Voice Navigation anncouncement too quiet

[M. Schrijver]

A few beta versions ago there was a line in the release note that the volume can be set louder than before.
In that specific version. The line of the volumeslider was a bit different It was a dotted or dashed line. Not continiuous. I didn't had the change to test that specific version because a newer version was there pretty soon.
In the current version the slider has it's usual continuous shape again. And at maximum volume level, the volume is still low.

Is possible that this change has disappeared in the newer versions

[Con Hennekens]

@M.-Schrijver, I do not remember the slider's looks changed much. That volume slider just mimics the phones volume buttons and system slider. Some claim it is louder since that changed, but personally I don't notice any difference regarding the loudness of the voice.

[Peter Zehentreiter]

@Con-Hennekens I would also welcome it if it were louder, because at the moment it is sometimes difficult to understand.

[Westerwald_Rider]

Hi at all, a üretty good workaround for Samsung Smartphones can be Sound Assistent from Samsung market place. I test IT during my holiday Trip and use mra Navigation App in my car and carpuride. And I am verry happy, with it. My better Part of m life means mra is better than g**** maps..more detailed. More professional. directions where early enough and very good. (Peter thanks for your crash course)

Hava a good ride all time

Westerwald rider

[Brian McG]

Hi @Westerwald_Rider "So that the navigation instructions can be heard clearly above the music."
I suspect if you have NO music playing, the MRA audio volume will be plenty loud enough to hear clearly, this is easy to test

IF the volume is loud enough with NO music then what I think the issue about MRA being quiet WITH music is because the user sets the volume level that they want the music to be comfortable at
What is not realised is that a lot of music player apps boost the volume so that they can be produce very high volumes,
quiet or even medium volume rock & roll is just NOT rock & roll

If you set the volume for comfortable music then MRA will sound quieter in comparison because it is not boosted

I learned this because I had the same issue, quiet MRA voice instructions
My fix has been to use a music app with equalizer or Replay gain settings so that I can control/reduce the music app volume output so it is un-boosted & matches the normal volume output of other apps such as MRA
With the music app & mra set to the same output levels then both increase equally using the phone volume controls

Thats was the case for me, it was not MRA's fault but mine for using a loud music app that drowned out the MRA app, other cases may be different especially using carpuride/android auto

[Westerwald_Rider]

Hello Brian,
I heared music during mra. My samsung is intergated in the BT Stack of my car and android carplay. The media channel is my bt stack of my car. Internet radio, mp3 and Spottify. It runs. Only my native radio in my car, I don't use it. Only for traffic and news. These samsung Audio App, you can Set indivdual Volume levels. Spotify is Set for 75% mra 100%. Internet Radio 80%. So you are able to hear mra Navigation instructions clear, clean an loud. Tested during my holiday trip with capuride w903. It runs perfect for me. A stop? No Problem. Only one Thing, mra has to be started first and later the carpuride. So the stopped Navigation runs perfekt for further Tour. Mra navigate me perfekt trough Hamburg. Loud an clean with music. I hope it helps for you.

Regards

Westerwald rider

[Westerwald_Rider]

[Westerwald_Rider]

These are my actual settings I reduced all for 71% or 72%

[Con Hennekens]

@Westerwald_Rider, Yes, some Samsung phones have that feature, I believe not all do. But of course only Google can do something generic to Android to end the problems. Either make a feature like Samsung's, or introduce a speech channel.

[Brian McG]

@Con-Hennekens or choose a music app where you can reduce the music app output level via equaliser or replay gain settings!

[Westerwald_Rider]

Hi Con, I found an app called volume control for Android. But i don't have any experiance about it. No doubt it is ripp off. But it sounds good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spycorp.appvolumecontrol

I use for myself Samsung Sound Assistent from Samsung galaxy store. It is available for All Samsung smart phones.
Yes, indeed a separate channel would be helpful. At the Moment it works for me very well.
Brian use an interesting seperate solution.
Im fact if you are connected with carplay mra told you all Sound setting Controllers goes over the carplay with all delays we wrote.

Perhaps developer read these thread and offer a solution?

Have a good ride all time

Regards

Westerwald rider

[Con Hennekens]

@Westerwald_Rider, that app is not the solution we are looking for The second line in the description states:

It is not possible to have a background app and a foreground app with different volumes, this is an Android limitation.

I have tried it before, but all it does is change the systemvolume depending on the foreground app.

[Westerwald_Rider]

Hello con, perhaps These is able to gelp you? It seems the text to speech ist the problem. In an other thread perhaps a silution? Please look at
https://forum.myrouteapp.com/topic/9686/navigation-volume-too-low-the-solution-for-android

Best regards from Westerwald

[Con Hennekens]

@Westerwald_Rider, Yes I have seen that thread and followed the link. It is a non-official non-playstore app for which you need to install an APK manually, and from a source you don't know. Who knows what else it does...
Google needs to pick up a speech channel or some Volume per App feature.

[M. Schrijver]

I use Acapela for Android. Does the same. Available in the offical Play Store but not without costs. Although the costs are a fixed one time price per voice. A few Euro's