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Hi, I wondered if anyone has come across an app which will speak alerts to me?
Perhaps something like "Text message from Jemima Puddleduck" and "Email from John Doe".
And preferably in a human sounding voice, not that abomination that is the standard Android text-to-speech!
Any ideas?
check out "Vlingo" or "edwin"
Just tried both, but neither does what I want :-(
setspeed said:
Hi, I wondered if anyone has come across an app which will speak alerts to me?
Perhaps something like "Text message from Jemima Puddleduck" and "Email from John Doe".
And preferably in a human sounding voice, not that abomination that is the standard Android text-to-speech!
Any ideas?
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you won't find any. An app would be alot more than the usuall 0.5 to 2mb. My reason for saying that you won't find any is because the app would have to know every name (and surname!) in the world, also any nickname etc! You'd proboly find that would tell who it is just by spelling the name out letter by letter, and even that wouldn't be very smooth (tone between letters and speed).
hope this helps! good luck!
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you won't find any. An app would be alot more than the usuall 0.5 to 2mb. My reason for saying that you won't find any is because the app would have to know every name (and surname!) in the world, also any nickname etc! You'd proboly find that would tell who it is just by spelling the name out letter by letter, and even that wouldn't be very smooth (tone between letters and speed).
hope this helps! good luck!
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I don't know if you're right. I don't think it would take that much space. Sure it wouldn't fit in 2megs, but I reckon fifty megs would be sufficient for all known English names. That's just a figure pulled out of my arse btw!
How about a custom message tone for a person that is a recording you have made. You would have to record a message for each person you want this for, Not the most user friendly way but will do what you want.
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setspeed said:
I don't know if you're right. I don't think it would take that much space. Sure it wouldn't fit in 2megs, but I reckon fifty megs would be sufficient for all known English names. That's just a figure pulled out of my arse btw!
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woow, no need for that kind of sh!t anyways.. what if you have someone saved in as a nickname (Ginger, Gypsy, my 2 favorite contacts ;D) then it would not tell you who was calling you cos the app would not know how to pernounce it..
hope this helps! good luck!
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woow, no need for that kind of sh!t anyways.. what if you have someone saved in as a nickname (Ginger, Gypsy, my 2 favorite contacts ;D) then it would not tell you who was calling you cos the app would not know how to pernounce it..
hope this helps! good luck!
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I wasn't being rude/sarcastic so please don't take offence!
I literally meant that I was just guessing how much space would be required
Use this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750721
It should work fine
Let us know your experience!
gogol said:
Use this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750721
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+1 for Saymyname Dessert, I love it!
setspeed said:
I wasn't being rude/sarcastic so please don't take offence!
I literally meant that I was just guessing how much space would be required
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sorry, I'm not exacly English anyway, so I don't understand the meaning of some lines
One of the best apps out there is called Tasker. It can do everything! One of it's tricks is you can set it up to read your text messages out.
Is quite tricky to get used to at first, but once you 'click' with it, its fantastic.
It costs £4 (which is a bargain IMO) but there is also a free 1 week trial.
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Agree with Tasker, I am using it
BUT .... BUT ...
It does NOT have this say NAME feature.
Tasker can only say the phone number.
The developer plan to add this feature in the next release ... Which we don't know when ... or NEVER
wnp_79 said:
One of the best apps out there is called Tasker. It can do everything! One of it's tricks is you can set it up to read your text messages out.
Is quite tricky to get used to at first, but once you 'click' with it, its fantastic.
It costs £4 (which is a bargain IMO) but there is also a free 1 week trial.
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gogol said:
Use this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750721
It should work fine
Let us know your experience!
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Nice one! This does pretty much what I want, and you can customise it quite a bit too - thanks very much
If you guys haven't gotten it yet...get it! Awesome app! It allows watching Youtube vids in HQ even on 3G! =D HTC got it right!
So is this a HTC only app?
I honestly don't know. It's definitely an HTC made app, but it doesn't appear under HTC Apps in the the Marketplace, it appears in the general apps section.
not finding this in marketplace, still can only find the basic youtube app and the one by lazyworm.
eternalemb said:
If you guys haven't gotten it yet...get it! Awesome app! It allows watching Youtube vids in HQ even on 3G! =D HTC got it right!
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SWEEET! Thanks for the heads-up.
MartyLK said:
SWEEET! Thanks for the heads-up.
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does this mean you found the app?
Couldn't find it either...:S
nrfitchett4 said:
does this mean you found the app?
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Not yet. My HD7 is resting peacefully while my HD2 gets to use the sim card. Once I've had my fill of HD2 goodness, I will boot up the crown jewel for a luxury ride and install the app.
Here's some screenshots...Sorry for the crappy shots, but you get the point...
doesnt appear in the european market
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Here's some screenshots...Sorry for the crappy shots, but you get the point...
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thanks for posting it. Wonder why I can't find it on my hd7. I'll keep looking.
for all y'all looking for it, try going to marketplace/ apps/ music and video/ free. It was the first one there, but I couldn't find it by searching.
nrfitchett4 said:
thanks for posting it. Wonder why I can't find it on my hd7. I'll keep looking.
for all y'all looking for it, try going to marketplace/ apps/ music and video/ free. It was the first one there, but I couldn't find it by searching.
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Cool. Thanks
nrfitchett4 said:
thanks for posting it. Wonder why I can't find it on my hd7. I'll keep looking.
for all y'all looking for it, try going to marketplace/ apps/ music and video/ free. It was the first one there, but I couldn't find it by searching.
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No prob. I just went into Apps then sideswiped to new and it was about 10 apps down, under Holy Bible. Correction, 1 app after that, between GPS4Me and Soniccasting.
MartyLK said:
Have you looked under HTC apps? Or maybe search HTC Youtube.
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didn't show up under search.
Now if it only allowed you to login to see your subscribed videos....
Much higher quality video over data and wifi and it shows the lighter color download bar as well so you know if its gonna buffer.
nrfitchett4 said:
didn't show up under search.
Now if it only allowed you to login to see your subscribed videos....
Much higher quality video over data and wifi and it shows the lighter color download bar as well so you know if its gonna buffer.
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Not to mention being able to touch the point in video you want to see.
The decision to let hardware makers customise only by individual apps is starting to pay off. The fact that HTC are the only ones to have a native YouTube app (which imo is a stupid thing to leave out of the OS, but only cause I use YouTube a lot) is making me strongly lean towards one of their devices over samsung
zukа said:
The decision to let hardware makers customise only by individual apps is starting to pay off. The fact that HTC are the only ones to have a native YouTube app (which imo is a stupid thing to leave out of the OS, but only cause I use YouTube a lot) is making me strongly lean towards one of their devices over samsung
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The thing is, all WP7 phones can use HTC apps. The Hub is available not only for HTC phones, but also Samsung and LG.
MartyLK said:
The thing is, all WP7 phones can use HTC apps. The Hub is available not only for HTC phones, but also Samsung and LG.
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I didn't think that was true. Each OEM has their own apps, like htc has the only flashlight app that uses the flash of the camera.
Great find OP! Now only if someone would come out with tune-in radio app for WP7.
f1restarter said:
Great find OP! Now only if someone would come out with tune-in radio app for WP7.
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what is that? fm radio?
http://www.conceivablytech.com/7066/products/google-quietly-releases-docs-for-android
Download Google Docs in the Market
I am happy now
Is this an app or is it over the web?
truewarriorkb said:
Is this an app or is it over the web?
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It says right in the linked article, that its a Market app. Or you could have just went to the Market and looked.
Google=win
G2 running Xboarder56's v1.9.5 Stock Gingerbread
Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.
Gwanatu said:
Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.
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I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?
adamhlj said:
I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?
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My problem with it is that it's literally no different than just opening Google Docs in your browser. I'm just not sure why it was even made if they were going to do it like this, that's all.
how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???
Sinistah_ said:
how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???
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I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
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How horrible. Hearing this, I'm definitely un installing
Gwanatu said:
I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
Sent from my G2
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Hey they updated it so that docs can be deleted. Now just to add the formula functionality and ill be happy.
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The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.
redpoint73 said:
The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.
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Ah yes, that is a VERY useful thing! Glad to see that there are indeed more features. I just tried it and it's actually very good; I just scanned a page from a book, and although it has a few odd formatting problems, the text was almost perfect. Nice job Google.
Hello,
does anyone have issues with the voice search not working as advertised on the keynote?
For example, asking "Who's is the Prime Minister of Japan" just returns a web search result and nothing else. No talking back.
It seems as though it's been disabled, can anyone confirm this?
Edit: Perhaps it's because I'm outside of the US? I'd love to hear back from users with Jellybean outside and inside the US.
Google Now/Search definitely talks back. I just tried that right now. Have you enabled all the features in keyboard/typing and search settings? Try a restart also after
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leshake said:
Google Now/Search definitely talks back. I just tried that right now. Have you enabled all the features in keyboard/typing and search settings? Try a restart also after
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Must be because you are in Us.
Here in new Zealand I can confirm no speech, have yet to try via USA based proxy.
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Sent from my Jellybean Machine.
Works for me in .au if I ask it the exact same question as in the first post "Who's is the Prime Minister of Japan"
ellimistx99 said:
Hello,
does anyone have issues with the voice search not working as advertised on the keynote?
For example, asking "Who's is the Prime Minister of Japan" just returns a web search result and nothing else. No talking back.
It seems as though it's been disabled, can anyone confirm this?
Edit: Perhaps it's because I'm outside of the US? I'd love to hear back from users with Jellybean outside and inside the US.
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I have been using JB in india and for me voice search worked perfectly and also tried the search what u did even for that it gave the correct answer hope it helps
Can u PM me the voice search apk from JB ?
rajarshi10 said:
Can u PM me the voice search apk from JB ?
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I can but i m not very familiar with the file name if u do tell me i ll extract and give u
Alright so I can confirm. Once I went home I was able to get it to talk back and respond to some basic questions, such as "weather" and "who is prime minister of x".
Anyone have any other cool questions you asked that Google responds to? For example, currency conversion doesn't respond back to me, just shows me search.
Although I can never get the mapping questions to show up. "Map of gas stations near me", or "Map of closest 7 eleven"
Also, my Google Now shows no results.
Confirmed working over here in Australia. Pretty cool actually. Now excuse me I've got a bus full of iPhoneys to show off to!
I can't get it to talk, it just shows me some googlelinks here in germany :/
123hiten said:
I can but i m not very familiar with the file name if u do tell me i ll extract and give u
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Its voicetalk or voice search. Something to do with voice. Please PM me asap.
rajarshi10 said:
Its voicetalk or voice search. Something to do with voice. Please PM me asap.
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Uh...download the ROM and extract it yourself if you're so anxious?
gubshi said:
I can't get it to talk, it just shows me some googlelinks here in germany :/
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For me it didn't work at my job. I'm assuming because of proxies or something? Not entirely sure. Try using 3G and try restarting your phone once too..
ellimistx99 said:
For me it didn't work at my job. I'm assuming because of proxies or something? Not entirely sure. Try using 3G and try restarting your phone once too..
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exactly my thoughts. didn't do the trick though.
Jubakuba said:
Uh...download the ROM and extract it yourself if you're so anxious?
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Which rom? Give me the link
rajarshi10 said:
Its voicetalk or voice search. Something to do with voice. Please PM me asap.
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It's VoiceSearch.apk and GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
I'd appreciate it too.
when I change every language-setting to english it works.
Seems a bit hit or miss.
Ask who the prime minister of japan is and i get voice and images etc. Ask who it is for england and i get a google search.
Also, sending texts, settings alarms etc doesn't work
Evostance said:
Seems a bit hit or miss.
Ask who the prime minister of japan is and i get voice and images etc. Ask who it is for england and i get a google search.
Also, sending texts, settings alarms etc doesn't work
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For England if you ask, "Who is the Prime Minister of UK" it works.
For SMS I say, "Send text to Dad I'm going to be late today" works for me.
For Alarm, I say, "Set and Alarm for 430 am tomorrow" also works.
Fun think to try, "What is the answer to life, the universe and everything" you get, "42"
Other things I've noticed:
"Where are all the petrol stations near me" works. Whereas, "where are all the gas stations near me" didn't. Then slowly, over time, as I used it more they started to work.
It seems like something is going on in the servers at ol google.
I use my phone for business.
I have thousand of people in my contacts.
I want to see caller's name and company before I pickup the phone.
iPhone can do this, how about Android?
phone>settings>callerid &spam. Google tries to provide the name of the caller if not in your contacts list. In the past I remember having choices as to what it used to obtain the callers information. I cant find that anymore.
HyperM3 said:
phone>settings>callerid &spam. Google tries to provide the name of the caller if not in your contacts list. In the past I remember having choices as to what it used to obtain the callers information. I cant find that anymore.
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I want to learn company names of my original contacts. Who are already in my list. I put notes on company names. iphone was showing me them.
Like
Jon Snow
Car wash Owner
erkange said:
I want to learn company names of my original contacts. Who are already in my list. I put notes on company names. iphone was showing me them.
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Jon Snow
Car wash Owner
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So you want additional saved contact information to populate the caller ID screen? Nope, cant do that as much as Ive seen.
HyperM3 said:
So you want additional saved contact information to populate the caller ID screen? Nope, cant do that as much as Ive seen.
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yes, I exaclty need that. I need to see my own contacts information.
iphone can do this.
Samsung galaxy 8's phone app can do this.
But google pixel can't do this.
It is very weird.
erkange said:
yes, I exaclty need that. I need to see my own contacts information.
iphone can do this.
Samsung galaxy 8's phone app can do this.
But google pixel can't do this.
It is very weird.
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There might be another contacts/phone app option in the play store that could display this information.
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There might be another contacts/phone app option in the play store that could display this information.
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Actually keep looking since few days. Till now nope, i couldn't find that app yet
I have 1500 contacts from hundreds of different companies.
erkange said:
Actually keep looking since few days. Till now nope, i couldn't find that app yet
I have 1500 contacts from hundreds of different companies.
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Try this one, see if it works. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuma.smartnotify Or this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jestasfunhouse.callinformer
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Try this one, see if it works. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuma.smartnotify Or this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jestasfunhouse.callinformer
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Thank you.
I already tried both of them.
Smart Notify is working if phone is not locked. If it is locked then full screen caller id come, than no callers's company info shown.
Call informer was the App i was using 4 years ago. I already tried it since i swicthed back to android.
Unfortunately it doesn't work with newest android phones. Like my Pixel 3 XL.
But it works great with Asus zenfone 3. Which has android 8.0.0
It would be great if there is an update to call informer.
erkange said:
Thank you.
I already tried both of them.
Smart Notify is working if phone is not locked. If it is locked then full screen caller id come, than no callers's company info shown.
Call informer was the App i was using 4 years ago. I already tried it since i swicthed back to android.
Unfortunately it doesn't work with newest android phones. Like my Pixel 3 XL.
But it works great with Asus zenfone 3. Which has android 8.0.0
It would be great if there is an update to call informer.
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Damn, Oh well, I tried. Hope you find something else that might work.
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Damn, Oh well, I tried. Hope you find something else that might work.
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yes, tahnk you soo much.
It is very weird that in year 2019, google didn't think that.
Finally this app works. Can show any info from address book and even can add notes.
Call notes pro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nikanorov.callnotespro
erkange said:
Finally this app works. Can show any info from address book and even can add notes.
Call notes pro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nikanorov.callnotespro
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Good looking out, glad you found something. Thanks for sharing in case anyone else is looking for something like this in the future.
this app is much better and simplier. Show all info in caller id.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-true-phone-best-dialer-contact-t2934816
erkange said:
this app is much better and simplier. Show all info in caller id.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-true-phone-best-dialer-contact-t2934816
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Both made by Russians, unfortunately. Seen any others while you were looking?
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Both made by Russians, unfortunately. Seen any others while you were looking?
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Nope, I switched back to iPhone.
Hate iPhone's dialer though.