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Text to Speach Ring Tone Possible?

There seems to be lots of free and open source text to speach code out there: http://sig.levillage.org/?p=551
So, wouldnt it be cool to have your universal say 'Incoming call from <contact name>' instead of your usual ring tone? It gets right around the problem of having to open up the screen to see who is calling.
It would also be a great gimick for people with other phones too. Talking ring tones havent even been done by Nokia yet. 8)

RyanZA said:
There seems to be lots of free and open source text to speach code out there: http://sig.levillage.org/?p=551
So, wouldnt it be cool to have your universal say 'Incoming call from <contact name>' instead of your usual ring tone? It gets right around the problem of having to open up the screen to see who is calling.
It would also be a great gimick for people with other phones too. Talking ring tones havent even been done by Nokia yet. 8)
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Microsoft Voice Command do that and more...
If there is a program to read your incoming sms.....
Regards,
Arto.

Artosoft said:
Microsoft Voice Command do that and more...
If there is a program to read your incoming sms.....
Regards,
Arto.
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Wow, thanks.
Yeah, incoming SMS would be good. :wink:

RyanZA said:
Artosoft said:
Microsoft Voice Command do that and more...
If there is a program to read your incoming sms.....
Regards,
Arto.
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Wow, thanks.
Yeah, incoming SMS would be good. :wink:
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VIJAY...... WE NEED YOU!!!!
Regards,
Arto.

There is the Fonix range which can read your email, but I don't know whether it'd be able to read your SMSes too.
Not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but why would you want SMS-to-Speech?
"Dot Dot Dot Forwardslash dot dot dot Open Bracket dot dot dot", and that's just the first line of one of those cutesy smsses. Or the ones where each letter is converted into it's visual brother, but with umlauts and all the other diacritical marks (accents, breves, circumflexes, spiritus and hooks)? To the english speaking person, the letter "ß" looks like a funky "B", but in germanic, it's an 's" sound.
And "Ur th bst 1 n da wrld" (not a good example, but you get the idea) does not translate well if not heavily interpreted first.
It'd be a "neato" feature, which you'd uninstall after a day's usage.

Can Microsoft Voice Command read up a contacts name and tell me that?
.. Microsoft Voice Command is it worth buying?

Messed around with MS voice command a bit.. havent been using it much before because I dont need the features much over the built in thing. I tried turning on the announce incoming phone calls option, but its really soft. (Far too soft to hear). The normal ring tone plays for a second, then goes soft and I assume the voice command is trying to speak after that, but its too soft to hear, even with the phone next to my ear.

I agree, I love the Voice command function that tells you who's calling but yes it is way to quiet so I usually turn it off, it needs to be load and not trying to swap between the ringtone and voice command telling you the person who's calling. So yes a specific program to do this as a ring tone would be great.

Interesting thread. This is a great idea, but I have to say, MSVC does the job so well, it's probably not worth expanding beyond there. However, I'm looking into a general text to speech solution for PPC.
Our best bet is flite, which is a relatively large install and doesn't sound very good.
However, an easy way for you to start thinking about this is to check out the app WordBook. I think it installs a version of the Flite dll. You can copy text and get it to speak it straight back to you. The speech is quite poor quality, but it gives you an idea. Now I imagine you can access this externally, and so you can intercept SMS, calls etc and get it text to speeched.
However, since MSVC is installed in traditional SAPI form, it should also be externally accessible.
V

Voice Command
I have just tried the demo of Voice Command on universal, but i couldnt get button on bluetooth headset to activate it. Also it would be nice if the caller name being read out would be good over the bluetooth headset.
Can and of the genius's on this site create such a programe. Or anyone know of any other programmes.
Using the phone in clam mode means you dont know whos calling, and as i use my bluetooth headset all the time, it would be nice to know whos calling.
Thanks in advance
Tim

timha: there are about 90 threads on the VC+Clam issue. Non successful, but helpful...
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vijay555 said:
Interesting thread. This is a great idea, but I have to say, MSVC does the job so well, it's probably not worth expanding beyond there.
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I dont know about that. Have you tried using the announce incoming calls option? On my universal, no matter what settings I try, its simply impossible to hear what VC is saying while the phone is ringing. So for me, VC definately doesnt seem to be doing the job very well at all.
Has anybody been able to get VC to properly announce the caller ID?

No VC is to quiet, so useless

Aaah, ok, I don't use my universal as a phone, and just remember it from the Magician, when it would announce calls. I think there's a thread around trying to resolve this issue though.
V

Voice Command has a known problem of being extremely quiet on the Universal.
Somewhere on this site there is a fix CAB file that ostensibly makes the volume higher. I hadn't found a major difference, but look for it and try.
The announce works best if you turn the ringtone off and use annouce only (make sure your normal volume - not ringing volume - is turned way up)

No good, its still very soft. Having the volume on full is also quite a hindrance, since you have to keep turning it up and down all the time. As they said back in November, we'r going to have to wait on an update to make voice command properly compatible with WM5. There doesnt seem to be any move by Microsoft to actually do this, though.
Strange that nobody has really used voice caller ID on the Universal before - it seems the obvious choice for a ring tone to me on a phone like this.

The hack for increasing sound - never tried it, but it involves, IIRC, changing the attentuation type in the notification settings.
V

Hi.
I only have Voice Commander. Is it different from MSVC? I keep looking for the announce incoming calls but couldnt find it. Voice Commander has been in my phone when I bought it so I just use what's available but it gives me so much headache. When I say "Call John", it gives me several names that dont even sound close to John. Grrr! I even put tags on the names individually but my VC is so deaf! Is it because of my bluetooth headset, VC or is it the phone's fault?
thanks

I've been using this for a couple of years now:
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/
Type your message, pick and voice and download the WAV
Nice and easy and works VERY well so check it out

RyanZA said:
There seems to be lots of free and open source text to speach code out there: http://sig.levillage.org/?p=551
So, wouldnt it be cool to have your universal say 'Incoming call from <contact name>' instead of your usual ring tone? It gets right around the problem of having to open up the screen to see who is calling.
It would also be a great gimick for people with other phones too. Talking ring tones havent even been done by Nokia yet. 8)
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aside from microsoft voice command; what i use is mortring...i'm sure you guys are familiar with this app...it allows you to assign ringtones and sms sounds to individuals in your contacts. using the xda's microphone, i made my own ringtones by recording either my voice or someone else's. example; i deal with a lot of raw material suppliers and i get calls all the time. when this guy working for a foundry calls me up; the sound i recorded goes "mr. johnson is calling". for others whom i've developed good relationships with, i asked if i could record their voice and use it as a ringtone....so if my supplier from an aluminum die caster calls my xda goes "hi robson, this is ch lim". sms' are easy since you can do the same and assign them for that particular contact. when i receive and sms, my xda goes "text message from ____". for the people who call me that are not in my contacts list; the default ringtone i've set sounds off. this is very convenient for me when i'm driving or the like, no need to look at the phone and simply activate the bluetooth headset.
you don't really have to go and search the net for ringtones all the time; you can use the xda's recorder to actually make them. the format output is in .wav file. for text to speech for sms, i agree that would be a very interesting feature...flite is a good app...perhaps vijay can link up something for sms? but then that would probably violate the license thingee for flite...
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Change Bluetooth button from Cyberon to Microsoft?

OK, I thought I had this working, but obviously I wasn't paying attention, and it's not
I have the Cyberon Voice Dial app installed, and that works when I press the button on my headset, but I would like it to use the Micrsoft Voice Command 1.6 instead.
I have tried changing the following key, but it does nothing.
From: HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\Path=\Windows\SDDialler.exe
To: HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\Path=\Windows\VoiceCmd.exe
This registry change was all I could find any info on. I'm guessing something else needs to be done though
Any ideas?
TIA

AlanJC said:
OK, I thought I had this working, but obviously I wasn't paying attention, and it's not
I have the Cyberon Voice Dial app installed, and that works when I press the button on my headset, but I would like it to use the Micrsoft Voice Command 1.6 instead.
I have tried changing the following key, but it does nothing.
From: HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\Path=\Windows\SDDialler.exe
To: HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\Path=\Windows\VoiceCmd.exe
This registry change was all I could find any info on. I'm guessing something else needs to be done though
Any ideas?
TIA
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I'm running Helmi's AKU3.5 at the moment.
I just bought VC1.6 UK and installed. Works off my BT head set no problem.
I just wish I could understande her!!
Regs
Mav

I think you would need to disable the voice dial in cyberon or if you can't, uninstall it.
mavrik64: there is a reg hack to slow her down

r3bel said:
I think you would need to disable the voice dial in cyberon or if you can't, uninstall it.
mavrik64: there is a reg hack to slow her down
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Yes, thanks.
I tried, doesn't seem to slow her down enough though.
Do you mean the one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286457
Or is there something I've missed
Cheers
Mav

I can't uninstall it as it's in the ROM.
Apparently I need to change that registry key, but it hasn't helped. Am just trying to find out how to do it.

Bluetooth Voice Command
Check this link
1/2 way down page is the section on Bluetooth Voice Command
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Registry

Thanks, that's what I had already done as stated in my first post
Except for the path of voicecmd.exe because it was in Windows, not Program Files.
It didn't work.

OK reinstalled it after clearing out the Cyberon registry entries, and it's working now

I managed to activate Micrsoft Voice Command 1.6
when I press the button on my bluetooth headset
(midget_1990_v0_1_vanilla_wm6) by doing:
HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\Path=\Windows\VoiceCmd.exe
HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\VoiceCmdEnable=1
and deleting SDDaemon from \Windows\Startup
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Best Regards, Vladimir

Hello All:
I can't seem to get the phone notifications (Phone Calls Only) to my headset. Email notifications, Activating Voice Command from headset works.
First 2 seconds of the phone call notifications comes to the headset but the rest comes from the Universal's mic.
Is there any workaround on this?
I'm using one of the many Crossbow ROMs.
In my wizard everything works the way it is supposed to be.
TIA

Bluetooth VoiceCommand
ku3vw said:
I managed to activate Micrsoft Voice Command 1.6
when I press the button on my bluetooth headset
(midget_1990_v0_1_vanilla_wm6) by doing:
HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\Path=\Windows\VoiceCmd.exe
HKLM\Software\OEM\VoiceCommand\VoiceCmdEnable=1
and deleting SDDaemon from \Windows\Startup
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Best Regards, Vladimir
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Hello, i have underground rom WM6 and Voicecommand V1.6 pre-installed.
In windows the file is named Voice Command.exe instead of VoiceCmd.exe, i type this name in register as above.
But what do i have to add second, a Dword, string, or Bineaire?? And do i have to call this string/Dword VoiceCommandEnable=1 ??
Please help!
Sorry, already solved!!!! Thanx

MS Voice Command 1.6

Has anyone tried to install MS Voice Command 1.6, does it work? Any recommendations?

[email protected] said:
Has anyone tried to install MS Voice Command 1.6, does it work? Any recommendations?
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I have installed it and it works VERY well. I was really surprised that as soon as I installed the CAB file I was able to say "Play..." then any artist or album in my music library - right out of the box. Voice recognition was incredibly accurate with no setup required (I.E. "Play - A Tribe Called Quest" consistently no probs )
HOWEVER I have actually uninstalled it recently as I was watching the task manager and noticing that the 'VoiceCommand.exe' process was consistently jumping between 1% and 12% with no action from me whatsoever. This is not much and might be tolerable for some people but for me it is an added drag!

this program has some bugs
it will delay the sip and it will mess up the ringtone
however you could change the regisitry to fix it
if you don't need it , better dont install it

X807 said:
this program has some bugs
it will delay the sip and it will mess up the ringtone
however you could change the regisitry to fix it
if you don't need it , better dont install it
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how does one fix this problem?

MrZippo said:
how does one fix this problem?
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for the ringtone bit i dont know hoe to fix the registry
for sip issue u can check out the wikipedia here. if you are not an advance user defintely not risk to edit your registry

I tried it, but, maybe coincidence, maybe not, I found my battery ran down quite quickly. This happened over 3 days, so i uninstalled it, and it has gone back to normal battery time.
Maybe it is something to do with what SamasQ mentions above. Maybe its just my phone.

Did the incoming calls announcement work as well?
For me it was the only thing that didn't work.
Voice dial, running programs, play music, announcing new messages and calendar events - all worked. But incoming caller names did not.
On my old HTC TyTN II all of the above worked.
So I'm wondering, was it just me or don't the incoming caller announcement work on X1?

Draqula, same here, all worked but incoming call announcements.
try going to some website (win-mo experts or something and look for bengaliath, he did some extensive post on this program. I haven't had time to look yet, but its worth a shot.)
BTW, which ROM you using, (UK international?)

fpbiii said:
Draqula, same here, all worked but incoming call announcements.
try going to some website (win-mo experts or something and look for bengaliath, he did some extensive post on this program. I haven't had time to look yet, but its worth a shot.)
BTW, which ROM you using, (UK international?)
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R1AA017 R15A GENERIC_UK
I read the bengalih guide. It was originally posted here at xda forums and helped me a lot when setting up VoiceCommand on the HTC TyTN II.
Now it's available here: http://www.winmo-experts.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
Unfortunately, there was no helpful info for me there.
I found and checked the following registry key...
Incoming Announcements are the function of the voicecmd.exe and the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\TTSAnnounce
"Script" = "as5p"
"Category" = "VoiceCommand1"
"Sound" = "Application Data\Volatile\TTSCallerID.wav"
... and found that on my X1 there was an extra slash in the location of the wav, but fixing it didn't help.
Let me know if you find any new info.

I have successfully ported quite a bit of drivers from x1 and blackstone to raphael.. please try the blackstone wavedev.dll (it must be cooked into rom) - on raphael this updated driver fixes voice command announce problem

Voice Command 1.6 also disconnects the bluetooth headset after you give a voice command. You have to re-establish the bluetooth connection again each time.
I've already removed the Voice Command because of this.
Other than this problem, it works very well in the X1.

The small print below the sales pitch for voice commander states "Incoming caller ID announcements will be spoken via the phone speaker on Sony Ericsson Xperia X1s with a Windows Mobile build prior to 15097.3.0.0. "
Any ideas how to find the build number?

windows mobile build
esco666 said:
The small print below the sales pitch for voice commander states "Incoming caller ID announcements will be spoken via the phone speaker on Sony Ericsson Xperia X1s with a Windows Mobile build prior to 15097.3.0.0. "
Any ideas how to find the build number?
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For windows mobile build Go to settings/system/system info.
I/ve tried in all combination, but coice command don't work with the callar id function. I purcased it, but now refund, don't work!

voice command 1.6 works fine on my X1 too except call announcement. I have tried all the recommended patches, but when I replace the files nothing happens or i get some crashes.
Has anyone tried this allready with success?
many thanks
Boris

I have read all these posts and see that most poeple have a problem with the voice caller ID being read out....
I too installed (though a previous version) v1.5 and everything works fine except for caller ID voice read out...
Another thing i found is that it would read email subject headings from my 2nd email account but not from my first email account....might just be coincidence...
Bit concerned now that I read about the 1%-12% fluctuations when you arent even using it....hmmm

Same problem, no caller ID name readout
Same problem, the callerID is not read out.
What version are you guys running of MS Voice Command? There are multiple versions of 1.6.xxxxxx.

I am trying to use it with my BT headset. That is speaking the name into my bt headset after pressing the button on it. Does that work or do I always have to use my phone for speaking my commands?
EDIT: never mind. I got it to work. By restarting the phone (so typical of Windows)

When i installed Voice Command on my Xperia... it errored out at the end of installation, but completed regardless. It is working perfectly in every aspect except announcing incoming calls. It is great when it announces messaes and e-mails so that i know whats coming in and from who...
It did announce an incoming call once or twice... but out of the blue.

msalmank said:
It did announce an incoming call once or twice... but out of the blue.
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Interesting. For me too, that's the only problem. Incoming announcements.
Somebody mentioned it disconnects BT HF and you have to reconnect manually - not true for my Jabra BT8040, it stays connected or automatically reconnects, anyway it works.
Especially useful when driving and getting new messages and next appointments announced by BT HF.

just a question that links indirectly to this thread:
is there a way to remap the button for voice command? somehow I wanted to invoke the voice command app via the earphones' button SE X1 has. so I don't have to grab my phone inside its pouch and unlock it and press either the 2 buttons I mapped em with.

Voice dialing through Bluetooth Headset

I searched the forum, asked in some threads and got no answer!
So, how do i voice dial using my bluetooth headset and MS Voice Commander or Voice2go software?
Thanks in advance!!!

alex_mib said:
I searched the forum, asked in some threads and got no answer!
So, how do i voice dial using my bluetooth headset and MS Voice Commander or Voice2go software?
Thanks in advance!!!
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For MSVC, it should work out of the box. For others, I got it working under my rom since V2 by replacing some dll from HD.

Well, you pair a bluetooth headset, install MS Voice Command (I have version 1.6.19971). Then you restart, go to voice command and enable it (if not already enabled!), check what and how you want the program to behave.
You can select a hard button on the phone (left or right) to engage the program.
Then, when you press the activate/voice/answer button on your headset the voice dial turns on. There you can either DIAL a number by saying the number, or, CALL a person in your phone book by saying that name.
Have fun!

michaelthemage, you're saying that if you bind MSVC to a random HW button, the headset button on the BT headset will start MSVC?
Also, I've tried MSVC myself, although I liked the basic functionality (it's neat!), it drained my battery like crazy (4x normal discharge) and it lacks customizable functionality (e.g. creating a new voice command and linking it to an application.)

jackleung said:
For MSVC, it should work out of the box. For others, I got it working under my rom since V2 by replacing some dll from HD.
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Can you tell me what DLLs you replaced? where can I get HD's DLLs???

Voice Dialer

It seems there is no voice dialer in the VF branded TP2.
Anywhere I can get a cab? Was so used to it in the TP & TyTn & TyTn II before it.
Thanks

me too my friend, I want to have it
ANyone can HELPPPP

hello!
I just installed the Cyberon Voice Dialer and it worked great!
If you want it, just go here:
Link removed...this is not free software

Yes it does!! Thanks!!

Wow! Thanks. It works.

Thanks Mrs D! Works awesomely well, although I wish there was a way for it to not repeat the voice tag after you have said it, but to just run the program/dial the contact straight away.

I'd like that also!
pretty annoying beeing somewhere and people listening...
anyway I assigned to Long_Send and works great!

Thanks, will download/try and feedback

It's works!
This works great. The voicedailer from the 'old' diamond touch pro.

fadimck said:
Thanks, will download/try and feedback
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WOW, you're the man, really thanks

MS Voice Command
Guys,
I just came across this. I tried the Cyberon version, but i don't like its accuracy and i cant assign a key to activate it.
Cyberon Voice Commander v2.5.1 build 709141 - thread Mod Edit - Warez link removed
Previous versions of MSVC did not work on my TP2, but this one does. The install automatically assigns itself to the press(Hold) of my dial button and replaces the CommManager button assignment. Like its predecessors, it works flawlessly for me.
Microsoft Voice Command v1.6.19214 - thread Mod Edit - Warez link removed
Have fun

Can you make a voice call over Bth (by pushing the voice call button on the bth headset, of course ! ) with this version ?

How do you get MS Voice Command to work? I downloaded /installed the cabs, i see the Voice Command icon on my phone, but I dont understand how it all works. Can someone explain to me how to get this rolling ? Thanks.

How do you get MS Voice Command to work......?
It is working well on my TP2.
Install and probably best to soft reset.
Once in, go to All Settings, the VC icon is in the Personal tab.
Set the options and Notifications to what you want.
Then go to Buttons (same tab) and make sure it is assigned to the Send Key.
Done...!
To use, press (and hold) the Send (L/H bottom key) till it makes a sound, then speak, a contact, number, app to open etc.
Works really well, especially announcing appointments.
One problem is that it conflicts with SRS WOW HD - no matter really as this audio app doesn't seem to work on the TP2 anyway - it makes your device not wake up from sleep, buggered if i know why (wish it worked!)
Hope this helps - party on!
Jabberoo

works fine - thx for this cool reference!

I love VC!! Thanks for the direction on it!! awesome to have on this phone.
ps, sometimes the lady catches me by surprise and comes outta nowhere to tell me something. kinda scary!

Sorry but the voice dialer (cyberon) dont work with my JAWBONE II

Does anyone have Cyberon or Voice Commander working with the button on their bluetooth headset? Cyberon worked fine with my headset on my TyTn II but won't work with either programme on my TP2. Is there a registry tweak required to make this functional?
Barry

Flying Low said:
Does anyone have Cyberon or Voice Commander working with the button on their bluetooth headset? Cyberon worked fine with my headset on my TyTn II but won't work with either programme on my TP2. Is there a registry tweak required to make this functional?
Barry
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It's a problem caused by the change in Bluetooth stack that HTC made with this phone, I've not seen a working fix yet, I suspect we'll see something once the cooked ROMs start appearing.
Gordon

isnt voice command supposed to announce the incoming caller's name? mine does not.
and i have the jawbone II as well. shame it does not work with this.