SMS Reading won't go through Hands-free mode, only Stereo Streaming.

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Device (phone) brand: Samsung
Device (phone) model: Galaxy S
Android OS version: 2.3.3
App version: A2.1 or main newest
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. attempt to get program to read text message through hands free mode, using 
each of the different SMS Stream options, different TTS program, gone through 
all options.
2.
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A phone call will trigger the car to bring up the "Phone" and you can then talk 
through the car microphone and the sound is played through the car speakers 
regardless of what mode the car stereo is in which is the desired behaviour for 
SMS message reading.  I can only get the application to read out messages 
through the phone's internal speaker (Alarm Stream/Voice Call Stream) or 
through the BT Streaming option (Music Stream.

It'd be amazing if it would work the same way as a phone call does. This is a 
fantastic app so it'd be great to be able to tweak it so it can work through 
the same communication method as voice calls.  My car is a UK Seat model if 
that makes any difference.

Fantastic app, so nearly works absolutely perfectly! (in my experience, 
everything associated with BT is just awful). Thanks!

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by eleanor....@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2011 at 3:15

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First, sorry for the delayed response.  I was out of town since Sunday.

The main reason I gave the 3 stream options is because of the issues with 
Android using those during a Bluetooth connection.  It seems that every phone 
and every Bluetooth device is different.  I was able to make it all work well 
on Droid 1, 2, and 3 with Motorola T605 and HF850 car kits.  I don't have the 
other equipment to develop on to ensure it would work with them.  One of the 
other developers on this project can't get the voice call stream to work on his 
devices either.  Is the Bluetooth a factory Seat feature or aftermarket?  It 
seems the factory Bluetooth car systems are way behind the aftermarket.  Most 
are just now starting to support A2DP.  Many don't support voice features from 
the phone but rather implement their own (for big money).  I don't understand 
why the auto companies are so behind on this.  

I guess I could make a whole bunch of configurable options for Bluetooth so the 
user can try them all in hopes of getting one to actually work.  I am partially 
there with the 3 streams and the delay.  If I had the devices to develop on, I 
would set these by device.  The problem is that is really depends on the phone 
and Bluetooth device pair.  I could end up with a massive database of supported 
devices.

The Droid 2 I develop with has 2.3.3 and it works fine on all 3 streams.  Each 
phone maker implements their own UI changes and many of those impact hands-free 
operation and other things.  Then there is also the hardware differences and 
implementations.  

I will say that Android has come a very long way since I bought my Droid 1 with 
Android 2.0, 2 years ago.  Back then, hands free only worked to receive calls, 
sometimes.  It would go into a connect/disconnect gyration of the HF850 so it 
was not usable at all.  Even on the T605 it would not accept any voice 
commands.  That has since all been fixed.  Now all my devices are working well. 
 Android 4.0 is right around the corner and it promises more big improvements.  
Android started out rather crude but it improving rapidly.

Original comment by JimR...@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2011 at 1:00

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This is often a compatibility issue with the devices used.  It is not fixable 
in the application.  Hoping for changes in Android 4.0 that may help.

Original comment by JimR...@gmail.com on 30 Oct 2011 at 7:59

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Original comment by JimR...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2012 at 1:42