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[APP] NameBuzz - A new concept for Caller ID, and SMS ID.

Hey Guys,
Was hoping for a bit of constructive feedback. Wrote an app called NameBuzz:
A new concept in incoming Caller ID and SMS ID technology. Silently know who's calling, without your phone leaving your pocket!
- Vibrate pattern based on syllables in contact name
- Create custom vibrate patterns per contact
- Speak contact name out loud
- Vibrate on call end
- Press volume key to disable during call
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The idea is that with only 5 or so people calling you regularly, their syllables should be enough for you to differentiate between people. And if not, you can always create a custom vibrate pattern for that contact!
As an extra, it also allows you to set up speaking caller ID - for the situations where you don't need your phone to be silent!
You can install with the following link:
NameBuzz Install
It's only tested in English for the time being, and on a Nexus One and Desire Z (HTC Vision).
If anyone gives it a go, feel free to let me know what you think!
Cheers,
Daz.

Cyrket link for all who are on a PC right now with screens : http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.dazbradbury.namebuzz/

Thanks, and here is an appbrain link (good for remote install):
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.dazbradbury.namebuzz
Although, Cyrket does always seem more up to date.

Nice app! If only the voice was more enjoyable not so roboty if possible. The buzzing will take some time to learn, especially if you have friends with similar names..
AIM mobile IM = buzzing out of control!

Nice app! If only the voice was more enjoyable not so roboty if possible.
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Thanks! I intend to add some options around the voice output when I get a chance.
The buzzing will take some time to learn, especially if you have friends with similar names..
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I think it should be fairly intuitive, as you can work out the number of syllables, and then the name. I would use the testing function a little to familiarise yourself.
AIM mobile IM = buzzing out of control!
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This shouldn't buzz out of control, it will be the pattern of:
Buzz-Pause-Buzz-Buzz-Pause-Buzz - and then repeat.
AIM-space- Mob -ile -space-IM
So AIM = 1 syllable
Mobile = 2 syllables
IM = 1 syllable.
And I put little breaks in to break up words. Does that make sense?

could always use morse code for the vibrate patterns
I think I will try this.

Idea is truly nice. How about Froyo Support!
and just to let u know, i featured u on one of the biggest independent german tech blogs
http://www.mobiflip.de/2010/09/wenn-der-postmann-zweimal-vibriert-namebuzz-fuer-android/

RinTinTigger said:
Idea is truly nice. How about Froyo Support!
and just to let u know, i featured u on one of the biggest independent german tech blogs
http://www.mobiflip.de/2010/09/wenn-der-postmann-zweimal-vibriert-namebuzz-fuer-android/
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Hi, wow, thanks!
And it does work on Froyo - if you have any problems, let me know!

beagz said:
could always use morse code for the vibrate patterns
I think I will try this.
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Hi,
Yeh, the problem with morse code is that it would take forever to spell out a name entirely. Plus, someone has already done this. Look for "MorseRing".
Cheers!
Daz.

dazbradbury said:
Hi, wow, thanks!
And it does work on Froyo - if you have any problems, let me know!
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Great, i just inserted it as an Update to the post =)
this app is just A great idea

RinTinTigger said:
Great, i just inserted it as an Update to the post =)
this app is just A great idea
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Awesome, thanks! However, I guess you should warn people I've only tested this in english, and I coded the text-to-syllable engine to only really work with english letters. Hence, I'm not really sure how it will perform in german! Special accented characters that should be treated as syllable indicators probably won't get picked up...
Let me know if you give it a go, would be interested to know if it's really bad, or just not perfect!

dazbradbury said:
Awesome, thanks! However, I guess you should warn people I've only tested this in english, and I coded the text-to-syllable engine to only really work with english letters. Hence, I'm not really sure how it will perform in german! Special accented characters that should be treated as syllable indicators probably won't get picked up...
Let me know if you give it a go, would be interested to know if it's really bad, or just not perfect!
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If you want to, i could translate your file into german

RinTinTigger said:
If you want to, i could translate your file into german
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Thanks for the offer, unfortunately, it's a little more tricky than that. I use certain knowledge about english to turn words into a number of syllables. Hence, it's not really a translation as such. I will have a think... if I can make into a translatable list, I will be sure to let you know!!

dazbradbury said:
Thanks for the offer, unfortunately, it's a little more tricky than that. I use certain knowledge about english to turn words into a number of syllables. Hence, it's not really a translation as such. I will have a think... if I can make into a translatable list, I will be sure to let you know!!
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im at your service....just lemme know
I translatet also titanium backup to german

Going back to the topic, anyone have any thoughts/improvements?
Would love to know if anyone is getting to grips with it... Maybe I'll give you guys a few days to get used to the idea...!

Going on holiday for two weeks, so if you guys can come up with any feature requests, I'll implement them when I get back...
Hope you like it, and any ratings/feedback is much appreciated!
Cheers! Daz.

Is it just me or is this App no longer available in the Market? I've tried numerous barcodes and looked under Tools but only get told the app cannot be found.
Is there an actual install file available I can download so I can install this manually? I had it on my phone but my phone died and took the program with it.

renrut said:
Is it just me or is this App no longer available in the Market? I've tried numerous barcodes and looked under Tools but only get told the app cannot be found.
Is there an actual install file available I can download so I can install this manually? I had it on my phone but my phone died and took the program with it.
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I think I found the problem with this app not showing up in the Market for me. My phone was missing an update and once I performed it, NameBuzz showed up and installed without a glitch.
Great app. Makes phone calls a little easier to screen.

NameBuzz 1.2 now available:
- Works in collaboration with in-built ringer state. If your phone is in silent, it won't vibrate/speak, if in vibrate mode, it will vibrate but not speak, etc...
- Disabled during Call Waiting - simply provides call waiting tone rather than vibrating.
- Add custom speech text (ie. Incoming Call from Joe Bloggs)
- Added ability to set silent ringtone.

renrut said:
I think I found the problem with this app not showing up in the Market for me. My phone was missing an update and once I performed it, NameBuzz showed up and installed without a glitch.
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Yep - The app is set to require Android 2.1 and above.
Cheers!

Any application that can read SMS' out loud (possibly through a bluetooth device?)??

I wanted an application that could do this but all I could find was the one from blueAnt which only works with their specific bluetooth device...

You could use Tasker and use this profile - price looks high but it's VERY powerful once you know what you're doing.
Comes with a trial mode for around seven days.

+1 for Tasker. Brilliant app.
I have my 'in car' profile set to read texts - on text receipt it pauses the music player, then reads the senders contact name, and then the body of the text. Awesome.

i was planning on getting the blueant Q1 (just found it for $25). are you saying it won't work with handcent in reading a txt message?
edit: forget it...answered my own question by going to their site. "Hear text messages read aloud on your Q1 when connected to an Android device with our Android application."

What about the vlingo application. It has an email and sms reader that reads the message out loud when activated, but I haven't managed to get it to read the message through the Bluetooth headset
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Wondering why SayMyName hasn't been mentioned yet... works fantastic even with caller names, mail, Twitter etc.

see this is why a thread like this is good, we all network our own thoughts and experiences together and find out about all these new apps that we never knew about before...thanks all, keep em comin if you have more comments or anything

erebusting said:
see this is why a thread like this is good, we all network our own thoughts and experiences together and find out about all these new apps that we never knew about before...thanks all, keep em comin if you have more comments or anything
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hey try drive.safely I think its called I had it for my blackberry but I believe it worked for other platforms

Handcent does this...But I assume you mean aloud soon as it comes in avoiding any phone contact correct ?

playya said:
hey try drive.safely I think its called I had it for my blackberry but I believe it worked for other platforms
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+1 for DriveSafe.ly
Used it on my iPhone and now on my Captivate.
Sent from my Captivate

SMS Speak
Just stumbled across this thread looking for something else. But thought I'd chime in. I use SMS Speak (the paid one, not the free one - two different companies/products), and it works great. I can get incoming texts and reply, all orally. I'm curious about the other products mentioned, though...

parker09 said:
You could use Tasker and use this profile - price looks high but it's VERY powerful once you know what you're doing.
Comes with a trial mode for around seven days.
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something wierd happened today, i use handcent sms on 2.1 X10. Someone sent me an sms and when i unlocked the phone the phone read it out for me...i didnt install any app to do this...does the x10 have a built in utility for it? was it a malnufunction of some sort? i kind of liked it and what to activate it. it doesnt do it anymore though

Did you accidentally put your phone in driving mode or change a setting for something like that?
Sent from my Captivate

have you tried Vlingo?

miztaken1312 said:
Did you accidentally put your phone in driving mode or change a setting for something like that?
Sent from my Captivate
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i dont think so i dont even know how to put it into driving mode...nope havent tried vlingo...very strange indeed

pls guide about apps.....

hello to all. i just need the names of apps which can read my messages when i receive them and also which can tell me time by speaking....

it seems that nobody knows.......

I don't know myself, so I can't answer, but I can say don't expect everyone to jump and answer within an hour of posting. I just got home 30 minutes ago, so have patience. some people are working when you're posting messages
what have you seen on the market?

burninghouse said:
it seems that nobody knows.......
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I think that a lot of people are skipping over this thread because the title makes it look like you're looking for warez. Rename it maybe or pm me and I can rename it for you.

burninghouse said:
hello to all. i just need the names of apps which can read my messages when i receive them and also which can tell me time by speaking....
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There are many apps in the market, the best of them are :
Vlingo
Speak It
SMS Reader
You can find more in Android Market!

SMS reader is preferred!
Sent from my I9100 using XDA app

You have an idea, I will write app for you, Request here ^^

You have an idea, I will write app for you, Request here ^^
Sorry for my bad Englishm I am a develeoper now, i think everybody need some "Small" Apps to use everyday
So i create this thread , if i can, i will code free for all
Thank you ^^

A xposed based module that can constumize navigation ring (that can swipe up from the soft key and get google now).
Hope you like my Idea
Bad English for me too haha XD
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

i want a widget that could draw note right at the homescreen! not in the app
could you

I have 2 ideas.
Hi.
I have 2 ideas (requests?).
1. Like a monolingal which is a OSX's program. It will keep some locales which we chosed and delete the other languages.
2. Additional Locale. not like a morelocale2 and so on. additional locale which device have not (not hidden). Normaly, it's too difficult for noob ( I heard specilist can add locale).
Cheers.

another idea: an app that turn screen on a black screen and the icon of notification whenever notification come up (and screen is turn off of course). can you?

An app that lets me see the history of my notifications, even those i've already seen
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

would you write an app that can easily change the user account.. like the one in nexus 7 (android 4.3).. because my rom would allow me to create user profile but its kind of troublesome to change user.. i have search many thread for this kind of app... thank you

Game porting
An app for porting armv7 games to armv6. Basically, modifying the .lib files. Also resizing the drawable and re positioning it to fit other resolutions in proportion.

I'm trying to make one myself but can't figure it out.
I want an app that tests the functionality of the phone and tells you what works, what diesnt and what is missing
Sent from my GT-I9505G using xda app-developers app

an app wich remind you when you missed call or sms with support tts.
for exemple : every x mn for x time, he tells you "you missed a call FROM" or "you had a message FROM"
TIA

ngvhoang96 said:
i want a widget that could draw note right at the homescreen! not in the app
could you
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plumillonforge.android.ano&hl=en

vansulich said:
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i was planning on making an app called Floating Dock, it was a redesigned mac OSX doc for android, on the home screen the dock would be there, but anywhere else to access the dock you needed to slide up, but i dont have the time to make it, i actually only finished the dock icon so if you would like you could continue that?

App Like Super BT Hack (For S60V3)
vansulich said:
You have an idea, I will write app for you, Request here ^^
Sorry for my bad Englishm I am a develeoper now, i think everybody need some "Small" Apps to use everyday
So i create this thread , if i can, i will code free for all
Thank you ^^
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Hello Dear
I am wordering to have an app like Super BT Hack (For S60V3) through which you can read others sms, contacts and make the others phone ring via BT. Is there any app existing with such capabilities. If yes then name it and if not please develop it because it is a very good tool to keep an eye on the activities of your loved ones.
Regards

dasy said:
My English also very bad,I want to improve my English,what can I do?
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I am also troubled for this thing, I have tried a lot to learn English APP, it's not good use.

thanks, but i want it stay at my homescreen only, not in app

This is a great idea, thanks!
How about an app that modifies the original Samsung keyboard to allow text shortcuts (i.e. when "u" is typed it automatically replaces it with "you")

asifsh0071 said:
Hello Dear
I am wordering to have an app like Super BT Hack (For S60V3) through which you can read others sms, contacts and make the others phone ring via BT. Is there any app existing with such capabilities. If yes then name it and if not please develop it because it is a very good tool to keep an eye on the activities of your loved ones.
Regards
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What about my idea. Nobody is interested to answer my question.

asifsh0071 said:
What about my idea. Nobody is interested to answer my question.
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Or at least please suggest me a forum where I can find solution.

Hi! Thankyou so much for use your knowledge to help US little mortals!
I think off an app that could imitate the ICS onscreen buttons at the botton of the screen..this app(obviously) will be designed for gingerbread
if you could make that happen..youll be loved for all GB users in the world
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

I found perfect site for creating apps...Yesterday I ended up on some site called apps-machine.com . I have to share it with you guys. I started creating my own app and after 15 minutes clicking on their control panel(no programming,just clicks) I made app in what user could make effects on their photos,paint photos,play music,play videos,have notepad,chat and stream music. They got literally 1000's of features on their control panel I think this could be a gold mine And I read something that they have free app development and so on. Aaand you can change everything all the backgrounds,colors,tabs...and you instantly see it on that same page through their simulator..don't know how they managed to do that but it is super handy...I am super excited at the moment..time to get some apps on apple and play store

Android App for One Plus

Hi,
Wanted to reccomend an app built for One Plus Dark theme mode, it's a really convenient and comfortable keyboard which is big as is and exactly for the average user fingers and for people who are like(ly) to type a lot. What is really special is that it has a mode of flying letters off of the screen and it is really dark in terms that it doesn't faint your eyes with some truly exhausting pretty colors. It has simple design which allows to type specifically on One Plus continuosly and without abbriviations you usually do when you're not up to your small keyboard. It's big, it's just comfortable. So just try it out and tell me what you think. I'd like to hear.
Thanks
Vitali
App Name: Effectedkeyboard
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.menny.android.effectedkeyboard

Am I missing something here? Is this a request for an app? Or are you sharing one? I see no links or a name, only a description. Sounds cool, though. Perhaps include some pictures if you are indeed sharing an app.

What app is it?

sparky2029 said:
What app is it?
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Shoot I completely got lost here ))))) The app name is Effectedkeyboard, no pictures or link since as a new member I cannot post.
Effectedkeyboard - Available on google play
Krsmqn said:
Am I missing something here? Is this a request for an app? Or are you sharing one? I see no links or a name, only a description. Sounds cool, though. Perhaps include some pictures if you are indeed sharing an app.
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No no I got lost navigating alll around. It's effectedkeyboard
Sry cannot post links or pics since i'm a new member with no permissions

at least let us, the forum users, know that it is your app and you are trying to advertise it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.menny.android.effectedkeyboard