Voice Dialing

You know i have had 4 or 5 phones with the voice dialer feature and i never used it. Maybe the G1 will change that!

Seems like it would be cool to have. Do you have to pre record the names you would be using voice dial for?
 
If you have to pre record the names that would be lame. My Wing has voice dial and it recognizes your voice...well...as good as it can...with no need to pre record.
 
Hi, I think there is a discrepancy between the British release and US releases as I donot have a Dialler on page 41 of the manual. Can any UK owner tell me if they have a voice dialer on their phone, as the shortcuts described below donot work ???
 
hey i got my phone from the UK and there is no voice dialing.. also no amazon MP3.. and favs shortcut on desktop is replaced be web'n'talk app... otherwise i think everything s same..
 
No voice dial in the UK. Must be a dialect issue. Sorry

I was drooling over g1 along time ago under the impression that Google had ambitions to have an awesome voice web search and implement speech recognition all over it .. That and flv streamming. But, owell nothing new with sr

I dont use this feat
 
lol it doesn't recognize Indian names but when I started blurting out traditional/easy to spell names, it starting giving me accurate lists of contacts to call.

Like most other features on the phone, I was like WTF awesome! Let me find a reason to use it.
 
The Voice Dial application in HTC Hero for Sprint isn't very useful if you are expecting hands-free using of the phone. The voice dial program included has a long delay if you aren't close to the actual name or description used (such as CALL BOB SMITH takes about 30secs where CALL BOB SMITH AT HOME takes about 3 secs as the number is stored in Bob's home # field). Along with this, even if the phone returns 1 choice, you still have that long wait time.

Otherwise, voice dial is good (when you are NOT driving)

now for driving purposes ....

voice dial sucks. You have to take your eyes off the road to (1. find the voice dial button to press, 2. select the already correct or many #s to dial, and 3. if you have pwd-protected phone, you might as well crash or pull over).

voice dial does NOT work when you are trying to dial out with bluetooth, but once the phone makes the call, you can talk through the bluetooth earpiece.

Also, if you answer an incoming call and
1. click the phone to answer ... your phone will answer, not your bluetooth
2. click the bluetooth to answer, the bluetooth will answer, not the phone

Last thing, I have a friend at work that says that he can do hands-free with his HTC Hero in his car because he has a built-in bluetooth hands-free device that came from the dealer. So if you have that, check with your dealer and see if you can get the phone connected... at least you won't crash in your own car.

Even though I prefer the ear piece (and SO much easier for me than letting everyone in the car hear the conversation), I did find at Wal-Mart a bluetooth car hands-free system that looked reasonable for using.. it (with others) was located next to the auto car speakers section.


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I think the Android developers were hoping one of "us" would program the bluetooth voice dialing, but then again it seems the actual programming commands to access the bluetooth stack are not available in the current sdk ... maybe again, they probably didn't have a good programmer to get the bluetooth working right (which may be the reason for the voice dial app) ... just my silly opinion.
 
Okay, I think I've found a "work-around" for the voice-dialer problem that will allow you to use it hands-free.

In the marketplace, download TopVoiceControl - TopVoiceControl v1.3.0 Application for Android | Tools

The first time you launch it, it will ask which voice dialer you want to be your default. Press the checkmark box for Make Default, and choose TopVoiceControl (you can change this back later by "clearing" the default in Settings > Applications > Manage Applications).

Now, in Contacts, create some "speed dial" contacts with easy to say names you will remember, and which don't sound too much like other contacts names. I am playing with using "numbers" actually spelled out like "One" and "Two". For example, I created a contact called "One" with my wife's cell phone number and NO other information.

Start TopVoiceControl (it will start up like voice dialer, waiting for you to say something). Press the menu button, this will bring up the settings for TopVoiceControl. Check the box next to "Act on single result".

(Note: while you are in the settings you may also want to turn off text-to-speech, which is on by default, because to use this you need to download another app or package or something, and it will keep nagging you until you download it, or until you disable it in settings. I haven't tried it yet).

Now, provided your voice "speed dial" contact name is a unique sounding name that is not too hard to pronounce, it should be the only result found when you say it, and TopVoiceControl will initiate the call right away.

It is important to remember that you have to say "Call" before the contact name, or it will search for apps as well.

I tested this using my Motorola BT ear piece and it worked well. It is important to speak loudly, clearly, and enunciate well so that TVC only finds the one result to call. Play around with names/words that sound very distinct from the other contacts and app names on your phone.
 
I am legally blind and purchased a Motorola Android. Installed voice diaaler and having a problem getting it to work properly. My problem may be there is not enough text to speech when using the phone
 
not quite satisfied with yr answer - dos it mean it would "read" my cntcts as typed in ? I normally avoid using of "vowels" e.g. John I spell as Jhn - Sheila as Shla ; what happens then ? Can i not myself rcrd the name against each entry as i did in WINDOWS MBL Ver. 5 ? Do revert pl as soon as possible because I m a pARKINSON'S patient and am planning to buy SAMSUNG GALAXY S android. Have a Happy day. Navroz kanga.
 
Hi,

Just to tell you there's a new easy and efficient app : Smart Vocal Dialer 2.

It works since the 1.5 android version and on HTC phones.

Enjoy it
 
"Just to tell you there's a new easy and efficient app : Smart Vocal Dialer 2.
It works since the 1.5 android version and on HTC phones."

I switched from win mobile phone to droid and don't like droids' voice command. I write numbers down on note pad and then activate VC to order phone to call that number. This works great with MS VC. Droid pulls up VC screen when activated and obscures the note pad I had open so I can no longer see the number I want to call. If I go back to the note pad page, VC is deactivated. Very frustrating. Does SVD2 behave the same way or will it leave the previous screen visible when activated? Thanks.
 
Well, can't find Smart Voice Dialer in the Google marketplace. Running froyo (2.2) and it doesn't have bluetooth voice dialing built in either.

Does anyone know if it's going to be possible to have true hands free voice dialing with these phones? (As it looks like froyo is not the solution I was hoping it would be)
 
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