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I just got a OnePlus 6 phone, and I noticed that it seems to ignore or greatly exaggerate the volume level for notifications in the Speech Output task. Even when I manually set it to zero, the speech on that audio stream is exceptionally LOUD as compared to my Nexus 6P. Weird since they're both running Android 8.1.

asentell wrote:the volume level for notifications in the Speech Output task.

Can you tell me what audio stream you are actually cranking the volume upon?
As in:
Which stream do you use action "Speech Output" for?
And what volume do you set on which of those audio streams?

It's the Notification audio stream. Even at level 0 it's quite loud.

Maybe the Plus 6 doesn't deal with certain audio streams. Either that, or speech is somehow forced into another audio stream.
I would try all audio streams one by one, put an action "Store Audio Volumes" and put a condition "debug dialog" at the end of the flow to see what stream has which volume.

It seems the OnePlus audio stream just doesn't have a very wide range of volume levels. The music stream however provides a lot more control. Is there a way I can set the music stream volume level dynamically using a formula rather than using a constant? For example, take the current volume level and add 10 to it.

I see that it says variables are supported for this in the help documentation, but I can't figure out how to make that work on the screen. There's nothing in the drop-down list of options for variables.

The volume value accepts variables. So practically anything is possible.
Although it's a question of testing to know what the operating system will do with a value that's too high. It can ignore or revert to max volume.

Can you tell me how to use variables to set the volume? I see it's possible in the help documents, but I don't see how to do it. There's not an option in the drop-down menu for variables.

A variable is used by typing '{' and '}' around the name of your variable.
It will essentially also accept script.
If you want a volume of 10 for example, this will do as well:
{5*2}
Just know your variable and you don't need the drop-down menu