 Voice assistant button, Can it be repurposed? |
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 Mar 14 2018, 09:40 AM
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I'm one of those tinfoil-hatters who isn't keen on talking too much to Google, so I won't be using the dedicated voice assistant button. Does anyone know if said button can be mapped to a different function under android, or Linux?
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Mar 14 2018, 09:50 AM
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QUOTE(drand @ Mar 14 2018, 09:40 AM)  I'm one of those tinfoil-hatters who isn't keen on talking too much to Google, so I won't be using the dedicated voice assistant button. Does anyone know if said button can be mapped to a different function under android, or Linux? Good question -- I had wondered that myself since hearing that Google waned to upload the phonebook to Google. |
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Mar 14 2018, 07:08 PM
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I would think it is probably a standard GPIO, so under linux you should be able to do something. The question is will it be configured/enabled in the linux image, or will it require 3rd party support.
As a fellow tinfoil-hatter, I just didn't give a google login at setup, and use fdroid and at a pinch yalp to download apps. This limits what the voice assistant can do - you can ask it standard web search type things, or call a phone number (I mean the actual number not the name). You can say "Call 12345678", but not "Call home". I'm waiting for sailfish..... |
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Mar 20 2018, 12:22 PM
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In the Charbax YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTU28QgYHdQ Davide states the button can answer/reject calls when the device is closed so planet have already baked into Android the ability to map it on the fly.
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Mar 20 2018, 12:53 PM
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QUOTE(vader @ Mar 14 2018, 10:08 PM) I'm waiting for sailfish..... You are not alone. We need someone from Jolla to join these boards. Other than the comment from MWC and Planet showing a unit running Sailfish 3 beta, there hasn't been much for news on this front. |
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