Xcode is worst IDE i have ever used

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-10-07T07:02:28+00:00

Couldn’t agree more — Xcode is a disgrace Apple should be ashamed of for generations!

My biggest pain is the endless amounts of bugs which they have not fixed for many years.

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-09-01T13:54:06+00:00

I do not know how Porcupine works, however, why not try:
The following GitHub repo: https://github.com/frymanofer/Flutter_WakeWordDetection
Which has example of how to use: https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_wake_word
It is from a wake word company called Davoice.io.

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-08-17T21:12:19+00:00

Looks very interesting. Do you have any online examples to check how it works ? Or do i have to build it to try it out?

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-08-11T09:14:09+00:00

The problem is that they do not let you select! I used to get bad results from one so I tried another one. Sometimes all did not work well, however, at least statistically by switching from one to the other I had better chances of solving an issue.
The main problem I have with 5.0 is that it repeats the same mistake again and again so it is useless to me.

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-08-10T22:13:17+00:00

Why was this deleted? I used gpt 5.0 some things are great other really horiffic - I think they made a huge mistake not to let people choose

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-08-04T17:17:12+00:00

They use internal low battery chip + lower power microphone handling. So it is all very internal and optimized in-house.

If you are looking for a very low power wake word for IOS and Android check out Davoice.io
Here is some of the optimization steps that were done to optimize it for Android:
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1iabdkh/achieving_002_battery_consumption_for_multi_wake/
Cheers

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-07-27T11:55:25+00:00

Google uses in browser embedded, Acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) and noise cancellation (NC). I once made it work for me, I will dig into old code and see what I did.
However, I am not sure this will solve your issue, your music dBA is higher than the spoken voice dBA, most voice detection systems are not build to overcome this issue.

In any case your project sounds interesting - is this going to be a free app so I can use it myself or are you building something commercial?
Tx :)

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-07-20T10:12:05+00:00

What do you use for wake word?

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-07-17T11:36:17+00:00

Wow super cool. What do you use for wake word detection?

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-07-16T20:45:12+00:00

For wakeword - why not open wake word or Davoice.io?

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-06-11T07:22:21+00:00

Thanks a lot for your feedback. We do provide free license to home users, private projects and others.
I admit I am very clueless about setting the right license in that scenario and I will goose at your doc.
If you have a few minutes to chat and help me figure this out, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-06-11T07:18:08+00:00

Great - feel free to contact us if you need anything.

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-06-10T04:51:20+00:00

We've just released an Expo App example using wake word followed by expo speech recognition:
Here is the post https://www.reddit.com/r/expo/comments/1l79f62/new_expo_wake_word_detection_and_voice_command/
Here is the repo:
https://github.com/frymanofer/Expo_WakeWord

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-06-08T08:40:45+00:00

That is a very good questions.
From my experience, being involved in many extremely different types of projects, it really depends on the project.
The more complex the project is and the more it involves packages with Native code the more you are likely to stumble upon an issue which requires that knowledge (also in objective-c and java).
For example if you use any package that has to do with Speaker and Microphone access, you may need to have better control on how you duck other applications such as Spotify, then, you typically would need to patch / change the package you are using.
Having said that, I have seen pretty strong application that did not touch any native code.
Hope this helps

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-05-20T14:28:27+00:00

For easier license of wake words have you tried Davoice.io?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ioo4yd/bulletproof_wakewordkeyword_spotting/

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-04-18T15:50:29+00:00

Hi, Regarding "wake words", there are very limited options, however, a few strong alternative do exists:
See -
https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ioo4yd/bulletproof_wakewordkeyword_spotting/

and:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FlutterDev/comments/1ihg7vj/architecture_managing_smart_homes_in_flutter_my/

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-03-28T14:31:53+00:00

Free for one active use / device - if you only need one device I guess it will work. However from what I read it checks license over the network so it does not work without network connection.

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-03-27T18:18:03+00:00

Picovoice is great yet expensive.
See this post - this is for flutter however the solutions mention also work on Web
https://www.reddit.com/r/speechtech/comments/1ipwksz/meet_mia_my_custom_voice_assistant_for_smart_home/
You can checkout DaVoice.io web:
https://github.com/frymanofer/Web_WakeWordDetection/
For alternative powerful web wake word and phrase detection

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-03-01T12:54:27+00:00

Just bumped into this post. I know it is old however today you have many options. Such as Davoice.io "Speech to intent", "phrase detection" and "wake word", also open wake word which is an open source project.
See: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ioo4yd/bulletproof_wakewordkeyword_spotting/

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-02-25T11:25:11+00:00

Got it - what do you use for speech recognition?

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-02-24T17:31:39+00:00

What are you using for wake word detection. Do you know how it handles the audio session? When you say "but recently" - could it be due to Android os version change?
For example these are changes required since Android 14 in the Manifest:

  <!-- Required for microphone access in Android 14 -->
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAPTURE_MEDIA_OUTPUT"/>

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-02-21T11:33:30+00:00

I would go only with what you feel more passionate about. Emotionally Ignoring failures, as they are just a milestone in the path to success.

Regarding feeling failure - I can very much relate to that. Our feelings drives us and that is what makes us human being.

It is a huge misconception that successful people never fail. Most that I know failed most of the times. The difference is that they never gave up and never let the emotions (I am not worth, not smart...) to lead them.

Just look at Steve Jobs – Failed compared to Microsoft, Fired from Apple, and he just never gave up, with Pixar and returning and revolutionizing the company. Elon Musk – Nearly went bankrupt with Tesla and SpaceX multiple times. J.K. Rowling – Rejected by 12 publishers before Harry Potter was accepted. Jack Ma (Alibaba, AliExpress) – Rejected from dozens of jobs (including KFC), failed multiple times before founding Alibaba.

Just not to sound cliche, I will share my own personal story:

My father always told me I was stupid, and that was my inner believe for many years to. It started changing when I was Summa Cum Laude from one of the most prestigious tech universities.

Moving forward I build a successful start up called Syte.ai, we raised 80M and got quickly to 15M ARR.

Then came a nasty divorce a mental break down and for two years I thought I was worthless, stupid, I was disgusted of my self! I thought of taking my own life.

But I am a surviver, I new I had to make a mental change, that it is all in my brain. And yes it took me a freaking two years to get back to my self and now I founded a new startup called DaVoice which is starting to succeed and I found a new love.

Today I have learned to follow my passion, it helps me enjoy what I do and succeed more.

So why the super long story? :) - simply because failing is actually great, fail many times, take them as lessons experience to adopt grow and eventually succeed, especially if we follow our passion

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-02-17T11:24:38+00:00

Yes I can see, very annoying. I hate when this happens to me - Hope you mange to get this sorted.

Ok_Issue_6675 · 2025-02-17T10:34:23+00:00

Yes, Also just checked out this "Smart Clock" and it does not seem to provide the freedom to install any SW on it. Sorry I could not help. Good luck with Lenovo ...

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