I have a stock Tilt2 from AT&T. MS Voice Command v1.6.21849 came with it, but has a problem. When trying to call a contact, or dial a number, it can't actually initiate the call. it shows the contact briefly, and that's it. If you tell it to show the contact, no problem. But trying to call a contact, or dial a number, won't work. I have both "Contacts" and "Phone" enabled in settings. I have searched the site here for hours & been unable to find anyting. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Edited to add: The problem only arises when using a bluetooth Headset. Thanks in advance again!
Same Problem
I have noticed the same problem. I did discover if I had the phone in my hand (outside the case or pocket) that it worked. I wonder if the mic input transfers back to the handset after the initial inquiry (i.e first beep, "call contact x" second beep, voice input transfers to handset microphone.)
Mine doesn't care in hand or not. VC is getting the command just fine, it just can't initiate dialing? When BT is NOT connected: Hold the send key, listen for the tone, speak command, verify correct contact, contact briefly shows on screen, phone dials number. When BT IS connected: push the headset button OR hold the send key, listen for the tone, speak command, verify correct contact, contact briefly shows on screen, there's a dull tone and that's the end. So VC is getting the information because it pulls up the right contact. It just can't initiate dialing.
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Mine doesn't care in hand or not. VC is getting the command just fine, it just can't initiate dialing? When BT is NOT connected: Hold the send key, listen for the tone, speak command, verify correct contact, contact briefly shows on screen, phone dials number. When BT IS connected: push the headset button OR hold the send key, listen for the tone, speak command, verify correct contact, contact briefly shows on screen, there's a dull tone and that's the end. So VC is getting the information because it pulls up the right contact. It just can't initiate dialing.
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Hmm. I just tried it on my stock ROM ATT Tilt 2 and it works ok. However, I need to get the timing just right. If I confirm the contact too soon, nothing happens. If I wait 1-2 seconds before confirming, it works. Stupid Widcom Bluetooth stack.
GermanGuy said:
Hmm. I just tried it on my stock ROM ATT Tilt 2 and it works ok. However, I need to get the timing just right. If I confirm the contact too soon, nothing happens. If I wait 1-2 seconds before confirming, it works. Stupid Widcom Bluetooth stack.
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That works for me too. Thanks! Weird though, works only if I initiate the call from the headset. If I initiate the voice dialing from the send key, while a BT headset is attached, still doesn't work...
Incoming caller announce
Does incoming call ounce work for you on the tilt 2? My announces over the speaker phone regardless of my settings.
GermanGuy said:
Hmm. I just tried it on my stock ROM ATT Tilt 2 and it works ok. However, I need to get the timing just right. If I confirm the contact too soon, nothing happens. If I wait 1-2 seconds before confirming, it works. Stupid Widcom Bluetooth stack.
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thanks for the tip. i was ready to give up on vc. waiting is such a simple solution. appreciate the help.
GermanGuy said:
Hmm. I just tried it on my stock ROM ATT Tilt 2 and it works ok. However, I need to get the timing just right. If I confirm the contact too soon, nothing happens. If I wait 1-2 seconds before confirming, it works. Stupid Widcom Bluetooth stack.
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That worked for may also, thank you.
Annouce works on held call
Hey guys,
I noticed today while i was on a call, another call came in and the voice command announced the call in my bt as it was suppose to.
I guess this goes back to the timing issue that was discussed on another thread about microsoft needing to update the vc software to work with these new BT stacks.
Anybody had any luck or can post bt headsets that actually work.
I upgraded from a Fuze which worked great with my headset not i have nothing working with the tilt 2
Please advise
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Hey guys,
I noticed today while i was on a call, another call came in and the voice command announced the call in my bt as it was suppose to.
I guess this goes back to the timing issue that was discussed on another thread about microsoft needing to update the vc software to work with these new BT stacks.
Anybody had any luck or can post bt headsets that actually work.
I upgraded from a Fuze which worked great with my headset not i have nothing working with the tilt 2
Please advise
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I have a Blue Ant Q1 that works very good with the tilt 2 & VC. It will read my text, e-mails, & in-coming calls all over the BT. Sometimes the messages & e-mails will flop back & forth over blue tooth & speakerphone. Plus, I can listen to my music on the Q1 as well.
I have the BlueAnt Q1 headset also and contrary to what was said eariler it does not announce incoming through the Tilt 2 Voice Commander software. This headset has its on software the will announce incoming phone number only but is not able to link that number to a name in your contacts.
Its a very neat headset as everything is done by voice commands. But like all the other headsets talked here it will announce everything else (Emails, appointments, test messages, etc) but incoming caller information through VC.
you ever get the feeling the left hand (microsoft)doesn't know what the right hand (bluetooth manufacturers) is doing?
The awkward voice command delay
GermanGuy said:
Hmm. I just tried it on my stock ROM ATT Tilt 2 and it works ok. However, I need to get the timing just right. If I confirm the contact too soon, nothing happens. If I wait 1-2 seconds before confirming, it works. Stupid Widcom Bluetooth stack.
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I agree completely. On my original tilt, you said "yes" right after the voice command confirmation prompt. With the Tilt 2 I need to wait about an awkward pause longer otherwise I get a call disconnected beep in the handset and the call does not go through. If anyone finds a registry value or other fix for this, I'd be greatly appreciative!
The text message announcements DO NOT WORK, but the email announcements DO! what's up with that?! can anyone explain this one to me? i even tried adding registry edits with no luck. i've tried several ideas and nothing seems to work. i believe there is a way to get it to work, as it does announce the emails as they come in, but i can't figure it out.
These issues are all because of the new Bluetooth Stack in Windows Mobile 6.5. MSVC is old and written for the old MS BT Stack. It will not be updated, so unfortunately what you get is what you get.
I have the same problem; incoming calls are announced just fine but text messages are not read to me as with my WinMo 6.1 Tilt. I really wish there was a fix for this!
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Voice dialing from bluetooth works fine while my K-Jam is on, but when it goes into standby mode it doesnt work. I press the button on the headset and I get the headset beep indicating it has connected, but I never hear the speed dail beep. If I bring the K-Jam out of standby mode, I can see the speed dial program is on teh screen, but it seems stuck. Maybe any ideas?
Thanks, John
All Wizards suffer from this; currently no known way around it, hopefully a update will cure this issue or someone will find a way.
A little more digging and I have seen where others have tried to find a work around. Here is what I am doing for now. I am turning off automatic standby and using the "device lock" to keep buttons from accidentally being pushed instead of putting it in standby by pushing the power button. I am not sure what the battery usage will be now, but I will test it for awhile and see. By the way, does anyone know how I can assign one of the hard buttons to device lock? Is there an exe somewhere or can someone point me to a registry entry for this?
Thanks
haven't found keylock yet, but found "power off"
may create a short cut in programs?
My Qtek does not have this problem.
I'm using voicedial from my bluetooth headset. It works perfect even when the phone is in standby mode! It wakes up and makes the call perfectly!! I have a Qtek 9100 and a SonyEricsson HBH-662.
same here with my dopod 838 and HBH-662 it seems to work nicely even if the device is in standby. Is this because of the headset?
::adit
No problem here either...
Dutch MDA Vario + HBH-662 headset - works like a charm standby or not.
By the way... why bother installing MS Voice when the Wizard comes with it's own voice dialing utility?
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By the way... why bother installing MS Voice when the Wizard comes with it's own voice dialing utility?
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Probably because MS Voice Command is based on speaker independent recognition. So, you don't record a voice tag for the few contacts you dial most often, you just say 'call <contact> at|on mobile|home|work' and it will try and recognise the contact from your entire list.
Also pretty cool for casually pressing the button and asking 'what appointments do I have today' and having the details and locations read out to you...
Dox
lisa1982
OEM voicedial does not allow you to dial by digits 5-5-5-1-2-3-4 etc OEM voice dial is limited to voice tags MS Voice Command allows you to dial any contact in you're list also the ability of MS VC to announce upcoming appointments etc.
There are more these are only a few examples.
Can you guys that are able to make BT calls from standbye mode post what rom etc you have installed?
Thanks, John
Question for all you guys with the SE HBH-662 headsets. Does the caller ID on the Headset work? Meaning when you get an incoming call does it scroll the phone number only or does it display the name of the contact (if you have them in your contacts)? And how is the battery life of the headset ? I've got a Motorola HS850 which I love but I'm having the same problem with voice dialling from Standby and am willing to buy another headset if it works.
Thanks.
Hi firas,
Only the number is displayed in a scrolling fashion and it has a good battery life. Highly recommended
I have the HBH-600 but dont think it would work any different with another headset. My K-Jam receives the signal, and beeps, but seems to get stuck after that. When I take it out of standbye after trying it, I see the voice app is open, but seems to be stuck. If another headset will fix the problem, I would gladly buy it.
John
techspy
My HBH-660 does the same thing as your's I may go ahead and get the HBH-662 and try it thogh, if it will fix the issue that would be great.
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All Wizards suffer from this; currently no known way around it, hopefully a update will cure this issue or someone will find a way.
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One method that does work is to use the "redial" function on your headset. On my HS850 it's press and hold the call button. The Wizard _will_ wake up and start dialling your last used number. Just tap the headset button again to cancel the call, and you're ready to use Voicedail.
Initiating a redial then cancelling it to get the phone to wake up is a work around but not a fix. I hope they resolve this or if the HBH-662 does work I wonder what the difference is?
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Initiating a redial then cancelling it to get the phone to wake up is a work around but not a fix.
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Thanks for your constructive input and for stating the obvious :roll: I was simply correcting your statement that there is "currently no known way around it" which is not true. All it takes is two extra button presses.
Tried my new Wizard last night with my old Plantronics M3000 bluethooth headset, Device was in stanby and when i pressed the button on the headst it woke up and voice dailed no problems.
I am using the standard T- Mobile roms with the MDA Vario as it is only a day old.
Hope this helps
Hi Again,
RE: the old Voice Command issue with the Touch....When I am using my bluetooth, I hit the call button on the earpiece and get the tone. I say, for ex., "call home", and get the usual voice response, "Call Home?", to which I respond yes. Then i just get the end tone. It doesn't dial the number. Works fine without ther bluetooth. My understanding was VC didn't work at all with BT, but now that I'm this close, I'm wondering if there is a fix...Also, not to beat a dead horse, but anything new on voice notifications, especially Email and appointments. I really miss that from my old BlackJack with VC 1.5....
Thanks all,
Gary
Bluetooth and Voice Command 1.6 work perfectly on my Touch Cruise. (Although, it might be causing an issue with A2DP...I have to investigate to make sure though.). Eitherway, the point of my post was to let you know that VC 1.6 does over bluetooth, with not only commands, but also voice notifications coming over properly. So maybe the problem is your Radio ROM? Have you tried any others? Do the Radio ROMs from the MSM7200 models work for you guys with the MSM7500? If so, the most upto date Touch Cruise Radio ROM could do the trick for you.
Similar problem here.
With my stock touch, VC1.6 works better then with previous devices, but still not 100%.
I can initiate calls by pressing the button on my headset and, unlike devices of the past, notifications can be heard via the headset.
Where I have a problem, is in VC recognizing my response to confirmations. Anotherwords, if I have confirmations turned on for voice dialing, and say "dial Michele at home", VC will come back and confirm "dial Michele at home?". But when I acknowledge and say "yes", it does not recognize this, and times out.
If I turn confirmations off completely, everything works fine.
You can actually hear the confirmations lol? When I tried it I could barely hear the confirmations.
Dew.man,
How do you turn off confirmations? I can see the check boxes for voice enabling, and calendar reminders, but nothing about disabling the confirmations. (I have ver. 1.60.4622, is there a newer one?) Also, (for mindfrost) regarding the volume thru the bluetooth, there is a fix for that which works great. I'm at work and I'd have to look for it, but it is probably on this site . And the ever popular "audiopara" fix works GREAT for all other volume issues. Just drop the folder in the phone's windows directory. It is available on this site as well.
Gary
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Dew.man,
How do you turn off confirmations? I can see the check boxes for voice enabling, and calendar reminders, but nothing about disabling the confirmations. (I have ver. 1.60.4622, is there a newer one?) Also, (for mindfrost) regarding the volume thru the bluetooth, there is a fix for that which works great. I'm at work and I'd have to look for it, but it is probably on this site . And the ever popular "audiopara" fix works GREAT for all other volume issues. Just drop the folder in the phone's windows directory. It is available on this site as well.
Gary
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I would love to know the fix for the BT issue, please post.
After months of tweaking (including Jetware, that doesn't even have direct support for Touch), I did finally get MS VC working well on my Touch, even with voice confirmation and all. But it would take out my A2DP stereo capability time and time again. I implemented every other tweak and tip out there. Besides A2DP being unusable, it would also take out being to listen to Sprint TV over a BT headphone, which was a real bummer.
About 3 months ago I finally gave up VC. I had to ask what were my must haves, and they were rock solid A2DP to play my Rhapsody to-go tracks on the memory card with my two BT stereo headphones, and listening to SprintTV over the BT mono or stereo. Voice command was third on the list, and I'd just had to survive with the mickey-mouse voice dialing that came with the Touch... I uninstalled the MS VC for good.
Now everything is rock solid, and I much regret the literally hundreds of hours of my life I wasted on VC, not to mention my $40 bucks.
For those of us who don't use stereo bluetooth.. ie, myself I'd love to know what the fix was for getting the confirmation volume corrected. It'd make voice dialing in noisy places (such as while driving, in airports, etc) a whole lot easier. If anyone in this thread recalls, what was the solution to that?
Dear all,
I have a Parrot CK3100 carkit and I am running Bepe's 0.61 WWE and Radio 1.58.25.14.
BT pairing and sync is (more os less) seamless but I found that when I initiate the call with the phone's green button the call goes through the phone's loudspeaker. When I initiate the call with either by clicking on the contact's picture or action button on the name or voice dialing by Parrot everything works fine.
I know that I can turn the Parrot carkit's loudspeaker on by clicking menu->"turn headset on" but it is so dangerous to chek it and activate it while driving.
Is this the expected behaviour? Is this a Radio stack related problem? Anything I could do about making the external speakers work all the time the headset profile is activated? Anyway, it used to work as I expected with the original ROM.
Thanks, Z
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Is this the expected behaviour?
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Yes, instead of pushing green button on phone use the call button on Parrot and everything works fine.
Sascha
You mean I've got to search for the contact on the phone or on the Parrot? Because I prefer the phone's T9 dialer. Would it work if I chose the contact on the phone and pressed the green button on Parrot? Will play with that tomorrow.
And once we're talking about Parrots...
I have 1015 contacts to sync. BT sync is okay (I use "Windows CE" when pairing), but quite a few of my numbers do not go to the carkit. (I don't have to tell there are my mom, sister, kids etc. All my customers are on the carkit.) Can I do anything about that? I can send them one by one, but OBEX is not working according to my experiences. It says it was okay, but I cannot find the contact afterwards.
Any idea is highly appreciated. Thanks
Get MS Voice Command, and never browse your phone book again. Trust me its a well worthwhile investment, I can't think of a single person that bought it and regretted it.
Look at this, perhaps it can help.
http://www.jetwaremobile.com/
robjo
zoltansz said:
Would it work if I chose the contact on the phone and pressed the green button on Parrot?
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Yes, that is precisely what I meant.
sonus said:
Get MS Voice Command, and never browse your phone book again.
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Doesn't work for me since my car apparently is too noisy (at least while running).
Sascha
As far as the noise is concerned, the trick is that you have to record the names while driving so that noise would be on the records as well. Fortunately, I have a Civic and that makes perfect background noise for this operation
Anyway, I have VC enabled but I am using only to narrate my upcoming appointments while headset profile is on and the calendar is free. Do not use that for dialing or navigating the shell.
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the trick is that you have to record the names while driving so that noise would be on the records as well
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Since when do you have to record names in order to use MS voice command?
It's a speech recognition software which is user independant.
Sascha
Hi, as I said, I do not use VC for dialing. I use Parrot for that and I am basically very satisfied with that. The only problem is that, for some peculiar reason, not all my contacts gets sync-ed there.
Correct me if I am wrong, but there is no built in voice dialing capability tools included with the HD2?
I would like to be able to (like I have with the last 2 HTC Smartphones) be able to voice dial a contact over a bluetooth headset or car unit....
Any recommendations, or is this feature hidden somewhere that I simply have to activate? If there is an app I can get, preferrably free, please advise. Thanks!
Microsoft Voice Command is probably the best out there... its almost uncanny how you can just talk to your phone and ask it stuff with no training.... Call blah blah blah.... what are my apointments? .... open file explorer.... etc etc etc....
I use it with a bluetooth headset all the time to make and receive calls all the time.... calls received will have the caller's name read to me via BT headset
Thanks, so nothing is included with the HD2 then correct? Is there a free version we can get for our HD2 here or elsewhere of Voice Command?
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Microsoft Voice Command is probably the best out there... its almost uncanny how you can just talk to your phone and ask it stuff with no training.... Call blah blah blah.... what are my apointments? .... open file explorer.... etc etc etc....
I use it with a bluetooth headset all the time to make and receive calls all the time.... calls received will have the caller's name read to me via BT headset
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eskasi said:
Microsoft Voice Command is probably the best out there... its almost uncanny how you can just talk to your phone and ask it stuff with no training.... Call blah blah blah.... what are my apointments? .... open file explorer.... etc etc etc....
I use it with a bluetooth headset all the time to make and receive calls all the time.... calls received will have the caller's name read to me via BT headset
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And that's on an HD2?
MSVC is pretty much the best out there...the other alternative is the Cyberon Speed Dial, but you do have to record for each contact.
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I use it with a bluetooth headset all the time to make and receive calls all the time.... calls received will have the caller's name read to me via BT headset
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Which MSVC version are you using?
I've been having strange problems with my Blueant Supertooth light and MSVC 1.6.
The problems are:
- My Blueant doesn't terminate the connection after calls, the lights and speaker just stays on eventhough the call has been terminated.
- No incoming call announcement from the blueant device.
- Sometimes when I press the call button on my BT device, voice commander responds on the phone's speaker??
Weird... I didn't have the above problems with my TD, although I never could get the incoming call announcement to work as well.
on the same lines, is there any application to type what you speak? This way we could use speech to text instead of using the keyboard!
It is a huge letdown that the HD2 does not already INCLUDE a voice dialing application like the past several HTC phones have had, for years.
HTC needs to step up the plate and both provide this and make sure that bluetooth voice dialing protocols are in place.
Has anyone used the Cyberon app yet? I believe the one is called "Voice Dialer" and the other is called "Voice Commander", not sure what the actual difference is or if either work fully on the HD2.
Hi. I'm using Cyberon Voice Sped Dialer on my HD2 and have set up my voice dals.
However, when I go to use the voice dial I only every get the 'tone' through the phone speaker and no longer through my BT headset. I have a Jawbone 2 BT headset.
My Touch HD worked fine with it and you could dial using voice through the headset but I no longer can on the HD2.
Is there a way to fix this? Do I need different software or is it just one of those things?
Thanks.
Owen.
Hi,
Im having the same problems with my HD2 device. I have a parrot bluetooth carkit and with this new device it doens't work like it should because there is no voice dialing.
I've tried several programs like Microsoft Voice command and other voice command programs like VITO voice command and Cyberon.
Is there any program that just looks like the voice dialing on the HTC Diamond? I just want to record my own voice and use it with my bluetooth carkit.
Thanks,
187ed187
The problems with bluetooth is down to the HD2 using a widcomm bluetooth stack as apposed to a microsoft one. I personally havent found a voice dialing app that will work with the widcomm stack.
So what do we do now? I really love this phone but this is a huge problem for me...
Good question.... experiment!? E-mail voice recognition manufactures?
I have cyberon voice speed dial 1.2
I cant get it to work through my BT but I have sort cut on home that I press and it opens all my progs and dial contacts, one of the best things about my phone now I love that it opens all my programs...
I used to have a n95 and this put an auto voice tag on each contact and worked through any BT, shame the HD2 hasnt got an app that can do that ... and open my progs..
I'm also still waiting for a solution.
I have 2 bt handsfree devices on my 2 cars (Parrot and Blueant)...and MSVC only works for the first try after a soft reset.
After the first go, MSVC just goes thru the phone's mic and speaker. Very annoying when you still need to hold the phone up while driving AND you have a bluetooth handsfree device.
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The problems with bluetooth is down to the HD2 using a widcomm bluetooth stack as apposed to a microsoft one. I personally havent found a voice dialing app that will work with the widcomm stack.
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Is it possible for someone to cook a ROM with the MSFT bluetooth stack? Or is that too hardware/driver dependent?
You guys should check out the threat with the name: Voice Dial Removed! WTF?
Since I cannot post links yet I can't post the exact link but I'm sure you guys are able to use the search function on this website
Someone claims to have found a working solution for the problem, it's on the second page of the thread.. I'm going to test it right now
Edit: IT WORKS!! At first holding the call button didn't work for me, so I followed the instructions on the first page and now it works!!
Link :
Voice Dial Removed! WTF?
About to try it, hope it works with BT voice dial, if not then Duttys WM6.5 works as well as it can and includes the long press fix as standard.
Owen.
To install .CAB according to order of their numbering.
Do not forget to put a tick in Audio-adjustments sets (' To reproduce system sounds on removed set ').
I did not check it by myself yet.
I tried to make ONE .CAB but did not find apropriate software.
Let's try this way.
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To install .CAB according to order of their numbering.
Do not forget to put a tick in Audio-adjustments sets (' To reproduce system sounds on removed set ').
I did not check it by myself yet.
I tried to make ONE .CAB but did not find apropriate software.
Let's try this way.
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I have succeeded to activate the CVSD with BT Headset button press with the "4_CVSD_1.2_build_61226_1_BTHeadsetFixed.cab" given in the mail above.
But I can not hear the Voice Tag of the contact from the BT Headset but from the speaker of the HD2 as a confirmation to my speed dial speech.
And I have to check the screen when dialing started if I am motocycling
Any proposal to fix that little problem?
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I have succeeded to activate the CVSD with BT Headset button press with the "4_CVSD_1.2_build_61226_1_BTHeadsetFixed.cab" given in the mail above.
But I can not hear the Voice Tag of the contact from the BT Headset but from the speaker of the HD2 as a confirmation to my speed dial speech.
And I have to check the screen when dialing started if I am motocycling
Any proposal to fix that little problem?
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Can you give us a little more information? Which ROM ver? Which other soft you installed? Did u use: 1_CyberonVoiceSpeedDial_1_2_b080227_0R3.cab ?
Isn't there an option in the BT setup, sending all systemsounds to BT?
I have tried to get Microsoft VoiceCommand to announce incoming calls through bluetooth but have had no success. I will be happy to pay anyone 100.00 who can come up with a solution. Will pay by paypal once confirmed working.
You can keep your money, but I can try to help. Did you already go into the Voice Command settings and select "announce notifications using bluetooth hands free only" or there is another option that says"announce notifications using bluetooth hands free if available"
BT headset sencitivity to Voice Command
I've found over the years that the reading incoming voicemail via Voice command can often depend on the BT headset you have. I went thru several different models until I found a family that seems to work very well. At the moment I have a TMOUS Hd2 and I'm using a Motorola 710 bt headset. It works just about every time.
Previously I had a HTC TYTN II with a Motorola 700 and then the 710 and these both worked with the purchased copy of Voice command 1.6 (don't recall the release but it was pretty current via upload)
Try going to a store that carries the 710 that offers a return policy, give it a try.
Tried these suggestions no luck
MirasHD2 I tried the settings for both announcing incoming calls and unchecked only during free time.
AndyClay I have a Motorola 710 headset no good. My problem is with incoming caller ID announce. I have tired a Jabra, Motorola 710 and Jawbone Prime all with no luck. Can get them to announce messages but no caller ID through bluetooth.
Thank you both for your suggestions.
You mean on BT "Call from 999-999-9999"? Yeah, if you find a answer let me know. Anything that initiates from the phone won't goto the headset. But anything I tell it from the headset will come back to the headset.
So incoming calls and appointment notifications won't work on my headset. But everything else seems to work.
I have the Blue Ant Q1 and it announces the incoming caller's phone number and handles voice commands very well. I just can't seem to get ringtones to play through the headset. NOTE: Blue Ant has a newer model coming called T1 that is supposed to announce calls by name. But I cannot confirm this.
The Q1 does it for me so far but I REALLY would like to have ringtones/ringerIDs to play through the headset.......
I have a motorola T505 in car speaker and it works great, plus I can also listen to slacker through my car sterio with this unit. New Egg sells them for about $60
It will announce appointments
Starstreak, I have got it to announce my appointments. This is what I did. Enable the settings in the VoiceCommand app to announce appointments and uncheck only during free time. Then go to settings, on the bottom of the device it will say menu, click on menu then all settings this opens several selection icons. select bluetooth go into settings which is the gears on the top left, choose advanced then audio, check box to play system sounds on remote handsfree device. I have my device set to announce appointments 15 minutes before the time. when this happens a tone alert starts, this opens the audio channel to my bluetooth headset, I hear a little of the tone then I hear the voice announcement telling me what the appointment is. Doing this will also send system sounds to the headset but I don't mind that too much.
It palys music
Jdwme, I can play music through the headset also. It is caller ID announce I can't get working. Does your Motorola announce the incoming callers name or number. None of the devices I have tried will announce caller ID at all only through the phone speaker no bluetooth.
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I have the Blue Ant Q1 and it announces the incoming caller's phone number and handles voice commands very well. I just can't seem to get ringtones to play through the headset. NOTE: Blue Ant has a newer model coming called T1 that is supposed to announce calls by name.
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If youre willing to try another headset
waiting for the new Blueant
I looked up the Blueant and I am waiting for the new model which will announce the name of the caller. I was hoping someone would know of or figure out a registry hack or mod to get this to work on a regular bluetooth headset. Thanks for the tip on the Blueant
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I looked up the Blueant and I am waiting for the new model which will announce the name of the caller. I was hoping someone would know of or figure out a registry hack or mod to get this to work on a regular bluetooth headset. Thanks for the tip on the Blueant
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No problem Polera. According to Blue Ant, the T1 is due out in May 2010 and should be $79-$99. I will probably get one too.
I thought I tried that one... I'll try that again.
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Starstreak, I have got it to announce my appointments. This is what I did. Enable the settings in the VoiceCommand app to announce appointments and uncheck only during free time. Then go to settings, on the bottom of the device it will say menu, click on menu then all settings this opens several selection icons. select bluetooth go into settings which is the gears on the top left, choose advanced then audio, check box to play system sounds on remote handsfree device. I have my device set to announce appointments 15 minutes before the time. when this happens a tone alert starts, this opens the audio channel to my bluetooth headset, I hear a little of the tone then I hear the voice announcement telling me what the appointment is. Doing this will also send system sounds to the headset but I don't mind that too much.
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It's not the HD2, It's a bug with MSVC when being used with WM versions past 6.1. I too have been looking for a fix for several days. I also had the Treo Pro where the Announce Incoming Caller worked with the same BT that I am using now.
I supposed now that MS is on to WM7, they could care less if they fix this or not.
That's why I posted here
MadLinx, That is why I posted the offer for someone here to maybe look into a registry hack or modification to get the caller Id over bluetooth working.. I have managed to get all the other voice functions operating.....still hoping someone here can help.
mine works just fine, i'm using a moto h710 and plantronics 975. go to bluetooth settings, advanced, audio, and make sure "play system sounds on remote hands-free device is checked. then go to voice command, make sure it's enabled. then highlight phone, hit options. check all the boxes, including announce incoming calls and select annouce notifications using bluetooth if available. if you guys need more help, just holler .
Ok checked the box to move all audio to headset. Well, now I seem to get mostly everything but stuff that the unit initiates(sp) itself. Like the incoming caller ID/name if it's my address book. But so far it works the best.
MS should just pay someone to FIX this program. Hell, if it worked like how it's supposed to, I'll pay$29.95 for an app like this.
mr8820 said:
mine works just fine, i'm using a moto h710 and plantronics 975. go to bluetooth settings, advanced, audio, and make sure "play system sounds on remote hands-free device is checked. then go to voice command, make sure it's enabled. then highlight phone, hit options. check all the boxes, including announce incoming calls and select annouce notifications using bluetooth if available. if you guys need more help, just holler .
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thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't change anything on my end. the announce works, but it still announces through the phone loud speaker.
Yesterday, I upgraded from a Dash (non-3G) to the HD2. On my Dash, I had performed the registry hack to enable the voice command messaging/caller ID announcements over the handsfree bluetooth, and had no problems. Now using the same Plantronics Voyager Pro headset with the HD2, I am receiving calendar and messaging notifications, but I too am not getting the caller ID announcements on the headset. The incoming call information that should be heard on the headset is played through the handset speaker which should be muted. However, I have no problem placing calls using the headset with voice command. So, if a problem exists with the bluetooth stack, I am not sure why it would work sometimes and other times not. I too have verified all of the settings mentioned in this thread to remedy the situation with no success. I have factory reset the HD2 and reconfigured everything, again without success. I am not sure where to go next.
http://pocketnow.com/how-to/how-to-disable-htc-messaging-on-the-hd2
Can someone try this? He claims "One of the great things about HTC Sense on the HTC HD2 is that it's such a heavy redesign of Windows Mobile. Unfortunately, this can cause problems with some other applications. For me, HTC's text messaging application replacement disabled Microsoft Voice Command's ability to read my incoming text messages to me over a Bluetooth headset."
So I'm wondering if doing what he claims will allow the caller ID to be sent to BT? I would try this, but can't at the moment.