?), "pendulum". (Pendulum - starts playing).
However, it will only play one song. I have the In Silico album on there and it will just randomly play 1 song from it.
So, I try Replace "artist" with "album" and say "In Silico" and it will add 2 songs now instead of 1.
The ID3 tags are perfect, the Artist and Album is spelled and capitalised correctly in every track, so why the problem?
EDIT: I found the command "Play Album" that added 7 of the songs from In Silico to the playlist. Not quite there still but getting better.
It works great for me.
Voice command awesome especially if you have a bluetooth headset.
I press a button on my headset and voice command beeps for a command. I can call anyone from my phone book. I can call home mobile or any other number asociated with my contact. I rarely repeat the name that want to call. voice recognition is pretty good. voice call announcement works perfectly.
I very often check my calender. I just say "what is schedule" and it gives me my next appointment time, location and subject. coool!
Announces new emails. sender and subject. I use Microsoft push mail from Exchange server and i have some rss feeds on my desktop in outlook. now i get my rss feeds via push and voice command will read my feeds when they arrive. wow! rsshub is useless now!
I can play music. just say Play music.
I can start any application from my programs. i say "start audio manager" if i don't want to use windows media player.
I also get some status info like battery level. i say "what is my battery level".
If incoming call comes while i am listening to music, music fades out and it announces the caller name and from where he/she is calling for example mike from mobile or mike from office..after i finish my call the music comes back on automatically. same with email announcements.
So I can do hole lot of stuff with my phone without even touching it.
some improvements i like to see in future are
capabilities to read complete email.
support all menu options in all applications.
dictation for word.
integration into navigation.
sound more human like.
Dudes, I beg to disagree to almost all of you. Yeah, Almost all.
Firstly, the voice command IS very handy. Didn't you watch the youtube demo? so here's the thing:
1. I also had the ASUS 02 XDA Zinc which has a voice commander. A different program BUT it reads emails and sms. BUT you'll have to train your voice to get things pretty acurate - as opposed to MS voice Command which doesn't need training but also doesn't read sms/email. So No it can't.
2. Good points are: with just a press of a button you can command almost everyting like getting home from work, exhausted and before putting your Xperia on your table just say " What is my battery level " way faster than clicking start > settings > power.
3. Listening to music. You know you don't have to elaborate all the albums, artist and genre it's there for a reason:
a. just say: "play anything" and it will play a song. no more than one.
b. say " Play everything " and it will play all your songs. pretty neat IMHO
c. say "play pop rock" and it will play all songs with this genre. That's why there is the genre thing.
d. say "play Hell freezes over" and it will play all eagles song under this album. That why the albums thing is there too.
c. say "Play nirvana" and you'll start to hear Kurt Cobain all hour. That's why there is the artist thing too.
f. you can also say "next track, previous track, what song is this?, stop, pause, shuffle on and off, repeat on and off. I'm still thinking why you guys aren't liking this.
g. This won't ever work if your mp3's aren't organized (e.g. putting correct artist, albums etc.)
h. play anything or play everything is pretty much useful.
4. some less frequent commands but I feel acurate: What is my signal strength?, Flight mode on, What day is this?, What is my next appointment, I kinda don't use this much.
5. Calling. uh, for me it's pretty acurate saying call Garry, call Kristine, call Raymond, then it prompts you to call home, mobile, work, car etc. you can command this in the first place invoking: call Garry home. It also shows all Garry(s) if you have more than one garry in your phone phonebook. pretty much faster than scrolling with your thumb or taking the time too unsheathe your stylus.
6. Opening programs: Well I have to grade this at 90% acuracy. It opens files even custom installed ones.
Lastly, of course we cannot expect this to work inside a speeding train or at a construction site at a passing rate. As outdoor noises may interrupt the commands. Try to watch the youtube and re-test the MS VC. I'm sure you're gonna like it.
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Dudes, I beg to disagree to almost all of you. Yeah, Almost all.
Firstly, the voice command IS very handy. Didn't you watch the youtube demo? so here's the thing:
1. I also had the ASUS 02 XDA Zinc which has a voice commander. A different program BUT it reads emails and sms. BUT you'll have to train your voice to get things pretty acurate - as opposed to MS voice Command which doesn't need training but also doesn't read sms/email. So No it can't.
2. Good points are: with just a press of a button you can command almost everyting like getting home from work, exhausted and before putting your Xperia on your table just say " What is my battery level " way faster than clicking start > settings > power.
3. Listening to music. You know you don't have to elaborate all the albums, artist and genre it's there for a reason:
a. just say: "play anything" and it will play a song. no more than one.
b. say " Play everything " and it will play all your songs. pretty neat IMHO
c. say "play pop rock" and it will play all songs with this genre. That's why there is the genre thing.
d. say "play Hell freezes over" and it will play all eagles song under this album. That why the albums thing is there too.
c. say "Play nirvana" and you'll start to hear Kurt Cobain all hour. That's why there is the artist thing too.
f. you can also say "next track, previous track, what song is this?, stop, pause, shuffle on and off, repeat on and off. I'm still thinking why you guys aren't liking this.
g. This won't ever work if your mp3's aren't organized (e.g. putting correct artist, albums etc.)
h. play anything or play everything is pretty much useful.
4. some less frequent commands but I feel acurate: What is my signal strength?, Flight mode on, What day is this?, What is my next appointment, I kinda don't use this much.
5. Calling. uh, for me it's pretty acurate saying call Garry, call Kristine, call Raymond, then it prompts you to call home, mobile, work, car etc. you can command this in the first place invoking: call Garry home. It also shows all Garry(s) if you have more than one garry in your phone phonebook. pretty much faster than scrolling with your thumb or taking the time too unsheathe your stylus.
6. Opening programs: Well I have to grade this at 90% acuracy. It opens files even custom installed ones.
Lastly, of course we cannot expect this to work inside a speeding train or at a construction site at a passing rate. As outdoor noises may interrupt the commands. Try to watch the youtube and re-test the MS VC. I'm sure you're gonna like it.
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Well I guess you're a lucky one because as I said 2 posts up from yours, the play music commands don't work properly for me. I say "play In Silico" and it will only play the first 7 tracks. I wan't the whole Album. If I say "Play Pendulum" it will only play the first 2 tracks.
What gives?
P.S. And yes, my tags and sorting are all perfect, I am an anal perfectionist, trust me, They're as sorted as they can get. Under my music folder I have Artist Folders, under each Artist Folder I have album folders. All ID3 tags within each Album are identically labelled for Artist and Album with exact same capitalisation, no spelling mistakes or errors. Infact, they all show perfectly under the exact correct places if I browse my library manually, so why can the voice command not add the whole album properly?
I say "Play Chinese Democracy" it adds only 1 track (Different song each time, I have the whole album), I say play "Only by the Night" it plays the whole album. I say "Play The Rising Tied" it adds one track (random track each time, I have the whole album).
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Hey George, I thought you sold your X1 already?
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I sold the black X1i. I still have the silver X1a. The case is cracked, so I am not sure I could sell it.
neo3424 said:
If incoming call comes while i am listening to music, music fades out and it announces the caller name and from where he/she is calling for example mike from mobile or mike from office..after i finish my call the music comes back on automatically. same with email announcements.
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I can't get incoming announcements. THis is a problem for some Voice Command builds. WHat version and build number are you using? You can find this in the voice command app screen.
I use MV, its good for reading out incoming sms (i turn of text message tone)
im happy with it but, it uses a lot of memory 1.9meg ! so slows phone and empties battery quicker - they should make app more streamline
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So I have had the HD2 for a few months now and I can't seem to find its true potential. Ive had no problems with it. I can get everything working smoothly. Done. But can anyone else give me some tips as to what I can do with the HD2? What do you do with your HD2?
I also really want to utilize true multitasking but I dont know what is "true multitasking".
Can someone give me a few examples besides streaming music via web while I do a word document?
What do "YOU" do that is true multitasking?
Listening to music in the bus with Skype and IMPlus running in the background, Opera to check timetables online, Google maps open to know where I am, launch camera to take a photo of something I just saw in the street, receiving a mail and reading it, opening the tasks app to add a reminder related to said mail, switch back to google maps to check where I'm now, switch to opera again to check something online that I just thought about, switch to the music player to skip a track, switch to IMPlus to answer a message I just received, opening adobe reader to check something in a document... going back and forth between all those.
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Listening to music in the bus with Skype and IMPlus running in the background, Opera to check timetables online, Google maps open to know where I am, launch camera to take a photo of something I just saw in the street, receiving a mail and reading it, opening the tasks app to add a reminder related to said mail, switch back to google maps to check where I'm now, switch to opera again to check something online that I just thought about, switch to the music player to skip a track, switch to IMPlus to answer a message I just received, opening adobe reader to check something in a document... going back and forth between all those.
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so by doing all those without having to close a single thing out? And you do this using the task manager in the upper right corner?
What I don't get is how is this different from Apple's iphone. Though it doesnt have multitasking, isnt it the same as opening things up and hiting the center home button and going onto the next app, etc? I dont see the difference.
the difference is on the iphone when you hit the home button it closes whatever you were in.
so any IM app such as skype, aim, facebook all get closed so you cant get messages in the background. you cant have pandora or slacker radio playing in the background. you can do one thing at a time.
pretty simple really
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so by doing all those without having to close a single thing out? And you do this using the task manager in the upper right corner?
What I don't get is how is this different from Apple's iphone. Though it doesnt have multitasking, isnt it the same as opening things up and hiting the center home button and going onto the next app, etc? I dont see the difference.
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The difference is multitasking can switch between apps without terminal them. In iphone once you click the home buttom, the running app closes then you are able to start other app. It can't regard as multitasking cause iphone can only run a app at a moment. But wm os can run a number of apps in background at the same time and switch between them instead of close one app and start the other one app. That is mean you can play a game in wm then you skype somebody, when you switch back to the game, it resumes. But in iphone, you start skype before you terminal the game.
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so by doing all those without having to close a single thing out? And you do this using the task manager in the upper right corner?
What I don't get is how is this different from Apple's iphone. Though it doesnt have multitasking, isnt it the same as opening things up and hiting the center home button and going onto the next app, etc? I dont see the difference.
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I use taskfacade or aebplus' task manager function mapped to the windows button.
The iphone can do most of it, with a few exceptions, for example if you open google maps and do a search, have the results displayed, then close the program to do something else, once you run it again you'll arrive at the main screen and you'll have to do your search again. With skype, you open it and it connects, but then if you close it to do something else you won't be notified of new messages, you'll have to manually reopen skype once in a while to see if you've received something. On the HD2 skype stays open and will sound when you receive something.
Then, I haven't used an iphone enough regarding the web browser, if exiting and coming back keeps all your open tabs etc.
On mine I cycle/run with run.gps running actively in the foreground, Pocketscrobbler running actively in the background, along with Audiobooster, music player doing its thing, RSS reader doing its thing, Push sync doing its thing...
Good thing on multi task is surfing. U can open more than one tab and while the sides are loading u check your mails or something.
I like it and its a feature I would miss on the Iphone...
What's not to get on multitasking?
being an iphone user for a time, one of the largest complaints (even after jailbreaking) was the limited multitasking. Even with backgrounder running, the phone was slow as crap. The touch hd2 on the other hand...
I have 13 applications open and I still see no lag anywhere. nuff said
1) i noticed opera doesnt keep loading if you switch to another task. It stops.
2) music in the bg is normal and most phones can do that. unless they are streaming like pandora. but even so jailbreaking makes it possible to do this for iphones.
3) skype is required, or eventually inevitable. Using hd2 is almost like you're sucked into skype, since everyone is using it, right? LOL
4) jailbreaking an iphone allows it to multitask. why not do it besides the illegal thing and the risk? its like bricking an hd2.
the new iphone OS4 should have multitasking too.. but i heard it only allows the apps to save some services or something, but the app still closes... thats why pandora doesnt work with it i think xD
apple will always be performance > flexibility, thats why they will never have TRUE multitasking, and for me, TRUE multitasking is when the application i open are still running IN REALTIME ( and doesnt stop ) in the background.
I find it really important that I can run my navigation system while having my calendar reminding me for my appointments or being able to receive phone calls.
Can you be on a call and quickly check a document, calendar, email, or web browse on the HD2? Thanks
Tomb77 said:
Can you be on a call and quickly check a document, calendar, email, or web browse on the HD2? Thanks
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Yes. You can be on a call and continue watching a movie also.
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1) i noticed opera doesnt keep loading if you switch to another task. It stops.
2) music in the bg is normal and most phones can do that. unless they are streaming like pandora. but even so jailbreaking makes it possible to do this for iphones.
3) skype is required, or eventually inevitable. Using hd2 is almost like you're sucked into skype, since everyone is using it, right? LOL
4) jailbreaking an iphone allows it to multitask. why not do it besides the illegal thing and the risk? its like bricking an hd2.
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which version of opera are you using?
mind loads perfectly well in the background.. as do all the non java browsers I use.
why is skype required, I've used it twice in all the years I've been using winmo, which is quite a while now!
woopee do you can do some basic crap on the iphmoan
***SOME*** not all, but some, try really using the hd2 as it can be used, as a true powerhouse, with full multitasking, not something that you can do a couple of basic things with.
maybe HTC and MS should sue apple for copying multitasking on a smartphone
who gives a damn about jailbreaking the iphmoan? this isn't an apple forum..
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Yes. You can be on a call and continue watching a movie also.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately I do not have the phone in hand but I have an HD2 user that has a hard time with entering their exchange password to get in to multi task while on a call. disabling the password probably wont work and is not a good idea. I assume there is an auto lock while on a call that he may be able to disable. any help or ideas? your help is much appreciated.
Tomb77 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately I do not have the phone in hand but I have an HD2 user that has a hard time with entering their exchange password to get in to multi task while on a call. disabling the password probably wont work and is not a good idea. I assume there is an auto lock while on a call that he may be able to disable. any help or ideas? your help is much appreciated.
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Everything should work exactly the same while on a call... just hit the home button or start button to get whereever you need to go. Now, depending on your network, you may not be able to access the internet while on a call. If you're on 3g, you usually can... but if your on edge/2g, then you may not be able to.
An example of multitasking (seeing as that is what the op asked for):
Today. after almost bricking it setting it up how i like it (it's only a week old) i did a hard reset. Since that point i have had, the wifi on and wifi remote access doing various things, activesync doing it's thing on direct push to my exchange server, msn messenger bugging the hell out of me, pocketmusic keeping me entertained, facebook for windows mobile pissing me off, various explorer windows, word 2010 (you gotta do some work sometime), the text messaging app keeping up with the boys (and girls) that i call friends and phm registry editor (so i can install the tweaks i like) all running at the same time, since about 9am. The phone has lagged a lil here and there but nothing that has worried me and yeah the wifi needed a rest a couple of times coz the chip was getting hot and the packet loss was getting a bit high but overall i think it's done well considering it was getting hammered. Battery hasn't needed charging yet either (and it's not an extended one).
I've got a couple of friends that have (and i like this so i'm gonna use it) iPhmoan 3GS' and they want the 4G. I'm constantly being pestered by them to switch (i'm on my 5th winmo device) and all i do is laugh at them. Just yesterday one of them was wetting himself over the 4G having 256MB of ram. The direct quote he got was "my phone has 1ghz processor and 576MB of ram and can multitask better than your girlfriend. Go suck it!! It's in the corner over there" and that is my general attitude to the iphone and apple's idea of innovation right now. It's Overpriced, useless, unintuitive, lazy, anti competitive and designed to generate nothing but profit for apple. Anyone that want's or has one is more stupid than they look and far richer too.
Hello,
first of all, I'm a noob in Java. I'm trying to search and learn, but sometimes it's harder than it seems
I want to create an application to stop music on specified time - but the only problem at the moment is: how to stop music from code?
First screenshot: enter time, when music will be stopped, second: window after pressing 'Set' ("Muzyka zostanie wylaczona o" = "Music will be stopped at").
My friend showed me, where should I search:
Code:
github.com/android/platform_packages_apps_music/tree/master/src/com/android/music
Probably, the most interesting part is in IMediaPlaybackService.aidl (interface IMediaPlaybackService) and in MediaPlaybackActivity.java (in private void doPauseResume). But I don't know how to use that. Any help will be appreciated.
Regards
are you looking to actually stop the player, or just mute the media sound?
You can stop it with the Bluetooth commands like the CM6 lock screen.
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are you looking to actually stop the player, or just mute the media sound?
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I want to stop the player, idea of application is simple - I think that a lot of people like to listen the music before sleeping (including myself), I falled asleep while listening more than once (and more than twice... ). Run application, set time, then application will stop music after set time, it's gonna save some battery.
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You can stop it with the Bluetooth commands like the CM6 lock screen.
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Can you explain a lil'bit more?
So this is what i was thinking, making an app (running in the background probably) that would do the following:
- at a specific time of day, my android device would (fakely) receive an sms, with my predefined content, of course
- at a specific time of day, my android device would (fakely) receive a phone call, and when i answer, let's say some song starts playing, like from the other end of the line, not in the out speakers
Can this be done? And how? This should be done without any gsm network, I don't want any fees involved, but getting a notification and all, just like the real deal.
PS: I'm pretty new to android programming, so please be as detailed as possible. Thanks!
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To sum it up: you have an app running in the background, at 2PM it "calls" you. as in, you receive a call, but not from a real person, it just looks like it. you answer and a song starts playing in the speaker, instead of an actual person talking.
I'm asking for where to begin, some lines of code that would help and so on, not the whole app
I would say that for the "specific time of day" feature, I would look into the AlarmManager class: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html
It really depends on how authentic you need to be with your "fake text" and "fake call", but you can easily create a notification that looks like a text using the Notification.Builder class: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.Builder.html. If you need it to pull up a text message like interface after tapping on it, you could either design some xml to look just like the Messaging app or just display a fullscreen screenshot of it.
As for the phone call, I would probably just display a fullscreen screenshot of a phone call if you didn't need interactivity with it. You can have your phone play your ringtone by using the MediaPlayer class: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/mediaplayer.html
so basically they are all workarounds, except for the notification. i want them to look as real as possible.
thanks for the ideas, will look into.
i found this app which does exactly what i need. maybe way too much, as i don't need all those settings. can anyone give any feedback on it, on how it's done?
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.popularapp.fakecall
I have avoided Google now for the previous two iterations of phone... but I'm giving it a shot on the S4!
There are two outstanding Google Now questions that I can't seem to find a clear answer to by Googling (there's a joke in there somewhere).
1) How do I actually trigger Google now? I've tried saying Google, that doesn't work. The best I've been able to do is map the double home button to launch voice input, but that's s poor solution. If I have to use button presses to trigger it, then I may as well just do whatever I was trying to do in the first place with my fingers. IE, it's no time time savings to double press the home button and then say a command, vs just clicking on the app icon I'm trying to launch (probably a time penalty in fact).
What am I missing? Why isn't my Google Now listening to me in the background? Am I just using the wrong trigger word?
2) The beep that follows voice recognition is incredibly loud, substantially louder than the speech response that Google feeds back. How do I disable the beep entirely? It's redundant and disruptive. The best solution online seems to be to mute notifications in general. That's a non starter.
You trigger it by starting the Google app and following the instructions. It's the google app, not the google+ app or the google settings app.
After that it just kind of runs. starts out slow at first but more cards appear over time, but you can pull it up anytime by running the google app.
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You trigger it by starting the Google app and following the instructions. It's the google app, not the google+ app or the google settings app.
After that it just kind of runs. starts out slow at first but more cards appear over time, but you can pull it up anytime by running the google app.
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Yes.... I realize how to run the app.... and how to follow its instructions
How do I trigger it, that's my question/query/frustration. As mentioned, it works fine if I double-tap the home button to launch the Google Now app manually. It also works fine if I go into my apps and find the Google Now icon, and then launch it that way, or if I use a shortcut, widget, etc to open up the app.
What I can't figure out, is how to actually trigger it during regular use. Short of going in and manually launching Google Now, I can't get it to trigger - I can't get it to listen to me. I've tried saying "Google", "Android, "Ok Android", "Ok Google", etc, and almost every other ridiculous phrase I can think of. Nothing triggers it short of manually launching the app by hand.
Once I set it up, it comes up every time I tap on the google search bar. However, normally I don't mess with it, it just automatically sends me notification cards when it thinks I need them.
For instance right now it's showing me a notification card for the last Sharks Kings game, my upcoming flight and several cards for things I've researched a lot lately like the S4, Voodoo Sound, Vsonic GR02 headphones, Fiio E07K etc. Also has my stocks and the local weather. I didn't "do" anything to get the cards, they just appear in my notification bar or whenever I tap the search bar.
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Once I set it up, it comes up every time I tap on the google search bar. However, normally I don't mess with it, it just automatically sends me notification cards when it thinks I need them.
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That's fine - once setup, it comes up every time I tap the Google search bar too. That's not my issue.
My problem is that I cannot get it to trigger by my voice. Unless I manually launch the app first each and every time I want it to do something, it does not respond to my voice. It responds to my voice just fine if I manually I launch the app first, but that's the only time I can get it to work. At all other times, I may as well be speaking to my shoe
Hold menu button for couple seconds.
Easy answer. You can't you have to launch it first.
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Easy answer. You can't you have to launch it first.
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That can't be...? What use would a hands-free system be if you have to use your hands and navigate into an app before it will take hands-free voice commands?
Isn't the whole deal with this voice stuff that you can just talk to it?
In my experience, the hotword detection only works after you've manually triggered the app. It only relieves you from physically tapping the microphone icon.
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get a bt headset and activate it that way..It can't be 100% hands free; it would have to be on all the time, and then you would complain about how much battery it was eating...
On my Google Now, saying "Google" does work. As long as the actual App has already been activated and is standing by that is.
On my "S Voice", saying, "Hi Galaxy" works, but it is customizable for other triggering phrases.
You are correct about Google Now only responding the first time though. If you want it to voice activate again you have to use the back key to get back to the original screen or completely re-launch it. It just seems that is the way it is.
Wow - this is significantly less impressive than I had envisioned. I was under the mistaken impression that Google Now (and Siri on the iPhone) just responded to their trigger words whenever uttered.
This strikes me as somewhat limited in usefulness until they get these apps to listen constantly. If I need to know the weather, why use my hands to launch Google Now, then ask for the weather, and then wait for it, if I could instead just use my hands to launch my weather app directly?
I must be missing all the excitement - or maybe Siri / Google Now are meant for people who can't figure out their phones?
On the issue of that annoying confirmation sound, I'm halfway there. The APK is in data/apps, and it's called "com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox-1.apk". Inside that apk there is a folder called "res", and inside that there's another folder called "raw". In that folder you'll find the WAV files for each sound.
Unfortunately, that's where my efforts die. I can't seem to open the wav files on a PC (even in audio editing software). I can't just delete them either, or Google Now crashes. I similarly can't just replace them with less annoying wav files from my PC - that crashes Google Now also. I'll see what I can do about finding a way to just upon them for the purpose of lowering their volume (or blanking them) and report back with my results (if any).
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Wow - this is significantly less impressive than I had envisioned. I was under the mistaken impression that Google Now (and Siri on the iPhone) just responded to their trigger words whenever uttered.
This strikes me as somewhat limited in usefulness until they get these apps to listen constantly. If I need to know the weather, why use my hands to launch Google Now, then ask for the weather, and then wait for it, if I could instead just use my hands to launch my weather app directly?
I must be missing all the excitement - or maybe Siri / Google Now are meant for people who can't figure out their phones?
On the issue of that annoying confirmation sound, I'm halfway there. The APK is in data/apps, and it's called "com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox-1.apk". Inside that apk there is a folder called "res", and inside that there's another folder called "raw". In that folder you'll find the WAV files for each sound.
Unfortunately, that's where my efforts die. I can't seem to open the wav files on a PC (even in audio editing software). I can't just delete them either, or Google Now crashes. I similarly can't just replace them with less annoying wav files from my PC - that crashes Google Now also. I'll see what I can do about finding a way to just upon them for the purpose of lowering their volume (or blanking them) and report back with my results (if any).
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Don't you think some people DON'T want it on all the time? It could mistakenly trigger it and possibly do an unwanted action. It is fine in it's current implementation. I would think in the future as voice recognition and battery technology improves we might see an always on Google now or siri but right now it would/could cause more problems than create convenience.
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A new version of Chrome (for desktop) is coming out that supposedly will do this, but it's just not feasible on a mobile device. At least not yet. Do you really want your phone's mic on 24/7 feeding audio to the processor, constantly running voice recognition on every sound it hears? Imagine how horrible the battery life would be. Not to mention the privacy concerns of that (and legal issues, I can see something like this breaking wiretap laws in several states).
Even Google Glass requires you to either touch it or activate it through a head motion so it starts listening. The same with Siri on iOS. The point is you only have to do one thing to start issuing a variety of commands. You can do it without looking at the phone.
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Wow - this is significantly less impressive than I had envisioned. I was under the mistaken impression that Google Now (and Siri on the iPhone) just responded to their trigger words whenever uttered.
This strikes me as somewhat limited in usefulness until they get these apps to listen constantly. If I need to know the weather, why use my hands to launch Google Now, then ask for the weather, and then wait for it, if I could instead just use my hands to launch my weather app directly?
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As mentioned, think logically about what you are asking for. If your phone's microphone was always on, listening to and parsing every single noise it hears 24/7 to detect the word Google, think about what the battery implications. Every sound it hears it must analyze, all day long. Then, consider any time it thinks it hears Google, it will immediately turn on and listen for more input and then try to respond to that. It's just not feasible to expect this without killing your battery and also dealing with the many false positives that might constantly be making your phone do stuff you didn't intend.
Having said that, you are missing the key part of Google Now which sort of addresses your issues with it. Google Now doesn't listen 24/7 for you to speak to it, it analyzes data such as your search history, location, Google now settings, gmail, calendar, and so on, to proactively give you information before you even ask for it. That's the appeal and the main idea of Now. You still get the searching, the voice commands, etc, but you also get an "assistant" that doesn't need you to constantly tell it what you want. (In theory of course)
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As mentioned, think logically about what you are asking for. If your phone's microphone was always on, listening to and parsing every single noise it hears 24/7 to detect the word Google, think about what the battery implications. Every sound it hears it must analyze, all day long. Then, consider any time it thinks it hears Google, it will immediately turn on and listen for more input and then try to respond to that. It's just not feasible to expect this without killing your battery and also dealing with the many false positives that might constantly be making your phone do stuff you didn't intend.
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Yep - and that's where I thought the tech was at. I thought we had overcome these problems. I thought we were able to accomplish the above.
I played with it a bunch yesterday, and there was nothing that I could do faster with voice (given that I had to use hands to trigger the app first) than I could do with just hands alone. I tested a lot of common tasks, and launching the app + giving a voice command and waiting for the response action was always slower (not even factoring in voice errors - that's assuming 100% accuracy).
The ability to constantly listen is fundamental to voice commands being useful on a smartphone (in my mind). I just jumped the gun and thought we were there already (adverts certainly make it seem like we are). Until we hit that point, until we have a system that is responsive like KIT, or HAL, or LCARS, I think voice commands are impractical. It needs constant listening. Interestingly, it looks like the industry agrees:
http://www.technologyreview.com/new...d-respond-to-your-voice-even-when-its-asleep/
http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...mm-processor-will-always-be-listening-1132647
^ that tech largely addresses jsmith8858's concerns.
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Yep - and that's where I thought the tech was at. I thought we had overcome these problems. I thought we were able to accomplish the above.
I played with it a bunch yesterday, and there was nothing that I could do faster with voice (given that I had to use hands to trigger the app first) than I could do with just hands alone. I tested a lot of common tasks, and launching the app + giving a voice command and waiting for the response action was always slower (not even factoring in voice errors - that's assuming 100% accuracy).
The ability to constantly listen is fundamental to voice commands being useful on a smartphone (in my mind). I just jumped the gun and thought we were there already (adverts certainly make it seem like we are). Until we hit that point, until we have a system that is responsive like KIT, or HAL, or LCARS, I think voice commands are impractical. It needs constant listening. Interestingly, it looks like the industry agrees:
http://www.technologyreview.com/new...d-respond-to-your-voice-even-when-its-asleep/
http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...mm-processor-will-always-be-listening-1132647
^ that tech largely addresses jsmith8858's concerns.
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It's not there yet. It is still very handy when you're multitasking and the best example is driving. Sure I would love to not have to tap my phone a couple if times, but it is still worlds better than losing focus taking my phone out if dock, making those couple taps and typing out my message or commands. Not to mention keeping a CPU and microphone running at all times keeping your phone awake at the same time and it is just not viable. I don't think apple could pull it off either as it would just keep iOS running and running when the phone is not in use. Then there's the privacy factor. I don't think this will be viable for at least another couple of years.
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Siri also doesn't respond by keyword launch. S-voice seems like the only one that does and it's definitely less than stellar. As jsmith8858 said above, it's a proactive assistant. Google Now is there for you to give you information it believes you might need before you ask for it. I.e. If i google a place on google maps on my desktop, When i look at google now on my phone a moment later, it has the pop up of directions and estimated time (that i can bring up in maps or navigation by tapping) of where it was when I just searched.
There are third party apps you can use with custom roms that you can bind double-tap home button to initiate voice search, or you can add voice search as a shortcut on your lock screen as well.
I was watching TV and someone on TV said Google, and it triggered the app so I'm pretty sure that there is a way to do it without using your hands, especially because of how many times they said there was a way during one of those recent Key notes regarding it
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I was watching TV and someone on TV said Google, and it triggered the app so I'm pretty sure that there is a way to do it without using your hands, especially because of how many times they said there was a way during one of those recent Key notes regarding it
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As far as I know, the only phone that triggers Google now by saying "Ok Google now" is the new moto X, but it has a processor dedicated to ear what you are saying.
I don't know if this ability cam be ported to our s4 and what will be the price to pay about battery consumption.
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Hi Everyone
I would like to hear what smartwatch Mode do you think is the best : Stand Alone or Phone Companion and answer some questions:
1.Standalone Mode what will be in this mode the most important and what you will use the most?
2.Phone Companion Mode : What you will use the most in this mode and what you will want to have ?
3.Phone Companion Mode : When you will receive a phone call do you think you will like to answer from your smartphone or your smartwatch ?
4.What Mode you will think use the most ?
5.Someone that use yet a smartwatch how is your experience what is not practical, what did you not like?
Specify the model and if its was a Standalone or a Phone Companion.
Thanks
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Damien Douk
A.I Watch Creator
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Hi Damien, you probably know my reply already since we discussed it off-line
For me Companion mode is the most important. I would like to receive notifications of who is calling (so I can keep my phone on mute most and out of sight), notifications of txt message and being able to view it on the smartwatch (typically an easy implementation since its a short plain unformatted text), notification of calendar events so I don't miss a meeting or an upcoming appointment, and email notifications with a preview of the message.
In my personal opinion, answering call from a phone is optional but not necessary. Phone call is a private thing. I just would like to see who is calling and then make a decision if I want to dismiss the call (maybe with a simple rejection button or an option to send a few pre-defined txt messages like "i'm busy" or "will call you back soon"). If I need to pick up the call, I can always get my phone out of the pocket or pick up the call on bluetooth headset. With text message and calendar events, as I mentioned above, it is nice to preview on the screen of the smartwatch where I think 1.54"+ display is big enough to preview simple short text. With emails, it would be nice to see who is it from and body of the text. I wouldn't expect replying back from the watch; if its important and needs my immediate attention - I will take out my phone and type away the reply.
Of course, music control (of the songs on the phone and also songs stored on internal to smartwatch microSD card) would be important. Also, getting weather notifications from the phone is a big plus, as well as battery status of your smartphone.
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vectron said:
Hi Damien, you probably know my reply already since we discussed it off-line
For me Companion mode is the most important. I would like to receive notifications of who is calling (so I can keep my phone on mute most and out of sight), notifications of txt message and being able to view it on the smartwatch (typically an easy implementation since its a short plain unformatted text), notification of calendar events so I don't miss a meeting or an upcoming appointment, and email notifications with a preview of the message.
In my personal opinion, answering call from a phone is optional but not necessary. Phone call is a private thing. I just would like to see who is calling and then make a decision if I want to dismiss the call (maybe with a simple rejection button or an option to send a few pre-defined txt messages like "i'm busy" or "will call you back soon"). If I need to pick up the call, I can always get my phone out of the pocket or pick up the call on bluetooth headset. With text message and calendar events, as I mentioned above, it is nice to preview on the screen of the smartwatch where I think 1.54"+ display is big enough to preview simple short text. With emails, it would be nice to see who is it from and body of the text. I wouldn't expect replying back from the watch; if its important and needs my immediate attention - I will take out my phone and type away the reply.
Of course, music control (of the songs on the phone and also songs stored on internal to smartwatch microSD card) would be important. Also, getting weather notifications from the phone is a big plus, as well as battery status of your smartphone.
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Hi vectron
Thanks to taking your time to answer to all my questions, interesting suggestions like to see the battery status of your smartphone on your smartwatch seems to me a great Idea....
Just one question A.I Watch have a music player and you can play music directly from your A.I Watch, so why can be interesting to control your smartphone music from A.I Watch?
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If you pair up your smartwatch with a phone (wireless through bluetooth), your smartwatch becomes a controller just like any wireless headphone with playback control. That's how it works with a Pebble, Metawatch, and any other basic smartwatch. It becomes very useful when you are streaming music from your phone to external wireless speaker and can control playback right from your smartwatch.
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vectron said:
If you pair up your smartwatch with a phone (wireless through bluetooth), your smartwatch becomes a controller just like any wireless headphone with playback control. That's how it works with a Pebble, Metawatch, and any other basic smartwatch. It becomes very useful when you are streaming music from your phone to external wireless speaker and can control playback right from your smartwatch.
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Hi Vectron
Thanks for your reply
Yes but If I am correct on all those smartwatches that you mention you dont have the possibility to add music directly on the smartwatch and due of that not able to connect them to a Bluetooth speaker directly you always need to past from your smartphone....
You dont think its useless on a stand alone smartwatch ??
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Hi Vectron
Thanks for your reply
Yes but If I am correct on all those smartwatches that you mention you dont have the possibility to add music directly on the smartwatch and due of that not able to connect them to a Bluetooth speaker directly you always need to past from your smartphone....
You dont think its useless on a stand alone smartwatch ??
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Yes, you are correct. Those other smartwatches don't have internal storage, so it makes sense to use them as wireless controller for audio playback on your smartphone. With AI Watch, TrueSmart and others you have an option of internal storage. As a matter of fact, I often use my TS as mp3-player on a wrist with my wireless headphones paired up directly. So in a way, its redundant to either play music from your watch or use your watch to control your music on the phone, since you can pair up external speaker directly to your watch. I do see your point now.
I believe there is a need for both a Standalone and a Companion. A standalone is great for those of us who have to carry two phones all the time. I know many people at work who have to carry their work phone and a personal phone, and at work the only thing the personal gets used for is checking email and taking calls from the wife. To be able to use the watch for that while still carrying the work phone for use all day would be great. And to be clear, the watch would ONLY be used for the personal as a standalone, and not also a companion for the work phone at the same time.
As a companion, which is how I use my Smartq Zwatch now is fairly useful, but would be infinitely more useful if: 1. Low power Bluetooth internet tethering; and 2. I need the option to let the watch make changes to the phone. I bought this watch so that I could see when I received text and email messages without pulling my phone out of my pocket but now I find that every time I receive a message I have to delete it from my phone AND my watch which actually make MORE steps in the process in stead of making the process easier. If I could have the option to "Delete Message From Phone?" Each time I deleted the message on the watch then it would make the process faster.
Just my two cents.
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While running today I had a thought. I use my smartwatch with my Galaxy Note 3. The phone is really big but I love the s pen, the media capabilities, and the battery life. But there are times when I'd rather not carry such a big phone so I keep an old galaxy Nexus lying around. What would be really cool would be to have all the cellular capabilities built into my watch with the ability to bluetooth tether lte data through the watch and into the phone. The the phone mfg's could make sick devices without having to include radios. Instead of having to pay $700 for this phone I could have bought a Note 8 for like $300. I know the watch would be more expensive, but some are already paying $300+ for a watch AND $600 for a phone.
Then when I go running for instance, the watch could connect via bluetooth to my headset and I wouldn't have to carry around my phone at all since this screen does nothing for me while running.
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vectron said:
Hi Damien, you probably know my reply already since we discussed it off-line
For me Companion mode is the most important. I would like to receive notifications of who is calling (so I can keep my phone on mute most and out of sight), notifications of txt message and being able to view it on the smartwatch (typically an easy implementation since its a short plain unformatted text), notification of calendar events so I don't miss a meeting or an upcoming appointment, and email notifications with a preview of the message.
In my personal opinion, answering call from a phone is optional but not necessary. Phone call is a private thing. I just would like to see who is calling and then make a decision if I want to dismiss the call (maybe with a simple rejection button or an option to send a few pre-defined txt messages like "i'm busy" or "will call you back soon"). If I need to pick up the call, I can always get my phone out of the pocket or pick up the call on bluetooth headset. With text message and calendar events, as I mentioned above, it is nice to preview on the screen of the smartwatch where I think 1.54"+ display is big enough to preview simple short text. With emails, it would be nice to see who is it from and body of the text. I wouldn't expect replying back from the watch; if its important and needs my immediate attention - I will take out my phone and type away the reply.
Of course, music control (of the songs on the phone and also songs stored on internal to smartwatch microSD card) would be important. Also, getting weather notifications from the phone is a big plus, as well as battery status of your smartphone.
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So, is there a watch (ZGPAX, SmartQ, HOT) which does all of this today ? I don't see why this would be so hard today. Doesn't Android allow applications to communicate with notification manager. Isn't it just a matter of pushing all your notifications from phone to watch ? This is for messaging and phone calls. For email and other apps, update happens automatically on all devices which shouldnt need anything special to work on a watch
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So, is there a watch (ZGPAX, SmartQ, HOT) which does all of this today ? I don't see why this would be so hard today. Doesn't Android allow applications to communicate with notification manager. Isn't it just a matter of pushing all your notifications from phone to watch ? This is for messaging and phone calls. For email and other apps, update happens automatically on all devices which shouldnt need anything special to work on a watch
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Hi ofsinreno
Thanks for all your suggestions, A.I Watch definitely do that we working on a Phone companion app by Bluetooth, and not Bluetooth tethering to be more battery efficient for both side, for now we succeed to get notifications etc...We still testing everything with different Android versions.
Hi cyrux004
Yes you are right all the smartwatches that you mention have this possibility but for the ZGPAX and SmartQ its by Bluetooth tethering and its not at all battery efficient. for the Hot is not a stand alone smartwatch so only the Phone companion option.
A Bluetooth app of this kind is new for everyone so actually not a lot of developers know how to develop it.
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Damien Douk
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I always carry two numbers. My company number rings the most and having that sim in my smart watch instead of having two phones would be easier for me. Options like camera, media, anti theft, sdcard and internal storage are something I need for everyday use. Wifi is a must and if possible since the watch can use simcard I can use gps and edge to connect if no wifi is available. I know for some of this may seem too much but I prefer my smart watch to be a back up for my phone just in case and also have the option of controlling my phone remotely.
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