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Is there a better SMS voice to text than Google?

J
svim said:
https://nordicapis.com/5-best-speech-to-text-apis/
Google's Speech-to-Text service is generally regarded as pretty good to but since you're obviously not happy with it, there a several third-party options available to you in Google's Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=voice to text&c=apps&hl=en
Don't be surprised if this involves some trial and error as you try different apps until you find one that does what you expect in accordance with your Moto G and your own voice patterns.

If you're expecting 100% or even 90% accuracy, that's not a sure thing. Speech dictation involves a lot of system resources so even now it's still an evolving process as AI continues to expand and develop. When you are getting so pissed off at your phone because it can't do what you want, reset your expectations for your own mental health.
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Seriously, it's very bad on this phone (and on a Pixel 2 that I had). I know this because I've downloaded another ap and it worked great, but it didn't show up as an option to take place of the Goggle SMS ap... so I had to speak and text, and then copy it and move over to the text that I wanted to respond to and then paste for each response.... too time consuming. I am thinking a AI or learning ap might be better if I can find something that will load on my phone to allow it to take place of Google's service.
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Help A01 adaptable storage android update

G
Thank you for the eply.

Should have decribed a few things in more detail I guess. The card was formatted as internal with 25% added to internal memory and the rest used as SD - portable storage. It worked exactly as expected with apps being 'moved' to internal storage, and sosme music being played from the portable part. All worked well for 2y untill the system update.

Managed to fully reformat the SD card, it appears to work without issues, tried to follow the same process to format the SD in the phone again but for some reason it does not format the SD as internal + portable this time. It appears the instructions are completed in cmd but when checking the storage part in the phone it does not appear the way I expect it.

Some more trial and error is needed I guess.
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Internal audio recorder app for S22 (and android tablets)

svim
Not quite sure just what you mean by '...record internal audio' as you're implying your phone has multiple audio processors in it that can concurrently send audio out signals to multiple sources. But there's just the one, and that handles all the audio in and audio out signals, and those get distributed accordingly (i.e. internal speakers or Bluetooth processor).
Anyway, I'm going to suggest you try 'Simple Voice Recorder' from Simple Mobile Tools. I've become a big fan of their products and their Simple Voice Recorder is Open Source (no ties to business influences) and free with no ads. Be sure to go into the app's Settings menu to initially set it up. (That's something you should do with all the apps you use.)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder&hl=en
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Help [Doubt] Android publishing app policies

svim
Keep in mind that pornography is a legal, valid job industry, it's just a matter where some people have personal, philosophical aversions to it. So if you're making an app and wish to avoid it from it even potentially being used by some pornography-related person or business from using it, you definitely don't want to have it publicly posted in any kind of open (well relatively), corporate repository like Google's Play Store. Start looking into religious or conservative markets where restricted access is a given.
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Help Android Box lost system files and needs rebuild

svim
Your Seguro Trongle X4 is a budget-class set-top box, I wouldn't put too much time nor money in trying to restore it back into working condition. Get a Firestick, Chromecast, or Roku, they're actively supported and developed, and will allow you to interact with various streaming services in a more up-to-date way.

As a side note, doing a Factory Reset would not remove the Kodi app, it was manufacture-installed, system-level app so it's a preinstalled part of the Android firmware that's running on your X4 -- i.e. the Kodi app was present before you did the Factory Reset and would have still be present after the Factory Reset if it was successful. A Factory Reset only wipes the user data partition clean, it doesn't do anything to the other system-level partitions, where the installed operating system resides. If you did use the Factory Reset option in Recovery Mode instead of the option in the Settings menu, did you also experiment with the other options? If so, that might explain why it's stuck in a boot loop. Also, in one of your posted screen captures it shows an ADB message, did you delete and or alter anything via ADB? But whatever, I'd still suggest you just focus on getting a newer, better set-top or streaming content device. Life is too short wasting time on some things. And if you are averse to Kodi (I find that puzzling considering its capabilities), don't buy something with it pre-installed
https://phreesite.com/best-kodi-boxes/
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Help needed with microphone

M
Well that was interesting. On restarting my Tab 6 , Telegram works perfectly. WhatsApp still has the same problem. I have been prodding around its settings and I see there is a facility for linking a WiFi only tablet or a PC to a WhatsApp account. This was not available when I first signed up to WhatsApp but more by luck than judgement I managed to link my previous tablet to my previous phone (which uses the same SIM card as I am using now.) Somehow I guess that link still exists even though it does not show up in a list of linked devices. I guess I can just scrap my WhatsApp account and start again with a fresh download. Many thanks for your help.
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Bluetooth scanning and connecting android studio

T
I fixed, while this functions were called in a Service I needed the ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION to scan... So my manifest is now:

Code: 
    <uses-permission-sdk-23 android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" tools:node="remove" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission-sdk-23 android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" tools:node="remove" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />

    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.bluetooth_le" android:required="true"/>
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.bluetooth" android:required="true"/>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />

rember that some of these permissions needs the user approvment, so you need the Run Time Permission.

table with needed permissions to scan:
18 to 22 (No runtime permissions needed)
23 to 28 One of below:
- android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
29 to 30 - android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
- android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION*
31 to current - android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN
- android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION**

* Needed if scan is performed in background
** Only needed if you want to obtain user's location with BLE scanning (BLUETOOTH_SCAN is not using neverForLocation attribute in your App)
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Turning off backups for a single picture?

ocnbrze
there are not that many services that can backup photos, that it becomes hard to keep track of.....at least not for me. my only photo backup is from using Google Photos. sure there are services out there like microsoft's one drive or Google Drive or dropbox. but both drive and dropbox you would have to manually move photos there. it is not automatic. also you would need to have one drive installed and setup. so as long as you do not have that than you should be fine.

google photos are not shared with anything else so there is no stickyness as you decsribe. also you can turn off google photos from autobacking up. https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6193313?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Android
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Delete text history from contacts

M
Ghostship2277 said:
I can delete my text messages from messages all day. But under contacts it still shows history and that I recently messaged someone and shows a log of messages but they have been deleted. It will let me delete calls history here but not the record of text messages. How do I find where that data is being stored and delete it. It seems to be doing it on its own because it doesn't have much past 5 or 10 days. And is there a way to remove this history button from contacts entirely?
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Are you using the default Phone app?
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no hold option

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Anne205 said:
Well, I have always had android...I got an iPhone.I had it 6 months and hated it. So, I did an early upgrade and got S22 ultra...loved it, but could not put a call on hold. There was no option.I called spectrum twice... called Samsung he remoted in... worked 1.5 hours. Then finally did factory reset. no good. Still no option for it. He told me to call spectrum, so I did and the guy told me they did away with the hold option. I said I need the hold option for when I am at work. He told me to go back to iPhone or turn sound down and put on mute.ughhh... so, i downloaded phone by google app and guess what, it has a hold button that works!
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