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What Is The Function Of "respect Audio Focus" Field In The Say Action ?

I am trying to get a stable connection between say and my car over 
bluetooth.  I'm using AutoVoice BT headset enable and disable but say 
operation is variable, randomly cutting off the first few words.
What does "respect audio focus" do?
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asked Oct 23 2014 at 10:05

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Tells Tasker to be quiet when other apps want to be the only apps 
outputting sound.
Try disabling it if you're having trouble with Say stopping.
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answered Oct 23 2014 at 10:30

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I tried this all week and it doesn't help.  Whether this option is checked 
or not, a couple of the first words in the say will not be spoken over the 
bluetooth connection with my car.  Fails about 80% of the time.
It may be a timing issue, though.  It appears that the phone takes a random 
amount of time to connect to the car via bluetooth.  Is there a way to know 
the car is connected before I call say?
HTH
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answered Oct 28 2014 at 04:10

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Use a Bluetooth Connected state with the details of your car there.
You can test if it's active with e.g. a Profile Status state, or in a task 
with If %PACTIVE, Matches, *,nameofprofile,*
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answered Oct 28 2014 at 04:15

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Thanks for your response!
I have a state machine set up which determines which WIFI or Bluetooth I am 
connected to or if I am not connected to anything.  The state is changed by 
a series of profiles that trigger when connected to the various known WIFIs 
or my car's bluetooth.  The Bluetooth profile is triggered by the Bluetooth 
connected state you mention above.  A global is set corresponding to the 
new connection and the state machine acts accordingly.  So Tasker must know 
it is connected through Bluetooth to my car.
However, when the car senses that the phone is near, it connects as a phone 
and as a 'audio device'.  After that, the car transfers contact 
information.  Thinking that there could be collisions, I wait ten seconds, 
turn on AutoVoice BT headset, wait one second and then 'say' something.  
But even then, 80% of the time the first one to four words are cut off.
This may be a car issue, though.
HTH
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answered Oct 28 2014 at 05:07

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Could be your TTS engine. You could try another one from the play store. Also, is "reduce resource usage" checked in the Tasker preferences? 
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answered Nov 1 2014 at 13:32

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Thanks, Matt R.
Tried two different TTS.  No change.  "Reduce resource usage" is NOT 
checked.  Why do you ask?
I was able to get consistent operation by changing the sequence above to,
* wait 10 secs
* turn on AutoVoice BT headset
* wait 3 secs
* 'say' something
The first wait of 10 secs is to allow the car to "connect" to both the 
phone and the audio player.  The car displays a message when each of these 
occurs.
Turning on the AutoVoice BT headset causes a "call in progress" state in my 
car.  The number of seconds the call has been "in progress" is shown.
The key to correct operation appears to be that 2nd wait.  When the 2nd 
wait is only 1 sec, words are cut off.  When the 2nd wait is set to 3 secs, 
all words are heard.
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answered Nov 3 2014 at 05:44

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