Navigation: no voice

PeterPablo · August 11, 2012, 15:53:37

Hi Menion,

in the meanwhile I tried the navigation of Locus Pro several times. Unfortunately I never hear any commands. I tried to disable and reenable the sound, even downloaded the czeck voice from the shop to switch from the phones tts. I have a Galaxy S2 with original firmware 4.0.3 and use the latest official build from the Android Store.

Please let me know what kind of further information you need to fix this bug.

Peter

tommi · August 11, 2012, 17:05:24

Hi Peter,
as I like Menion to work on Locus I try to take some of the support work from him.
What do you see if you tap on 3) in this screen http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... ion_screen ?
What do you see if tap on Choose Voice?
Is the volume slider set to maximum?
Is Mute sounds navigation not ticked?

gynta · August 11, 2012, 18:30:09

Quote from: "PeterPablo"...downloaded the czeck voice from the shop to switch from the phones tts.
I have a Galaxy S2 with original firmware 4.0.3

hi peter
the same hw works fine here.

If you want to use TTS, be sure your system works correctly with TTS.

If you have problems with your TTS, you can use different voices from here
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=2056#p13176

If you change to an other voice, you should hear a test sound like that: (see/hear attachment)

PeterPablo · August 12, 2012, 16:15:22

Hi there,

as before I see three options for voice: "no voice, text-to-speech and eliska oc". I selected Text-to-speec. "Mute navigation" is not ticked. Volume is set to 26%.
I just started (again) a small test and this time selected start and end positions "from map" -- now I heard some tts-voice. This is really strange! I will monitor my issue and perhaps try some different voice.

Thank you!
Peter

edit: I watched the video. Interestingly I only hear a "test-voice" if I switch to "eliska". If I switch to "tts" i do not hear some test-voice.

tommi · August 12, 2012, 16:21:29

Hi Peter,
one more hint:
If you see a '?' in the navigation element (3) there will be no voice instructions because the phone is too far away from the planned route.
You can configure the distance here: http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... navigation Invalid distance

gynta · August 12, 2012, 16:42:36

Quote from: "PeterPablo"I only hear a "test-voice" if I switch to "eliska". If I switch to "tts" i do not hear some test-voice.

thats ok
tts works only in "real life"

PeterPablo · August 15, 2012, 00:07:26

Today I figured it out. The navigation voice only works when the system is not in silent mode! Please fix this, so that the voice is played out load, even if the phone is in silent mode.

Menion · August 15, 2012, 00:49:17

hmm but this is intent! Why you want to play sound when phone is in silent mode??

tommi · August 15, 2012, 05:20:16

To me this seems to be a much more general question what should still come out of the loudspeaker if the phone is in silent mode.
I'm also not sure if all phones or even all android phones and even more all apps behave in the same way.
E.g. if I start the mp3player the music is still played on the loud speaker, if the timeout of a timer occurs there is no sound whereas from the same app the sound of an alarm still gets played !?
Is there a general guideline for the behaviour of silent mode for Android?
To come back to the question here, I also tend to Menion's opinion that the voice should be suppressed in silent mode.

PeterPablo · August 15, 2012, 10:19:53

Well, I understand your point but it is not intuitive when compared to the big competitor google maps. That's why it took me so long to realise that my phone was in silent mode. If you insist on being silent, when the phone is in silent mode, then I suggest to disable the specific items so that it is clear to the user why he can not hear any noise.

I have my phone in silent mode for 90% of the time and only want some selected apps to be able make "noise".

Peter

ketani · August 21, 2012, 02:25:06

Quote from: "tommi62"Hi Peter,
as I like Menion to work on Locus I try to take some of the support work from him.
What do you see if you tap on 3) in this screen http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... ion_screen ?
What do you see if tap on Choose Voice?
Is the volume slider set to maximum?
Is Mute sounds navigation not ticked?

I have everything right from my side , yet no voice-guided navigation for me though i am a pro user !!

tommi · August 21, 2012, 06:33:56

Quote from: "ketani"
Quote from: "tommi62"I'
I have everything right from my side , yet no voice-guided navigation for me though i am a pro user !!

Sorry, ketani it's hard to help you. It's like someone calling the doctor on the phone and saying I'm sick.
Did you read the complete thread thoroughly?
Could you try also with TTS?

ketani · August 21, 2012, 08:52:19

Quote from: "tommi62"
Quote from: "ketani"
Quote from: "tommi62"I'
I have everything right from my side , yet no voice-guided navigation for me though i am a pro user !!
Sorry, ketani it's hard to help you. It's like someone calling the doctor on the phone and saying I'm sick.
Did you read the complete thread thoroughly?
Could you try also with TTS?

I will try TTS & get back to you , as for the reading the thread thoroughly ... Well i did !! 8-)

ketani · August 21, 2012, 19:12:38

Selecting TTS has not helped my cause , it seems it's my bad luck as things are not working for me !!

tommi · August 21, 2012, 19:45:21

Quote from: "ketani"Selecting TTS has not helped my cause , it seems it's my bad luck as things are not working for me !!

No, I don't think its bad luck.
Sorry, I'm running out of ideas.
But again one really important point I'd like to be answeredn by you:
What do you see if you tap on 3) in this screen http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... ion_screen ?
If there is only a '?' there will be no voice.