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request - TTS ringtone.

Hopefully this is ok to post here since it is a request for dream development. Sorry in advance if this belongs in Q/A or something.
The #1 thing I miss from my old Sanyo dumb-phone was the TTS ringer. When ever I received a call, my phone would:
"beeeep, incoming call from ([name] or "unknown-caller")"
I found this very handy as if my phone was out-of-pocket in my home, I could decide to get off the couch and get it or not without moving a muscle.
I have searched all over for the same basic TTS functionality in both WinMo and now Android but have not found anything.
Is it even possible within the Android system to use the TTS service to speak the contact name on incoming call instead of a ringer?
EDIT: And while I'm posting development requests, I would also like to see an app that lets you re-assign buttons (like vol+/- could page up and down unless there is sound playing, and the camera button which does nothing in Hero could be assigned to launch an app [HTC Camera] or even bring up a menu of apps to select from). They have lots of button programs for WinMo, but I've seen none for android.

I know winmo has this feature as my friend's old tilt had it.

There were a couple apps in the market that announced the name that called but they were not very good. IMO the current TTS in the market sucks, can't even understand it half the time.

I imagine someone could cobble together an application that could sense the ringtone call and hijack the audio, and then just use the TTS library to speak out the name / phone number, with "Incoming call from" prepended. I don't know if that's what the apps are doing. I don't see any apps like that on the market, either.

Search market for:
NameRinger
TalkingCallerID
voicecallerid
who is it
All have their problems. I think only voicecallerid is actually free.

What I did
This is what I did, its a hassle but works. went to
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
typed the name of my contact downloaded and insert to sd and set as contact ring tone. yeah it suck but u can tweak it with different spelling to make it sound like the actual name. hope it helps

Here you go!
I tought I could do something back for the community so I started a new project =)
The only problem is that I have no visa to pay the registration fee to get this on the market.
I uploaded the apk to http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~lhoste/TTSNotifier.php (!UPDATED)
Based on the open source design of SMSPopup (thx!)
Speaks:
"Incoming call from <NAME>"
name = "unknown" if the number is not found in the contacts

can you start a google code page for this? im sure you can get some support and bug fixes from the community. maybe even one of the devs might upload to their account for you

upload the apk to somewhere else cause we cant access it

rpmccormick said:
Hopefully this is ok to post here since it is a request for dream development. Sorry in advance if this belongs in Q/A or something.
The #1 thing I miss from my old Sanyo dumb-phone was the TTS ringer. When ever I received a call, my phone would:
"beeeep, incoming call from ([name] or "unknown-caller")"
I found this very handy as if my phone was out-of-pocket in my home, I could decide to get off the couch and get it or not without moving a muscle.
I have searched all over for the same basic TTS functionality in both WinMo and now Android but have not found anything.
Is it even possible within the Android system to use the TTS service to speak the contact name on incoming call instead of a ringer?
EDIT: And while I'm posting development requests, I would also like to see an app that lets you re-assign buttons (like vol+/- could page up and down unless there is sound playing, and the camera button which does nothing in Hero could be assigned to launch an app [HTC Camera] or even bring up a menu of apps to select from). They have lots of button programs for WinMo, but I've seen none for android.
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My question to you is.. Why stop there?
My teacher once told me... "Why hope to make bridges made of sticks when you can dream of making bridges in the sky?"
Meaning... lets raise the bar.. lets dream bigger... So "Why stop there?"
You want TTS ringer... well I want TTS Notifications linked to any notification I enable.
ex. "Open home download completed", "you have 30 tweets", "USB connected", "You have a text message from XXX, Dictate?"
It may not have artificial intelligence.. but after how many years we have had technology and computers... couldn't we train it to be intelligent for us? You can train a dog to sit... so how come we can't program our phones to verbally say "Plug me in! Battery LOW!", "Open Wifi Signal in range", "So-n-So's birthday is today, bought them a gift?"
That does not require artificial intelligence right?
Why not bring Android toward "Fruition"
Damn... If I had the programming knowledge... I think I'd try this myself...

Sorry, link is fixed now

gho0o5t said:
My question to you is.. Why stop there?
My teacher once told me... "Why hope to make bridges made of sticks when you can dream of making bridges in the sky?"
Meaning... lets raise the bar.. lets dream bigger... So "Why stop there?"
You want TTS ringer... well I want TTS Notifications linked to any notification I enable.
ex. "Open home download completed", "you have 30 tweets", "USB connected", "You have a text message from XXX, Dictate?"
It may not have artificial intelligence.. but after how many years we have had technology and computers... couldn't we train it to be intelligent for us? You can train a dog to sit... so how come we can't program our phones to verbally say "Plug me in! Battery LOW!", "Open Wifi Signal in range", "So-n-So's birthday is today, bought them a gift?"
That does not require artificial intelligence right?
Why not bring Android toward "Fruition"
Damn... If I had the programming knowledge... I think I'd try this myself...
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Keep posting your great ideas. Everyone has a different view on how to make this easier so if we all combine that we can make something great.
I think the usb connected, sms, battery, wifi, birthday is possible. Ill try to extend the app today and open a github.
You can also start making up sentences the phone has to speak because hearing the same stuff all the time makes it boring.

Zillode said:
I tought I could do something back for the community so I started a new project =)
The only problem is that I have no visa to pay the registration fee to get this on the market.
I uploaded the apk to http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~lhoste/TTSRingtone.php
Based on the open source design of SMSPopup (thx!)
Speaks:
"Incoming call from <NAME>"
name = "unknown" if the number is not found in the contacts
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It's probably down to stupidity on my part, but how does the app work?
it installs fine but then it doesn't seem to do anything when someone rings, it just plays my ringtone.
also, does this work on Hero? that could be my problem.
cheers for making this app btw, been looking for something like this for a long time

Meltus said:
It's probably down to stupidity on my part, but how does the app work?
it installs fine but then it doesn't seem to do anything when someone rings, it just plays my ringtone.
also, does this work on Hero? that could be my problem.
cheers for making this app btw, been looking for something like this for a long time
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You should have the TTS Service installed (search for it in the market). When receiving a change in ACTION_PHONE_STATE, it starts a services that takes care of the speech.
Do mind that your 'Media' volume is about equally high as your ringtone volume.

Zillode said:
You should have the TTS Service installed (search for it in the market). When receiving a change in ACTION_PHONE_STATE, it starts a services that takes care of the speech.
Do mind that your 'Media' volume is about equally high as your ringtone volume.
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yeah i've got that. Do i need to mess with the settings in it or anything? still just getting my normal ringtone playing.

I had a similar problem. I had to uninstall the TTSRingtone.apk (system/sd/vub.lhoste.ttsringtone.apk), re-install the TTS library (Text To Speech Service on the market) and then re-install the TTSRingtone.apk. After all of this was done, it started working on its own.
Nifty.

new build (and projectname)
Ok, I started to make the TTS notification more global. This means we will try to support more and more.
You can find the new build at:
http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~lhoste/TTSNotifier.php
NOTE: UNINSTALL THE OLD (TTSRingtone!) BEFORE INSTALLING THIS ONE.
I started a new thread so the intrested ppl can follow the changes
-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4376431

rpmccormick said:
EDIT: And while I'm posting development requests, I would also like to see an app that lets you re-assign buttons (like vol+/- could page up and down unless there is sound playing, and the camera button which does nothing in Hero could be assigned to launch an app [HTC Camera] or even bring up a menu of apps to select from). They have lots of button programs for WinMo, but I've seen none for android.
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I don't know if it's possible to 'unbind' the vol +/- key.. any1 has an idea?
It is possible to use the same structure as TTSNotifier or SMSPopup to capture the cam button press, but since I'm running the cyanogenmod it is occupied and useless to start a 2nd app

[APP] CB+ 1.1 || Last Update: 31/05/12

Hey folks,
Bored of IE and annoyed by bad browsing-experiences of third party apps?
Use all features of the default webbrowser and enjoy some additional
tweaks implemented by me to improve your everyday web usage:
- Unlimited trial (no annoying ads in important areas)
- up to 10 tabs
- custom urlBar position
- multiple startpages
- integrated Back/Forward & search functions
- scalable brightness
- LiveTile support
- orientation-lock
- custom contextmenu
- individual style
- 100% fullscreen
- run under locked screen
- back-up-feature
- pin to start feature
UPDATE: submitted for certification
while 1.1 is going to arrive in marketplace soon, I'm already working on 1.2 which will include:
A more IE-like,stunning mainpage
A more responsive UI (input-feedback)
auto-full screen option
progressbar
Bugfixes
post feedback, bugs, complaints (...) HERE or email/PM me.
mail: [email protected], also found on the aboutpage.
Let me know what u think, everything positive and negative
So far, hope theres some use for it
roqstr
added in 1.1:
userAgent switcher (desktop,mobile)
scrollable urlbar
scalable imagequality
bugfixes
*********CHANGE-LOG*********
in-app now!

Can you give details on the app. Is it using the IE Engine or you have it from scratch etc.

wpxbox said:
Can you give details on the app. Is it using the IE Engine or you have it from scratch etc.
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I'm sorry, i should have mentioned this. It's completely based on IE

Everybody who couldn't install yet, try this:
1. copy the zune-link i sent you.
2. write a mail to yourself.
3. open it on your phone.
for the 12 folks that are already in i sent a mail to their live-inbox.
hope that solves the installation issue.

Installing got no problem.Try google you tube it's quite fast and manage toplay video without any problem.The only thing I must get used to the tab.Well so far there's not any bug yet .
When I make a new tab it seems I can't search when I type xda developers it says ERROR Invalid url.I think every tab that we make if possible make to the home page.

Ttblondey said:
Installing got no problem.Try google you tube it's quite fast and manage toplay video without any problem.The only thing I must get used to the tab.Well so far there's not any bug yet .
When I make a new tab it seems I can't search when I type xda developers it says ERROR Invalid url.I think every tab that we make if possible make to the home page.
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Search isn't implemented yet, will be in soon.
The home-page can be set in settings-> general-> new tab
thanks for fast feedback

BETA tester
My response from BETA-testing. (Note: Even if you have posted some bugs I'll still fill my list with what I experience)
Phone: LG Optimus 7
Status: Works perfectly!
My current status: Stopped BETA testing.
Positive:
100% fullscreen
Customization!
Live tile with information about current session!!
Slide up the URL tab on fullscreen to get to normal view without fullscreen.
Fast web browser
Share page function (lovely!!)
It's now my official MAIN browser!
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Things to maybe improve & suggestions:
First startpage is google.de, could have been google.com (but nothing special actually)
Maybe you could make your own videoplayer to play eg. youtube videos on, instead of using the phone's player (not required since the videoplayer of the phone is also good)
Also have the abillity to press the favorites url instead of only the visit button at the bottom. But keep it.
Maybe slide with 2 or 3 fingers down on the screen for entering/exiting fullscreen mode?
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Negative and or Currently found bugs:
When entering fullscreen mode, it's hard to get back to regular. I had to tap like 5 times on the black button at the bottom left. (hard to use the button)
If the application opens without internet connection it will say ERROR, no network available. But it does say it when I change to other menus such as settings (keep spamming ERROR everywhere)
Theres no suggestion of websites when entering a url for eg. if you enter www.fa it could show up some suggestions like facebook or failblog.
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I'll edit this post with more when I find

thanks for that wonderful feedback, so much inspiration
some response to the bugs:
- i'm currently working on the suggestionlist, shouldn't be that difficult.
- for the fullscreen-button i got a new solution, what should make it much
easier.
- the Network-check must be fixxed, thanks for your discovery.
@Ttblondey: search function is now included

I have given my review here and video review here.
Overall I found the app to be very nice and smooth. A good alternative for sure but there are few things you can look into except the bugs which is already reported.
1) One is integration with skydrive for syncing bookmarks etc.
2) More Gestures
3 ) Open up option for both Google and Bing as search engine.
4 ) cookie turn on and off.
Rest is all good, keep us rolled in beta.

wpxbox said:
I have given my review here and video review here.
Overall I found the app to be very nice and smooth. A good alternative for sure but there are few things you can look into except the bugs which is already reported.
1) One is integration with skydrive for syncing bookmarks etc.
2) More Gestures
3 ) Open up option for both Google and Bing as search engine.
4 ) cookie turn on and off.
Rest is all good, keep us rolled in beta.
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I'm really pleased about your review.
1) 2) & 4) are noticed.
for 3) view my changelog

could you sent me this app? [email protected]
thanks

Please read the first post carefully

I would like a "Search for text" function in the functions menu Would be awesome to be able to search for words on a page
And else I can say that I'm really happy with the browser, works well, and hopefully soon releasing? Because then you could like update with small minor updates incase something is needed
Happy New Year roqstr!

there's a search for text function ;O it's just not my own at the moment, a provisional solution,if you will
Yea, but i always find features that shouldn't be missing in the release-version, to make it working right
next week i'll be busy with school, shouldn't fail my exams
afterwards, i'd be able to release an open beta, just for some extra feedback
next step is fixing last issues and then i'll release ;P
if somebody do have experience with apphub, pubcenter & co, he can pm me to help me understanding
thanks, hope you all enjoyed New Year's Eve, i did ;P

Still waiting to test this thing
it looks nice, can't wait for release :O

I wrote a browser, based on IE its in my signature.
I'll be happy to test your browser and get better result to my and your app.

Biggest issue at the moment is the picture-viewer, but I hope I can handle this soon.
@sma6871: I'll test it and message you when I have questions or suggestions.

Unfortunately I forget to set trial mode, but now I send a trial mode enable update, and it will be up to date soon.

open beta out now. read 1st post!

Here is my feedback :
1.Dropdown to switch between search engines
2 Where did Advance Main Colour Gone ?
3. When I try yo change Main Colour Accent Colour it gives me sorry message "You Should not Overwrite the accent style"
4. Find Text Crashes the app
5. You can think of ignoring pics which are of very small size in the Picture view.
6. Picture viewer also picks up YouTube thumbnail as picture but does not display anything.

[Q] Changing the "Google Now" voice, possible?

I'm a big fan and user of computer generated speech, have been since oh, the early 1980s when S.A.M. first appeared for the Commodore series of computers, and it's been nice to see the progression from that truncated truly "computer sounding" speech to what we have nowadays. In my opinion, the best "voices" yet created are produced by Ivona and my favorite at the moment is the Amy British female voice. Just something about that Brit accent (and yes I know it's not an accent, I'm just saying...).
Anyway, I'm using the Ivona Amy beta - Ivona's Android voices seem to be in a perpetual beta going on 2+ years now, go figure) and it can be assigned as the default voice for most everything in Android: turn by turn navigation, reading eBooks, etc, but for some unfathomable reason the default voice used for Google Now is still the rather crappy robotic sounding female one. It's not bad, mind you, but it most definitely ain't Amy, not by a very very long shot.
I've done some research but unfortunately every time I use the search terms "Google Now" and "voice" - even with quotation marks in all variations - all I end up finding is info about Google Voice for the most part and no actual mentions or info about making any installed voice data usable as the replacement for the voice you here when you use Google Now.
Yes I'm aware that Google Now has several different voices to choose from, from different countries, but it does not "see" the Ivona voice installed nor is it something I can apparently force into action.
Does anyone know if switching out the default voice with Google Now is even possible? I'd love to use Amy as the default one device-wide for any and all text-to-speech purposes. It does seem a bit odd that Google is restricting this in whatever manner they happen to be using, unless of course it's something much simpler to alter than I'm understanding. I have gone into the Google Now settings - Voice - and made alterations and I do get other voices, just not the Ivona Amy one that I currently have installed.
If anyone has any info or suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing it, thanks.

br0adband said:
I'm a big fan and user of computer generated speech, have been since oh, the early 1980s when S.A.M. first appeared for the Commodore series of computers, and it's been nice to see the progression from that truncated truly "computer sounding" speech to what we have nowadays. In my opinion, the best "voices" yet created are produced by Ivona and my favorite at the moment is the Amy British female voice. Just something about that Brit accent (and yes I know it's not an accent, I'm just saying...).
Anyway, I'm using the Ivona Amy beta - Ivona's Android voices seem to be in a perpetual beta going on 2+ years now, go figure) and it can be assigned as the default voice for most everything in Android: turn by turn navigation, reading eBooks, etc, but for some unfathomable reason the default voice used for Google Now is still the rather crappy robotic sounding female one. It's not bad, mind you, but it most definitely ain't Amy, not by a very very long shot.
I've done some research but unfortunately every time I use the search terms "Google Now" and "voice" - even with quotation marks in all variations - all I end up finding is info about Google Voice for the most part and no actual mentions or info about making any installed voice data usable as the replacement for the voice you here when you use Google Now.
Yes I'm aware that Google Now has several different voices to choose from, from different countries, but it does not "see" the Ivona voice installed nor is it something I can apparently force into action.
Does anyone know if switching out the default voice with Google Now is even possible? I'd love to use Amy as the default one device-wide for any and all text-to-speech purposes. It does seem a bit odd that Google is restricting this in whatever manner they happen to be using, unless of course it's something much simpler to alter than I'm understanding. I have gone into the Google Now settings - Voice - and made alterations and I do get other voices, just not the Ivona Amy one that I currently have installed.
If anyone has any info or suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing it, thanks.
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The "other voices" you mention: are they user-installed or stock with Google Now? If user-installed is the case, is it possible that "Amy" is on extSdCard and the others are local? I know this is a long-shot...
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The other voices are region based like US UK etc and part of Google Now. I'm not having much luck getting the Ivona voice(s) recognized as something I can assign in place but I'll keep at it.
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Did you try to change the global TTS under Settings > Language and Input?
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Of course, that was the first thing, and then a reboot, then the attempt to change the setting in Google Now directly but, I suppose Google just wants people to hear the robotic-like voice they apparently have forced on us as a default. Oh well...

br0adband said:
Of course, that was the first thing, and then a reboot, then the attempt to change the setting in Google Now directly but, I suppose Google just wants people to hear the robotic-like voice they apparently have forced on us as a default. Oh well...
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I figured as much. I didn't mean to insult you. But hey, I've been guilty of similar blunders >_<
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my-blue-snog-box said:
I figured as much. I didn't mean to insult you. But hey, I've been guilty of similar blunders >_<
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No worries, I make 'em all the time but this wasn't one of them.
ps
You do realize that your "sig" is quoted because it's part of your regular posts, right? You can add a proper sig that doesn't get added into a reply quote...

I noticed that earlier. I think it's a Tapatalk thing. Thanks.
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Hi, Other*voices are region based like US UK etc and part of Google Now. Try to change the global TTS under Settings > Language and Input?

Doesn't make any difference that I can make note of: Google Now just has its own set of voices and regardless of what TTS engine/voices you have installed it's going to apparently use that default one built-in.
Still looking around for more info, however.

Still no relief from Google's robot voice in sight?

only control over the voice ive found is to change your language setting within the app itself to UK to get a male voice. supposedly the actual UK got an update to a female brit voice which would be preferable. cant believe google wouldnt incorporate custom tts into this app. might have to be brought to their attention for a later version release.
youd think there would be dedicated voice repository for the google voice search app and that you could theoretically change the name of or reroute the voice command to a custom tts default.
any thoughts?
so i found a beta version of a speech command app based off google now. it's called utter. allows you to choose speech program and voice. also has additional features not found on google now from the looks of it. initiate listening via icon tap in shortcuts on the home screen. different setup but looks promising. hope this helps

PhilipTD said:
Still no relief from Google's robot voice in sight?
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Of you're rooted with titanium backup installed you could always try freezing Google tts and selecting ivona in language and input settings, I used to do that to change the voice of svoice to ivona when I had my note 2 and 3, haven't tried it for Google now though

Settings > My Device > Language and Input > Text-to-Speech Options >>> Select Google Text-to-Speech Engine
Then click on the "settings gear" icon to the right and select Llanguage and select your language. Then go to "Install Voice Data" and install the voice you want.

Has anyone figured this out?
Or are we stuck with using only Google's various voices from around the world, when we want to use Google Now?
Heck, I even uninstalled Google TTS so that only my 3rd party TTS voice was showing up in the options. And Google Now still managed to use its own voice for Google Now.

2015 and still google doesn't use androids architecture possibilities into google now. stuck with horror Spanish google voice that makes me wanna kill myself...
Please google. Aply common sense and let Now use systems preferred voice engine.
In Maps I have a similar issue since sometimes I get IVONA (my choice) and some other times I get Google's in the same travel... Anyone with the same issue?

Anyone ever thought about writing an app that would take in speech, feed it to google now, getting results as text and "saying" the results using the built in TTS settings?

That would be awesome, still didnt found such APP. Isnt such thing possible with Tasker?
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[APP][5.0+]AndroidAuto carNotifier (Multi-language and Email support)

Beta 1.0 released
I will like to start saying a very big thank you to @bggold who asked me to consider this in the first place
While there isn't any way to use the nice Google Assistant voice, and it's still rough around the edges, this demonstrates how we can use Android Auto in a multi-lingual environment as well as how to read out and reply emails.
The concept is very simple, instead of relaying on Android Auto to read out the notifications I have created a small app which mimics that behaviour, with some extras:
1) It try to do a language detection for each test, and use the appropriate TextToSpeech
2) It allows the user to select which app notification does he/she want's to read
3) If the content is really long (like a lengthy email) the app will prompt the user if it want's to go ahead with the message readout or not
4) If notification supports quick-reply the app will prompt the user for a reply (in the same language as the the original message)
Planning to support a lot of languages but there I will need user input, I have translated the basic strings to around 70 languages using Google translator, but I can tell it's not quite right (I can see with the languages I do speak)
Best part, app won't be affected by 3rd party restriction at all and it won't require root either, however I'm pretty sure Google will not allow it on the PlayStore
Beta version available now on XDA Labs.
App will be payable, however current beta is free so grab a copy while you can
To use the app you will need to enable unknown sources in Android Auto, simply open Android Auto, go to About, tap the "About Android Auto" header 10 times till you become a developer, then from the 3 dotted right menu select developer options and enable "Unknown sources"

Emil Borconi said:
Beta 1.0 released
I will like to start saying a very big thank you to @bggold who asked me to consider this in the first place
While there isn't any way to use the nice Google Assistant voice, and it's still rough around the edges, this demonstrates how we can use Android Auto in a multi-lingual environment as well as how to read out and reply emails.
The concept is very simple, instead of relaying on Android Auto to read out the notifications I have created a small app which mimics that behaviour, with some extras:
1) It try to do a language detection for each test, and use the appropriate TextToSpeech
2) It allows the user to select which app notification does he/she want's to read
3) If the content is really long (like a lengthy email) the app will prompt the user if it want's to go ahead with the message readout or not
4) If notification supports quick-reply the app will prompt the user for a reply (in the same language as the the original message)
Planning to support a lot of languages but there I will need user input, I have translated the basic strings to around 70 languages using Google translator, but I can tell it's not quite right (I can see with the languages I do speak)
Best part, app won't be affected by 3rd party restriction at all and it won't require root either, however I'm pretty sure Google will not allow it on the PlayStore
Beta version available now on XDA Labs.
App will be payable, however current beta is free so grab a copy while you can
To use the app you will need to enable unknown sources in Android Auto, simply open Android Auto, go to About, tap the "About Android Auto" header 10 times till you become a developer, then from the 3 dotted right menu select developer options and enable "Unknown sources"
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Thanks for making this app!
After first start it asked for notification permission and then it was gone to build the list of installed apps/services - endless...
So I've forced close the app after minutes, went to app info/permissions, and enabled unselected permissions for it.
After that the app works now, as it should!
I'll test the functionality today while using AA in my car.
Regards bitstra

bitstra said:
Thanks for making this app!
After first start it asked for notification permission and then it was gone to build the list of installed apps/services - endless...
So I've forced close the app after minutes, went to app info/permissions, and enabled unselected permissions for it.
After that the app works now, as it should!
I'll test the functionality today while using AA in my car.
Regards bitstra
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Thanks. It was 3 am )) updating the app now.

This is exactly what I needed. Unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. Using Samsung S9 plus running Oreo. Gave read permission to the app, enabled developer settings on Android Auto, enabled unknown sources, enabled whatsapp and Gmail.
Whatsapp notifications haven't changed and it continues to read the foreign text in English. Gmail notifications don't pop up at all.
Any suggestions?

yavuzyay said:
This is exactly what I needed. Unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. Using Samsung S9 plus running Oreo. Gave read permission to the app, enabled developer settings on Android Auto, enabled unknown sources, enabled whatsapp and Gmail.
Whatsapp notifications haven't changed and it continues to read the foreign text in English. Gmail notifications don't pop up at all.
Any suggestions?
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Not sure if you saw but there is a new release. It fixes this issue. Just remember to reboot after updating.

Unfortunately I have the same problem as @yavuzyay. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S6 edge with Android 7.0 and Carnotifier Beta v3.

Thanks to @yavuzyay for bugreport and Turkish language input.
I have identified the problem where the app was crashing in case you where using AA on the phone only, and this has been now fixed.
@CeldeSuS - Are you phone only or are you using AA on the car? If phone only, download the new beta 1.4

Emil Borconi said:
@CeldeSuS - Are you phone only or are you using AA on the car? If phone only, download the new beta 1.4
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I'm using AA on the car (Alpine X802D-U head unit). I'll try the new beta anyway and report back.

Awesome. Works perfectly.

V4 work fine with SM960F(android 8.0) & RLink1 !
Great job!

Very good stuff!
I use it with the now playing feature - basically phone picks up music on the radio,.detects the song and artist and throws a notification. This app picks that up and shows it as a notification on the car screen! I have disabled read out. So it stays as a simple notification.
Quick question - haven't been able to try it - if I set zero seconds as the duration, will it leave the notification forever?

Tested but not working as expected. Line is an application which doesn't support Android Auto.
Positive: Yes, Car Notifier shows there is a message on Line.
Negative: Can't do anything, it won't read the message, the notification stays in grey color and nothing happens when I click on the message.
Cheers
Tom

tom1807 said:
Tested but not working as expected. Line is an application which doesn't support Android Auto.
Positive: Yes, Car Notifier shows there is a message on Line.
Negative: Can't do anything, it won't read the message, the notification stays in grey color and nothing happens when I click on the message.
Cheers
Tom
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You can't click the notification to have it read at this time. If you want them read to you enable the read option.

"Read out notifications" is enabled in the settings, my Honda headunit is hacked and I have root access, so I don't think this is related to that.
Cheers
Tom

tom1807 said:
"Read out notifications" is enabled in the settings, my Honda headunit is hacked and I have root access, so I don't think this is related to that.
Cheers
Tom
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I'm sure you have but have you checked all the permissions?

CarNotifier asks only permissions to Microphone and Phone, both are granted.
Wondering now whether it has something to do with the new Android Auto v3.8.584554 where some on Reddit claim, that notification is broken
Cheers
Tom
Edit: Maybe the the new AA version interferes with CarNotifier, because AA can show now also message preview
More edit: My friend tested on the Samsung S7 (I have a OnePlus 3T). Also on his mobile nothing happens with Line.
Can't read out and nothing happens in AA when click on it

Is there an app for Speed cams like in your obd2aa app, to have only the speed cam notification?

tom1807 said:
CarNotifier asks only permissions to Microphone and Phone, both are granted.
Wondering now whether it has something to do with the new Android Auto v3.8.584554 where some on Reddit claim, that notification is broken
Cheers
Tom
Edit: Maybe the the new AA version interferes with CarNotifier, because AA can show now also message preview
More edit: My friend tested on the Samsung S7 (I have a OnePlus 3T). Also on his mobile nothing happens with Line.
Can't read out and nothing happens in AA when click on it
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I am running the new aa and it is working. Get Emil a bug report right after it happens.
The only thing you can do at this time is swip away the notifications. Clicking them will not do anything.
Thanks

After more testing, I do believe the culprit is Line. Gmail works as expected, Facebook also (just for test).
However, Line refuses, which is actually the reason to install the program in the first place.
Probably one of the few programs which won't work.
Great program though.
Cheers
Tom

Hi guys.
I'm finally back in the UK and in front of my PC, I've also managed to tied up quiet a few of my loose ends and I have no big project starting this year. I will dedicated the last 2 weeks of this years to the following:
1) Looking into fixing some of the FC for obd2aa, also try to find a solution for non-standard PIDs
2) Get AA GateWay to Beta/Stable version (most work needs to be done on this app)
3) Fix some issues and FC with HUR (including Waze sound cut off).
4) Get the carNotifier to a stable version.
January and February are again fully booked so I will focus on stability rather then adding new features especially because obd2aa and HUR and fairly mature apps with most of the functions already covered.
For some reason I'm not really getting any notifications from XDA and being a lot on the road I don't visit the site too often lately, therefore I will kindly ask you if you need support, please email me directly to [email protected].

[GUIDE] Google Assistant Voice

Hi everyone,
I thought I would post this as a separate thread for the Tasker project I have started working on. Please see below information and if you have any questions or development ideas for the project, please comment back!
Please Try The New Google Drive link below. I am aware of sharing issues at the moment, I am unsure why this is happening but please try the new link and let me know!
This will listen for "Ok, Google" or "Hey, Google" IF the screen is on and proximity sensor is not covered - this is incase it is triggered in your pocket like it kept doing for me! ?
There's also a task in this project which you can create a tasker task shortcut widget to toggle the Hotword plugin on and off.
This task requires to have AutoInput installed, from the AutoApps made by Taskers developer. You can have it free on a 24hr basis by watching a video though.
Following people's comments about push notification issues, such as Gmail, I've included a "fix" which is a timed event profile which runs a simple task to turn auto sync off and on - this then tricks syncing process and gives you push notifications for Gmail and other Google apps.
It is currently set at 4 hours, to save battery but feel free to change to what ever you need by editing the profile event.
Required Apps:
Tasker
Hotword Tasker Plugin
Working Google Apps/Services on device.
Google Assistant app
Profile Optional Apps:
AutoInput
AutoNotification
Firstly, install "Hotword Tasker Plugin".
[url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.jolanrensen.hotwordPluginFree[/URL]
Then, install Tasker if you don't already have it. This is a paid app, but totally worth it when you have a look at it.
Also, download the tasker project file I have made for this. See below changelog and download links!
Open the Hotword Plugin app, click the red + circle at the bottom, choose both Google options - so you have "Ok, Google" and "Hey, Google" and press OK.
Edit both options and turn off the "Play ding sound" option. I found it annoying anyway as Google makes its own noise.
Then, click app settings on top right, choose "start listening on boot".
After this, you can click "microphone service" to ON Position, top right of the screen.
This starts the plugin and at same time it interrupts Huawei "Celia" from listening I found.
Then, import Tasker project "Google Hotword" that you have downloaded.
To do this, open Tasker, click the house icon in the bottom, left corner. Then, click "Import Project", navigate to where you've downloaded the project file to and select the file.
Then, soon as that's added, try "Hey, Google" or "Ok, Google". At this point it should all be working!
Changelog:
Version 1.0.3:
Changed action for HotwordPlugin from launching a Voice Command to launching Assistant instead, as it was launching then Google / Voice Command was redirecting itself to a Google news feed page with search bar, thus stopping the voice input.
Version 1.0.2:
Added profile to detect if camera is opened as it interferes with apps which audio, i.e video recording.
**This profile requires AutoNotification to be installed as a plugin, part of AutoApps by Taskers Dev.**
Version 1.0.1:
Scrap all other links, I hadn't put the profile in to the project so no idea if it had it included in the previous exports but try this one guys ?
Downloads:
Version 1.0.3
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SU_0eoWk9JTt3testJ-i7LfDBFdm56O-/view?usp=drivesdk
Version 1.0.2
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ArFMF5nXLTPbmz0tsweDXLTDUuabL_HE/view?usp=drivesdk
Version 1.0.1
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13yZVxDfIYv82Htlz4zb-9F8j8H1I8Wh5/view?usp=sharing
If you like what I've done, don't forget to click thanks as I know this is bugging a lot of people!

Your links to tasker and google drive do not work.

DevliegereM said:
Your links to tasker and google drive do not work.
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Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I'll look at the links in the next couple hours as I'm working at the moment!

DevliegereM said:
Your links to tasker and google drive do not work.
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Please try again, I have updated the link section of my post!

Where am I supposed to import that file, or from where....
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New version updated and changelog updated.

I didnt understand how i "import" the downloaded google hotword and where?

Guercan said:
I didnt understand how i "import" the downloaded google hotword and where?
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New version uploaded and see added import instructions.

I tried all the steps, but seems like it didnt work on my Huawei P40 Pro (ELX-NX9)

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I tried all the steps, but seems like it didnt work on my Huawei P40 Pro (ELX-NX9)
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Where did you get stuck, maybe I can help.
I apologise for long replies but I don't usually do things like this anymore.

GlennBrownie said:
Where did you get stuck, maybe I can help.
I apologise for long replies but I don't usually do things like this anymore.
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I have followed all the steps but still could not activate the voice.
My device has been upgraded recently to EMUI 11.0 (Beta), i'll try again if it's work this time.

Is there possibility to make it work when screen is off?

Robalo said:
Is there possibility to make it work when screen is off?
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No, unfortunately, due to the limitations of the Hotword Plugin permissions it can't work with the screen off.
If you wish to raise that as feedback to the developer of the plugin, maybe they will research this, but it's out of my hands to be honest.