AutoVoice AutoVoice Offline

Using the "offline" option in an AutoVoice Recognize action in Tasker does not seem to work. I know this is mentioned in the FAQ, but it links to a dead post on Google+.
Is there any info available about this? Offline recognition would be very useful since I have a task using voice recognition that usually runs in a parking garage where I have very poor reception.

 

After enabling the "offline" option, recognition fails consistently (every time). Nothing is recognized; no error code is set in %err. The Google dialog box always says "Didn't catch that. Try speaking again." Toggling "Hide Dialog" or "Language Model" does not help. After unselecting "Offline Mode" everything seems to work normally again, as long as there is internet connection!

 

I can grab some logcat output of a failed recognition if that would be helpful.

 

I'm using en-US. If I select "Language" in the AutoVoice Recognize config dialog, the choice that comes up is a dialog with "System Default - null" as the only choice. The "null" seems suspicious. If I use "Language Code" to enter a manual override of "en-US" this does not make any difference. In my Android system settings "Languages" the only language I have set up is "English (United States)".