About this app
Welcome to Saiy® your offline voice controlled Virtual Assistant with a difference.
Saiy is the new version of utter! rebuilt from the ground up and it’s now Open Source too!
What makes Saiy different?
Saiy is not your average Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant clone and doesn’t attempt to be a gimmick of a virtual assistant application. Its priority is to be super functional and ultra-fast! It allows many device based commands to be performed offline, without the need for a data connection.
Saiy runs in the background of your device, is very lightweight on resource and does not have a user-interface, so its functions are available anywhere on the device, at any time, to interact with any application.
With highly optimised algorithms, Saiy aims to make voice control on your device, something you wonder how you ever did without! Something that is achieved faster than you could do it manually and an implementation that takes full advantage of the openness of the Android Platform, by giving you full device control in addition to using the functions in your favourite installed applications.
There’s no need to open up a separate application to execute your voice commands. With just a mention of the hotword or a good old fashioned button press, Saiy wakes to address you as you see fit, wherever you are on your device, whatever you are doing… and it won’t get in the way.
So, please do get involved, give me your feedback and help me create a Voice Controlled Personal Assistant that is truly useful! One that makes fast offline voice recognition for Android a reality!
Alexa Integration!
You don't need to own any Alexa hardware to interact with Alexa via Saiy, as there's a default Alexa Service linked to your Amazon Account.
If you do, great! It's recommended to install the Alexa companion app to manage your connected devices and skills https://goo.gl/NgrbLC
• What's the longest river in the world?
• How old is Tom Hanks?
• How's the weather looking?
• Give me a recipe for chicken pot pie
• Are you better than Saiy?
• Reorder coffee
• Turn on the bedroom lights
Why so many permissions?
Saiy needs to do everything for you, hands free, so you don't have to touch the device. Permissions such as automatically sending text messages and placing calls will be used under these circumstances.
NONE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS UPLOADED TO EXTERNAL SERVERS! Any permissions Saiy requests are for device level ONLY. Please see our Privacy Policy for full details.
Why an Accessibility Service?
For pre-KitKat devices, the Accessibility Service is used to announce your notifications, helping you keep eyes and hands-free on the road.
The Accessibility Service is only used if you specifically enable it.
BIG Thank you to all those that have posted comments and given 5* - It's appreciated.
PLEASE don’t post a 1* comment "It doesn’t work" – that really doesn’t help get the problem sorted! There’s an email link in the application, I’d be delighted to solve any bugs you find. I hope they are few and far between...
[FUNCTIONS]
• Wake-up-phrase
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• Mobile Data
• GPS
• NFC
• Hotspot
• Airplane mode
• Orientation
• Keyboard
• Driving mode
• Notifications
• Time
• Alarms
• Calendar
• Email
• Text
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Foursquare
• Spelling
• Weather
• Application Integration
• Device Settings
• Device Information
• Web Search
• Video Search
• Application Search
• Music
• Navigation
• Location Services (limited release)
• Contacts
• Calling (+Skype)
• Flash light
• Tasker Integration
• File Management (limited release)
• Root Functions (coming soon)
• Knowledge Base (coming very soon)
• Plus Many More…….!
Open Source code - https://goo.gl/Gyfh6Y
TAGS: Voice assistant, voice recognition, voice command, voice commands, voice actions, voice search, speech assistant, text to speech, virtual assistant, voice texting, hands free, text by voice, voice calendar, voice tweet, voice notifications, accessibility talkback, utter!
App Permissions
Allows an application to collect component usage statistics
Declaring the permission implies intention to use the API and the user of the device can grant permission through the Settings application.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to read SMS messages.
Allows an application to send SMS messages.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an application to read the user's call log.
Allows an application to write (but not read] the user's call log data.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows the app to answer an incoming phone call.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to bind to third party quick settings tiles.
Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String].
Must be required by a VoiceInteractionService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows an application to request installing packages.
Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
