Feature request: Shortcuts

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Shortcuts for recording related actions would be very useful. E.g., a shortcut 
that starts/stops recording. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by akw...@gmail.com on 2 Jan 2014 at 8:07

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Can you elaborate what do you mean by "shortcuts"?

In general, I'd advise against using Diktofon's own recorder. Other Android 
recorders are more powerful (offering compressed recording, silence removal, 
widgets, etc.). You can e.g. use Easy Voice Recorder 
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coffeebeanventures.easyvoicer
ecorder) to record and then share the result into Diktofon (for transcription, 
transcription-synchronized playback, tagging, search etc.)

Original comment by kaljurand on 3 Jan 2014 at 2:48

• Added labels: Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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I see. The use case I was thinking of was recording quick notes, e.g., when 
driving. A shortcut, for instance, would be a in icon on Android's home screen 
that acts as a recording start/stop toggle. Sounds like your aim is more to 
provide post-recording functions, so I am not sure if my use case belongs here. 
However, if recording isn't the primary function then the name and description 
of the app are misleading, "Dictaphone with ... speech-to-text" suggests that 
the recording function is primary.

Original comment by akw...@gmail.com on 3 Jan 2014 at 5:28

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OK, thanks! I'll accept the issue, but it has low priority on my TODO list. 
Mainly because other Android recorders are currently so much better and it's 
too much work to catch up with them. At the same time, it's possible to use 
these other recorders together with Diktofon. E.g. you can set Easy Voice 
Recorder to store files into Diktofon's directory and then use EVR's 
shortcut/widget to control the recording.

Note also that it is currently possible also to launch directly into the 
Diktofon's Recorder activity, by setting up Nova Launcher's "Activity 
Shortcut". This should work also with a few other launchers. See more here:

http://www.howtogeek.com/169408/go-directly-from-your-android-home-screen-to-scr
eens-within-an-app-with-activity-shortcuts/

However, in this case the recorded files are stored in Diktofon's 
recorder-directory, which is not shown by Diktofon itself (it shows the 
contents of the recordings-directory). So, you'd have to use a general purpose 
file manager to see your recordings.

Regarding the name, every dictaphone should do two things: (1) record and (2) 
manage/playback the recordings. Neither is more primary than the other, I 
think. With Diktofon, the idea has been to focus on the managing/playback and 
"outsource" recording to other apps, ideally via an intent call. Unfortunately 
very few Android recorders support the standard recording intent 
("android.provider.MediaStore.RECORD_SOUND"), but communication between (1) and 
(2) is still possible via the Share-intent or simply writing into the same 
folder.

Original comment by kaljurand on 3 Jan 2014 at 10:48

• Changed state: Accepted