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Android app of LINDAT translation service
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No microphone on Chromebook #11

Open martinpopel opened 2 years ago

martinpopel commented 2 years ago

I've install the Android app on my old chromebook (Chrome OS 100.0.4896.82, Acer N15Q8). Everything (including TTS) seems to work, but there is no microphone icon and thus no ASR. The settings does not show anything about ASR (or speech-to-text), just "Data processing" and "Prefer network text-to-speech".

krabatom commented 2 years ago

ASR is part of Google Play Services. Majority android phone have it integrated to system, but there are some exceptions like some Huawei phones, custom roms etc. And it looks like Chromebook doesn't have it. I can only detect, that ASR is not detected, but I can't recommend you to install Google Play Services to your device, because there is usually some reason to not have Google Play Services. Do you have Google Play, on your Chrome book?

martinpopel commented 2 years ago

Yes, I have Google Play on my Chromebook and I have also "Speech Services by Google" (last updated Mar 23, 2022) installed. I am OK with closing this issue, if there is nothing else I can do to help with testing.

krabatom commented 2 years ago

Speech Services by Google is only for TTS and it is separate app. ASR is different api connected with Google Play Services. Maybe leave it open, I will later try find more about it. And if you use Google Keyboard or anything else (Google Search etc.) with ASR, is it working?

martinpopel commented 2 years ago

I am sorry for my ignorance: so "Google Play" is something different than "Google Play Services"? And can I install "Google Play Services" from "Google Play" or how do I detect if it is already installed? I've never used ASR on the Chromebook. Now, I've installed GBoard, but it says "Step 1: Select Gboard in your Language & input settings", but when I click "Add input methods" in the Chromebook settings, "Gboard" is not offered. Android apps were added to ChromeOS just a few years ago and I guess the integration is not ideal in old Chromebooks, so maybe there is no good solution.

krabatom commented 2 years ago

That's ok :-) Google is funny in naming. They have Google Play, Google Pay, Google Play Services,...

Google Play - it is App store Google Play Services - hiddeen system app with services+api, that can use other apps, like Google Auht, Google Pay, Google Maps, push notifications etc.

You can find Google Play Services in app manager, but is is system app. In my phone I have option "show system app". Or you can try to open it in Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms

martinpopel commented 2 years ago

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms

Thanks. When I click on this link on my Chromebook, it seems it is already installed (there is a green button "Deactivate").

krabatom commented 2 years ago

Ok, thank you. I will later look at it, why the google api say, that ASR is not available.

krabatom commented 2 years ago

Zdeněk Kasner discover, that he must instal https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox to have microphone. Can you try it?

martinpopel commented 2 years ago

I cannot install com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox on my Chromebook. I get: "Your device isn't compatible with this version." Google recommends me a similar app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.searchlite. I've installed it and the mic works there. Afterwards, I install our Translator 0.9.17, but the mic is still not there.

krabatom commented 2 years ago

OK, thank you for testing.