Kõnele v1.2.04

New in this release:

• slightly smaller/nicer microphone button on the IME
• required API level lowered from 16 to 14 (ICS)

(Available only on Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later.)

Kõnele v1.2.00

This release makes it easier to use the speech keyboard in multiple languages with multiple services. This is useful when you websearch (multilingual) place names, chat with multiple people in different languages at the same time, or do exercises in Duolingo (where you have to constantly switch between two languages). Also, Kõnele's grammar based service is now easier to use via the speech keyboard.

New in this release:

• new setting in the "Speech keyboard" section: list of all the languages supported by one or more of the speech recognition services on the device
  • tap on the checkboxes to select any number of language/service combinations to be available on the speech keyboard
• new button on the speech keyboard (visible if more than one language/service combination is selected)
  • tap to rotate through the selected languages/services, allowing dictation in multiple languages/services without leaving the speech keyboard
  • long-press to open the full language/service list
• smaller fixes

Note that while Kõnele accesses the services via the standard SpeechRecognizer-interface, different services can behave differently regarding pause detection, max. recording time, audio cues, etc., or not be functional at all. The speech keyboard has been tested mostly with Kõnele's own two services.

(Available only on Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean) or later.)

Kõnele v1.1.02

New in this release:

• require API >= 16 (Android v4.1 Jelly Bean)
• modernize the UI (making the menus more accessible)
• remove some hidden developer features, reducing the APK size by 40k
• fix crash due to the WEB_SEARCH activity not available on some devices (we now fall back to SEARCH, or no activity if SEARCH is also not available)

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Kõnele v0.8.58

New in this release:

1. New setting to remove the help text from the IME, making it consume even less screen space in landscape mode
2. Small fixes (see the commit log)

Kõnele v0.8.56

New in this release:

1. Added a new speech recognizer service that uses the continuous dictation server http://github.com/alumae/kaldi-gstreamer-server, offering faster and more accurate transcription (but no grammar support). If set to be the default in Settings -> Language & input -> Speech -> Voice input then this service can be used in other apps (e.g. in Google Translate) for Estonian voice input.
2. Added support for input method editor (IME), which offers a one-button keyboard:
   • press the button to start/stop/cancel speech recognition
   • swipe left to delete the word left from cursor
   • swipe right to add a newline
   • double tap to insert a space
   • press the keyboard icon to switch to the next/previous keyboard
   • long press the keyboard icon to open a keyboard switcher
   • press the search icon to launch the search (if editing a search bar)

The IME must be first enabled in Settings -> Language & input -> Keyboard & input methods. Note that it uses the new service by default but can be configured in the Kõnele settings to use any speech recognizer service available on the phone (although it has been tested only with Kõnele's own services).

Kõnele v0.8.45-alpha

Kõnele v0.8.45-alpha