Anyone know how to voice dial on the desire, doesn't seem to be any button combination that allows voice dialing ?
Surely they have not missed this out ?
If they have missed it out any good apps like MSVC but on the android platform ?
Thanks
This is a good find! On the G1 you hold the call button, but I don't know how it works with no dedicated call button.
How about this?
http://choicedialer.com/
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.resounding.choicedialer.pro/
$4, not bad if you really like it.
There is free version though:
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.resounding.choicedialer.free/
Or this:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/17872-voice-dialing.html#post135403
Or this:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-dr...tml#post135403
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Did see this but does not work on the desire. The first link is close but it appears there is no way to voice dial with a bluetooth headset. Really dont know why this has been missed out of any release as it a well used feature.
Thanks for the info anyway, i am sure eventually it will be included, maybe in another rom update.
Does it work if you press and hold the on-screen send key in the dialer app?
This thread on Android forums suggests the function was available on earlier HTC phones:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f10/voice-dialing-878/
bcmobile said:
Does it work if you press and hold the on-screen send key in the dialer app?
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No that doesn't do anything. I've just tried the free version of ChoiceDialer and so far it seems very good. I am in a very quiet environment so I want to test it out in noisier areas before I decide whether to get the paid version.
Damn! That's disappointing! It's one of those features I never even bother to look for. These days I assume all phones would have this function.
Good to see there is an app that can do voicedialing. WOuld be interedted in hearing your thoughts after a couple of days use.
Get "Choice Dialer" from the Market. Great program, IMO.
Paid for the full version of Choice Dialler. Love it! I can say 'Play music from ..' and name one of my playlists or albums and it starts playing it. For me so far it worksabout 70 to 80% of the time and I don't have to use a US accent even though the developer confirmed to me it is designed for US voice recognition.
One bug for me though and that is I have to disable the ability to find individual song tracks. It says I have too many but at the moment I have only installed 367! The developer is trying to find the problem but it would be helpful to know if anyone else with the paid version has a similar problem. (Searching for music isn't available on the free version.)
if you have the desire you can go to the voice search app and say "dial so and so _________ insert name" that should work for the voice dial it is already preinstalled so you don't need to pay anything hope this helps you guys
New voice search does it. You have to select us accent in the settings tho. Hold search button, then say call name mobile/home. Done. Works with my eastern European accent LOL
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But there is no way to do ir over BT
Just posting my general frustration with this.
Just got a HTC desire. My ancient Ericsson would do this and not a so called smart phone. Voice dial via Bluetooth is essential for in car calls.
LostInSwiss said:
Just got a HTC desire. My ancient Ericsson would do this and not a so called smart phone. Voice dial via Bluetooth is essential for in car calls.
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I couldn't agree more. This is a high end device and this feature ought to be included and be 100% reliable. What were they thinking? Apple made the same mistake with the first iPhone, you'd think Google would have learnt from it. It's a pathetic omission.
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if you have the desire you can go to the voice search app and say "dial so and so _________ insert name" that should work for the voice dial it is already preinstalled so you don't need to pay anything hope this helps you guys
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thats what i thought was the idea.
shame it doesnt work over bluetooth - just seems to call the last person called instead
When I use the voice search, all it does is bring up a google web browser. How can I change it to call people or play music?
still missing voicedial over bluetooth as I had on my old SonyEricsson with me creating database of sound for names
is there an app with such a funcionality?
alanbyrne said:
When I use the voice search, all it does is bring up a google web browser. How can I change it to call people or play music?
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open the voice search app up and turn off google web search and enable contacts etc.
open the voice search app up and turn off google web search and enable contacts etc.
Sorry but i cant find any settings to disable google and enable contacks ...........any help?
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Is the Desire missing Google voice search? I can't seem to find how to access / enable it at all. My girlfriends Motorola Dext has it, and it's quite nifty. Perhaps I'm just being blind, but I can't figure it out!!
Cheers,
Badger
I havent recieve my HTC desire yet, so havent had chance to play with it. Anyway I found the following:
http://nimbu.amorvi.com/2010/04/add-voice-search-to-htc-phones/
Dont know if they work great or not. I believe I have read somewhere here, that it works ok.
It's not natively installed but that works very well. Keep the search button pressed and the voice prompt will show up and it recognizes most common words I've yet asked of it and additionally Google also then returns accurate results.
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There we go. Perfect. THanks very much
Wanna shed some light on this whole V2T.
I sent an email to HTC. Got the following answer:
Thanks for your email.
No, the desire does not have VOice to text, but as you can see from that website, it is supposed to.
We are currently working with the developers to find out what happened. We don;t know why it was removed, or whether it was done purposefully or by accident, and investigating what we need to do to get it back.
I am sure it will be released as an update in the very near future, but at present it is missing from HTC SEnse.
I apologise for the mixup and can assure you that it is supposed to be there and we are working on it now.
Best regards,
Pete W
HTC
M Dawg said:
Wanna shed some light on this whole V2T.
I sent an email to HTC. Got the following answer:
Thanks for your email.
No, the desire does not have VOice to text, but as you can see from that website, it is supposed to.
We are currently working with the developers to find out what happened. We don;t know why it was removed, or whether it was done purposefully or by accident, and investigating what we need to do to get it back.
I am sure it will be released as an update in the very near future, but at present it is missing from HTC SEnse.
I apologise for the mixup and can assure you that it is supposed to be there and we are working on it now.
Best regards,
Pete W
HTC
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That is strange I thought it was supposed to be an exclusive feature of the Nexus ones in addition to the noise cancellation? that is why the HTC doesnt have the voice search like the nexus ones??
Voice dialling on HTC Desire
Right then, this is what i need, can anyone point me in the right direction, and if you offer me advice id very much appreciate it being proven and tested to work as im new here and dont yet know my a from my elbow. I need an application that will allow me to speak a command such as dial number and then it will allow me to dial a number that is not stored anywhere on the phone. there is an app called choice dialler but its not good, in so far as it wont let me dial UK numbers and only stores 10 digits, which Uk numbers arent!!! I rather get the impression this app was designed for our american brethren as it accepts 911 but never heard of 999. When i try to call a uk number i try by sayiing "Dial, plus 44, followed by the number but it only works 1 time out of a hundred and i do mean that literally.. Anyone help me please, woud be appreciated, as am on the road 99 per cent of the day and cant have a handsfree kit installed as in mostly a different car every day....
I'm looking for a voice dialler aswell. I think it may need a seperate post to get some info.
james00000007 said:
I'm looking for a voice dialler aswell. I think it may need a seperate post to get some info.
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Well actually, install the Voice Search apk and it gives you google search with voice but additionally, if you hold down the search hardware button it searches google as well without going to the app BUT if you hold it and say for example "call <persons name> mobile" it will actually call them. Is that not good enough?
On a side note, it recognises my voice great!
Hey guys, I've installed the voice search 2.1 apk and it's working fine, but today I decided to see if I could voice dial, and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get it working. Everything I say simply ends up a google search. If I long press the Search button while on the Home screen to bring up Voice Search, then say, for example, "Call Dad Mobile", all it does is do a Google Web Search for those exact words...I can't get it to actually dial!!
What am I doing wrong??? I also tried, "Open Calendar", and surprise surprise, it did a web search for those words. Nothing is working!!!
When you hold down the magnifying glass and say call someone, and it provides you with a google search, rather than actually calling someone.....
The problem is you have the wrong voice keyboard installed.
You were probably and early adopter of the device and installed the first one you found in a thread on here.
I had the same problem, and deleted the keyboard, installed a later one, and now it works.
Fon22
And where is the later one?
Do you mean Voice Search app or Voice Keyboard? I'm using Jonas' v27 HTC IME mod as my keyboard (created from the online skin generator).
If you mean Voice Search, I'm using Voice Search 2.1 apk, that I got from another website. Should I replace this with the one on the market place?
I'm running Jonas' v27 too, and I think the 2.1 voice APK (didn't install it separately, came with the MCR FroYo ROM). Works a charm for me (though only for some names, such as Adam Green, as most of my contacts have Eastern European names ).
Just tried replacing Voice Search with the one on the market place, and it's still doing exactly the same! I can use it for entering text, but NO voice commands work, it always defaults to doing a web search! What am I doing wrong? I'm running stock rooted 1.21 firmware, no modifications (apart for Jonas' keyboard).
Hmm....I think I may have just figured something out...can someone on here run a test for me? I need someone to check in People and see if their contacts are set to "Google" or "Phone". I have all but one of mine set to "Phone", but it seems that the one I have designated by accident as a Google contact is the only one that voice dialing works with...is this because, for example, Google actually searches your online contacts only, rather than the contacts saved exclusively on your phone?
Also, it still doesn't recognise the "Open" command...can someone also test that out for me?
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Hmm....I think I may have just figured something out...can someone on here run a test for me? I need someone to check in People and see if their contacts are set to "Google" or "Phone". I have all but one of mine set to "Phone", but it seems that the one I have designated by accident as a Google contact is the only one that voice dialing works with...is this because, for example, Google actually searches your online contacts only, rather than the contacts saved exclusively on your phone?
Also, it still doesn't recognise the "Open" command...can someone also test that out for me?
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I wish I could help you.. seems all my contacts are Google contacts. I even made a new one, and he's still a Google contact :/
And I never heard of Open X commands working. Open Mail, Calendar, Messaging all point me to a google search, so it understood what I said.
I'm looking into buying a Google Voice App. Did a few searches, but the reviews are mostly outdated and some of the cons are undoubtedly fixed.
Wondering if anyone recently done the same search and what conclusion you came to?
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I'm looking into buying a Google Voice App. Did a few searches, but the reviews are mostly outdated and some of the cons are undoubtedly fixed.
Wondering if anyone recently done the same search and what conclusion you came to?
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If you mean the program that records calls, I had an issue one time on my HD7. I used the app on an Android and it recorded a call and kept showing the icon on the lockscreen of my HD7 when I started using it. What it did was mix up the voice message origin between the Google app and the built-in app. I could never get the icon to go away until I made a new voice message to my HD7 using the built-in app. Then I was able to delete the message and make the icon disappear.
I stopped using Google Voice because of that.
I've been using GoVoice, and its worked pretty good so far. Its a far cry from the official Google Voice app I had on android, so I'm hoping socket support comes soon, and hoping Google will make an official app like they did with the iPhone.
I come from using a Nexus One so the switch has been painful to say the least. I do like GoVoice somewhat. Hate the fact that you have to sign up for a third party service to get push notifications. Otherwise it's an ok app.
My pick is FreeTalk. I was using GoVoice before, but I found that FreeTalk offers a more user friendly interface. I like the fact that when I start up FreeTalk, you can immediately choose to either look at your messages or immediately swipe to the phone keypad hub screen to make a call. This is especially useful to me, as I make a lot of international calls through Google Voice. Lastly, for those who might need this feature, there is a non-English translation option that will translate your SMS and text voicemails to another language. I am not sure if this is built-in into the Android version, and I don't think I saw it in GoVoice either.
In general the voice recognition is good but there are a full words it always gets wrong e.g. it wont get my wifes name right so I can't voice call her. Is there a way of training google now to get this right? I have set the langauge to my country and this helped alot with other words and locations but just doesn't get them all.
Any help here or am I stuck with only the options google think I said?
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johnw230873 said:
In general the voice recognition is good but there are a full words it always gets wrong e.g. it wont get my wifes name right so I can't voice call her. Is there a way of training google now to get this right? I have set the langauge to my country and this helped alot with other words and locations but just doesn't get them all.
Any help here or am I stuck with only the options google think I said?
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I second this, My wifes name is not recognised and I have tried adding a phonetic name ( tho it then displays this as the contact name :/ ) even downloading the language pack for the country her name is from! nothing! so annoying. this must be a common problem? but theres no posts about it, this makes me think that I'm thick and can't find something that most people think is obvious. tried adding a nick name of 'the wife' which google voice would hear correctly but only do a web search??? fortunately I have an S3 and S-voice will recognise the name but I was hoping to switch.
btw running 4.1 omega rom on S3 and changing my wifes name to Donna via Deed poll...
Same Here
There must not be a solution to this, which is very disappointing. The new voice recognition is cheap for voice calling, especially since my wife is the primary one that I call. :-\
I'm guessing no one found a resolution for this, because I am having the exact same problem.
Save you wife as 'wife', e.g. 'phone wife'
Job done!
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In general the voice recognition is good but there are a full words it always gets wrong e.g. it wont get my wifes name right so I can't voice call her. Is there a way of training google now to get this right? I have set the langauge to my country and this helped alot with other words and locations but just doesn't get them all.
Any help here or am I stuck with only the options google think I said?
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Try going to Settings/Language & Input/Voice Search then tick the box for Personalized recognition.
Try saying "launch utter"
The utter app is way more responsive, if you can get over the fugliness...
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Try going to Settings/Language & Input/Voice Search then tick the box for Personalized recognition.
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Except Personalized Recognition is missing on both Nexus's that I have, and has been known to be missing on other devices too:
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/rbEGC4jWzaU
I haven't found why yet. CM 10.1 in the case of the Gnexes.
I just came from a Windows Phone and really missed the one touch voice dial, spoken caller ID, text read aloud and text by voice features. The default Google Voice Command on the One really frustrated me (long press home button) and I had to find a solution. After hours of searching and reading I happened upon Dragon Mobile Assistant. Wow! This Program has voice dial. text by voice, talking caller ID, text read aloud, open apps by voice, search, navigation, play your music and allows you to use voice functions while phone is locked. Everything can be accessed within two presses or totally hands free by voice in Driving Mode. It can even detect when you are driving and go handsfree automatically. It can also be mapped to your long press Home button. Sorry it doesn't map to long press on headset button as Google has this function solely, but in driver mode it listens for your voice wake up command so it's not a biggy for me. Best of all this app is totally free and I haven't even listed all it's functions. Check it out:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.balerion
It says "not compatible with your device "
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anandpo said:
It says "not compatible with your device "
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Works fine on mine, I'm unrooted and downloaded the app from the Playstore.
Not available in the uk, can you post the apk please. So we can try?
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ekksman said:
Not available in the uk, can you post the apk please. So we can try?
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+1 Doesn't even show up when searching. Would like to give this a go. The apk would be great so we can all give it a try, thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33205504
try this
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33205504
try this
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Cheers for the link.
I had just found it too and was about to post the link, lol
Downloaded the latest version and will try it later.
I had to download from the link posted here but any version i installed, crashed and didnt start at all. Thanks for trying anyway.