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Help Does the voice dial feature work for anyone?

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Rangerdavid

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I've tried the voice feature and it seems to be crap. I've tried it with, and without a bluetooth headset, and it doesn't recognize any name I say.

For example, if I want to dial my wife, I say "call martha"


it dials the toyota dealer. makes no sense at all. is there something i'm missing? some "set up" i need to go through so i can identify my voice? I'm asking it to dial names in my address book, actually just after she called, i tried it to call her back, no joy.

any suggestions?

RD
 
Try vlingo. It doesn't work with bluetooth but it works a lot better than the stock voice dialer.
 
my boss has the voice commands that actually pop up that i thought came with froyo. if she long presses the magnifying glass on her D2 there is a voice commands prompt and she can dictate full text messages.

i thought that was coming with froyo...?
 
Subscribed......not only does it really suck for voice dialing but I can't get mine to recognize anything I say, (e.g., "navigate to....., search for...., etc)
 
My bluetooth voice dial works pretty well. That was one of the main features I was looking forward to in Froyo. I just make sure to enunciate well, and talk a little slower than normal.
 
None of you have they actual voice commands.

The ones I thought we were get are on the D2. If you long press it a menu pops up thats says

-"Navigate to..."
-"Call..."
-"Text.."

with several other options. I thought we were getting it but I guess not :(
 
NoShftShck16 said:
None of you have they actual voice commands.

The ones I thought we were get are on the D2. If you long press it a menu pops up thats says

-"Navigate to..."
-"Call..."
-"Text.."

with several other options. I thought we were getting it but I guess not :(
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Umm, not sure what you mean. I long press on the search button and it pops up a thing that says "Speak now". I then say "Navigate to...", "Call..." etc. I don't get a menu with the commands listed, but I can use the commands. And I could do this all on 2.1 if I remember correctly. The only thing 2.2 added that I was aware of was the ability to use the button on my bluetooth headset to initiate voice commands, and being able to give the command through the headset.
 
NoShftShck16 said:
Right I had that ability too in 2.1. But Google announced voice commands to control the whole phone which was to be launched with Froyo.

Just speak it: introducing Voice Actions for Android - Official Google Mobile Blog

^this is what I'm talking about^
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OK, now I'm starting to understand. I tried several of the commands they listed, and some worked but others didn't. I didn't read the whole article, but I noticed the QR codes at the bottom. Is this something we are supposed to download from the market maybe?
 
NoShftShck16 said:
Right I had that ability too in 2.1. But Google announced voice commands to control the whole phone which was to be launched with Froyo.

Just speak it: introducing Voice Actions for Android - Official Google Mobile Blog

^this is what I'm talking about^
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Okay seriously, mine is no where close to as seamless as the one used in the demo. When I use voice search for anything I pretty much have to talk like a robot enunciating each word very slowly. I wish it worked as good as that, I'd definitely use it a lot more. I've pretty much lost hope in it and I don't even try it any more.
 
AHanks12 said:
Subscribed......not only does it really suck for voice dialing but I can't get mine to recognize anything I say, (e.g., "navigate to....., search for...., etc)
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^ this

Decided to try voice dialing since I hadn't after 2.2 ... hilarity ensues ... how this thing translates "call home" into "open apps" I will never know ... but that's not all ... it gives something different each time I say the same thing!

Love my DInc but this is a little much...

-kj-
 
Okay, for sh!ts and giggles I decided to try each of the commands on that list:
send text to [contact] [message]
listen to [artist/song/album]
call [business]
call [contact]
send email to [contact] [message]
go to [website]
note to self [note]
navigate to [location/business name]
directions to [location/business name]
map of [location]

They all worked perfectly except for the "send email" one. I couldn't get it to seperate the "send to" part from the "message" part. Everything I said after Send Email went into the message box.

And I didn't have to talk like a robot :D I do talk at a normal pace and with a clear voice though.
 
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