AutoVoice Best Practices with Ok Google and Lollipop 5.0.1

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  1. RichardU

    RichardU Member

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    I'm running the latest Tasker, Autovoice and Lollipop 5.0.1
    I currently have Android 5.0.1 Settings / My Device / Language and Input / set to "Enhanced Google services", and I have turned on "Ok Google" detection to "From any screen"
    This works pretty well (other than needing to say "Ok google" which seems like a brainwashing exercise).
    However, when I say, "Open Shades", AutoVoice executes the command properly, but then google also opens a browser window to a page about window shades.
    I'm sure there is a solution. In fact, there are probably dozens of solutions. So what is the best practice for using Autovoice with Lollipop 5.0.1 and Ok Google?

    BTW, thanks for setting up this forum, although a link to it from the old forum is broken.
     
  2. joaomgcd

    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    I just tried the link in the old forum and it worked for me. :)

    About your issue, can you try with this version? It should back out of the search results automatically. Thanks!
     
  3. RichardU

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    If I go to: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/joaomgcd and click on "Please use this forum from now on." It just reopens the same page. Might be I have a popup blocker going (Chrome).

    I uploaded the new version. It does not back out the search results. But perhaps my settings are wrong. Should Voice Input be set to Autovoice Hotword Detection, or to Enhanced Google Services?
     
  4. joaomgcd

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    yeah, must be. It opens fine for me :)

    That setting is actually irrelevant in regards to backing out of Google Search results.
    Can you please try this:
    - clear logs in AutoVoice
    - enable system logs and Google now logs in AutoVoice
    -do command
    -export logs and paste them here

    Thanks!
     
  5. RichardU

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    Logs are below. I think these were also emailed to you. If this is not what you want, please provide more explicit instructions on how to access logs.

    I understand Voice Input doesn't matter with regard to backing out of Google Search results, but I'd still like to know what are best practices for this app. Should I use Google Now to monitor for the Ok Google command, or should I turn on Control Continuous in autovoice or some other scheme? There have been a lot of changes over time so it's hard to sort out what is currently recommended or what the trade-offs are.

    Thanks, Richard



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  6. joaomgcd

    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    So, in that instance you said "office" and then the search results for "office" still remained on the screen?

    In my opinion, if you can use "Ok Google" then that is the best way to start voice recognition, but it really depends on what you want to do.
    You may want to use continuous in other situations as well if you don't want to have to say "Ok Google" but be aware that it uses more battery to do that.

    Hope this helps
     
  7. RichardU

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    Correct. I said "office" and it replies "here are the listings for office" and shows what I think is a Now Card. Interestingly, if I go to my home screen, then long-press my home button to see open "windows" and select the Now Card that says, "office" Autovoice will (sometimes) re-execute the "office" command and immediately close the Now Card.
     
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    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    Do you think you could maybe make a screen capture video of that? Going by the logs it should be backing out correctly, so it's hard for me to understand what exactly the problem is. Sorry for the hassle.
     
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    Here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qwm984nipybn2ow/Autovoice.mp4?dl=0
     
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    But on that example the results go away right? Or was that you manually?
     
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    I think when you see the phone interface at the end it is the video resetting. Regardless, the results do not go away in real life.
     
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    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    Do you own AutoInput? Just so we can try something...
     
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    I don't own AutoInput. What would we do with it?
     
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    Let's assume I get AutoInput. Now what?
     
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    Just wanted to try if you add a back action in your AutoVoice task, if it would back out of Google Now. can you try that please? In your task that reacts to "office", add a "AutoInput Global Action" at the end and use the back action. thanks again
     
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    To be sure I didn't have any issues, I did a factory reset on this phone, reloaded all my software, and then added your back action as described. It made no difference. When I say "office" Google Now immediately responds with "Here are the listings for office." and then my task is executed through Tasker. If I repeat the command while still looking at the Now Card, it executes the command much more quickly and does not repeat "here are the listings for office."
     
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    hmmm. does it also do that on any other command? For example, if you do a command like "this is a test command" and trigger a corresponding AutoVoice profile with that in Tasker, does it also stay on the google search results for that? Sorry for all the trouble.
     
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    Yes. I have a bunch of commands that all pull up the Google Now card as well as executing in Tasker. After playing with this a lot, I have found that some of the Google Now cards are now backing out. It almost seems like a timing issue i.e. if the command executes fast enough, Autovoice will back out of the Google Now card, but if the command takes too long, it won't back out.
     
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    Yeah, I found it hard to figure out exactly when the best time to press back is... Still trying to make it work better. Sorry for the trouble!
     
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    Don't know if you've pushed an update, or if reloading my phone has made a difference, but today one of my commands properly "backed out" for the first time.
     

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