I have done this already. Contacted Slacker first who said its a Tesla issue. Contacted Tesla on a couple of occasions and it took quite a while for them to understand the issue (they weren't super familiar with Slacker) When I was able to make them understand, I got a courteous but generic "I'm sure it will be improved in a future update". And again, I'm going on about this and clarifying in the hopes that it gains Tesla's attention. As great as the car is, there are many things that can be improved via software. I'm just stumping for this one as I think it will greatly improve many people's enjoyment of the car.
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Any Song Any Time?
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I have done this already. Contacted Slacker first who said its a Tesla issue. Contacted Tesla on a couple of occasions and it took quite a while for them to understand the issue (they weren't super familiar with Slacker) When I was able to make them understand, I got a courteous but generic "I'm sure it will be improved in a future update". And again, I'm going on about this and clarifying in the hopes that it gains Tesla's attention. As great as the car is, there are many things that can be improved via software. I'm just stumping for this one as I think it will greatly improve many people's enjoyment of the car.
STxTesla
Sig #1278
I agree with the general consensus here. Slacker Premium in the Model S is very buggy...reliable only around 70% of the time.
As I reported earlier in this thread, the search feature works fine, but just won't play the song that was found. And the Slacker App is showing as not being available in this car?! I have emailed Ownership but haven't heard anything yet.
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
Contacted "Ownership" regarding Slacker and the Any Song, Any Time feature and it was confirmed that a Slacker subscription is needed for that feature to work. Currently, I gather, a trial Slacker subscription is provided, but I'm unclear of how long before it must be paid for. The reason I wasn't getting access to the free trial, is that early on I did a trial paid subscription and my email and password were entered in the Media App. I was told to clear those fields out, then go click on the Tesla "T" and the free trial username/password would be entered into the media app. And it worked, so I now have Any Song, Any Time...sort of. If I use the voice command button, and say "Play Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio" I get a list of a bunch of stuff, including Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio. But it doesn't just play it, as it did in Elon's Bloomberg video. I have to click on the screen to get it to play. Is there some setting I'm missing?
I'm impressed it worked quite as well as it did with Elon's accent, I do suspect a little bit of practice beforehand, or maybe any bloopers were just edited out, much like the 'autoplay' has been edited in by omitting the key step of selecting the song from the screen. For me, I get about a 50% hit rate on recognition, but my accent is British with 5 years of American, which apparently makes me sound slightly Australian. Either way, from all the VR systems I've used in Audi's and Merc's, this is still the best. Low bar though, to be fair.
This sequence of steps to trigger the autopopulation of the included trial account is news to me (and probably others). Probably worthy of the FAQ or somesuch.
Last I heard the autopopulation was pushed out with one of the updates. I hadn't heard anything about a user-exposed way of triggering this.
deonb
Active Member
I'm having significantly less luck with the feature. I have the same accent as Elon, but for me the voice recognition only works about 20% of the time, and only if I pull the car over. The rest of the time it responds with "Unrecognized command". If I move even at 10mph on a smooth road I have a 0% chance of success of having anything recognized, no matter how load, soft, slow, normal, fast, punctuated or fluent I speak. Then it responds with "Unclear recording".
When I DO finally get something up, the majority of the selection is ridiculous, and you can't just quickly go back to pick the next one - you have to start from the beginning.
My typical day:
"Play 2nd piano concerto by Rachmaninoff!"....
...unrecognized command...
" Plaaay Second piano concerto Byyy Rachmaninoff! "....
...unrecognized command...
" Plaaay Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto! "....
...beep...
" Plaaay Raaachmaaaniiinoff's seeeecoooond piiiaaanooo cooonceeertooo! "....
...unclear recording...
"Plaaaaaaaaay Seeeeccooonndd piaano concerto by Raaachmaninoff!"....
Yeah! Finally the list comes up :biggrin:. Click on one. Sit back...
"NOOOO! NOT using a banjo !! :scared:".
<Sigh>
"Play 2nd piano concerto by Rachmaninoff!"....
When I DO finally get something up, the majority of the selection is ridiculous, and you can't just quickly go back to pick the next one - you have to start from the beginning.
My typical day:
"Play 2nd piano concerto by Rachmaninoff!"....
...unrecognized command...
" Plaaay Second piano concerto Byyy Rachmaninoff! "....
...unrecognized command...
" Plaaay Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto! "....
...beep...
" Plaaay Raaachmaaaniiinoff's seeeecoooond piiiaaanooo cooonceeertooo! "....
...unclear recording...
"Plaaaaaaaaay Seeeeccooonndd piaano concerto by Raaachmaninoff!"....
Yeah! Finally the list comes up :biggrin:. Click on one. Sit back...
"NOOOO! NOT using a banjo !! :scared:".
<Sigh>
"Play 2nd piano concerto by Rachmaninoff!"....
When you press and hold the voice button. You will hear a beep. DO NOT START TALKING! You have to look at the screen about 1 second later it will change to 'recording ...' then you can start.
I had this problem, and still have it to a degree, of starting too early. And the software doesn't pick up your command word and thus is entirely confused about 'Rachmaninoff'.
I tried this and my 10-15% success rate jumped into the 70-80% success rate. Just don't try "Ke$sh".
deonb
Active Member
You're absolutely right. I started doing that and now my recognition rate is pretty much 100%. Still doesn't do anything about the Piano Concerto played by a Banjo though, but that is Slacker's doing - not Tesla.
SuperCoug
Model S Res #7734
I completely agree. I was very confused by the fact that I could not recreate what Elon was demonstrating in the video. I get the actual song selected about 6 or 7 times out of ten. Other times I get the similar song that Slacker chooses for you instead.
I've already been embarrassed twice doing the Elon demo. I looked like an idiot when I told my friend "Name any song and I can play it!", he responds with "Hotel California by the Eagles" and instead Slacker decides to play Witchy Woman! Slacker presented the song I wanted on the screen but simply chose not to play it when I selected it.
Having said all that I have to admit that I've really enjoyed Slacker and I often enjoy the subsequent songs it plays that it deems similar. I just wish we had the ability to stream the exact song we asked for all the time.
In addition, I have noticed that I occasionally get short 7-10 second Slacker ads thrown into the mix. Stuff like "Hi, this is Glenn Fry from The Eagles and you are listening to Slacker Radio".
William13
Active Member
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
My son actually likes those bits, specifically when Green Day say it with a low growl
Are you logged into your own account? I tested it today and my premium account doesn't work the same as the default account for playing songs directly. I still suspect it's a Slacker issue, not a Tesla issue.
I think the recognition speed is also dependent on the 3G network speed (I observed it being much faster when I have a good connection than when the connection is limited). So it may be that the car had a good connection (or maybe it was a car connected through 4G, I hope that option is available in future cars, and perhaps as an upgrade for the Model S, though I may be dreaming on that). The usability difference that a 4G connection would make (to maps, GPS and even Slacker radio) would be very significant.
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