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Microsoft Voice Command

Has anybody got it? + If so...does it work well and what are your comments?
Here's more info http://microsoft.handango.com/Platf...30&productType=2&platformId=2&productId=90635
Thanks - Sunny.

Not bad for launching apps etc.. and controlling media player.
A nice bit of software to show off to your mates, as the phone tells you the track title, artist playing etc..
Pretty useless for dialling though I found.. because its made for USA it can't really recognise the way we prenounce names properly (UK) hence everytime I ask it to dial "Dad" it says "Call Fonz?" (someone who is in my phonebook)
And don't even attempt to use it to actually dial numbers you read out!! You'll end up ringing somewhere in australia or something
HTH
Neil

I agreee, nice toy, but you will not be using it often.

My thoughts exactly!

Hm, mates, I tend to have a different opinion. While it's a version 1 product I didn't expect it to be too erfect yet. But my experience is positive:
Yep, nice toy to show off is right :lol:
I regulary use it in the car to initiate calls. I have about 1,800 contacts and would never be able to find a contact with at least one hand on the steering wheel without this program. That's what I was looking for and that's what I got...

Hello, as it costs peanuts I was bored at work yesterday therefore purchased it online. I think it's absolutely fantastic! Only problem is that you have to emulate an American accent for it to recognise your contact names but considering it isn't released in the UK yet I can live with that.
Thanks - Sunny.

Tried it also, but not really convinced. Takes too much in memory and suffers from severe bugs. It's ok for fun but it's quicker to do everything without!!!

I cannot get it to recognise anything in the car, which with the new rules is where I need it most

MS Voice Command
Hi,
I’m using Voice Command on my new XDA II; it has proved very useful for controlling Media Player but as we have yet to see the euphemistic entitled ‘International English’ or other language versions, you cannot as yet directly voice-dial numbers which are prefixed by ‘0’ or '00' (that eliminates most telephone numbers outside the North America). Nor can you directly dial any numbers using the GSM prefix ‘+’ tag (which totally eliminates direct voice-dialling international numbers). However, whatever number(s) and format are stored within a previously stored contact and matched by Voice Command, they will be passed correctly to Pocket PC’s dialler.
The real downer is the lack of an appropriate XDA II Profile which would allow Voice Command to be used via a Bluetooth headset – let’s hope HTC will rectify and enhance the available Bluetooth Profiles in the forthcoming ROM update. As an aside, it was recently reported that The Bluetooth Consortium (or whatever) have finally agreed the spec for the Stereo Headset Bluetooth profile – perhaps that wishing for too much from HTC and the forthcoming ROM update.
Provided you have enabled the XDA's automatic 'Microphone Gain' (otherwise you will rapidly become bad-tempered and scream at your XDA), and despite the aforementioned foibles including the annoying requirement to pronounce ‘mobile’ as ‘mobil’ (and need for the use of other North American phonetics), Voice Command is impressively reliable and usually makes the right match with your stored contacts and media files.
MS are to be congratulated; voice response has come a long way since the usable IBM freebee app given away on early IPAQs!
And no, I don’t work for Microsoft!

I live in Australia and, as with many others who have posted, was unable to purchase Voice Command.
Except for not being able to 'dial by number' this product really seems very good.
I don't suppose anyone knows a way that we could extend the trial version, until an international version hits the shelves.

uninstall/reinstall seem to always work

I have gotten the Voice Command to work pretty well. I did have to play around with the various types of commands to find out, which commands worked better with my voice. For instance if I say call John Doe on "mobile", I do not have very much success, but if I say the command " on cell phone", in lieu of mobile it works about 90% of the time. It also works better if I delay the confirmation "yes", and it works better if I make the confirmation longer, like "yes that is correct".
The program works well in my car and for some reason some days or contacts work better than others. I love the product because it does afford me true hands free dialing of contacts. For a first release I think it is pretty good, but of course needs improvement.
I believe voice applications are definitely the future for PPC devices, and that in the future we will see more and more progress in this arena.

Gee thats too bad. :lol: Personally, I find it works quite well on my XDA2. But then again, my American accent helps. If you consider that living in the UK, there is a different accent like every 20 miles, you might then realize how much of headache this must be for MS's devs to try and deliver a product that can deal with that. Think about it. Maybe a UK software company will come out with a better voice command alternative? naaah... (but it would be nice, the more we have to choose from the better!) I'll tell you what does help though as I believe was previously mentioned: You do need to make sure that you have the AGC enabled, however I've notice that when I do a softy, that I have to re-enable it. Also try and keep the thing about 18 inches away form your mouth. At the moment, my XDA is next to me and I can reach over, tap the voice notes button which has now been assigned to MS Voice and then say "play whatever song" and it will do it 9 times out of 10. Voice dialing works about the same, 9 out of 10, but it does seem to have trouble understanding the way I say "correct" to confirm. Best of luck!

I like this review though
Fantastic Voice Training Software
Steve Monaghan from Sydney, Australia, January 22, 2004
Having used the software for over a month, I have been able to achieve at least 10% voice recognition in perfectly quiet environments. I have been able to contact so many friends and colleagues I have not spoken to for ages as the program intuitively translates my request to dial my best friend into any number of contacts available in my outlook. I give the product 5 stars for enabling me to call people I hadn't even thought to call. "Wow, I haven't heard from you in ages." The joy you can bring in surprising someone while surprising yourself at the same time. While the product doesn't support useful features such as bluetooth or pronounciation correction, if you can adapt your speech to the pronounciation of the electronic voice, you can achieve terrific results. I can now speak with an accent that has my friends in awe as I attempt to get the software to dial the intended contact. This program has bought enjoyment to many. Don't hesitate, buy it today. Renew old friendships and share the fun with your friends and family

I love Voice Command too. It's great for dialing and opening programs. I have little problem with it opening programs like calendar, notes, contacts, various games.
I disenabled the confirmation while dialing, because it doesn't always recognize my "yes" or "correct". (and I'm from the US) The caveat is that when I ask it to dial from a contact, sometimes it's not the right one, and starts to dial it, and I have to hang up real quickly, hoping it didn't actually start ringing. This is mostly due to me not remembering how a contact is listed, so it's really me, not the program. But my most dialed contacts work great. I even have my voice mail listed in contacts, entered in with a pause and my password so that it dials my voice mail and password automatically. It's great!

Really great program ! ...i silently hope that they will come with an update for different languages...

can't find a trial version...
where can i download the trial version of Microsoft Voice Command? Can someone pls attach the trial version or send it to my e-mail account? my email account is [email protected]. Thanks.

trial version of Microsoft Voice Command
Can anyone tell me where I can download the trial version of Microsoft Voice Command? Can someone please attach the trial version or send it to my e-mail account? [email protected]
Thanks a million.

Voice control program
I heard from a PDA outlet in Melbourne that there was an Australian version of Microsoft Voice for PDA. It is not badged by Microsoft but someone else - does anyone know any more about it or where I could download it from?

Instead of Voice Command, I am using NeuVoice - you have to train it for your own voice, but at least that way you can speak naturally.
You can use it to dial numbers, start applications, run commands or open files.
It won't work in noisy environments.

Answering Machine software

I have search high and low, but have not foudn this feature anywhere.
It is so convenient to have a software that can pick up the phone, play a message, then record it.
It is faster, easier, and you can keep the recording if you want!
i used to have this feature on my old phone, now I miss it...
anyone know of a software that does this?

no.

gigabyte has it on there wm5 phones:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=391825
I have seen one aftermarket app that did it also but cant remember the name of it.
It would be kewl if someone had a gigabyte one and could extract it from the extended rom and post it.
since your charged minutes for calling your voicemail to listen to it, this saves you airtime if you have a low minute plan.

try this
k7.net is a free service that provides you with a seattle number that you can use to receive voicemails and faxes. i set it up to send voicemails and faxes to my mda as email. at home i setup my voip phone to copy any voicemail to my mda too. now i get everything to my wizard.
hope this helps,
sl

You'd think this would be a highly sought after feature.
The phone I had almost 3 years ago had this feature. I wonder why it is not so prevalent these days. It is so much quicker and easier than having to dial a voice mail service, or sync messages to the phone.
hmm, maybe this is somethign that should be developed?
Any takers?

hi dear
check this site
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=4698

may be you want to TRY this
remember
TRY

This 1 is free.
work for me.
http://aalialikoski.members.winisp.net/BlogContent/Projects/SMSNotifier/SMSNotifierSetup.cab

This 1 is free.
work for me.
http://aalialikoski.members.winisp.net/BlogContent/Projects/SMSNotifier/SMSNotifierSetup.cab

Thanks for the thoughts, but I looked at the SMS answering machine before, and while it a novel program, it is really just an auto-responder, not an answering machine.
Thanks again, but I am really looking for something that actaully records voice messages.
:?

Alternative to answering Machine - CallWave
when someone leaves a message you get an email of the message that you can save. www.callwave.com

Ah, callwave is interesting, but alas, only in the US. I am in China now. Thats another reason I don't want to use voice mail. Navigating your voice mail in Chinese is sometimes very annoying.
I guess there is no real solution to this then? So sad, too bad. :?

dial now link for location field of calendar event

This is driving me batty so I am keeping my fingers crossed that I just have not used the right search term to find the answer.
One feature I can not seem to get working on my 8125 that I used constantly on my old smartphone was the ability to have phone numbers entered into the location field of a calendar invite automaticaly dialed when clicked / tapped.
I have on average 6 conference calls a day entered as calendar events and it is standard practice for our company to put the conf call number in the location field. Having to edit the event, copy the number then go to the phone and dial it is driving my nuts.
Anybody know a way to get the feature I used to use so much from WM 2003 working my WM5?
Thanks in advance.

You might be SOL...
My limited tests show that you have to come up with some way to send yourself an email reminder and dial from the email....
You said that you used to be able to do this in PPC2003 but I think it is a feature of the Smartphone edition. WM5 on Wizard is PPC version.

You are correct
In further review my old phone was using smartphone 2003 not a full windows mobile client. This was a GREAT feature hopefully they will get this into windows mobile soon.
Thanks

I have the same need. I sure hope someone can provide that. I tried Pocket Informant 2007, but the capability is missing there as well.

I found AgendaOne has just what I needed for this and more at:
http://www.developerone.com/agendaone/index.htm
It's a commercial program, but does alot more. Specifically designed for both Windows Mobile 5 PPC as well as Smartphones. You can try it first.
- Joe

[REQ] Looking for an sms app that does the following...

Hi everybody! I have a request for an sms app to fulfil my daily needs! Here is what I would wish for:
1) Config and save the following parameters: phone number, sms text, start time, interval (in minutes), end time and/or number of iterations.
2) Start the app, change/confirm settings and then let it automatically and repeatedly send sms to the predefined number with the predefined text and timing.
What is this good for? Well, my personal scope of application would be the sms parking service that is available in my hometown (Austria/Vienna)... You just send a text e.g. "10 *w47559e" and you're good to park your car for the stated number of minutes and car sign. However, if for some reason one needs more time, it is troublesome to constantly extend that sms ticket manually.
Maybe you guys can point me to an already existing tool that does the job. Or perhaps one hell of a coder here can give it a try! Wouldn’t normally make such a request but considering some of the great apps appearing on this board I thought it could be worth asking.
Thanks!

PowerSMS (Freeware) will do all that for you.
Here is the Home Site URL:http://www.trinketsoftware.com/powersms/default.aspx

Call Timer

Does anyone know of a good call usage monitor. I use to have Phone Dashboard but I can't add this to the HTC Homepage. The call timer in Windows Mobile only monitors all calls not just outgoing calls, as far as I can see. Any ideas

pda-prof said:
Does anyone know of a good call usage monitor. I use to have Phone Dashboard but I can't add this to the HTC Homepage. The call timer in Windows Mobile only monitors all calls not just outgoing calls, as far as I can see. Any ideas
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Ummm....have you checked under the call history button on the dialer? When you launch your dialer, click on the call history button. If its showing you all calls click on menu-->filter and select only outgoing calls. It should show you only outgoing calls now as well as durations for each. At least that's how it is on WM6....I don't know if they've changed if for 6.1

Nope. You can view only the duration of the calls when you open Call History and select specific person in it. Or through Contacts -> Click contact -> Menu -> View all calls.
It is very disappointing, because at least I want to know the duration of the last call. Doesn't matter if I end up the call or the other party. This dialer doesn't show last call time!

Thanks [email protected].
However, the Call History lists all the calls made or have come in via the filter. However, I want to know how many minutes a month I have used and unless I try and add all the outgoing message together, I'm stuck.
Under Call History there is a button called menu which gives the option "Call Timer" but if you click on this it gives you the total number of calls made since last hard reset (I assume) and the number of minutes used since last reset. Most people, I would think, with a contract want to know the number of outgoing minutes since last reset (with reset being since the last cut off date for calls on their contract). This appears to be missing. Can anyone help or know a program that does this that could be intergrated with the HTC homepage.

pda-prof said:
However, the Call History lists all the calls made or have come in via the filter. However, I want to know how many minutes a month I have used and unless I try and add all the outgoing message together, I'm stuck.
Under Call History there is a button called menu which gives the option "Call Timer" but if you click on this it gives you the total number of calls made since last hard reset (I assume) and the number of minutes used since last reset. Most people, I would think, with a contract want to know the number of outgoing minutes since last reset (with reset being since the last cut off date for calls on their contract).
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I'll second that, any way of\software for knowing how many minutes have been used in the monthly bundle?

Try Home Screen Plus
Have you guys tried Home Screen Plus? Its a great piece of software...and If I'm not mistaken it does have a feature to track call timers etc. Give it a shot. Its free Make sure you download the latest version. I know of a lot of other older versions floating around.

that is a real cool app but also a little heavy just for the calltimer. Anything with a small footprint out there?

Thanks Guys. However, I want to keep the HTC homescreen but I don't think you can add bolt ons to it, so any homescreen add-on won't work. I need a program that runs on its own that monitors the minutes and then being able to access it via the programs tab.

Found - LCMinutes
Not the easiest to configure, but once you grasp the concept it's a doddle (and elaborate).

LCMinutes :X
so i played around with LCMinutes and all it did was give me a headache! lol
i found this and wanted to share:
hxxp://www.hudsonmobile.com/products/phodash/index.html
is very very neat and a very easy to configure
ta

I had heard it didn't work on the HD but if it does, how about sharing it on the wiki

Can anyone comment if this works with TF3D?

Call timer on Dutty´s Touch HD 2.1 is missing?
Hi there!
Anyone having problem with a missing call timer on Dutty's 2.1?
Or should I do a hard reset?
Thanks!

I am using phone dashboard which I find is very good and should suite your needs. Without Today screen it is a pain to use but still possible. Goto settings->Today then highlight the plugin and options. There is one tab which shows you the usage. But you have to "regenerate" the data before viewing.
Alternative, why dont you just run TouchFlo + Today screen (using TFD or SecondToday).
I know phoneAlarm also have a call duration tracking but phoneAlarm is just too much of hassle to configure.