I am trying to setup a Galaxy S4 (model GT-i9500) for my 86 year old nearly blind mother.
Voice activation anything would be very helpful for her.
As she does not use the Internet much she does not have a Data feature on her cell phone plan (she uses her wifi at home)
but I cannot get SVoice (or Hands Free or Car Mode as it is alternately called I believe) to work without Internet, for instance if she were outside of her home wifi area.
I can understand that some features of SVoice would naturally require Intnernet (web browsing, search for instance)
but I was hoping she could use the phones' native features using voice activation - "Call Peter" or "Turn on Timer" etc.
But when I try SVoice offline, it just fails telling me I need internet.
Can someone clarify? Does all SVoice traffic go through the Internet or should some functions be local and not require data.
Many thanks
Peter
Voice activation anything would be very helpful for her.
As she does not use the Internet much she does not have a Data feature on her cell phone plan (she uses her wifi at home)
but I cannot get SVoice (or Hands Free or Car Mode as it is alternately called I believe) to work without Internet, for instance if she were outside of her home wifi area.
I can understand that some features of SVoice would naturally require Intnernet (web browsing, search for instance)
but I was hoping she could use the phones' native features using voice activation - "Call Peter" or "Turn on Timer" etc.
But when I try SVoice offline, it just fails telling me I need internet.
Can someone clarify? Does all SVoice traffic go through the Internet or should some functions be local and not require data.
Many thanks
Peter