mobieusKnow Handling voice logging tickets History #522
Author
Patrick Bass
Submitted
Aug 25, 2026 7:18pm
Summary
Handling voice-logging tickets
'''What a voice-logging ticket usually is.''' Nine in ten are one of four things: the member is not Premium, their session ended, Gemini is not their assistant, or a food came back without calories. None of them is a fault in the log.
== How it works, in one paragraph ==
+ The member's assistant does the listening. Siri or Gemini turns the sentence into an instruction — an amount, a food name, a duration — and hands Loopa that. '''No audio ever reaches Loopa.''' The entry goes into the same diary as anything logged by hand, and the assistant reads back a confirmation that Loopa wrote.
The member's assistant does the listening. Siri or Gemini turns the sentence into an instruction (an amount, a food name, a duration) and hands Loopa that. '''No audio ever reaches Loopa.''' The entry goes into the same diary as anything logged by hand, and the assistant reads back a confirmation that Loopa wrote.
== The four common tickets ==
=== "It says I need Premium" ===
+ Correct, and expected. Logging by voice is a Premium feature. '''Logging by hand is not''' — water, food and activity stay free in the app, and the member has lost nothing. Point them at what Premium includes rather than treating this as a problem.
Correct, and expected. Logging by voice is a Premium feature. '''Logging by hand is not'''. Water, food and activity stay free in the app, and the member has lost nothing. Point them at what Premium includes rather than treating this as a problem.
=== "It says I'm signed out" ===
Their session ended. Signing in again in the app restores the phrases immediately; nothing needs re-setting up.
=== "Nothing happens when I say it" (Android) ===
+ Gemini has to be the device's digital assistant app: Settings → search "digital assistant app" → Gemini. If it already is, ask them to include the word "Loopa" in the phrase — the assistant needs to hear which app is meant.
Gemini has to be the device's digital assistant app: Settings → search "digital assistant app" → Gemini. If it already is, ask them to include the word "Loopa" in the phrase. The assistant needs to hear which app is meant.
'''Android note:''' the spoken phrases go live when the app's Play listing does. Until then, long-pressing the Loopa icon gives the same four actions and works today.
=== "It logged food with no calories" ===
+ Working as intended. Loopa did not recognise what they said, so rather than guessing at a number it saved the entry under exactly their words and told them the calories are missing. Ask them to open the entry and add the figure — everything else about it is already saved and counted.
Working as intended. Loopa did not recognize what they said, so rather than guessing at a number it saved the entry under exactly their words and told them the calories are missing. Ask them to open the entry and add the figure. Everything else about it is already saved and counted.
== Things that are not faults ==
* '''A glass and a cup are both 8 fl oz.''' A bottle is 16.9 fl oz. If a member expected a different volume, this is the definition, not a miscount.
+ * '''Everything logged by voice lands on today.''' Backdating is an in-app action. A member who said something last night and sees it on today's date is seeing the designed behaviour.
+ * '''Saying it twice in quick succession logs once.''' If an assistant retries a slow request, Loopa recognises it as the same one. A member who expected two entries and got one, within a minute or so, has hit this.
* '''Everything logged by voice lands on today.''' Backdating is an in-app action. A member who said something last night and sees it on today's date is seeing the designed behavior.
* '''Saying it twice in quick succession logs once.''' If an assistant retries a slow request, Loopa recognizes it as the same one. A member who expected two entries and got one, within a minute or so, has hit this.
== When to escalate ==
Escalate with the member's account, the platform, the exact phrase they used and the time:
* The confirmation named an amount or a food that does not match what they said.
* An entry appears twice with the same wording more than a few minutes apart.
* A Premium member is told voice logging needs Premium.

'''What a voice-logging ticket usually is.''' Nine in ten are one of four things: the member is not Premium, their session ended, Gemini is not their assistant, or a food came back without calories. None of them is a fault in the log.

== How it works, in one paragraph ==

The member's assistant does the listening. Siri or Gemini turns the sentence into an instruction — an amount, a food name, a duration — and hands Loopa that. '''No audio ever reaches Loopa.''' The entry goes into the same diary as anything logged by hand, and the assistant reads back a confirmation that Loopa wrote.

== The four common tickets ==

=== "It says I need Premium" ===

Correct, and expected. Logging by voice is a Premium feature. '''Logging by hand is not''' — water, food and activity stay free in the app, and the member has lost nothing. Point them at what Premium includes rather than treating this as a problem.

=== "It says I'm signed out" ===

Their session ended. Signing in again in the app restores the phrases immediately; nothing needs re-setting up.

=== "Nothing happens when I say it" (Android) ===

Gemini has to be the device's digital assistant app: Settings → search "digital assistant app" → Gemini. If it already is, ask them to include the word "Loopa" in the phrase — the assistant needs to hear which app is meant.

'''Android note:''' the spoken phrases go live when the app's Play listing does. Until then, long-pressing the Loopa icon gives the same four actions and works today.

=== "It logged food with no calories" ===

Working as intended. Loopa did not recognise what they said, so rather than guessing at a number it saved the entry under exactly their words and told them the calories are missing. Ask them to open the entry and add the figure — everything else about it is already saved and counted.

== Things that are not faults ==

  • '''A glass and a cup are both 8 fl oz.''' A bottle is 16.9 fl oz. If a member expected a different volume, this is the definition, not a miscount.
  • '''Everything logged by voice lands on today.''' Backdating is an in-app action. A member who said something last night and sees it on today's date is seeing the designed behaviour.
  • '''Saying it twice in quick succession logs once.''' If an assistant retries a slow request, Loopa recognises it as the same one. A member who expected two entries and got one, within a minute or so, has hit this.

== When to escalate ==

Escalate with the member's account, the platform, the exact phrase they used and the time:

  • The confirmation named an amount or a food that does not match what they said.
  • An entry appears twice with the same wording more than a few minutes apart.
  • A Premium member is told voice logging needs Premium.
'''What a voice-logging ticket usually is.''' Nine in ten are one of four things: the member is not Premium, their session ended, Gemini is not their assistant, or a food came back without calories. None of them is a fault in the log.

== How it works, in one paragraph ==

The member's assistant does the listening. Siri or Gemini turns the sentence into an instruction — an amount, a food name, a duration — and hands Loopa that. '''No audio ever reaches Loopa.''' The entry goes into the same diary as anything logged by hand, and the assistant reads back a confirmation that Loopa wrote.

== The four common tickets ==

=== "It says I need Premium" ===

Correct, and expected. Logging by voice is a Premium feature. '''Logging by hand is not''' — water, food and activity stay free in the app, and the member has lost nothing. Point them at what Premium includes rather than treating this as a problem.

=== "It says I'm signed out" ===

Their session ended. Signing in again in the app restores the phrases immediately; nothing needs re-setting up.

=== "Nothing happens when I say it" (Android) ===

Gemini has to be the device's digital assistant app: Settings → search "digital assistant app" → Gemini. If it already is, ask them to include the word "Loopa" in the phrase — the assistant needs to hear which app is meant.

'''Android note:''' the spoken phrases go live when the app's Play listing does. Until then, long-pressing the Loopa icon gives the same four actions and works today.

=== "It logged food with no calories" ===

Working as intended. Loopa did not recognise what they said, so rather than guessing at a number it saved the entry under exactly their words and told them the calories are missing. Ask them to open the entry and add the figure — everything else about it is already saved and counted.

== Things that are not faults ==

* '''A glass and a cup are both 8 fl oz.''' A bottle is 16.9 fl oz. If a member expected a different volume, this is the definition, not a miscount.
* '''Everything logged by voice lands on today.''' Backdating is an in-app action. A member who said something last night and sees it on today's date is seeing the designed behaviour.
* '''Saying it twice in quick succession logs once.''' If an assistant retries a slow request, Loopa recognises it as the same one. A member who expected two entries and got one, within a minute or so, has hit this.

== When to escalate ==

Escalate with the member's account, the platform, the exact phrase they used and the time:

* The confirmation named an amount or a food that does not match what they said.
* An entry appears twice with the same wording more than a few minutes apart.
* A Premium member is told voice logging needs Premium.