dw1 1 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 I use Cachly all the time and for the last couple of months, I get a weird icon showing at the end of my logs. I log using Cachly and using speech-to-text. When I'm done speaking, I tap the little keyboard at the end. It all looks good on Cachly, but when I am home at my computer and I check on geocaching.com, my logs have the icon. Here's an example: https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=1d884229-77c0-4a11-b207-50bfaf75b69a Is there any way to avoid this? Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 I don’t see anything odd at the end of your log, at least when viewed on my phone. See attached screenshot. I can check on a desktop after I get to work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 When viewing on my desktop, I see the OBJ icon. Do you only see this when using speech-to-text to enter the log? Which speech-to-text is being used as it can be different based on the keyboard being used. The default keyboard is different from the google keyboard when using speech-to-text. I'm sure there are other possible keyboards that provide speech-to-text. Knowing which keyboard being used might help further troubleshooting. I will also try to test out posting a log to my own cache using the default Apple keyboard and Google keyboard to see if I can reproduce too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic Hubbard 650 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 I am not seeing any objects either, and looking at the HTML source of the geocaching.com page I don't see anything. Can you show us a screenshot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 I can see it in Chrome on my desktop but not on my mobile. You can see it as the last character in the log. When I inspect/view source on the page I see a blank space. Haven't had a chance to test what I see when trying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 I did a voice recorded log you can view at https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=a603f761-3a98-4d4c-b0a8-a8dfed0ae473 and there's no symbol at the end. I tried with the default keyboard and Google keyboard selected and neither added the odd special character. I even tried with an exclamation point at the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic Hubbard 650 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 Please see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39603446/why-is-this-symbol-showing-up-on-chrome-and-not-firefox-or-edge I don't think that Cachly itself is inserting this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dw1 1 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 I use firefox at home and I see it on firefox. Thanks Team DEMP for posting the screenshot - that's exactly it. When I use cachly, I go into the logging screen and tap on the microphone button to use speech to text. How do I know what kind of keyboard I'm using? It's an iphone se, if that helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 Unless you installed other keyboards like Google or Swype (if they are still around), you are using the default that comes with the iPhone. I'm not sure why you are getting it. I didn't read the link that Nic posted to see if it's somehow language/environment specific. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic Hubbard 650 Report post Posted February 12, 2020 It is basically an invisible line return character. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dw1 1 Report post Posted February 13, 2020 Hmm. So no way to avoid it? Should I download a different keyboard? I'm surprised nobody else has encountered this - it's such an easy way to log. I find a cache with Cachly, dictate a log, press send, and I'm done. All my logs have the symbol and it just kind of annoys me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic Hubbard 650 Report post Posted February 13, 2020 15 hours ago, dw1 said: Hmm. So no way to avoid it? Should I download a different keyboard? I'm surprised nobody else has encountered this - it's such an easy way to log. I find a cache with Cachly, dictate a log, press send, and I'm done. All my logs have the symbol and it just kind of annoys me! I have tested this as well and I cannot replicate it either. We have never had any reports of this. Do you happen to have a second device such as an iPad to test this on? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dw1 1 Report post Posted February 14, 2020 I do have an ipad, plus I have an old iphone that I can still use on wifi and offline. Home with the flu right now but I'll try it out in a week or so. 1 Nic Hubbard reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geo-knot 3 Report post Posted March 4, 2021 I'm getting the same thing in any log where I dictate text, which is any log where I change the template. At first I just went in and removed all the OBJ/new line character manually, but that got old quick. I'm using the default iPhone keyboard and use chrome on the desktop. Has anyone come up with a solution? I just did a test where I deleted all the text inserted by the template, and dictated "this is a test." , and the OBJ still showed up at the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic Hubbard 650 Report post Posted March 4, 2021 51 minutes ago, geo-knot said: I just did a test where I deleted all the text inserted by the template, and dictated "this is a test." , and the OBJ still showed up at the end. For whatever reason, iOS is inserting this. It has been fixed and will be in our 7.0 version. 1 geo-knot reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
