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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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i'd like to get my default voice dialer program to recognize the ms voice command program that i installed on my 8125. in the application list to record a voice tag... ms voice command 1.5 doesn't show up. is there a reg edit that can be made to have it show up?
theres numerous threads on this subject. plz try search first
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theres numerous threads on this subject. plz try search first
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wow... what alot of help. you are wise beyond your years. oh btw... i did try searching first.
not just trying to pick on you in particular... but it's so annoying when people reply to threads with this response. it just shows ignorance... if you can't contribute then don't post! they just assume the person hasn't searched.... or.... or... or they don't take the TIME to read the question the person is asking. alot of the time the question is different from what's arleady been posted. i think i'm done ranting.
- Jason
How lame...
I agree with jcrew...
Read the question someone is asking before you lambast them for repeating an already answered question... :?
The question jcrew has asked is fundamentally different that what has been asked in regards to the BT problems with VC before...and NO it has not been answered here yet.
My 2c... :roll:
J Crew said:
i'd like to get my default voice dialer program to recognize the ms voice command program that i installed on my 8125. in the application list to record a voice tag... ms voice command 1.5 doesn't show up. is there a reg edit that can be made to have it show up?
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This will do the trick: VoiceEnable
http://www.burling.co.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=151
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J Crew said:
i'd like to get my default voice dialer program to recognize the ms voice command program that i installed on my 8125. in the application list to record a voice tag... ms voice command 1.5 doesn't show up. is there a reg edit that can be made to have it show up?
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This will do the trick: VoiceEnable
http://www.burling.co.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=151
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thanks for the help... but unfortunately this will not work either. this was the first thing that i tried when i purchased the headset. it does allow ms voice command to be called up with a headset, but only certain ones. my headset still does not work with this program. it's a conflict of sorts with some headsets and ms voice command. thanks again though.
- Jason
J Crew said:
i'd like to get my default voice dialer program to recognize the ms voice command program that i installed on my 8125. in the application list to record a voice tag... ms voice command 1.5 doesn't show up. is there a reg edit that can be made to have it show up?
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First, MS Voice Command doesn't record voice tags... it's a voice recognition program. Reading the docs that accompany the program may explain this. Second, you didn’t search hard enough ‘cause Feb 18th I posted a question on this subject in the Wizard Upgrading forum. Can’t blame you much because it IS a ***** to search here, I personally use Google and use the site: parameter to point here. Third, I also couldn’t get the VoiceEnable proggy to work. I change the reg settings accordingly to make it work. You can check out the entire procedure at http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=241514&highlight=#241514
Third, ranting gets you no where when you’re asking for help, trust me.
Hope I was of some help.
Steven
Again, I must agree with JCrew
Hi Dr and all,
This hack does work with all bluetooth headsets...Thre have been posts upon posts on this like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=35767
Some of you may be lucky with VC and the Bluetooth set you have, but many of us are not. After we initiate the first call from the headset via VC and hang-up, we cannot re-initiate ANY calls from the BT headset unless we soft reset the Wizard/8125.
So neither the manual VC hacks, NOR the dutch voice enabler CAB do squat for us. Its an issue between VC and specific BT headsets where the BT channel is left open after a call and cannot be shut thus preventing re-initiation of calls after the first.
Unfortunately THERE IS NO FIX for this, MobileHavoc has valiantly tried to fix this, but to no avail...
So, as of 3/22/06, the last word: the hack DOES NOT work for all, and Jcrew is actually asking a different question...Lets all re-read it carefully.
He is asking if we can use VoiceDialer/SDDialer (the Cyberon Program) to start/call/run Voice Command so as to avert the open channel issue I mentioned above...So can we somehow hack SDDialer to initiate and close the VC program... this could potentially avert the program if SDDialer shuts that BT channel after each call...
If we have a solution lets offer it, otherwise lets refrain from mentioning the hack over and over...For at least 50% of us it does nothing and it wastes posts... :wink:
If it's any help to anyone, using the hack to make the bluetooth trigger voice command etc and then using the plantronics voyager 510 headset does work well.
Thanks Jon,
the link I posted above kind-of has a smattering across its posts of which BT sets work or not with VC on the Wizard...
Boogaboo
Re: Again, I must agree with JCrew
boogaboo said:
Hi Dr and all,
This hack does work with all bluetooth headsets...Thre have been posts upon posts on this like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=35767
Some of you may be lucky with VC and the Bluetooth set you have, but many of us are not. After we initiate the first call from the headset via VC and hang-up, we cannot re-initiate ANY calls from the BT headset unless we soft reset the Wizard/8125.
So neither the manual VC hacks, NOR the dutch voice enabler CAB do squat for us. Its an issue between VC and specific BT headsets where the BT channel is left open after a call and cannot be shut thus preventing re-initiation of calls after the first.
Unfortunately THERE IS NO FIX for this, MobileHavoc has valiantly tried to fix this, but to no avail...
So, as of 3/22/06, the last word: the hack DOES NOT work for all, and Jcrew is actually asking a different question...Lets all re-read it carefully.
He is asking if we can use VoiceDialer/SDDialer (the Cyberon Program) to start/call/run Voice Command so as to avert the open channel issue I mentioned above...So can we somehow hack SDDialer to initiate and close the VC program... this could potentially avert the program if SDDialer shuts that BT channel after each call...
If we have a solution lets offer it, otherwise lets refrain from mentioning the hack over and over...For at least 50% of us it does nothing and it wastes posts... :wink:
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A work around
Folks, I also have the problem that after ending a call I am unable to initiate VC via bluetooth. I have however found a work around. I am hoping that one of you geniuses out there can create an app to make this smoother. Here is what I found.
I installed the btaudiotoggle and mapped it to one of the hardware keys, if after ending a call I press that button it opens the audio channel to the headset. I then use the button on the headset to close it and VC then works again. The problem is that you have to touch the phone to do this.
My thought is if some smart programmer can create an service type app which is triggered by the end call event and either runs btaudiotoggle or performs the same function.
So that's what I have, hope it helps.
Brian
Ok guys.....So I have a wing with PDAVIET .14 ROM. I pretty much switched as soon as i got the phone so i havent had much experience with the standard tmo rom but i am having an issue with my Voice speed dial. Basically if i go to the programs and click on the application it works fine..i can attach voice recognition titles to different contacts.
The problem that I am running into is when i assign the button on the wing (one right above the messages button) and push and hold it gives me the error.
"The file 'VoiceCmd' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file."
But it does work directly from the .exe file. Whats wrong here? It does say to reinstall if the problem persists so...what is the most recent edition for the wing? or is that even necessary to do that. I tried to run the app from a couple buttons but nothing. In a whole, i'm trying to get my voice command to work through my bluetooth. am I going about this totally wrong?
Comments appreciated!
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Here is a MS Voice Command 1.6 and BT Patch ONLY ExtROM that I use when building my ROMs. It will install everything the exact way necessary to get announcements and BT to work without any further changes. Just install, Run, Pair your BT, Soft Reset, and have fun.
MSVoiceCommand1.6_and _BTpatch_ExtROM.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3xqdnc
If you only wanted the CABs...
MSVoiceCommand1.6_and _BTpatch_CABs.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bq815x
Ron
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So I did a bit of searching and I just decided to install voice command from the above thread. I know that it was in the Hermes forum but i assumed it would be all good. Now i have tried both of them and figured out how to get them to work. so now they are both working with the handset, all gravy. I think i am going to keep the speed dialer that came on the rom it seems to be more accurate.. Also how to use my earbud to prompt the command, i cant get that squared away with either applications. Anyone have a suggestion?
How did you get rid of the message? Even though I installed the cab, assigned the button (button 4 hold), it is still giving me annoying VoiceCMD error like yours. Can you do a create a brief procedure? Is it a simple reg edit? Where? Thanks... Hope to hear from you soon.
Can someone post or PM me another link to download MS voice command? the two links above are not working. Thanks
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Can someone post or PM me another link to download MS voice command? the two links above are not working. Thanks
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I don't or can't use Voice Command. Trying to uninstall Voice Command as it does not work for me at all.
Here is a Cab file for Voice Speed Dial. Installed it yesterday on my Wing and it works great. Try it and you may want it instead of Voice Command. I think it does everything better than VC. Let me know your opinion.
Thanks I will give it a try...
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I don't or can't use Voice Command. Trying to uninstall Voice Command as it does not work for me at all.
Here is a Cab file for Voice Speed Dial. Installed it yesterday on my Wing and it works great. Try it and you may want it instead of Voice Command. I think it does everything better than VC. Let me know your opinion.
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Thanks. this version works well.....
asctony said:
I don't or can't use Voice Command. Trying to uninstall Voice Command as it does not work for me at all.
Here is a Cab file for Voice Speed Dial. Installed it yesterday on my Wing and it works great. Try it and you may want it instead of Voice Command. I think it does everything better than VC. Let me know your opinion.
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Thank for file
Thanks. Works fine on my HTC P4351 (Wing) with ROM JustStable-Micro 6.1
does it work for WM6.5?
i have omnia i900
after i flashed it, i can't use voice speed dial
i read the post later, and he said he removed it
Thay is what I am wondering as well. That is the only thing thay I notice in Glass v.10 as being a bug - when I press and hold the button I get an error saying "the fole voicecmd cannot be found."
Well I installed a couple of programs today, and it seemed like everything was working fine, then all of a sudden I realize I have no volume on my Media player, youtube player, etc. The phone rings, I can talk to people, but there is no sound. Even when I go to try to change my ring tone, and preview it, it's not playing, yet when someone calls it does. Someone please tell me it's an easy fix.
Here is what I installed on the phone today
Inesoft Address book and Cyberon Voice Command
Post it in your device's thread
this has nothing to do with development and hacking, please refer to correct forum
Sorry guys, Is there a way I can delete this.
no but have u tried uninstalling those programs to see if it works?...if its those problems giving u that problem my best guess is the voice command...but thats just a guess
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no but have u tried uninstalling those programs to see if it works?...if its those problems giving u that problem my best guess is the voice command...but thats just a guess
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I have done the Inesoft program, but the Voice Command isn't in the remove programs section, so I am trying to figure out how to do that now.
does it work after u uninstall inesoft?...i'm guessing not but...u gotta wait for someone smart to fix your problems as im out of ideas
I know SRS WOW HD can cause a lot of volume muting issues with some of the newer ROMs.
Please be a little more specific...which ROM are you using and do you have SRS WOW HD installed?
Has anyone tried to install MS Voice Command 1.6, does it work? Any recommendations?
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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?
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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?)
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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.
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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.