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voice to text - "Sim free" -HTC say NO!

i email HTC to ask if the voice to text feature was disabled on the Sim Free version of the Desire and this is the response i got....
Thank you for your enquiry about voice to text.
Well the device does have voice to search via Google, so it should do. The only thing is you'll probably have to install some apps from market on the Device, hope this helps..
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So any one with the desire ATM does the above work? (i.e voice to search) i find the answer vague so i have asked for a yes or no answer to the question i asked. i quoted the desirehtc website where it states this feature will be available.
if anyone else has emailed HTC on this subject i would be interested in the response you got.
UPDATE
HTC have now resopnded with a Simple "NO" you will have to use a 3d party App.

no voice search here.
cos it's using the HTC IME, it is missing the microphone key that you get on the Android keyboard to use the voice to text functions.
whoever answered that at HTC obviously didn't have one to hand to check and was probably looking at the nexus....

Afternoon all,
After enabling the 'Voice to Text' as shown on How To Enable Voice To Text using one of the links on page 2 I have now got Google search by voice working on a T-Mobile Desire.
You don't have to change over to using the android keyboard if you don't want to use the main voice to text functionality, but now pressing and holding the search button brings up a pop-up on screen with 'Speak Now - Google Search' and a microphone symbol.
Seems to work fine to me.

works fine for me too.

Maybe it's coming in another update, this is from the htc website desirehtc dot com
" Android 2.1...
What's that all about then?
Launched in January 2010, and known in the trade as Eclair, this is basically an update to the operating system. In laymans terms, it's a sexier looking interface. But it's not quite that simple.
Now, for example, your Wallpapers can be animated, injecting your screen with a new lease of life. This works particularly well with the AMOLED screen.
Rather excitingly, it brings us into a realm where voice-to-text is a reality in all text fields. Imagine sending texts or emails simply by talking to your phone. Now do it, we're there. "

I'm sorry but voice search has always been there...

brummiesteven said:
I'm sorry but voice search has always been there...
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While u r 100% right about this bcaz u've got this voice2search on ur Desire....but I never had it on mine... Strange & annoying...
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K 7 said:
While u r 100% right about this bcaz u've got this voice2search on ur Desire....but I never had it on mine... Strange & annoying...
K7
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it is there you just need to enable it i guess

cez10 said:
it is there you just need to enable it i guess
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Can you please explain me steps how 2... appreciated.
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K 7 said:
Can you please explain me steps how 2... appreciated.
K7
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655094
Here it is, tried and tested.
1. goto settings
2. goto text to speech and install voice data
3. goto http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UQC37DJC on your desire
5. download it
6. install it (you may get a prompt saying that you need to change your settings to allow it to install, so do so)
7. next in settings again goto language & keyboard
8. tick android keyboard
9. click android keyboard settings
10. make sure voice input is ticked.
11. go into messages and hold down on TAP TO COMPOSE
12. select input method
13. then select android keyboard
14. click the mic and start talking
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cez10 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655094
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Cheers mate... great help, 1 more reason 2 love Desire...

Back to my orignal post.....
HTC tell me the voice - search is available by default (i.e not installing any other SW) they say it has to be enabled in settings then it work when using the search key/menu?
any one confirm this?

Actually, I also got a similar answer from HTC. I'm from Singapore though. Thus, most likely it is an unlocked version. My question was:
"Does the HTC Desire support the speech-to-text function out of the box? Does it also support AVI files? Thank You."
This is what i got.
"Thanks for contacting HTC.
For HTC Desire, it does have the function for Speech-to-text, but it doesn't support AVI file.
Thank you for your continuous support of our products and services. Should you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again.
We look forward to be of service to you again."
From this reply, it seems obvious what the answer is. But the truth, from those who already got the phone, are far from it. I had specifically said out of the box. But, as told by owners, you need to download apps and everything for this function. Just FYI, I do not own the Desire...yet XD

HTC says NO! to voice enabled in default.

[Q] Jelly Bean Voice Search Woes ?

Hello,
does anyone have issues with the voice search not working as advertised on the keynote?
For example, asking "Who's is the Prime Minister of Japan" just returns a web search result and nothing else. No talking back.
It seems as though it's been disabled, can anyone confirm this?
Edit: Perhaps it's because I'm outside of the US? I'd love to hear back from users with Jellybean outside and inside the US.

Google Now/Search definitely talks back. I just tried that right now. Have you enabled all the features in keyboard/typing and search settings? Try a restart also after
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leshake said:
Google Now/Search definitely talks back. I just tried that right now. Have you enabled all the features in keyboard/typing and search settings? Try a restart also after
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Must be because you are in Us.
Here in new Zealand I can confirm no speech, have yet to try via USA based proxy.
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Sent from my Jellybean Machine.

Works for me in .au if I ask it the exact same question as in the first post "Who's is the Prime Minister of Japan"

ellimistx99 said:
Hello,
does anyone have issues with the voice search not working as advertised on the keynote?
For example, asking "Who's is the Prime Minister of Japan" just returns a web search result and nothing else. No talking back.
It seems as though it's been disabled, can anyone confirm this?
Edit: Perhaps it's because I'm outside of the US? I'd love to hear back from users with Jellybean outside and inside the US.
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I have been using JB in india and for me voice search worked perfectly and also tried the search what u did even for that it gave the correct answer hope it helps

Can u PM me the voice search apk from JB ?

rajarshi10 said:
Can u PM me the voice search apk from JB ?
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I can but i m not very familiar with the file name if u do tell me i ll extract and give u

Alright so I can confirm. Once I went home I was able to get it to talk back and respond to some basic questions, such as "weather" and "who is prime minister of x".
Anyone have any other cool questions you asked that Google responds to? For example, currency conversion doesn't respond back to me, just shows me search.
Although I can never get the mapping questions to show up. "Map of gas stations near me", or "Map of closest 7 eleven"
Also, my Google Now shows no results.

Confirmed working over here in Australia. Pretty cool actually. Now excuse me I've got a bus full of iPhoneys to show off to!

I can't get it to talk, it just shows me some googlelinks here in germany :/

123hiten said:
I can but i m not very familiar with the file name if u do tell me i ll extract and give u
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Its voicetalk or voice search. Something to do with voice. Please PM me asap.

rajarshi10 said:
Its voicetalk or voice search. Something to do with voice. Please PM me asap.
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Uh...download the ROM and extract it yourself if you're so anxious?

gubshi said:
I can't get it to talk, it just shows me some googlelinks here in germany :/
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For me it didn't work at my job. I'm assuming because of proxies or something? Not entirely sure. Try using 3G and try restarting your phone once too..

ellimistx99 said:
For me it didn't work at my job. I'm assuming because of proxies or something? Not entirely sure. Try using 3G and try restarting your phone once too..
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exactly my thoughts. didn't do the trick though.

Jubakuba said:
Uh...download the ROM and extract it yourself if you're so anxious?
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Which rom? Give me the link

rajarshi10 said:
Its voicetalk or voice search. Something to do with voice. Please PM me asap.
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It's VoiceSearch.apk and GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
I'd appreciate it too.

when I change every language-setting to english it works.

Seems a bit hit or miss.
Ask who the prime minister of japan is and i get voice and images etc. Ask who it is for england and i get a google search.
Also, sending texts, settings alarms etc doesn't work

Evostance said:
Seems a bit hit or miss.
Ask who the prime minister of japan is and i get voice and images etc. Ask who it is for england and i get a google search.
Also, sending texts, settings alarms etc doesn't work
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For England if you ask, "Who is the Prime Minister of UK" it works.
For SMS I say, "Send text to Dad I'm going to be late today" works for me.
For Alarm, I say, "Set and Alarm for 430 am tomorrow" also works.
Fun think to try, "What is the answer to life, the universe and everything" you get, "42"

Other things I've noticed:
"Where are all the petrol stations near me" works. Whereas, "where are all the gas stations near me" didn't. Then slowly, over time, as I used it more they started to work.
It seems like something is going on in the servers at ol google.

Google now won't work

Hello there, I've got a question about Google's new Android 4.1.
I am running Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus GSM version without having any problems. But now I wanted to try out so called "Google Now" and ask a few questions like "What is the definition of Robot?"
In Google's demo at I/O 2012 Google Now gave an answer like Apple's Siri, spoke to the user and showed him a card with the definition of Robot.
Now my problem is, that when I ask something, google now just gives me the google search results and doesn't speak to me or give me a card.
Is anyone having the same problems?

Yeah, I'm noticing the same behavior. Sometimes it does work ("how high is the burj khalifa?"), but most of the time it just searches for it. It does work best in English, though. I switched it to German (native language) and I'm having a hard time making it do anything but search on Google.
But oh well, it's not a stable release, so you can't really expect anything. I hope they will be able to iron out most issues before JB goes public.

MrBlackbriar said:
Yeah, I'm noticing the same behavior. Sometimes it does work ("how high is the burj khalifa?"), but most of the time it just searches for it. It does work best in English, though. I switched it to German (native language) and I'm having a hard time making it do anything but search on Google.
But oh well, it's not a stable release, so you can't really expect anything. I hope they will be able to iron out most issues before JB goes public.
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My native language is German, too. I also tried both, English and German, none of them worked. But well You're right it's not a final release, I am happy with it but I am looking forward to see some Siri-like application on my Nexus. I thought I've missed something in the settings but I guess I am gonna wait for the final release...
Thanks for the reply, greetings from Frankfurt ;-)

I guess I'm glad I'M not the only one with this issue. Cdma Nexus.Let's hope it works better with future development.

Try going into settings\accounts\google then "search" and setting and setting it to "search on google.com" instead of your local google and it speaks lots more

I can't find that option.
Manage Location Settings
Location & Google Search
Show Recent Searches

843 said:
I can't find that option.
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Google Now -> Settings -> Privacy & Accounts -> Search on google.com
Also, set your phones language to English (US)
Settings -> Language & input -> Language -> English (United States)

http://i.imgur.com/kr9Je.png
It's already in US English.

843 said:
http://i.imgur.com/P7vor.png
It's already in US English.
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740542

I've done everything there except the last part, because there is no such option.

Ochs said:
Hello there, I've got a question about Google's new Android 4.1.
I am running Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus GSM version without having any problems. But now I wanted to try out so called "Google Now" and ask a few questions like "What is the definition of Robot?"
In Google's demo at I/O 2012 Google Now gave an answer like Apple's Siri, spoke to the user and showed him a card with the definition of Robot.
Now my problem is, that when I ask something, google now just gives me the google search results and doesn't speak to me or give me a card.
Is anyone having the same problems?
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I'm having the same exact problem. Mine worked very well for the first few days I was using it, now however it won't talk back to me after I ask it a question. What's also odd is that half way through checking the settings the option for "Hotword Detection" vanished (found in "Google Now -> Settings -> Voice" ). I had to do a battery pull to get it to come back.
I have checked all the other language settings as the other forum post had suggested but still nothing. I'm thinking it must have been some kind of silent update or a problem on the back end because none of my other settings have changed.

ArmTheHarmless said:
I'm having the same exact problem. Mine worked very well for the first few days I was using it, now however it won't talk back to me after I ask it a question. What's also odd is that half way through checking the settings the option for "Hotword Detection" vanished (found in "Google Now -> Settings -> Voice" ). I had to do a battery pull to get it to come back.
I have checked all the other language settings as the other forum post had suggested but still nothing. I'm thinking it must have been some kind of silent update or a problem on the back end because none of my other settings have changed.
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I changed my language settings from German to English, everything is working perfectly for me now... Except that google now thinks that I am in Washington instead of in Germany but I guess I can figure out how thinks work.

ArmTheHarmless said:
I'm having the same exact problem. Mine worked very well for the first few days I was using it, now however it won't talk back to me after I ask it a question. What's also odd is that half way through checking the settings the option for "Hotword Detection" vanished (found in "Google Now -> Settings -> Voice" ). I had to do a battery pull to get it to come back.
I have checked all the other language settings as the other forum post had suggested but still nothing. I'm thinking it must have been some kind of silent update or a problem on the back end because none of my other settings have changed.
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Same for me, the talk back results worked great until today. I just saw that Google Now got ported to ICS, maybe with a ton more people using the service something got messed up on Google's end? Weird.

Get Google Now to speak on Canadian stock Jelly Bean

Idan73 has helped me to get Google Now to speak some time ago on the leaked build. It is extremely easy. If you open root explorer navigate to /system/csc/ language.xml. use menu button to open this file in text editor. The 5th or so line down is the languages currently displayed and looks like this......en_CA;fr_CA;kr_KR;........ all you need to do is add en_US to the end of this line and it will activate english (United States) in the settings/language and input tab. Go into phone Settings then Language and inputs and select English United states. Google Now will now speak. Big props to Idan73 for his help.
Obviously you will need root to accomplish this. I used CF-root after updating via KIES. Be sure to thank ChainFire for his work when you visit his thread.

BCSC said:
Idan73 has helped me to get Google Now to speak some time ago on the leaked build. It is extremely easy. If you open root explorer navigate to /system/csc/ language.xml. use menu button to open this file in text editor. The 5th or so line down is the languages currently displayed and looks like this......en_CA;fr_CA;kr_KR;........ all you need to do is add en_US to the end of this line and it will activate english (United States) in the settings/language and input tab. Go into phone Settings then Language and inputs and select English United states. Google Now will now speak. Big props to Idan73 for his help.
Obviously you will need root to accomplish this. I used CF-root after updating via KIES. Be sure to thank ChainFire for his work when you visit his thread.
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If you're not comfortable tinkering with the files on your own, there is an app that can help you. Credit goes to xaueious for these instructions.
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I have a Galaxy Nexus, so I already went though this before. Blame Google.
TO GET GOOGLE NOW FULLY WORKING IN CANADA, YOU NEED TO:
set your system locale (not the one in Google Now, but your actual device language) to en-US (use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale&hl=en), add custom locale with language 'en', country 'US', and apply that. The stock setting of en-CA (Canadian English) does not work
change your Google Now search settings to use Google.com instead of Google.ca. You lose cards otherwise.
Make sure Google Now voice is English US to avoid further issues.
There's also an update for Google Now in the the Play Store.
Mine works just fine.
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Worked like a charm thanks for sharing that.

Worked fine! Thanks.

+1

I was almost pulling my hair out, trying to figure this out!
Worked great and thanks for sharing this!

Thank you thank you
Worked like a charm...Thanks much...

After I did this it seems that my weather changed to displaying in Fahrenheit. Anyone else get this?
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Tybalt said:
After I did this it seems that my weather changed to displaying in Fahrenheit. Anyone else get this?
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Yea, that happened to me to. Just go into the weather settings and change it to celcius.
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[Q] Google now No speech output , no sound

After finally getting the upgrade to JB through kies, Google now works very well except it doesn't have any speech responses like it should. When asking google now the time on my one x, it says the time out loud. The galaxy s3 only displays it.
I've tried
-increasing all of the volumes on the phone
-reboot
-going into google now settings, voice --> Speech output: always speak
-going into google now settings, voice--> Language: English US
But no luck...anyone know how to resolve this?
Thanks

patrik335 said:
After finally getting the upgrade to JB through kies, Google now works very well except it doesn't have any speech responses like it should. When asking google now the time on my one x, it says the time out loud. The galaxy s3 only displays it.
I've tried
-increasing all of the volumes on the phone
-reboot
-going into google now settings, voice --> Speech output: always speak
-going into google now settings, voice--> Language: English US
But no luck...anyone know how to resolve this?
Thanks
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Use MoreLocale2 from market to change location to US english, this worked for me, this is not my idea and am relaying from aother post on subject but i can't remember who posted.
EDIT:Found it BCSC has a thread about this about 25 threads back.
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ragzdincs said:
Use MoreLocale2 from market to change location to US english, this worked for me, this is not my idea and am relaying from aother post on subject but i can't remember who posted.
EDIT:Found it BCSC has a thread about this about 25 threads back.
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I tried searching for other threads to make sure this wasn't a repost but guess I did a poor job. I'll try that now and report back. Thank you!

patrik335 said:
I tried searching for other threads to make sure this wasn't a repost but guess I did a poor job. I'll try that now and report back. Thank you!
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This worked for both my S3 and my One X+
Thank you!