I know 2.2 was supposed to start support for bluetooth voice dialing, but I have no idea how to get it to work. On old phones I would just sync them up and tap the main button on the headset and hear "say a command." Is there additional setup I need to do to get this working on android?
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I just posted the same thing. I dont see anyway to get it working which leads me to beleive that its not actually available.
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I used to use MSVC 1.6 on the Tytn2 on WM6.5 (see sig) and the confirmation notifications when you called someone always used the bluetooth headset. Since running it on the Leo MSVC seems to use the loudspeaker on the handset instead of the bluetooth headset even though every setting is marked as "Announce notifications using Bluetooth hands free only"
Anyone else having this issue as I did a search and couldn't find anyone.
Edit: Just had it working once but then the other end couldn't hear me when the call connected. Then I tried again and it had reverted back to not working.
I went to Bluetooth settings, Advanced, Audio and ticked the box then rebooted the phone...
I have this same problem! Its annoying... you want to make a call and the prompts/confirmation come from the phone... Please, can someone figure this out?
Bumping thread as it should be resolvable
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Bumping thread as it should be resolvable
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IT isn't... I have done more research..
The Leo (and the TouchPro2) use a Widcomm BT stack as opposed to the usual MS stack. Sadly, this means the BT won't play nice with a lot of different apps/equipment. This isn't something that can be swapped out easily as NRG has pointed out. Touch Pro 2 users are still facing the same problems even though that phone was released much earlier. Some however have reported some success when using certain custom ROMS... how its working with some ROMS and not others is still a mystery it seems
I would watch the ROM Development thread carefully to see if a ROM what works with our MSVC shows up....
Hello,
Is there a workaround... ?
Thanks in advance for any info,
Jean-Jacques
I have the same problem. I'm using an old phone when I need to use hands-free. After spending a lot of money on my HD2, I'm not impressed.
I there a particular combination of headset and software that does work, especially for voice dialing?
have you tried this?
I would, but I don't know if I even have voice command on my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=634494
DrATty said:
I there a particular combination of headset and software that does work, especially for voice dialing?
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Does not work with my helmet bike with scala-rider Q2, but does with does with Philips SH9000 stereo headset...
Mono/Stereo seems to matter.
Any workaround would be veryyyy appreciated
Jean-Jacques
Workaround
Hi,
for this following workaround seems the only way to get it runnin:
My BT-Headset has the ability to be set as a Stereo-Device. When I establish a connection to this Stereo-Device, I can use it (my BT Headset) to give Commands and recieve "answers" from the VC. In case I want to start a phone-Call, my headset changes the connection automatically from "Stereo-Device" to "Handsfree-Device" and back, after finishing the Call.
This may be the Reason, why someone here already got it running with a BT-Stereo-Headset.?
Sorry for my bad english...
Does anyone know if there will be any progress getting bluetooth headsets to voice dial with the Android OS? From what I've seen, Google has been very lax in pushing forward with this much needed capability. They have not even added it in version 2.1.
Is there any way that a workaround can be implemented? I have been holding off getting an Android phone for this very reason.
I apologize if this topic has been posted elsewhere.
Alex
Try Voice Dialer HF. Not perfect but works very well.
http://www.dfxmobile.com/voicedialerhf
blazingwolf said:
Try Voice Dialer HF. Not perfect but works very well.
http://www.dfxmobile.com/voicedialerhf
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Interesting, but i'm not able to found it in market...... any ideas?
Tia
Idk
The Verizon Devour and the Canadian Droid on Telus, called the Milestone, have Bluetooth initiated voice dialing by a company called Nuance. The built-in Android/Google voice recognition has had it's BTVD disabled because it only doesn't perform well with a Bluetooth headset but is apparently adequate with the phones mic. I wish someone would use the ROMs from those phones to add this feature to the Droid or Incredible but so far no one has. It'd even be cool to see if someone could compile a ROM for Android that flips the switch in the code just so people can try it out. Or better yet, fix whatever problem there is with the quality of Bluetooth voice so that the built-in Android voice recognition could handle it. Man, I want to get rid of my Devour but I can't until I can safely use these killer phones in my car.
The built-in Android/Google voice recognition has had it's BTVD disabled because it only doesn't perform well with a Bluetooth headset but is apparently adequate with the phones mic.
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This whole issue is like deja vu for those of us that were old-timers with Windows Mobile, which also didn't support VD via the BT headset. And ironically, the excuse given by Microsoft was exactly the same: that voice quality wasn't good enough for voice recognition when using a BT headset. However, MS somehow managed to magically solve this -- voice dial via BT is now supported in WM and works great.
So I have to think that Google's bright engineers could do the same thing if it became a priority. It's obviously not, and won't be unless users really start complaining loudly enough. That's exactly what it took to get action from MS, too.
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Wanting to get a Captivate, but have one concern about moving to Android. I was in a Verizon store looking at a Droid X they had, and it may have been lack of experience of thet salesman, but he couldn't demo good voice dial.
I am very accustomed to my Microsoft Voice Command on my old WinMO phone.
I can have my blue tooth headset on, or speaker in teh car, and push a button on headset or speaker and say:
"Call <name> on Mobile", or "Call <name> at home". and it does it. No pressing on phone screen or any other keys.
I frequent too many forms I guess. I posted a qusstion like this,but can't find it. Someone said that I should get Vlingo. Butwhile the site says you can call our contacts by voice, they don't really show it on their video. In fact a lot of what their video shows (not everything) can be done, from what I understand, natively on Android.
If you still have to validate by punching anything on the phone, it pretty much doesn't do what I am looking for. A
Can anyone provide feedback on this?
BTW, I also really like being able to punch the button and say "PLay Jazz", and listen to music. Not having this is not a show stopper, but it is another feature I really enjoy.
Thanks for your thoughts.
So nobody can tell me that voice dial works well like MSVC...
Not very encouraging to look to Android then.
Maybe I need to investigate iPhone after all. Of course, if it's the same with that...not sure what I'll do.
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So nobody can tell me that voice dial works well like MSVC...
Not very encouraging to look to Android then.
Maybe I need to investigate iPhone after all. Of course, if it's the same with that...not sure what I'll do.
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Although not exactly what you asked, I can say that BT voice dialing doesn't work on this phone, but it will once it gets the 2.2 update.
The only high end Android phone with 2.1 that has BT voice dialing is the Motorola Droid X because they included the Nuance software which enables the BT voice dialing.
Thanks for that feedback. Hmmmm....2.2 huh.
Do you know if that means even with Vlingo, no voice dialing?
Boy, its a tough decision. I really want one of these, but I'm so used to easy hands free dialing on my OLD slow phone, I just don't know if I can be happy without that.
Its not because its fancy, its because it is so convenient, and definitely safer when driving. If I don't have a number in the phone that I want to call that I can use voice on, I just don't call when driving.
Of course, I guess there are those that would argue that even with voice dialing, you shouldn't be on the phone in a car.
ive never needed to use voice call.. but why dont u just hit the voice button on the phone and say "call..... xyz" to dial the number.
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Do you know if that means even with Vlingo, no voice dialing?
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It might work well speaking into the mic on the phone itself but using it through BT won't work.
mark99uk said:
ive never needed to use voice call.. but why dont u just hit the voice button on the phone and say "call..... xyz" to dial the number.
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So does that mean you never use the phone while driving? Even if thats the case, once you experience the convenience of it, you'll miss it if it is gone.
Also, youmay read my post again, you may realize I don't have the phone yet. Wanting this information to use in my decision making process.
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It might work well speaking into the mic on the phone itself but using it through BT won't work.
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Thanks. That would be better than nothing.
A friend of mine has been nursing an old BlackBerry 8700G for many years now. Last week he decided to put it out to pasture and picked up a MyTouch 4G (due, in part, to my glowing review of the device).
He's not happy.
Some of his issues are the usual complaints which can be handled with a quick tutorial and a few tweaks here and there.
The real problem, though, is integration with Microsoft Sync in his 2009 Ford Escape.
The aged BlackBerry worked pretty much as expected with Sync but the MT4G does not. Making and receiving phone calls seems to work just fine but the SMS messaging features of Sync do not appear to be compatible with the MT4G.
This shouldn't matter, though, right? The "Genius Button" lets you send and receive SMS messages via voice control. Unfortunately, while he and I had both assumed that the Sync system would let him access all of the voice control features of the Genius Button (including full voice-control of SMS messages), we were mistaken. Sync doesn't seem to provide any mechanism for triggering a phone's built-in voice recognition system, thereby rendering the Genius Button features completely useless.
Now, I've never used Sync myself so I'm holding out hope that there is some kind of trick or software update that will get his setup working the way he wants it to work. Anybody know something about this that I don't or is he pretty much screwed?
Shouldn't have bought a Ford...
Sorry had to say it
I have SYNC in my 2010 Mustang, and to my knowledge it doesn't have the ability to forward a call button command to the phone like most Bluetooth headsets do. SYNC is more of a "command center" rather than a glorified BT headset in a car stereo, so it pulls in data and info from a variety of sources and you use the voice and button commands to access and control it. You would likely have to tell the car "Bluetooth Streaming" and have the phone playback information for you (unfortunately, the microphone won't forward anything so the handsfree profile will just tie that up).
If he's really, totally, and COMPLETELY hung up on that and still wants Android, I've read on the SYNC forums that the DROID, DROID 2, and DROID X all support SMS transmission through SYNC, including reading and replying. Of course, this might be mitigated by Gingerbread since it's supposed to be getting a new BT stack from what I've read. You know, or not.
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Question, do they actually have Sync working correctly with their devices? I have a MT4G and am trying to sync with my 2010 Ford F-150. The phone book starts to download and then quits half way through and then the bluetooth causes the phone to freeze up and gets completely screwy. My Vibrant and HD7 do great....the MT4G not so much.
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Question, do they actually have Sync working correctly with their devices? I have a MT4G and am trying to sync with my 2010 Ford F-150. The phone book starts to download and then quits half way through and then the bluetooth causes the phone to freeze up and gets completely screwy. My Vibrant and HD7 do great....the MT4G not so much.
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Mine works fine. My G2 would act strange with my Mustang until I figured out I had to disable WiFi before getting in the car. I'm not sure if it's just WiFi, or the WiFi calling app hanging or resetting the radio, but after doing that my SYNC system would download the phonebook and stay connected the whole time. My mT4G doesn't require this.
Edit: Just thought of this, but I'm using WiFi N at 5GHz at home now with the mT4G, whereas I was on 2.4GHz with my G2 and had the issues. Normally you get different radios for different frequencies, so I wonder if that's the case here.
I just switched from Winmo to Android and I'm having a very aggravating issue with android. I can not find a voice command application that will not search the internet before it decides to make a call. I'm wondering if there's a voice command application that I can get that will not require the internet to work?
my second problem right now is, trying to activate this voice command by using the multifunction button on my bluetooth (Jabra bt8010). Pressing it activates my stereo music function even when i did not activate the music function mode. I'm not sure what is going on with it, but I'm wondering if there's a way around it.
I'm currently using Virtuous Rom 1.01.
I did a search and did not find any hits so if I happen to miss the thread for it, please link it and I'll head there.
Thanks.
My problem is when i press the voice dial button on my bluetooth headset (Sound ID 510) the headset prompts me to give a command but my phone does not respond to the command that way. The only way it works is when i press the app from the actual phone! And i know it works with the headset cause it works on my Curve i have!
Does anyone know of a way to make it respond when i touch the button from the headset?? I would greatly appreciate the help!
I am using Virtuous 0.9.0 Sence Rom and i have searched everywhere for an answer!
Edit: After trying for a couple days of how to fix this problem I just restarted my phone after posting this and everything picked up--go figure!!
mputtr said:
I just switched from Winmo to Android and I'm having a very aggravating issue with android. I can not find a voice command application that will not search the internet before it decides to make a call. I'm wondering if there's a voice command application that I can get that will not require the internet to work?
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With my Jabra Extreme, I'm using Choice Dialer on my Desire Z
http://choicedialer.com/
Hey, i just took a peek at the choice dialer. It seems very promising. Ill check it out tonight. Thanks!
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Update: choice dialer is freakin awesome. I am now able to use my bluetooth's mfb to make calls without have to touch the phone! That and it works even when the phone is locked.
Thanks a bunch for such a great app suggestion!!!!
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