Hi all,
I have 4.0.3 rooted, and starting fairly recently, when I do a voice search a top result is spoken to me as if I had Google Now (which I don't). The problem is, I don't want it to speak results to me because if I'm in the office I don't need it speaking - even innocuous things like "The phone number for Motor Vehicle Services is...." are distracting to others.
Do you know how to turn this off? I wonder if it's something Google is doing on their end, but just in case I posted here in the Rezound forum. Thanks!
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Hi,
I've been reading the forum for about a month, and have a question about the feasibility of something (or where to get it if its already been developed). I have a T-mobile PPC/PE and want to be able to play sounds while on a phone conversation (i.e. play an MP3 so both parties on the phone can hear it). options to allow it to play only to user, only to caller, or both would be nice, but so far I haven't even seen the issue addressed anywhere (I'm probably going to regret saying that - the question has probably come up before and my searches just didn't use the right terms).
So does a program exist that can do this? Is it possible to do?
Thanks,
Jon.
Just checked, and it does indeed appear that you can't make the PDA produce any sounds while in call. The PDA can record, because the call recording function wouldn't work otherwise.
No clue how to solve this.
I've been using Google Voice Search since day on my original Droid with slide out keyboard, but today it's no longer voice-to-text'ing my punctuations. It's actually spelling out each punctuation into words, and this extremely annoying considering how dependent I have become with Google Voice Search's Voice Actions.
I sell phones and demonstrate, always driving around to different locations, always have hands tied... Please help me figure out why it's all of a sudden not punctuating..!
I'm rooted on stock. Voice Search has been cleared, force stopped, installed updates, reinstalled updates.
Swype's keyboard microphone does punctuations and smiley faces perfect.
Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
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Would anyone know why I cannot type punctuations with my voice with google voice search anymore?
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No idea but mine has been doing that last couple of days. Has been driving me crazy.
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No idea but mine has been doing that last couple of days. Has been driving me crazy.
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I just did a Google search for my issue, and I found my own thread just after one day of posting. It's the first result, too. That's sweet.
I'm extremely glad it's not just me! It happened to me just a couple of days ago, too. I was out of town on business, so I couldn't trouble shoot on other Androids. I'm at my girl's house now. I picked up her Droid Incredible 2 while posting this, and I held down the search button:
Send Text to NAME smiley face
It spelled out smiley face instead of making one. This appears to be Google. I'll be checking on other Android devices tomorrow. I'm very glad it's not my Razr.
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Anyone else having this issue? -_-
Same Problem Here
It is definitely google, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum but I'm on rooted HTC Evo 4g and just noticed the other day, when I use voice search it will spell out my punctuation. Example "Hello comma are you going to the party tonight question mark" rather than "Hello, are you going to the party tonight?" as it did before.
Ironically enough, it only does this when I actually use the voice search comment and say "Send text to" etc.
If I already open up a text and press the little microphone it will still dictate punctuation.
Same Issue - but speech to punctuation works in other apps
Same problem here. It just started happening to me a couple days ago and extremely annoying. I can't believe how dependent I am on voice search - I use it all the time. I tried deleting and reinstalling voice search, as well as changing the settings for google services voice recognition, but neither had any affect.
What's really strange is that the voice to punctuation works in other apps like texting or email apps, which also use voice search for the speech to text conversion. It just doesn't work from the "voice search" application.
Strange....
Same issue here, rooted Samsung Epic 4G with CM9. I have a feeling it's some weird issue with Google's servers or something...
Yep, happening to me too.
I have been tweaking without my Google Voice Search texting. It makes the "Send Text To:" command utterly useless.
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Same problem here... I thought it was because I moved it into the system directory. Moved it out, and still same problem. Now that I see I'm not the only one, I'm moving it back...
Can anyone suggest an alternative for e-mailing? I tried Vlingo, which handles punctuation correctly, but doesn't do as good of a job looking up contacts.
I thought it was because I switched from my HTC Vivid to my Galaxy Note... I guess it is not just that Samsung sucks.. lol ... I hope this issue gets resolved sooner than later..
I just posted a question about this and a link to this thread on Reddit.
Same problem here.
I flashed an ICS ROM to my EVO3D and still have the same issue. Plus there's no mic icon in the pop-up text window.
Add one more to the list ... HTC Sensation running ARHD 6.6.3. Surely this isn't a new "feature" from Google ....
Thank you to everyone who has replied and stated they're having issues.
Maybe we can get a moderator to move this thread into the right area? Especially considering we have this issue across multiple devices?
Who can help me create a Google support thread? I've been wanting to contact Google about this issue.
It's fixed! Stupendous! Back to good old trusty Google Voice!
We all do (have this problem atm. I am on Stock Android JB @N7000). All I could find is this. http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1715292
Check this: http://forum.swype.com/showthread.p...n-Google-Voice-vs-Dragon-on-Swype-for-Android
And that their voice products are amazing. For the first time, I am considering having read back books to me on the go or when preparing lunch - Google's TTS is THAT GOOD!
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I might start a new thread, but I'm starting here first to see if anyone is monitoring this thread.
The Google Now Voice to Text feature for "Send Text" is working again, but it now has a new issue. Punctuation and Smiley Faces are not recognized at the end of the last sentence of Google Now/Voice Search's "Text" Voice Command.
For example:
" text Bonnie i miss you exclamation point smile face "
Normally yields a text to Bonnie:
" I miss you! "
However, it now does this text:
" i miss you "
It actually continues to type the correct punctuation and smileys while dictating in the Search bar, but it does not carry them over to the text message. Anything at the end of a sentence is now completely lost. Vanishes. And annoying.
Prior to recently, it would not carry over punctuation at the end of sentences; but it would work fine if I added a smiley face to the end of my texts. So.. For a while, a vast majority of my texts to people ended with a smiley face. LoL. Just to get the question mark or exclamation point to show up correctly at the end of my texts. However, my smiley face band aid does not work anymore.
Anyone having similar issues?
Hello, Everyone.
My name is x, and I'm a Google Voice Search app addict. =)
There's a huge difference in the Voice Search apps across
the two different versions of Android.
I use Google Voice Search for EVERYTHING. I ride a Ninja everywhere,
add it's my only vehicle. I sometimes send text messages at a red
light, pull over and "call" a business or friend quickly, tell my Droid
"navigate to" my destination, and etc. it's EXTREMELY useful.
I can't live without it.
In Gingerbread, the texting feature was getting better and better.
For example: if Google didn't understand a particular word, then
it would be highlighted. You could then select the word and be
given a few different options, and Google would thus learn from
you. However, in ICS... The highlighted option no longer appears.
Also, this would come in handy when you had multiple contacts
with the same or similar names. Even if the name wasn't highlighted
in the To field, then you could still tap the the contact name in the To
field and select another suggested name. Another useful thing by
tapping a word or contact name: it would highlight the entire contact.
Now.. In ICS, tapping the contact doesn't give you any options.
This all in turn ends up with me having to type more in the Voice Search
texting window for typos, when it can't understand a particular word, or
if it just puts the wrong person in the To field. It practically defeats the
purpose of Voice To Text.
Is anyone else having similar experience?
Is it possible to install a working version of Voice Search from Gingerbread
onto ICS?
I have a Droid RAZR Maxx running ICS stock rooted.
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I agree! I think Google Now is a step forward but would have been much better if it incorporated what Voice Search already had like the highlighted text feature. Also, it seems Google Now defaults to a player without even asking. Not sure what the best course of action to take here is. One thing I did was removed the flashy YouTube app from Jellybean because it has ads in it and put the one I had in Gingerbread (YouTube HD 2.4.4) IIRC
Personally I've never used regularly the ics voice search. I got into voice search when Google Now appeared. What I recall from the gingerbread voice search is that It could hardly understand common speech, which is a thing ICS does great, and Google Now does amazing.
However to answer your question, I think having the gingerbread voice search app in ics would be really hard. As the jump from gb to ics was enormous, and from ics to jb where mostly framework changes; compiling the gb voice search for ics would be hard.
I recommend you to find a replacement for the voice search in the play store, that mimics the one of gb. Or as I do, have the ICS voice search and Google Now installed at the same time.
ICS search is not as accurate, but it is good for searching an app, song, etc.
I find Google Now really great to dictation purposes, and Siri like questions like: "Do I need an umbrella for this week?" or "Who is the president of Russia", but it most of the times doesn't display the App that I typed for, or the song.
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Personally I've never used regularly the ics voice search. I got into voice search when Google Now appeared. What I recall from the gingerbread voice search is that It could hardly understand common speech, which is a thing ICS does great, and Google Now does amazing.
However to answer your question, I think having the gingerbread voice search app in ics would be really hard. As the jump from gb to ics was enormous, and from ics to jb where mostly framework changes; compiling the gb voice search for ics would be hard.
I recommend you to find a replacement for the voice search in the play store, that mimics the one of gb. Or as I do, have the ICS voice search and Google Now installed at the same time.
ICS search is not as accurate, but it is good for searching an app, song, etc.
I find Google Now really great to dictation purposes, and Siri like questions like: "Do I need an umbrella for this week?" or "Who is the president of Russia", but it most of the times doesn't display the App that I typed for, or the song.
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I ended up succumbing to Google Now. Don't get me wrong; I still miss the Voice Search app. I am now starting to miss the fact that Voice Search app would basically appear above/on-top-of any app that you were currently using if you long-pressed the Search key. This was definitely handy if you were doing something and wanted to do a quick search, get directions, or send a text message while not really interrupting your current task.
I think I might be on one of the last Android devices that actually has the Search button. I believe most newer Androids only have three keys at the bottom: home, back, and menu. Removing the Search key and making the Google Search Bar permanently on your homescreen is just horrible in my opinion.
I love Google Now for every feature, but they took away a nice bit from Voice Search.
Hi Guys,
I posted this on the CM10.1 thread, but it quickly got hidden by all the other questions on the thread. I hope its ok for me to ask here in the Q&A board...
Is anyone else having issues with the satnav app Waze on their i9300 with CM10.1? For me it works fine except for the voices. The voice will be fine for part of the voice prompt, but then clip or cut out toward the end of her sentance. For example a typical voice prompt would be "at the next roundabout, take the second exit on to High Street". But on my device her voice clips out half way through, so I hear "at the next roundabout, take the ...it on to High Street".
I can still use the software to get around but looking at the screen map, but it is annoying. Anyone know what this issue might be caused by?
Thanks.
Did you manage to get this issue fixed i'm having the same issue. I have located the thread below have you tried it at all?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28948548
It is so annoying!
I've been searching the web for a couple of days, without finding any real solution to the problem. From September 2011, Google Maps decided to lump together its volume control with media apps, that used to be separated. I found a huge thread on googleproducts forums, titled "Why is the Google Navigator Volume No Longer Separate - But Now Linked with Media Volume?" where I see that things have never changed, nor Google acknowledged this being a problem.
Now, at the beginning I was confident that a simple solution existed for a rooted phone (Note 3 9005 for me) but, alas, I can't seem to find anything. Am I missing something?
Thank you.
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Not able to link the discussion mentioned above, too few messages for me, still.
I suppose there could be two ways to handle this. One would be to have a "per app" volume setting, through some clever Xposed module. The other a "simpler" (don't have a clue) hack on Google Maps itself. I just find strange that there's so little "literature" around, regarding this, as it's a really annoying problem, once it manifests itself in the car.
gorman42 said:
I suppose there could be two ways to handle this. One would be to have a "per app" volume setting, through some clever Xposed module. The other a "simpler" (don't have a clue) hack on Google Maps itself. I just find strange that there's so little "literature" around, regarding this, as it's a really annoying problem, once it manifests itself in the car.
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