My google voice doesn't work like I want it to - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello there everyone,
when I ask my google voice stuff like what's the weather going to bve like, it does pick it up, but it doesn't respond, it just searches what I said on google, same for google now. Language is set to Dutch, however the language of my Voice search thing is said to english. It picks up everything I say like it should pick it up, the problem is it just ALWAYS searches.
Any help?

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Artego said:
Hello there everyone,
when I ask my google voice stuff like what's the weather going to bve like, it does pick it up, but it doesn't respond, it just searches what I said on google, same for google now. Language is set to Dutch, however the language of my Voice search thing is said to english. It picks up everything I say like it should pick it up, the problem is it just ALWAYS searches.
Any help?
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There are certain keyword type questions that will cause it to reply to your question in a voice response like 'google define (whatever)' will get an audio response with a definition. I don't know all of the triggers that get audio responses but define is one of them. It's google now with audio that you are asking about, not google voice which is a separate app that does voicemail, etc through google..

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Whats the deal with google voice?

I love google voice so far, the concept is fantastic. However, i am having issues trying to get everything integrated with my touch pro 2. Has anyone found a way to integrate google voice into the phone so it is seamless, as if google wasnt even there? Is there a way to integrate the SMS into the phone as well instead of going to the website to SMS from the phone? Just wondering what everyone else's experience has been so far, it is great but so very clunky for me.
Thanks!
Great topic!
I would like to know also about it, I´m already suscribed but as I live outside of USA, service is not available yet...
Best program I've used to date is onedialer. Its not free but you may want to try out the free trial and see how it works for you.
Have to say the developer runs a pretty nice forum asking for input and looking to the user community to offer suggestions on ways to improve. I generally don't pay for much software but believe this one is worth it...
I dont know why someone would dial the google voice number from there phone to make a call (long distance maybe?). I was able to change my TMobile voicemail to the Google voice number so my voicemail messages get transcribed for me [although the accuracy is somewhat hit and miss ].
I found that iDailer and iContact work best. You can go to the iDialer website and you'll be walked through creating a config file. You'll have the option to add your current phone number, your google voice number, and google voice as a callback number. You can use the Rhodium keyboard controller to assign the Talk button to run iDialer when pressed. iContact will open it automatically when you select a contact from it.
As for SMS, I know it's annoying, but the best I have found is to just text the person through the web service once and save the number you get back for them.
Hope this helps!
jmmmmm said:
I dont know why someone would dial the google voice number from there phone to make a call (long distance maybe?)
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Whats "Long Distance"? I thought that term died in the 90's.
jmmmmm said:
I dont know why someone would dial the google voice number from there phone to make a call (long distance maybe?). I was able to change my TMobile voicemail to the Google voice number so my voicemail messages get transcribed for me [although the accuracy is somewhat hit and miss ].
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so people store your google voice number in their contacts and call you back there, giving you the freedom to switch number/phones whenever you want
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+voice
willthomason said:
I love google voice so far, the concept is fantastic. However, i am having issues trying to get everything integrated with my touch pro 2. Has anyone found a way to integrate google voice into the phone so it is seamless, as if google wasnt even there? Is there a way to integrate the SMS into the phone as well instead of going to the website to SMS from the phone? Just wondering what everyone else's experience has been so far, it is great but so very clunky for me.
Thanks!
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For SMS (and calling) cell phones, the best way is to get the other person to send a text (to your Googlevoice number), then add their '406' number to your address book as their mobile number. Then there's no need to go to the web site in the future. Obviously that only works with folks you communicate with regularly. I'm about to try 'onedialer' for the others...
Have a look at an app I've just released, it does Google Voice SMS, and is free:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=604699
ChrisGrundy said:
so people store your google voice number in their contacts and call you back there, giving you the freedom to switch number/phones whenever you want
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Touché teacher, Touché

Google Now Voice Search speach synthesis fix

If anyone here had a problem, such as myself, where when you ask google now voice search a question, but it doesnt reply to you through speech, the fix that worked for me is setting the default language of the phone to English Us, and then a synthesized voice will start answering you quetions, such as will it rain tomorrow? =)

Bluetooth voice dialing

Is everybody else's bluetooth voice dialing just god awful?
S voice is crap, so it's frozen. Google's Bluetooth dialer is just the worst thing I've ever seen. Has anybody found out how to get Bluetooth dialing working properly?
Why in the world can't they just make Bluetooth launch voice search?
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switters1 said:
Is everybody else's bluetooth voice dialing just god awful?
S voice is crap, so it's frozen. Google's Bluetooth dialer is just the worst thing I've ever seen. Has anybody found out how to get Bluetooth dialing working properly?
Why in the world can't they just make Bluetooth launch voice search?
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Old thread, but I'll revive it because I want to talk about the same subject. I agree with the OP, and I'm surprised how badly Android/Samsung handles blutetooth voice dialing. (My last phone was an iPhone 3GS, and voice dialing worked great from day 1 back with iOS 3 or 4, whatever it originally came with.)
I frequently use bluetooth voice dialing in my car, either from a headset or speaker phone. This is a must-have feature for me.
Svoice is completely unacceptable because it requires the phone to be unlocked. If you have to mess with the phone to unlock it, then that defeats the purpose of voice dialing. I do understand that Svoice can do other things besides voice dialing, things which should be restricted by the lock screen. What I don't understand is why they don't give the users the options to enable selected features such as voice dialing while the phone is locked. But they don't, so Svoice had to go.
With Svoice uninstalled or disabled, Google Search takes over the voice dialing duties. It works ok, or at least it used to with Google Search v2.x. One thing about it that I don't like is that it wakes the phone (activates the screen) when you initiate voice dialing, so you can end up with accidental screen touches while voice dialing (if you don't have a pass code, or if it hasn't timed out yet). The screen should remain locked.
In recent versions of Google Search (starting in v3.x?), they decided to make voice dialing worse! If a person has multiple numbers, you can not directly select one, you have to wade through a stupid menu every time.
Say for example I have a contact named Tim Brown who has 3 numbers: home, work, mobile
With Google Search 2.x, you can do this:
Me: Call Jim Brown Home (or I can even just say "Call Jim Home" if I only have one Jim in my contacts)
Phone: Do you want to call Jim Brown at home? Say OK or Cancel.
Me: Ok
Phone: dials
With Google Search 3.x it ignores the location and always presents a menu:
Me: Call Jim Brown Home (the word "Home" is ignored)
Phone: Say Select 1 for Jim Brown Home, Say Select 2 for Jim Brown Work, Say Select 3 for Jim Brown Mobile, or say Cancel
Me: (If I can remember which freaking number was Home) Select 1
Phone: Do you want to call Jim Brown at home? Say OK or cancel
Me: (Yes I do, you stupid phone, I just told you so!) OK
Phone: dials
What a pain in the butt that is. Ironically, if you open Google Search by launching the app (i.e. by interacting with the screen), then it will listen to the "Home" part. It just ignores it if you are voice dialing, which is where you really need it. Does anybody from Google actually use this stuff?
My solution is this. Since my phone is rooted, I have the option of uninstalling Google Search v3.x, find v2.8 on the Internet, and install it on my phone. Then be sure to ignore any updates in the Play store. This works good enough. I can select a specific number when voice dialing, and I can voice dial while the phone is locked. It still turns on the phone screen when I voice dial, but I can live with that.
Note that I don't use Google Now, so I don't care about any new features that are included in the newer versions of Google Search. If you do use Google Now, this solution may not be acceptable to you.
If anyone else has a better solution, please share it.
Thanks
I tried using the Bluetooth Launch app to activate google voice search instead of the voice dialer, but that didn't work while the screen was locked. So for now, I'm sticking with the solution mentioned above (i.e. using google search v2.8).

Google voice dialing (contacts selection issue)

Is anyone else having a problem using Google now to call your contacts? I used to be able to say "call Bob Jones mobile" and it would dial the number for me. It seems really broken on this phone. It works with a couple of my contacts, but fails with 90% of them. It's almost like it will only match (succeed) finding the contact if it is a really simple name (Mom). Otherwise it misspells the name and says it can't find the contact.
I still can't figure this out. Am I the only one having this issue?
I thought S voice did this? I didn't know Google now even did it lol
ibcenu said:
I thought S voice did this? I didn't know Google now even did it lol
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S Voice probably does... I've just always used Google Now for this. Hopefully this isn't Samsung's way of forcing you to use their stupid S Voice app instead of Google Now. I don't know how they'd even cripple Google Now like this though.

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