Hey Guys,
Last night, i was jus playing with my GN as usual and suddenly as BAM... i got the update for JB :victory:
No doubt JB is so awesome, but i noticed this while using Google now. Everything is ok, works perfect,
EXCEPT for the voice reply. I saw the You-tube Videos where it replies with voice. (eg. whats the temperature?)
Mine does not. Mine works like something similar to this "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBZrtApZCD8"
I am from Germany, using English (US) as language in the phone.
So is there anything i should change ?
Thanks for the help in Advance
I know that some features only work in the states. I wonder if you downloaded the market enabler and selected the U.S play store to make your phone think your in the states if that would work. But I think there are some other threads on here were people are not getting all the Google now features if they are not in the states. I would check them out to see if anyone had any other tips that work.
Jellin' like a felon
Thanks for your reply kevinjgray88, me and my friend had a live comparison of the Google Voice features and his phone is from UK and mine is from Germany.
Everything works well for him, lets say, the results are always given with pictures and it speaks, but my phone just shows the text and it does not speak.
Mine is also working correctly, I've just tried "what's the temperature?" and I got the card and the voice result, I must add that my system language is EN (US) and I'm from and live in Lima, Perú.
Maybe you need to download a text-to-speech language pack, I'm just guessing, I did that back when I had ICS 4.0.2.
Cheers,
vicky88_nofear said:
Thanks for your reply kevinjgray88, me and my friend had a live comparison of the Google Voice features and his phone is from UK and mine is from Germany.
Everything works well for him, lets say, the results are always given with pictures and it speaks, but my phone just shows the text and it does not speak.
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some have voice replys and some dont
I also have this annoying issue... phone is in Canada and I think it should work.
I have tried both English (US) and English (CA) with no success. This is a bit worrying since it doesn't seem like a common issue, and it's not like we're using anything unofficial here...
I experienced this same issue on both 4.1 aosp and 4.1.1 aokp.
For me, it turned out that the google-now volume was somehow muted even though my volume level display showed maximum volume. I was able to restore the text-to-speech voice by increasing the volume while within google-now's settings pages.
Try opening google-now and go to: menu > settings > voice.
There, I increased my volume via the rocker and surprisingly found that the volume level display showed muted.
dk0r said:
I experienced this same issue on both 4.1 aosp and 4.1.1 aokp.
For me, it turned out that the google-now volume was somehow muted even though my volume level display showed maximum volume. I was able to restore the text-to-speech voice by increasing the volume while within google-now's settings pages.
Try opening google-now and go to: menu > settings > voice.
There, I increased my volume via the rocker and surprisingly found that the volume level display showed muted.
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I wish the solution was that simple... just tried it an unfortunately my volume was on high already.
Thanks anyway.
Guys, its not only about the Voice, it doesn't show pictures too, for example ask "whats the temperature of the sun". For all those, whose phone doesn't support voice, the picture is not shown too. In my phone, it jus shows 5,778"K.
I guess they apparently released 2 versions around the globe, one with voice and pictures and other without.
lets start from the beginning, wht was the size of your Jelly Bean update ?? mine was 144.9 MB to be exact.
Mine spokes the temperature but no picture shown
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vicky88_nofear said:
Guys, its not only about the Voice, it doesn't show pictures too, for example ask "whats the temperature of the sun". For all those, whose phone doesn't support voice, the picture is not shown too. In my phone, it jus shows 5,778"K.
I guess they apparently released 2 versions around the globe, one with voice and pictures and other without.
lets start from the beginning, wht was the size of your Jelly Bean update ?? mine was 144.9 MB to be exact.
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Yeah, mine is exactly the same too when I ask the same question.
This is so annoying... can't be that there's two different versions as I didn't get the OTA, I flashed the takju 4.1.1 update on Google's servers and started with a fresh install. Unless nobody in Canada has Google Now?
Edit: Out of desperation I tried to clear data on the Google search app... I get photos on my very first search then but to text only unless I clear data again, still don't get any voice even on first search.
Guys I've found a solution, sort of.
It seems you need to be on English (US) to get voice feedback. I thought I had checked this but I had checked the Google search app settings, which doesn't do anything - you need to change the main language by going into Settings > Languages and input - I still have Google search set to English (Canada) but as long as the system language is US you still get voice feedback.
Although, I still don't see images for searches, for example when searching for temperature of the sun. Clearing data brings back the image for one search but then back to text-only.
Thanks Shawn_230 for your tip, but unfortunately, my phone's language settings is already in English (US) and it still doesn't work or even show pictures after clearing data.
I think i promptly have to wait for Google them-self to give a proper explanation or release a fix.
i solve it to my phone
Go Settings, Language & input, Text-to-speech output, press Listen to an example and and immediately press Volume+
vicky88_nofear said:
Thanks Shawn_230 for your tip, but unfortunately, my phone's language settings is already in English (US) and it still doesn't work or even show pictures after clearing data.
I think i promptly have to wait for Google them-self to give a proper explanation or release a fix.
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That's too bad - you sure you changed the phone language though?
Google Now language doesn't seem to matter, you need change the whole phone to US (which ruins everything like units and date format across the whole system by the way...).
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i solve it to my phone
Go Settings, Language & input, Text-to-speech output, press Listen to an example and and immediately press Volume+
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WOW.. this actually worked !! :victory:
But it still shows no picture, I personally think this is soo stupid of Google to keep a bug like this
and i see no pictures yet.
Yup, so changing the system language to US English did the trick! right on! Finally! i've been trying to get this to work for forever. But sadly, yes, it also changes all the units and everything to the imperial system. So i just have to remember to ask it in Celsius what the temperature is.
i solve it by this way
Go to google play music, select any mp3, play it, then press Volume+ to max
Grousso said:
i solve it to my phone
Go Settings, Language & input, Text-to-speech output, press Listen to an example and and immediately press Volume+
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That did it for me also, thank you! I got my phone today directly from Google Play and set it with the Bell Canada network.
After performing your trick, I asked the following questions:
"distance between montreal and new york" - no voice
"what is the weather tomorrow" - voice presents the forecast
"remind me to call manuel in one hour" - voice confirms the alarm
"call queen elisabeth hotel in montreal" - voice confirms call
"listen to billy jean" - voice confirms the play request
"12 x 18.5" - no voice, result shows in calculator
"what is 12 percent of 25" - no voice, result shows in calculator
"3000 feet in miles" - no voice, result shows
"text alex how are you" - no voice, but the text message hits Alex properly
"bus directions to olympic stadium montreal" - voice confirms getting directions
"take me downtown by foot" - voice confirms getting directions
"when is the next montreal impact soccer game" - no voice
"when is the next giants game" - voice confirms the game details
"what time is in toronto" - voice confirms the time in Toronto
"air canada 715" - voice confirms the flight details from Toronto
"what is facebook" - voice confirms the information
"what is fyi" - voice confirms the abbreviation
"where did mark zuckerberg go to school" - no voice, probably because the dude doesn't like Google.
"where did bill gates go to school" - voice confirms information
OK, I got tired of testing, please post other commands that had the voice on.
Same here
dk0r said:
I experienced this same issue on both 4.1 aosp and 4.1.1 aokp.
For me, it turned out that the google-now volume was somehow muted even though my volume level display showed maximum volume. I was able to restore the text-to-speech voice by increasing the volume while within google-now's settings pages.
Try opening google-now and go to: menu > settings > voice.
There, I increased my volume via the rocker and surprisingly found that the volume level display showed muted.
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Same for me somehow I got muted. when to settings and increased the volume in the volume control
*Edit* p.s. i'm on pre-alpha ROM for HTC Desire
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Has anybody actually got this working exactly as it should?
I am not getting any speech regarding calls from known people already in Contacts.....etc.
Any suggestions?
I use it and it works great.
Vanstra said:
I use it and it works great.
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OK.....what should MSVC Notification Options be set to?
Cheers
i think the software u hav isnt complete because when u install it correctly and reboot when receiving a call or text it should say who is textin or callin u, but msvc works without any problems, if u hav the full verison goto start-settings-voice command-contacts and then hit options button to see if active
More importantly, can we change the voice to something more human?
I think this is a cracking piece of software, although it would be nice if it could also read out your RSS feeds (when asked to do so) and it would be amazing if you could dictate txt messages.
The only down side to using it with the Touch HD is that you have to map the call button to long press, to make it listen. Not the end of the world, but not as good as just being able to click once. For some reason it wont let me map the "back" button, which would be better, since I never use it.
Also while you are able to start applications via voice command ("start camera" being one of the most useful). There doesnt seem to be a way to close the apps in the same way.
Noodled24 said:
I think this is a cracking piece of software, although it would be nice if it could also read out your RSS feeds (when asked to do so) and it would be amazing if you could dictate txt messages.
The only down side to using it with the Touch HD is that you have to map the call button to long press, to make it listen. Not the end of the world, but not as good as just being able to click once. For some reason it wont let me map the "back" button, which would be better, since I never use it.
Also while you are able to start applications via voice command ("start camera" being one of the most useful). There doesnt seem to be a way to close the apps in the same way.
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I agree that it is a cracking piece of software.
Maybe with AEButton you can map the back button to the 'voicecmd.exe'
I tried the trial from two different sites and whenever i install it on the HD i got a "unrecoverable error" when installation finishes.
First time i was unable to even access settings to remove it so i had to resort to ActiveSync to get rid of it.
Another try from a different source gave me the same error but this time round i was able to access settings to remove it.
I'm afraid of even trying anymore.
wingtytn said:
i think the software u hav isnt complete because when u install it correctly and reboot when receiving a call or text it should say who is textin or callin u, but msvc works without any problems, if u hav the full verison goto start-settings-voice command-contacts and then hit options button to see if active
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Ummm - I do have the complete MS Voice Command and based on another post now realise that each sub-function in the menu has its own options.
I had assumed the Option button was just a general overall one. The "User Guide" is a tad basic really....
So all sorted now and thanks to all with advice....much appreciated.
Now then....how can we change this to either a smooth female voice or Basil Fawlty....???
Cheers
Vanstra said:
I agree that it is a cracking piece of software.
Maybe with AEButton you can map the back button to the 'voicecmd.exe'
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not tried that yet, but i'll give it a go.
Using the xperia panels I have been able to map a software button, but obviously the current panels port, isnt 100% as you frequently need to exit in order to do certain things.
OK....I have just realised that although the voice actually works....the phone vibrates but doesn't use the set 'incoming call ring tone'....I would have expected "Ringtone and Vibration" (as it is set) and then voice breaks in with callers name, etc.
What am I missing?
Can someone either attach screenshots of Options and Notification settings or list their Options settings for Contacts and Phone please?
Much appreciated.....
Anyone experience random crashing of their HD? Mine start doing it after I installed this app, this morning my HD did not woke me up so I checked my phone and it was completely dead, power button won't work so I had to resort to the softreset button. This has happened again twice today and I just don't understand where its coming from, as the phone wasn't doing anything in particular at the time(obviously as I was sleeping when it first happened). Only thing I can think of is that its conflicting with AEButton plus, which I used to map the VC to the volume button.
What is the different between this and Cyberon Voice Commander which comes bundled with my THD?
Hi,
I am using Dutty Extreme 2.1, everything seems to work apart from it not reading my e-mails or SMS messages out??
Is it suppose to do this and how can I get it working?
Thanks
So ive just turned on my phone to browse the web using ICS Browser + and on each and every page i open i get a voice telling me which page im on........
If i click a link then the voice reads out the link and im taken to the next page......
If i click the search bar on my home screen and type 'dinosaurs' (example) and hit enter im taken to google and the voive says "dinosaurs - google search"
Ive killed all programs/rebooted my phone and still it persists..... even tried on stock browser too.
Im on International stock 1.28 if it makes a difference!
Any idea whats going on and how i can turn this off?
UPDATE - played around with a few settings and i made sure that the 'talkback' feature in 'accessibilty' was turned off but still i got the voice.
Remembered that i installed 'Widgetsoid' a little while ago and tried turning off its notification ability in the same menu as 'talkback' and the voice went away.
Perhaps there is a conflict here and having 'widgetsoid' allowed in this menu somehow enables 'talkback' to run even if its not checked in the box........
Very strange lol
wolverine73 said:
So ive just turned on my phone to browse the web using ICS Browser + and on each and every page i open i get a voice telling me which page im on........
If i click a link then the voice reads out the link and im taken to the next page......
If i click the search bar on my home screen and type 'dinosaurs' (example) and hit enter im taken to google and the voive says "dinosaurs - google search"
Ive killed all programs/rebooted my phone and still it persists..... even tried on stock browser too.
Im on International stock 1.28 if it makes a difference!
Any idea whats going on and how i can turn this off?
UPDATE - played around with a few settings and i made sure that the 'talkback' feature in 'accessibilty' was turned off but still i got the voice.
Remembered that i installed 'Widgetsoid' a little while ago and tried turning off its notification ability in the same menu as 'talkback' and the voice went away.
Perhaps there is a conflict here and having 'widgetsoid' allowed in this menu somehow enables 'talkback' to run even if its not checked in the box........
Very strange lol
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Haha I had the exactly same problem when I first got my Galaxy Nexus, It's incredibly irritating and annoying.
It's a bug in ICS; when something is ticked in the Accessibility menu other ones randomly activate too! As far as I know, there's no way to properly fix it. ><
Hi all.I have an unusual problem with Google Now.I updated to JB this morning and as you know Google Now comes along with JB.
I have no problem with the voice activation as I know I should change language and when I do it works fine.My problem is somewhat different.
After the update the Google Now asked me if I want to set up cards and because I was busy I clicked on not now.
Since then when I click on google now (you know the blue g mark)all I get is a blank screen with the search widget but no matter what I do the homescreen(with the mountains and all) that helps you set up cards does not appear.
Does anyone have any idea of how this can be solved?I am thinking that maybe some how I have deactivated Google Now.
Thanks in advance for your help
tasos12 said:
Hi all.I have an unusual problem with Google Now.I updated to JB this morning and as you know Google Now comes along with JB.
I have no problem with the voice activation as I know I should change language and when I do it works fine.My problem is somewhat different.
After the update the Google Now asked me if I want to set up cards and because I was busy I clicked on not now.
Since then when I click on google now (you know the blue g mark)all I get is a blank screen with the search widget but no matter what I do the homescreen(with the mountains and all) that helps you set up cards does not appear.
Does anyone have any idea of how this can be solved?I am thinking that maybe some how I have deactivated Google Now.
Thanks in advance for your help
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hi,
have you tried this ?
first , make sure you have data connection/wifi connection
second, on home screen, press and hold home button
this will bring/activate google now and bring it to the front.
third , press/ and hold /touch
(depends how you set this action , on your phone in your settings menu ,it is
the "button on right side of " home screen" , bottom) ..... this will bring up menu/settings
you will see menu ........."refresh /search with camera/ settings /help /feedback "
then choose settings ...
look at top of screen next you will see google now is switched off ?
switch on..etc( also activate location/gps etc...)
hope it helps ?
good luck
I also had the same problem. I had to reset my google now settings (the cards functionality specifically) in order to get it working again. Just play around with the settings and do a full reset. If not just install Google search again.
I also had a problem with Google now not saying any of my search queries. it turned out that while I had my ringer volume all the way up; my media volume was all the way down. I had to turn that one up as well in order to get the voice going.
Problem solved!
I fidled with the language setting it to English (which I had done in the past also with no results) unistalled the google play update on it and the mountain appeared.
Later all of the sudden turning back and forth from English to Greek voila the sample cards appeared.
Installed the update again and it also gave me settings for the cards.
Finally turned to Greek again and it translated to Greek and it all works fine.So fingers crossed.
Thanks for the help Guys.
Hello I have noticed that ok Google is not recognizable from any of my devices either my smartwatch 3 or my note 3 I have already tried to set up ok google but it can recognize my voice I have tried to teach to my phone the sound of my voice but nothing I can't even pass the first object of learning any idea how to fix this problem? Thanks
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o-ellinas said:
Hello I have noticed that ok Google is not recognizable from any of my devices either my smartwatch 3 or my note 3 I have already tried to set up ok google but it can recognize my voice I have tried to teach to my phone the sound of my voice but nothing I can't even pass the first object of learning any idea how to fix this problem? Thanks
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Are you sure it's your devices and not you? I find "Okay Google" to be awkward to pronounce, especially several times in a row, due to the "k" and double "g" combo. Wish we could change the hotword. I just touch the watch...find this to be easier and more reliable. Once I do that, I find the boice recognition to be surprisingly accurate, even with names, foreign-sounding places, etc. Does your watch recognize voice if you activate it by touch? If not, you may have a microphone problem. Also, if you have an accent or something, or a stutter, I'd try having someone else say it to see if it's the device or it's you. And also, make sure the watch is lit up first and out of ambient mode. I don't think it works when the watch is in low power mode. As for not working on the phone, I had that issue on the Note3 as well when using Nova Launcher, worked fine in TouchWiz. But I'm pretty sure the watch keyword detection is not dependant on the phone, since I can activate mine even when it's disconnected from my phone.
I'm having issues with my OK Google too. It's like my watch microphone isn't working. I can't do any voice dictation into the watch. It just says "Sorry didn't catch that" when I talk to it. It worked at one point and seems to work sporadically. Now it doesn't work at all.
Not sure for how long but I think it's something like 1 week that voice commands don't work any more for me.
They are opened as web searches instead.
eg. I used to say "OK Google, set a timer for 5 minutes" and the timer would start. Now it opens web link suggestion...
Same with most other voice commands that used to be really useful.
Anyone having same problem?
Hi!
I bought one sony sw3 3 days ago, and have the same problem...I say the voice comands and it always do the search... anyone solved this? In my note 2 the comands are working fine, like call someone, send a text...
In the watch it always makes the search sugestions.
Thanks
Hi Everyone. I hope you could help me with my situation.
I had the watch about a month now. It was working nicely till a couple of days ago, the ok google stopped working.
When I tap the screen twice, there is a red G speak now. I cant tap on that icon. When replying a sms, the watch doesn't go into the voice recognising mode. I also tried sync with another phone.
I tried resetting to factory default. Reinstalling android wear and moto connect. Still doesn't work. I even tried the settings in Google settings, re recognising the ok google..
Running out of options.. Please help
When the red G Speak now appears do the following:
Speak.
This is the new design since Wear 2.0 Update
I spoke ...
but nothing happens...
Ferderico said:
I spoke ...
but nothing happens...
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Strange, could your microphone have something in the little hole?
i doubt that something is stuck in the little hole at the 9 o'clock position.
cos if i tap on Speak Now - it should have some bars which emulates a sound equaliser... but in my case, there isnt.
So i suspect is a setting. ... sigh..~ btw i am using Samsung Note 4
Ok, excuse me for my upper post.
But without the further infos you have now given, i could not resist to write this.
Test the microphone with an other app.
SleepAsAndroid, LED Music Controller or any soundrecorder which uses the moto360 microphone.
Have you rooted your Samsung and are you restricting apps with xprivacy or a similar program?
If the sound test fails I think your microphone is broken...
Try this. My problem was that "OK Google" only working from Voice Settings Screen using Moto 360 with my Samsung Galaxy S4 running Lollipop. I could not get the "OK Google" feature to work anywhere EXCEPT when I had the SETTINGS/MY DEVICE/LANGUAGE AND INPUT/GOOGLE VOICE TYPING screen open on my phone. Turns out that you have to have the GOOGLE NOW LAUNCHER as the home screen software. It will not work with the TOUCHWIZ HOME as the home screen software. To change this, go to SETTINGS/MORE/DEFAULT APPLICATIONS/HOME and select GOOGLE NOW LAUNCHER.
Static sound coming out
I am having the same issue. Also I am using a custom rom for note 4. I have tried the solution above and it doesnt work. I installed the "wear audio recorder" app and I only hear static sound... Is there an app or something to see if the communication between components working?