Kinda like the apple. Thoughts? I have my genius button open-up vlingo car mode. Interesting but a bit finicky with exterior noises, bath room fans, other people talking and loud enviroments.
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Anyone curious after they saw the iPhone Sibri?
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I tried EVA. And for about 36 hours she was my new retarded best friend. But then her constant ” I hear what you are saying but do not know how to interpret it” drove me nuts.
I finally uninstalled it. One key thing is to get the SVOX TTS voice add on because android's native Pico voice is about as attractive as the computer's voice from the old star trek episodes. Then you can make the woman's voice sound low and throaty, like a sultry marilyn monroe, or higher pitched and slow, like a preteen ingenue...whatever your fetish.
I told EVA to call me ”master”, but it felt too much like I was in a bad I Dream of Jeannie episode.
About the only thing she every did successfully for me was launch apps. But that is hardly worth it.
She just couldn't seen to understand much, yet I know it is google's voice recognition software...and it works great for dictating texts... So I don't know why EVA didn't work better. She had some good reviews.
Now I am just using the free app ” Voice Actions” by pannous, and it works great. I can say ”send a text to bill smith that I will be
10 minutes late” and its done. No backtalk.
But maybe I have been lucky so far.
I do hope they improve this technology quickly though, it is pretty cool to have someone announce your calls and call you by your first name.
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Interesting,..
Yes like C3PO a bit lol
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I tried EVA. And for about 36 hours she was my new retarded best friend. But then her constant ” I hear what you are saying but do not know how to interpret it” drove me nuts.
I finally uninstalled it. One key thing is to get the SVOX TTS voice add on because android's native Pico voice is about as attractive as the computer's voice from the old star trek episodes. Then you can make the woman's voice sound low and throaty, like a sultry marilyn monroe, or higher pitched and slow, like a preteen ingenue...whatever your fetish.
I told EVA to call me ”master”, but it felt too much like I was in a bad I Dream of Jeannie episode.
About the only thing she every did successfully for me was launch apps. But that is hardly worth it.
She just couldn't seen to understand much, yet I know it is google's voice recognition software...and it works great for dictating texts... So I don't know why EVA didn't work better. She had some good reviews.
Now I am just using the free app ” Voice Actions” by pannous, and it works great. I can say ”send a text to bill smith that I will be
10 minutes late” and its done. No backtalk.
But maybe I have been lucky so far.
I do hope they improve this technology quickly though, it is pretty cool to have someone announce your calls and call you by your first name.
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Man I hope they get something better ...I tried SIRI ... its much better.
I dont care who had it first because debates about droid and apple is utterly ridiculous.
I was at a party and this guy had the new 4s and was braggin about siri. So I used it and it was far more accurate than genius, vlingo, speak assistant, etc.
I didnt want to say droids had it first and show them how crappy it was compared to siri
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Man I hope they get something better ...I tried SIRI ... its much better.
I dont care who had it first because debates about droid and apple is utterly ridiculous.
I was at a party and this guy had the new 4s and was braggin about siri. So I used it and it was far more accurate than genius, vlingo, speak assistant, etc.
I didnt want to say droids had it first and show them how crappy it was compared to siri
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Lol dang. So it is better
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Lol dang. So it is better
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Makes me wonder ...
Do you release something half ass
OR
do you perfect the programming.
wait for supporting hardware
field test it
then market it like you invented it.
DAM.
Imagine if the car industry wasnt regulated ... China puttin out half assed Heads up displays and German engineers would look like they jus perfected a feature instead of introduce it (Heads Up Display).
I think the debate between putting out half-assed (or as google calls it, beta) products, versus perfecting something first (or getting it better then average) before releasing it as a product has always been a core philosophy difference between apple and google.
The thing is, the benefit of goggle's strategy should be that all of the features the users' want..whether new, or improvements to existing features, should be able to be made by google so that by the time the ”perfected”.apple version is released, the google version should be of greater utility. It may not be as sleek or as shiny, but with input from a lot of actual users earlier in development, google's strategy is better.
I think the problem this time is that google had released some pretty good voice recognition software, and it had a default TTS, nobody really seemed to be clamoring for this type of thing.
So like the iPad almost, Apple envisions this concept and releases it, and now everybody wants it.
But if everybody wants it, why then during the last 12 to 18 months has no one been saying 'hey google, we really want to be able to have a voice operating feature integrated deeper into the next android version'.
I think its just that apple thought that this feature could be a ”must have” and they ran with it and developed it to this level.
Hopefully google will now realize it needs to catch-up in this area. Because to get as good as SIRI, you can't create it in an app. It needs to start with the OS.
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This is called successful marketing. You get something that nobody wanted before and nobody really needs, and make people think they want it ASAP. Just like the iPad in tablet area, for which I'm still trying to think of a good, worthy use case.
Apple learned to do it very well, including preparing the crowd to swallow any crap they feed them, no matter how useless. Props to them.
Actually, unlike tablets, there is a good use case for voice commands - operate the phone while driving. I do recall missing that feature (that also works properly).. once or twice a year.
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This is called successful marketing. You get something that nobody wanted before and nobody really needs, and make people think they want it ASAP.
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I think the debate between putting out half-assed (or as google calls it, beta) products, versus perfecting something first (or getting it better then average) before releasing it as a product has always been a core philosophy difference between apple and google.
The thing is, the benefit of goggle's strategy should be that all of the features the users' want..whether new, or improvements to existing features, should be able to be made by google so that by the time the
But if everybody wants it, why then during the last 12 to 18 months has no one been saying 'hey google, we really want to be able to have a voice operating feature integrated deeper into the next android version'.
I think its just that apple thought that this feature could be a ”must have” and they ran with it and developed it to this level.
Hopefully google will now realize it needs to catch-up in this area. Because to get as good as SIRI, you can't create it in an app. It needs to start with the OS.
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VERY VALID points. Im no Jim Cramer (financial analyst) but i think it boils down to ... Where is the focus and investor dollars being distributed.
Google has this translate app that is so good. although not every language is supported ... its nice to know i can have a convo in real time with my mexican neighbors LOL.
I used it and its bad ass.
I think Apple and Google love to do things opposite of each other. One markets with noise and distributes exclusively. The other goes by word of mouth and makes products accessible to anyone.
I look forward to ICS.
I was playing around with 'Voice Actions', testing the limits of its ability to provide me information and asking trick questions like 'please make me dinner', to which she (jeannie) replied ' Do I look like a microwave oven?'
The most clever response I have received is when I requested of her 'sing me a song'. To this she began to recite 'A Bicycle Built For Two' a la HAL. If only I could get her to slowly wind down and say 'my mind is going. I can feel it.' That would have made my night.
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I look forward to ICS.
I was playing around with 'Voice Actions', testing the limits of its ability to provide me information and asking trick questions like 'please make me dinner', to which she (jeannie) replied ' Do I look like a microwave oven?'
The most clever response I have received is when I requested of her 'sing me a song'. To this she began to recite 'A Bicycle Built For Two' a la HAL. If only I could get her to slowly wind down and say 'my mind is going. I can feel it.' That would have made my night.
To clarify, your using straight voice actions not vlingo?
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Yes, please share details. That's funny though haha
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I co looking into making my own first app and wanting some help on it.
I hope it's okay to ask that in here btw
I have an idea for an app which would be a paid app for a niche market.
I Am able to design the interface and familiar with photo shop and the like and know how it should be put together and perhaps in time some of the basic required code but there will be a need for some math calculation based on tables created by the user...
looking on the basis of whilst I learn a 60-40 cut me .you for a guaranteed year from release and on a continuous basis if the help is ongoing for updates and the like.
I Am going to be learning as I go but Am not currently employed so I can still input a lot of time to this project.
so two questions
is anyone interested in joining?
is there already a disclosure form commonly used by partnering developers?
Doesn't Google take a share from every sale? So, the profits would be less.
ouhh at first i thought xda turned into gays online ^^
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ouhh at first i thought xda turned into gays online ^^
just kidding
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Back on topic if thats okay...
And yeah, Profits will already be cut IF we choose to advertise through google play shop or what ever the hell it's gonna be called by the time this is done, But the left overs can still be split anyway we want...
My above outlines were just in rough, I don't know if there is already an established system in use by others like me...
So I have been working on this app for awhile now and I want to know if there will be enough support behind it to make it worth it to even publish on the play store.
What my app does:
It is a study tool for the AP US History course (the type you take in college). It cycles through the questions and for every question it gives you 4 possible answers, and you select the one you think is correct just like a multiple choice test. After, you press "check answer" and it will tell you if you got the answer right or wrong, if you got it wrong it will give you the option to try the question again or skip it. You can also go back to previous questions if you accidentally skipped a question and wanted to go back. I looked at the play store and there really is no app that I believe would help as much as mine. I took AP US History this last year and it is a VERY rigorous course, but I built what I learned in that course into my app. Now, you can get study books to help prepare for the AP tests and all but those range from $30-$50 (Depending on how in-depth they are), but my app, which I hope will provide the same material, will only be $1 or $2 if I publish it.
Why I am coming to you guys for advice:
I do think my app is good and well written but then I think that there will not be a large market for my app, and if I am only gonna get a couple of sales, I was just gonna put it out for free. Now I have worked diligently on this app and would like to be paid for it, but only if the market is there. So would any of you be interested in buying this app if it were on the store? (I can also make different apps for different subjects as well if you would like me to do that)
If you are interested and would like to see my app before you make your decision, PM me and I can send you a sample version which only has 5 questions (the final build will have 100+) but it will give you a good idea of how the app works and feels. Please give me your feedback on this XDA!
This is a quick demo of my app:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw30bkwUvkI&feature=youtu.be
(It only looks slow because it is running on the emulator and not an actual phone)
Guess that answers my question...lol
you can make it a little more interesting by making a ranking out something, like "user got a9.5", people always like to compete
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you can make it a little more interesting by making a ranking out something, like "user got a9.5", people always like to compete
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well i did add a system where it tells you how many you have correct and incorrect but i dont think that is exactly what you mean
Just my 2 cents...
Put this out for free...get the platform rock solid and bug free. THEN expand! Get it touch with like minded people and they can supply material from their courses and text books. I think at the moment this app will struggle to make you Much money due to its small target audience (who also happen to be students, and most students hate spending money
BUT... If you get it solid, make it easy to add/update new subject matter....it could work....just think...maybe schools might use it to help get kids to study as kids hate to get off their phone and hit the books. Maybe Universities/colleges would like to put a version out for all their courses...
Anyway you see what I'm getting at....
That was probably 4 cents worth....
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Hi guys,
I love wearable and this year is going to be a very important one we have all waited for and a big opportunity to start new things. As a short background, I have been working with gestures for some time on a project called GestureKit and a company I founded RoamTouch. We have been able to set a standard for recording online and distributing to different platforms and we want to jump into a more useful input such and input type and wearable specifically on watches.
Its solid true that voice and button touch are going to govern the watch input paradigm, however I believe there will be a big space for gestures for a series of reasons. Screen size is tiny. You can perform them on the watch without having to look at it, making the interaction more productive. Because of the proximity of the hand (different to glass that was a year light distant from the hand) its a very short and efficient movement from one hand to the other arm wrist. Besides, and compared with voice, speaking is not always suitable and often times what we do remains private.
Since I believe that gestures can be an effective way for productivity therefore I am raising funds for extending our API to wearable and for creating a keyboard based on gestures for phones and watches. I am looking forward to establish a small but focused community that can take the subject seriously and provide solutions for real problems arising on wearable that are going to be big.
Whoever shares this vision and would like to participate and create a community for gesture interaction with wearable please let me know. I am sure there are millions of ideas and things we can work out together. I am sure your opinion and ideas is very important to figure out how to develop for the next paradigm.
Thanks very much for reading.
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I'd like to help out in any way I can.
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I'd like to help out in any way I can.
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Hi Pred,
Great to hear from you :good:
The purpose of this call is to hopefully conform a a group of people and enthusiasts of wearable technology and devices (starting with watches) that can ultimately grouw up to a consistent team leading a space within the community.
So far we are two in the team, I am glad to introduce marianop89 already known in the wearable community being pioneer on apps development for watches.
Our next goal is to port gestureKit Android API to Wear and post the research and next goals on a threat to share with the community. Besides, and based on our post, I am going to send a pertinent mail to moderators and forum owners to request the opening a new forum for gestures on wearable. We can lead and guide the community to a new interaction.
Hope more friends join the initiative.
Thanks lot!
Jose
Hi,
My wife babysit for local moms when shes not working, so some days she may have say 5-6 kids age around 4-7.
As they all have tablets (ipad and Androids), is it possible,or easy to make an app for these pads to talk to each other, so she can sent out preset questions (ie, like 2+2 and multiple choice answers like 3,4,6,8) , the kids will get the question/answers displayed on their tablet app, and when they answered, the results will return to the master tablet with who is fastest and who got it right and wrong ?
And possiblily the options to save the results until end of day so they can compare whos done well or not ?
This would be a great way to keep the kids busy while learning.
Thanks for any pointers.
Some sort of server that the device browsers can connect to.
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