AutoVoice "ask autovoice to" becomes "ask auto voice to" and is ignored

About 2 out of 3 times when I say "ask autovoice to do such-and-such" the Google Assistant interprets "autovoice" as "auto voice" and then does not actually launch Autovoice - instead it just searches for sites containing "ask" and "auto" and "voice" and etc. If I do the same command multiple times then sometimes it will eventually figure out what I am asking (i.e., I don't think it could be a problem with configuration since it does work sometimes).

I have tried saying "autovoice" quickly to make sure there is no hint of a "space" in my voice, but that doesn't seem to help.

Any idea how I can get "ask autovoice" (or "tell autovoice") to be interpreted consistently by assistant?

I played around with shortcuts, but then I have to deal with first Assistant verbally telling me it's going to call Autovoice and then Autovoice verbally asking me what I want to do... I'd rather avoid that and have the voice communication be one-way (just me talking) to avoid the stares and awkwardness of "talking to" my phone.

 

I typed it in instead of saying it several times in a row and it seems to be getting better - I guess there must be some learning and personalization that goes on.

However, now that I am getting "AutoVoice" a little more consistently I find that the situation is different than I had thought.

Now even when I get it to recognise "tell AutoVoice to..." or "ask Autovoice to..." it very often comes back with just a picture of the Autovoice icon and the words "AutoVoice installed" but it rarely actually calls AutoVoice.

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It's English except for the name of the currency... Here's a screenshot showing the exact same command being sent to av twice and the 3rd time getting the "installed" message...

Since it works sometimes I don't think it is language related...

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And here is another example using all English. Once again it is not behaving consistently - this time once as expected and twice with the "installed" message...

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FYI, this incorrect behavior begins when you have greater than 6 words present in the command sent to an Assistant App. When I ask my Google Home / Home Mini's for:

ask AutoVoice to expense $25 for test category test
or
ask Autovoice for the balance of my account ending

it will say, "Sure, for that you can talk to AutoVoice. Does that sound good?"

If I say,

ask Autovoice for the balance of my account

It works fine. Note, simply lowering the number of words below 7 after the Assistant App name you specify will temporary work around this issue.

Also, note, this is a regression from a (recent?) update to the Assistant.

Please post the links to the bugs you have filed with Google and I will cross-post.

 

NickB, this is a GREAT help! Thank you! Now at least I know which direction I need to go to implement a workaround...

 

Here's my issue I started:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/73719214