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New google maps with voice search

Dont know if anyone realised it but there is a new version of google maps with VOICE SEARCH just go to android market and search for GOOGLE MAPS should be the first app.Also if you have a uk magic with no voice dialing as standard just download the google search by voice app in the market and your all set it also seems to be a lot faster
http://phandroid.com/2009/06/15/updated-google-maps-for-android/

Thanks for that it works like a charm

no voice search?
Strange, i updated my google maps to 3.1 but i've got no voice search option.
i live in sweden.
any idea?

robocik said:
Strange, i updated my google maps to 3.1 but i've got no voice search option.
i live in sweden.
any idea?
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Download the "google search by voice app" in the market,then watch the video link in my first post to activate

The new update doesn't have Street View. Are they discontinuing the project?

it has streetview im using it now!!

You are right, but it is not an option in the map modes like it was before. You have to long press the map on the location, then a window pops up and there you select street view. Don't really care about that since I am in Canada and there are no street views here yet, at least that is what I think. As for the voice recognition/search function, I do not have that option in the search function. Looked all over the place for it but still can't find it. There is suppose to be a mic beside the google search bar in the Search option. Not there on Rogers Canada network. Hopefully they will fix that soon.

deeman said:
Download the "google search by voice app" in the market,then watch the video link in my first post to activate
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can't find this app, when i search for it, only one app appears and it is google maps which is already installed...
still no voice search for me.
strange.

The Roger HTC Magic (I have one) doesn't appear to have libspeech.so installed - I think that is the missing piece. I am not sure why we don't see the google search by voice app that the others are speaking about.
I'm confused why the voice dialer works - I guess that doesn't use libspeech.so?

adrianhensler said:
The Roger HTC Magic (I have one) doesn't appear to have libspeech.so installed - I think that is the missing piece. I am not sure why we don't see the google search by voice app that the others are speaking about.
I'm confused why the voice dialer works - I guess that doesn't use libspeech.so?
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I'm confused to... how can i see which version of magic i have? is'nt it the same phone with different names, roger, ion etc ?

Search by voice
I have the sam problem, dont see the search by voice option and no such app to download on market.

citizennn said:
I have the sam problem, dont see the search by voice option and no such app to download on market.
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When you are in Google Maps, do Menu > Search then select the microphone, which will let you do voice search.

robocik said:
I'm confused to... how can i see which version of magic i have? is'nt it the same phone with different names, roger, ion etc ?
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It's close to the same hardware - different frequencies or something for the different carriers. The other difference is each carrier can customize the Android OS they release. Rogers in Canada, for example, released their Android phones with MS Exchange support. But they obviously left some other things out. That's why I want to root my phone so I can put whatever software I want on there.

bachviet said:
When you are in Google Maps, do Menu > Search then select the microphone, which will let you do voice search.
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That's the issue - there's no such button. Missing libspeech.so is the culprit here I believe. And while I have the file from other sources, I don't have root access to the phone, so I can't install it to the lib folder to make it work.

What a pain.. when I try to update mine, I get the message:
"Installation Error: Package file was not signed correctly."
Any suggestions?

I installed the new version of maps but I can't find the voice search option, it's just not there (same as previously reported) i'm on vodafone australia.
Any idea how we can get the voice working?

Well I upgraded the Maps app and have the voice search. It's rubbish! I've tried speeking as clearly as possible but it's all over the place. Searching Edinburgh comes back as Dayton, Ohio, USA everytime Typing is much quicker anyway.

New update of Google Map has been released, v3.1.1

I've updated and retried, it's still rubbish.

Ya not sure what v3.1.1 fixes, there is still no voice search here in Canada yet.

Voice to text

Hi All,
I'm new to android and have just purchased the Samsung Galaxy S. Can anyone tell me if it has voice to text like the nexus one or desire ?

yes under settings you can enable it.. but app has to support it.

Hmm i can't seem to find it. I want to be able to use speech to text for things like SMS messages.
I can see an app called "Voice Text" in the market - do I need to buy this first ? It's got terrible reviews.

I cannot find it either.
The Nexus One came with a voice recognition keyboard and voice search. Were these Android 2.1 standard or were they specific to the N1?

dayloon said:
Hi All,
I'm new to android and have just purchased the Samsung Galaxy S. Can anyone tell me if it has voice to text like the nexus one or desire ?
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I want to know as well. I think the Evo's feature on this is great, to speak out a text reply if driving is great.

My guess is they are 2.1 standard (I read voice input EVERYWHERE is a feature). However Samsung have replaced the standard android keyboard with their own, and Swype does not have that feature (yet, I looked it up and they said they will be adding the microphone button very soon)
You may be able to install the default keyboard for android?

Supposedly this is a feature of Android 2.1, but for some reason Samsung seems to have left it out.
I purchased Better Keyboard, which allows you to enable the mic/input button on the keyboard, but when you press it you get an error message that your phone does not have the voice recognition engine installed.
You can use the Samsung Apps on the SGS to install VLingo for free (it's $9.99 in the Market), but you have to use the crappy vlingo keyboard to get the mic button that works.
Very disappointed to see this feature missing from the SGS. Supposedly the SGS version of Swype is getting a mic input button, so I wonder if the newer JWM2 ROM floating around has that in Swype and includes voice recognition.

Edit: this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712100 has a link to a working version of the voice search. I've installed it and it works.
Some are reporting that installing Google Search by Voice from the Market corrects this issue. I can't validate since that app doesn't show in the Market on either my Nexus One or my Galaxy S.

my I9000m did not come with google voice search.

What app do I need to install to get Google Vioce search. can't seem to find it on the market..

TriC_101 said:
What app do I need to install to get Google Vioce search. can't seem to find it on the market..
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mine too and I can't find on the market.

just run market, and type google voice
click install
done

AllGamer said:
just run market, and type google voice
click install
done
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that will not work..... I have to voice seach in google nav. and my seach bar does not have it as well.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667387
Not available in Canada currently because it only supports English.

found how to get it.. just do a seach on google for "com.google.android.voicesearch.apk" and download and install and it works.. copy it to your SD card to install it.

nevermind it just crashes out. worked on my x10 tho

here this version works

hmm... if you are talking about the Bell version it comes in the stock ROM
it's labelled as "Voice Dialler"
but it is not only voice dialing, when you speak to it, it comes back with search results for both software and contacts, if you execute either one, it launches the app, or it dials the contact

lgkahn said:
here this version works
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thanks it does work

Earlier today I change the sell code to english and ta-daaa: voice search appeared. I'm actually looking for a way to get rid of it right now
You lose all your data though. So if you're gonna try it, go ahead and back up. I use Titanium back up (I don't love it, though: you have to stay by the phone waiting to give the green like* everytime an app is being re-installed).
EDIT: *light

sell code?...

Hmmm, maybe that's not its name. Anyway: *#272*HHMM# change HHMM for your local time, so if it's 12:30 it should look like: *#272*1230#.
Once there, check the codes http: //samsung-firmware . webs . com / samsunglettercode . htm (remove blanks) and apply the english one.

i get only this page when i google sell code samsung... so i'm not sure if such a thing exist.
anyway the 272 trick doesn't work on my i9000.

lgkahn said:
here this version works
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thanks, it works but requires internet,.
Does anyone know how to make it so I can use it offline?
thanks

specr1 said:
thanks, it works but requires internet,.
Does anyone know how to make it so I can use it offline?
thanks
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it has to get internet connection.
i think you're looking for google commands. you can just grab it from the market. but it wont work without google voice search.

ravi84m said:
it has to get internet connection.
i think you're looking for google commands. you can just grab it from the market. but it wont work without google voice search.
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Thanks,
Market didn't have "google commands" but it had "voice commands". Voice commands was listed as free but when i clicked on the link it said "not found"
I tried both appbrain and android market.
Anyone have the apk for voice command or google command?

I'm not exactly sure why voice input was removed, probably a combination of the fact that it doesn't support french and also that Samsung stripped out the default android keyboard (which has the microphone button) and replaced it with 2 far superior keyboards: their own, and swype. I guess that's the one downside of swype is you don't get the voice input button.
However Samsung did include Vlingo for free (I'm aware that Vlingo has since become free for all phones since the updated google voice commands were announced for froyo). Vlingo is actually far better than the google voice input (at least for 1.5-2.1) as it gives you commands as well as the text entry. You can also setup the Vlingo keyboard which is essentially the stock Android 2.1 keyboard including the mic button.
From what I can tell it detects words just as well as the google service. Vlingo lets you put widgets of any size (1x1 to full screen) so this kinda makes up for the missing mic button on the google search widget.
I would imagine when the 2.2 update comes out we will have the google function back with multi language support and commands!

well Nirvana388 beat me to it, i was going to recommend Vlingo as well

Nirvana388 said:
I'm not exactly sure why voice input was removed, probably a combination of the fact that it doesn't support french and also that Samsung stripped out the default android keyboard (which has the microphone button) and replaced it with 2 far superior keyboards: their own, and swype. I guess that's the one downside of swype is you don't get the voice input button.
However Samsung did include Vlingo for free (I'm aware that Vlingo has since become free for all phones since the updated google voice commands were announced for froyo). Vlingo is actually far better than the google voice input (at least for 1.5-2.1) as it gives you commands as well as the text entry. You can also setup the Vlingo keyboard which is essentially the stock Android 2.1 keyboard including the mic button.
From what I can tell it detects words just as well as the google service. Vlingo lets you put widgets of any size (1x1 to full screen) so this kinda makes up for the missing mic button on the google search widget.
I would imagine when the 2.2 update comes out we will have the google function back with multi language support and commands!
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Thanks, but Vlingo requires internet right? My old phones had voice recognition without the requirement of internet.
Ravi84m suggested "google commands" because it doesn't require internet??

Google Servers

Hello guys,
i look a few times on battery use and i see something that never i see .. and its happen in the last days ..
what's this?
hope you will help me
thanks
Tom

DeepPurple114 said:
Hello guys,
i look a few times on battery use and i see something that never i see .. and its happen in the last days ..
what's this?
hope you will help me
thanks
Tom
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It meens u r using android
Service of everything refer to google
Google account, play store, hangouts, google current, google map and etc
If u was used google talk then after update to hangout, it asked u to update also google service and then new version of play.store
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Google. Developers:
Google Services. Google offers a variety of services that help you build new revenue streams, manage app distribution, ...
Sent via my Sony Xperia Z | C6602

so its new?
i saw this after i play with the places in beautiful widgets? its can be something like that?
any why 66%?

Simple performance gain for Xperia SP

Hi all,
Today I have accidentially discovered something that helped my Xperia a little bit.
I started to look into its lag and performance problems after playing for a while with my wife's Motorola Moto G.
By the way, Moto G is a small miracle I'd say.
So I started to investigate for potential source of problems for Xperia. Then... I disabled the "Google search" app (yes, that one on the top of main screen). And the phone works much, much better now !
This is no problem for me as I never used this search bar. But just to confirm, maybe others could also try out if it helps them, too ? It's easily reversible.

Even i did the same thing and it does really help. My phone is as smooth as it should be. Zero lags. And i love the xperia themes
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emcom said:
Hi all,
Today I have accidentially discovered something that helped my Xperia a little bit.
I started to look into its lag and performance problems after playing for a while with my wife's Motorola Moto G.
By the way, Moto G is a small miracle I'd say.
So I started to investigate for potential source of problems for Xperia. Then... I disabled the "Google search" app (yes, that one on the top of main screen). And the phone works much, much better now !
This is no problem for me as I never used this search bar. But just to confirm, maybe others could also try out if it helps them, too ? It's easily reversible.
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Yeah, I agree, Google search (incl. Google Now) drains a lot of battery even when unused-it runs in the background. Also the Moto G is great, my bro and dad own it, I am thinking of getting it as well. :fingers-crossed:

can you search anything in browser afterwards?

le grande magnetto said:
can you search anything in browser afterwards?
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Of course, since it has nothing to do with this app.
I disabled google search directly after I bought the phone. It runs extremely smooth especially with 4.3.
Google Search app is just for the widget, google now and all of the background stuff it brings - which is definitely a reason for slow devices and battery drain.

Ungewiss said:
Of course, since it has nothing to do with this app.
I disabled google search directly after I bought the phone. It runs extremely smooth especially with 4.3.
Google Search app is just for the widget, google now and all of the background stuff it brings - which is definitely a reason for slow devices and battery drain.
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for me it was not possible.. neither searching from web page nor from address bar. nothing happened.

le grande magnetto said:
for me it was not possible.. neither searching from web page nor from address bar. nothing happened.
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For me the 'Google now' icon when long tap home change to search button (a magnifier instead google logo), and then open browser in google.com.... I was using dolphin browser, maybe try this?
also, I didn't notice any improvement in perfomance disabling google search.... but I have no Google Play services drain or anything....

What Google applications I can uninstall (rooted phone) ?

Drakomord said:
What Google applications I can uninstall (rooted phone) ?
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Google Search, Gmail, Google+, almost every Google app, except if u want to download and install apps from the Play Store, it's a must to have Google Play Store and Google Play Services installed on ur phone

MCM4u said:
Google Search, Gmail, Google+, almost every Google app, except if u want to download and install apps from the Play Store, it's a must to have Google Play Store and Google Play Services installed on ur phone
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Ok thanks !