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Please Support Improved Android Voice Dialer

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1181
The voice dialer in the Android platform is so incredibly flawed yet it doesn't seem as if they notice/care. This issue needs to be starred by more people for it to become something they will look at IMO.
Why should a voice dialer require user input? Isn't the point of a voice dialer such that you can use it by simply pressing the button on your BT headset and instructing the application to choose for you?
Thanks for your time.

Bump. Please support. This issue needs to be resolved!

Isn't this function available in Donut??

What feature? Voice search? Yes, but it requires an internet connection to work. So for those of us that don't have a data plan, it's worthless. Also, the button on a BT headset will activate the voice dialer, not voice search so we still have the same issue.

BUMPED. Honestly, why is it so hard just to open the link and star the issue?

Going to keep on bumping this no matter how long it takes for people to help.

Looks like this is working a little. Got 6 more stars over the weekend! C'mon people, it's just TWO clicks!

rickytenzer said:
why is it so hard just to open the link and star the issue?
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Why is it so hard to write a decent title to a post?

brucemcl said:
Why is it so hard to write a decent title to a post?
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Because I didn't have a PR man in charge like I do now, Bruce.

Ricky i completely agree with you but I starred that defect a day or two after I got my phone and tried the flawed voice dialing system.

I have never in my life known a person who actually uses a Voice Dialer. As far as I'm concerned they can remove it from the OS entirely, I'd rather that Google devotes their resources to something useful.

chefgon said:
I have never in my life known a person who actually uses a Voice Dialer. As far as I'm concerned they can remove it from the OS entirely, I'd rather that Google devotes their resources to something useful.
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You happen to be one of the lucky ones who DOESN'T live in an area where headsets are required by law while driving. If a cop so much as sees a phone in my hand, I can get a $300 ticket.
For us, it's absolutely imperative. I can't really explain to a cop that Android requires me to input my selection when using the Voice Dialer.
So please, for us unlucky people, give us 30 seconds of your time and star the issue.
Thank you

Bump bump bump bump

This would be so much easier if a mod just made this a sticky...

Getting more and more support every day! Thanks guys

Its an app I never used, and probly never will, but ill star it cause I'm a nice guy.

i have no problems with this on donut? If i use google voice search it is perfect gets exactly what i ask for, Also the voice dial works fine? Are you shouting at the phone?

bonesy said:
i have no problems with this on donut? If i use google voice search it is perfect gets exactly what i ask for, Also the voice dial works fine? Are you shouting at the phone?
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+1 works for me ok too. No issues.

cardiak said:
+1 works for me ok too. No issues.
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So you guys do not have to click something on the phone when using the voice dialer? We are not saying that the voice recognition does work we are saying that it is not completely hands free.
Here's a Quote from the defect that accurately describes the problem.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1181 said:
Requiring the user to tap on the phone to confirm the function of the voice
dialer reduces the desired functionality. For example, if when wearing a
hands-free device while driving, one tries to access voicemail, the
following process is required:
1. Unlock handset.
2. Access the voice dialer via handset.
3. Visual prompt for using voice dialer
4. Speak "Call voicemail."
5. Visual prompt: "Call voicemail, call voicemail mobile"
6. Select voicemail option
7. Dials voicemail.
In an ideal voice dialer, the process might look something like this:
1. Unlock not required.
2. Access the voice dialer via handsfree device (e.g., long press on
headset "answer button")
3. Aural prompt: "Say a command."
4. Speak "Call Voicemail"
5. Aural prompt "Would you like to call voicemail?"
6. Speak "Yes/No"
7. Aural prompt "dialing voicemail"
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works with my ps3 bluetooth headset

Voice Dialer HF

Hi
Has anyone tried this app on the Desire.
Voice Dialer HF
It works on the Nexus One (although you still need to touch the screen as there is no camera button).
My Nexus One has no camera button. How do I start VDHF?
Today, VDHF on the Nexus One may only be started via the icon, since the Nexus One has neither a camera nor a send button. As soon as Google releases an OTA update that activates the Bluetooth "voice activation" feature, we will add support.
It's the closest thing to proper bluetooth voice dialing available at the moment, and since my phone is due to arrive early next week I would be interested if anyone has used this app or will now try it if they didn't know it existed.
Looking foward to receiving feedback.

i can´t DW

miguelromerom said:
i can´t DW
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I can't download it either

aenis said:
I can't download it either
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Is the inibility to download beacuse of the restrictions that are seemingly on the Desire at the moment or is there another reason?

Lyrrad said:
(although you still need to touch the screen as there is no camera button).
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For this issue, you can try button shortcut in the market! you will love that I think ;-)

Anyone on this app.
Is it a copy protected app or is it just not downloadable because it's not compatable. I haven't received my phone yet, and to be honest I am beginning to think I was too hasty in ordering it.
EDIT: INFO from Voice Dialer HF
# I can't buy any paid app from Android Market. I use a Google Hosted Domain.
* We have had reports that users signing up for Google Checkout with a Google Hosted Domain email address (Gmail using your own domain name) may not be able to download paid apps from Android Market. A workaround is to sign up using an email address with a standard Gmail [email protected] account. Discussions here and here.

UPDATE
Okay
I've spoken with the developer and the UK sales of his prodcut is suspended because initial voice recognition results with the product were not good. However when I get my phone he isprepared to let me try. I get the impression that it is tweakable. For me, a product like this is the difference between keeping the phone when it arrives, or returning it.

You should try Choice Dialer. I got it from the market on my Desire. There's a free version which will voice dial. There is also a paid version which lets you play an album or playlist by voice. Works well but still no bluetooth control as no voice activation seems to work by bluetooth. Other problem I had was that I could not choose a single song track by voice as I seem to have too many. Tony, the developer, has not yet yet been able to resolve this for me. Voice dialling isn't perfect but pretty good for me. You must speak clearly though.
Try it.

Choice dialer works fine as long as you set it up to work only as a phone voice dialer.
If you enable also the voice apps it often gets confused.
I have used it only one day but it seems like it can deliver also via BT headset.
fingers are still crossed but so far so good...

Well my experience after 1 hour is quite different.
I have 600 contacts, most with just a mobile number, but some with mob/Home and some with mob/home/work. I would say sucess rate is about 5% at the moment.
I'm also getting
Sorry!
'The application choice dialer free (process com.resounding.choicedialer.free) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.' more often than I get a correct call made. Okay Android OS is new for me, so it's unfair to judge, but this is awful compared to MS Voice Command.

norm2002 said:
You should try Choice Dialer. I got it from the market on my Desire. There's a free version which will voice dial. There is also a paid version which lets you play an album or playlist by voice. Works well but still no bluetooth control as no voice activation seems to work by bluetooth. Other problem I had was that I could not choose a single song track by voice as I seem to have too many. Tony, the developer, has not yet yet been able to resolve this for me. Voice dialling isn't perfect but pretty good for me. You must speak clearly though.
Try it.
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I tried it.
It wouldn't undertand me at all!
Also after dialling it went off and I had to press the phone button to select it again for it to start listening again.
If I have to do that I might as weel just use speed dial..
Maybe I am using it wrong??

Try vlingo.
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Choice Dialler Works fine for me even with a slight Welsh accent. Speak slow and it also picks up on contacts mobile, home or work number.

Okay seriously, how bad is the voice command system in this phone??

My wife and I got new Blueant headsets and we're testing them out. The quality of the headsets themselves seem good enough. But oh my God, trying to use the phone's native voice commands, it is ponderous. Trying to call my wife I was successful 1 time out of I don't maybe 50 tries. I tried "open ...." with every possible application... "No results, please try again." And when the voice says "redial", "redee-ill"??? Seriously? Redee-ill???
Anyone have any tips or know of any apps that can replace this horrible system? I come from an iPhone 3gs and while I love this phone so much more, the iPhone voice command system was amazing. This voice command system is pitiful at best.

I got Choice Dialer+ Free for voice dialing since the built in one was complete crap for me.
It works great.

Are you talking about Voice Dialer? Because I have absolutely no problems with it whatsoever. I have tried Choice Dialer + free and that thing is a horrible POS. It thought Market was Latitude yet the native voice system could get "Open Superuser Permissions".

I love the Voice Command on this phone. I think you are thinking of something else though.

It has the best VTT in the biz.
Might be a Mic issue.
Don't use voice dialer. Hold search and say call wife.

Hrmm, maybe I am missing something.
When I hold down search by default it only does a google search online, even if I say "Call Daniel". It just pulls up a google search for call daniel.
Is this configurable? I tried looking in settings but didn't find anything that looked relevant.
Edit: This would rock if so. The search app almost always gets it right. I just have issues with the voice dialer app.
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^^^^i'm having the same problem he is having^^^..

Indeed I also have terrible problems with the voice dialing feature from my bluetooth's (Jawbone Icon, Plantronics 925 and Jawbone 2). All the headsets are amazing and have no problem when on a phone call. Yet voice dialing with them is seriously TERRIBLE. Using voice to text though for SMS,Emails are fine. Odd...

Just to clarify, I'm yalkinggg about the voice dialer. I said voice command because its supposed to be able to open apps as well but that hasn't worked. Voice search is incredible. In fact I tried voice dialing my wife and it failed miserably but saying the same thing inti the voice searched worked perfectly. It even spelled her name right and she has a somewhat unusual name. So its not a mic issue, its a voice dialer issue.
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while i don't use the bluetooth configuration, i can say i do use the voice dialer with no issues whatsoever. i usually hold the phone in front of me (not up to my ear, which is probably what i should be doing, lol), start the voice dialer (or voice search, both will work), and say "call *insert friend's name* mobile", or "call *insert friend's name* home". never had an issue. if it can't guess absolutely, it puts up a list of what it suspects are candidates, i click on it and go. same sort of thing as "navigate to *insert place i want to go*". works like a charm

timothydonohue said:
while i don't use the bluetooth configuration, i can say i do use the voice dialer with no issues whatsoever. i usually hold the phone in front of me (not up to my ear, which is probably what i should be doing, lol), start the voice dialer (or voice search, both will work), and say "call *insert friend's name* mobile", or "call *insert friend's name* home". never had an issue. if it can't guess absolutely, it puts up a list of what it suspects are candidates, i click on it and go. same sort of thing as "navigate to *insert place i want to go*". works like a charm
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I'm looking for this to work over Bluetooth. In my opinion using voice dialer right from the headset is worthless because it takes twice as long as just using the smart dialer in the phone interface. The whole point to me is to have the phone in my pocket and the headset on, use the voice command to make a call without having to touch the phone at all. Like in a driving scenario.
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So I guess you're talking about voice dialing as in "EIGHT-ZERO-ZERO-FIVE-THREE..."? Is this so you can dial numbers that aren't in your phone? Because otherwise if the number is in your phone (or you're looking for a business) then I say, "call ____ mobile," as someone else has pointed out already.
Did the headset have any apps or anything you had to put on the phone? Maybe that part is buggy?

If you have a heavy accent what do you expect?
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pekosROB said:
So I guess you're talking about voice dialing as in "EIGHT-ZERO-ZERO-FIVE-THREE..."? Is this so you can dial numbers that aren't in your phone? Because otherwise if the number is in your phone (or you're looking for a business) then I say, "call ____ mobile," as someone else has pointed out already.
Did the headset have any apps or anything you had to put on the phone? Maybe that part is buggy?
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No I'm talking about contacts that are entered into the phone.
I tried Choice Dialer Plus and the voice recognition works great. Super accurate. My only issue, and it's a biggie, is if the screen is off, I activate the voice control through bluetooth, I say the command, it confirms, it won't actually place the call until i press the power button and unlock the phone. Then the call connects immediately. That's counter intuitive since I want to not have to touch the phone at all.

I have to admit I don't use it that often. I just noticed that it actually is able to pick up what I say perfectly fine.
I have no accent but every time I try using the Voice Dialer application it shows me a list of names nowhere near what I said. I haven't tried it in 2.2 yet, but I assume it's the same.

wowwww i just tried the voice dialer and holy bajeezus, what a pile of poop.
not one single time did it get anything correct. and it was even putting people names in there that didnt even remotely sound like what i said.
this was via the phones mic, not a headset.
voice search works much better.

I guess my Chicago accent is what works.
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r u on 2.1 or 2.2? 2.2 is way better
however windows mobile still has the best voice dial hand down ... and it had it in 2005

I have a blueant Z9i and it works awesome. Flippin 10x better than the dialer on my old BB9630. I'm thinking it does have something to do with accent. <<<---Midwest here.

topdnbass said:
It has the best VTT in the biz.
Might be a Mic issue.
Don't use voice dialer. Hold search and say call wife.
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Does that work if you don't have a wife? Does it call my FUTURE wife? LOLZZZ!
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
It works for me just fine. I also find the speach to text to be very good.

Fully working BT voice dialing for the Tab. Huzzah!

Greetings one and all! After much toiling and lurking on XDA (as well as some experimentation on my end) I have finally got my Bluetooth enabled voice dialer working flawlessly! I can now initiate all sorts of voice commands directly from my headset without needing to touch the Tab at all.
I shall now explain how.
Download and ADB Push/RootExplorer/Etc the attached VoiceDialer.apk to /system/app.
This one is different from the other APKs I've found posted on xda. I ripped it straight from my N1. It doesn't mute your headset when you long-press call and talks with a robotic voice instead of a flat beep.
Secondly (and what I believe to be *the* major detail) is an alternate lockscreen is required. The Tab wasn't really built for BT voice dialing (unlike the N1), so the stock lockscreen isn't programmed to wake and unlock when Long-press Call is initiated. In my case I used WidgetLocker because it is pure awesome. Worth every penny.
And finally I do have Google's Car Home Core & Launcher installed. While I question the direct correlation, I do know they do work closely together and frankly it doesn't hurt.
Feel free to install, mix & match as you please. Perhaps you don't need a 3rd party lockscreen with this particular iteration of VoiceDialer.apk. I haven't bothered to find out.
Also don't confuse this version of VoiceDialer with others posted around XDA. It is 72.8 KB where the others I've found are 40kb and 80kb respectively.
Best of luck and enjoy your new found headset freedom!

Nice finding, I'll give it a try. However, your VoiceDialer APK is not signed. I've already created a signed version, so if you don't mind, you will find it attached.

Anyone try this out yet?

Sounds great... Will try tomorrow.
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Digiguest said:
Anyone try this out yet?
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I tried it, works great.
I can now use my BT, and manage the phone. Thanks for the work.

Some times, well most times it really sucks to be a CDMA user

c0rnholio said:
Nice finding, I'll give it a try. However, your VoiceDialer APK is not signed. I've already created a signed version, so if you don't mind, you will find it attached.
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Ahh, thanks for supplying that. To be perfectly honest I have no idea whatsoever what the difference between a signed and unsigned APK are. I just used what I knew worked for me.

Squishie said:
Ahh, thanks for supplying that. To be perfectly honest I have no idea whatsoever what the difference between a signed and unsigned APK are. I just used what I knew worked for me.
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You're welcome. An unsigned apk cannot be installed directly through adb. You will receive an error complaining about a certificate.
BTW: There is a newer version (2.2.1.4) of the Google Car Home App floating around here. Google made available a customizable version for Nexus One and Motorola Droid. However this version runs perfectly nice on my tab.
Grab it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958890
Cheers

Tried the app with overcome Jupiter rom with mw600 bluetooth headset. App forces close every time I press the talk button on the headset. Anyone else has a solution with bluetooth voice commands?

btong said:
Tried the app with overcome Jupiter rom with mw600 bluetooth headset. App forces close every time I press the talk button on the headset. Anyone else has a solution with bluetooth voice commands?
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vlingo works from samsung apps, but you still need to do the lock screen thing, as otherwise you need to unlock every time you want to use a voice command, which is a bit of a pain.. don't understand why samsung wouldn't have implemented this!

Thanks for the tip. Vlingo works. I heard it drains battery though, is that the case for you?
I am trying out widget locker for locking the screen as suggested by the OP. Defeats the purpose of voicedial if I have to take it out to turn it on every time I want to call, I might as well dial it on the tab.
Edit: After a few hours of playing with widget locker, I still can't get bluetooth voice command going when the tab's screen is off...
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vlingo works from samsung apps, but you still need to do the lock screen thing, as otherwise you need to unlock every time you want to use a voice command, which is a bit of a pain.. don't understand why samsung wouldn't have implemented this!
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[Q] Launch Google Voice Search with Bluetooth

Hello,
I want to launch Google Now in my LG G2 (TMO) when I press the Bluetooth button. But it only brings Voice Dialer. Tried disabling it and select Google Voice Search Activity in Bluetooth Launch app. But no help.
When Voice Dialer is disabled, Bluetooth Launch does not open anything.
Anyone have a work around?
Thanks,
sivag1

sivag1 said:
Hello,
I want to launch Google Now in my LG G2 (TMO) when I press the Bluetooth button. But it only brings Voice Dialer. Tried disabling it and select Google Voice Search Activity in Bluetooth Launch app. But no help.
When Voice Dialer is disabled, Bluetooth Launch does not open anything.
Anyone have a work around?
Thanks,
sivag1
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I am having the same problem. I even tried deleting the voice dialer app (via root access), but that didn't work either. What headset are you using? I have the Plantronics 520.

timetravelingtrevor said:
I am having the same problem. I even tried deleting the voice dialer app (via root access), but that didn't work either. What headset are you using? I have the Plantronics 520.
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I tried multiple bluetooths. Dont think Bluetooth device is the problem. Needs a way to trigger a custom app when Bluetooth button is pressed.

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timetravelingtrevor said:
I am having the same problem. I even tried deleting the voice dialer app (via root access), but that didn't work either. What headset are you using? I have the Plantronics 520.
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google voice for gingerbread

sivag1 said:
Hello,
I want to launch Google Now in my LG G2 (TMO) when I press the Bluetooth button. But it only brings Voice Dialer. Tried disabling it and select Google Voice Search Activity in Bluetooth Launch app. But no help.
When Voice Dialer is disabled, Bluetooth Launch does not open anything.
Anyone have a work around?
Thanks,
sivag1
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Same exact issue here. I desperately need this to work! Any other way to customize the bluetooth button?

It would be really nice but AFAIK this had been tried and failed on other devices as well.
I searched for a solution for my other phone (Note II) and didn't find one.
I'll be thrilled if someone proves me wrong.

Similar issue with wired headphones
Stank0 said:
It would be really nice but AFAIK this had been tried and failed on other devices as well.
I searched for a solution for my other phone (Note II) and didn't find one.
I'll be thrilled if someone proves me wrong.
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I have a seat of Beats headphones. The advance and rewind buttons actally control the volume slider instead, not what I was hoping. However, a long press on the stop/ pause button will bring up Google Now.

docslate said:
I have a seat of Beats headphones. The advance and rewind buttons actally control the volume slider instead, not what I was hoping. However, a long press on the stop/ pause button will bring up Google Now.
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Yeah, but these are wired aren't they.? I think what we all looking for here is BT solution.
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I've searched for this solution for hours, nothing, nada, even on here no one can figure it out. There used to be a workaround involving a bluetooth activation app, but that doesn't work anymore, although the app is still on the app market. What's interesting to me is that in Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my G2 when I press my bluetooth it gave me an option to use Googles voice dialer, or Google search. I picked Google search and it works, but for some reason the phone cannot pick up my voice thru bluetooth, so it's kind of useless.
I'm quite surprised and disappointed that no one has been able to figure this out, but maybe it's just more complex and/or individual to each device.

It is because phone launch MIC_VOICE_COMMAND intent action instead of VOICE_COMMAND. I wrote small application that intercept MIC_VOICE_COMMAND and run VOICE_COMMAND. I tried it with motorolla Voice Commands (installed on system partition) and it is works fine.

Removed gnl.apk because it is does not work.

ddv2005 said:
I did changes to launch google now but i can't test it
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I tested this and it opens and lets you speak but nothing happens could you modify it so its like pressing the microphone button in google now? Thanks for working on this

jbreaz said:
I tested this and it opens and lets you speak but nothing happens could you modify it so its like pressing the microphone button in google now? Thanks for working on this
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Wow this would be insanely great to have a mod like this.

ddv2005 said:
It is because phone launch MIC_VOICE_COMMAND intent action instead of VOICE_COMMAND. I wrote small application that intercept MIC_VOICE_COMMAND and run VOICE_COMMAND. I tried it with motorolla Voice Commands (installed on system partition) and it is works fine.
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Anyone had success with this??
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colbyrainey said:
Anyone had success with this??
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It works fine for me, Just download and install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp
Move it to system application via Titanium Backup. Then you may use apk from my first message to run it instead of standard voice dialer.

ddv2005 said:
It works fine for me, Just download and install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp
Move it to system application via Titanium Backup. Then you may use apk from my first message to run it instead of standard voice dialer.
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Hi, can you elaborate on this? I downloaded the voice command program but it won't run, saying "Not a system app. Illegal installation". I know it needs to be moved to the system folder to work, but can you elaborate on this? Is this in /settings/apps ? Also where is the voice command .apk located to move from? Also the last apk you mention is the gnl.apk?
Thanks, this will be awesome, much appreciated.

spinedoc said:
Hi, can you elaborate on this? I downloaded the voice command program but it won't run, saying "Not a system app. Illegal installation". I know it needs to be moved to the system folder to work, but can you elaborate on this?
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Voice Commander is build-in application for all Motorola phones and to work it must be installed on system partition, To do it you must have root & Titanium Backup Pro (paid version because only paid version have this feature).
- Run Titanium Backup
- Press Backup/Restore
- Find Voice Commands application and click on it
- Swipe to the left for "Special features:
- Scroll to the bottom and press "Convert to system app"
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Also where is the voice command .apk located to move from? Also the last apk you mention is the gnl.apk?
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Use VoiceDialerLauncher.apk

ddv2005 said:
Voice Commander is build-in application for all Motorola phones and to work it must be installed on system partition, To do it you must have root & Titanium Backup Pro (paid version because only paid version have this feature).
- Run Titanium Backup
- Press Backup/Restore
- Find Voice Commands application and click on it
- Swipe to the left for "Special features:
- Scroll to the bottom and press "Convert to system app"
Use VoiceDialerLauncher.apk
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Excellent, TYVM!! I'll give it a try this afternoon and see how it functions with my BT headset. I've been waiting for a solution like this for a long time.

ddv2005 said:
Voice Commander is build-in application for all Motorola phones and to work it must be installed on system partition, To do it you must have root & Titanium Backup Pro (paid version because only paid version have this feature).
- Run Titanium Backup
- Press Backup/Restore
- Find Voice Commands application and click on it
- Swipe to the left for "Special features:
- Scroll to the bottom and press "Convert to system app"
Use VoiceDialerLauncher.apk
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Is there a way to launch google now search instead of voice dialer?

jbreaz said:
Is there a way to launch google now search instead of voice dialer?
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No. Google Now useless as voice dialer and Google Now does not support this mode. I am happy with Motorola Voice Commands and I do not want spend my time for useless tool.
Did you tried Motorola Voice Commands?