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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
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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
Having a issue with the voice actions, I can do the generall "call", "navigate to" "direction to" and "map of" but if i try a text message, or "listen on [music/artist]" it doesn't seem to work
Often it will pick up the words correctly but it seems as if my phone doesnt wanna notice that its a action when i say "listen to"
is there somewhere you need to turn on certain commands? or need to have certain music etc?
Are you using the proper syntax?
To send a text message to you I would say "Send text to elmo hi elmo (comma) how are you (question mark).
Works every time for me.
You shouldn't have to turn anything on, but you could check the settings for the service in the Settings, Voice Input & Output section.
yep ive tried it and it perfectly reckonises what ive said and yet still doesnt turn "listen to" into a command and just reads it as a google search!
if you go to voice command and then hit the "Help" button. it will take you toa place where you can choose to "watch a video" it also lists types of commands
i only have
"navigate to"
"directions to"
"map of"
"Call"
do you guys have more then this???
elmo61 said:
if you go to voice command and then hit the "Help" button. it will take you toa place where you can choose to "watch a video" it also lists types of commands
i only have
"navigate to"
"directions to"
"map of"
"Call"
do you guys have more then this???
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Yes, quite a few more...
send text
listen to
navigate to
call
send mail
set alarm
map of
go to
note to self (one of my favorites!)
directions to
web search
Are you in the US?
Go to the market and download the Voice Search app again. Yours sounds corrupted. Here's an appbrain link to it: http://www.appbrain.com/app/voice-search/com.google.android.voicesearch
Maybe check your voice language settings, I'm pretty sure all commands are available only if the voice search is set to English (US)
benjar said:
Maybe check your voice language settings, I'm pretty sure all commands are available only if the voice search is set to English (US)
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That's correct. When i change mine to English UK, I only get the same options the OP lists (plus web search).
P.S. - that's why I asked if he was in US. You put it much more succinctly!
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That's correct. When i change mine to English UK, I only get the same options the OP lists (plus web search).
P.S. - that's why I asked if he was in US. You put it much more succinctly!
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Looks like I'm going to have to practice that accent harder
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thanks guys.. changed it to US now... lets see how i get on... first two attempts at it, (text and a note) worked perfectly....
maybe im actually american after all lol
Happened with me as well. Commands work only in english us. I tried setting to english india and got weird results
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Happened with me as well. Commands work only in english us. I tried setting to english india and got weird results
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haha! maybe try:
"Thainkyu- come again" ?
[yes, i am indian too!]
No root, no need to download or install anything.
This work for other devices as well as the Note 4. This enables the Google now "Ok Google" Feature where you can active Google now while the screen is off. This is something like the Moto X feature.
How To:
1) Open Google Now
2) Go to Google Now Settings
3) Click on "Voice"
4) Enable "Audio History"
5) Click "Ok Google Detection"
6)Click "Always on" and follow the remaining directions.
You Can also watch this How To Video if you want:
If you device is unsupported or it just wont work, then there is an app called "Open Mic+ for Google Now" which does this for you.
This also works on the Lg G3, Nexus 5, and Galaxy S5, from what I know. Please feel free to try other devices and let me know if they work as well.
Mod Edit: closed as a duplicate.
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
Piercing Heavens said:
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
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works with text and calling. You have to allow Google to store and access your contacts in order to do it.
Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not you'll be able to change the trigger words to something else? "Okay, google" feels kind of clumsy haha.
Piercing Heavens said:
I wonder what phone features will work with this.
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"Navigate to _____ on car/on walk"
"Set an alarm for tomorrow at 7PM"
"Convert __ inches to meters"
"What's the 17% of 2,000?"
"What's the square root of __?"
"What's a black widow?"
"What actor starred in Mrs. Doubtfire?"
"Call dad"
"Text dad, Hey how are you old man, question mark"
"How far is it from Minneapolis to England?"
"Give me information on flight ____"
"Do a barrel-roll"
etc..
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Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not you'll be able to change the trigger words to something else? "Okay, google" feels kind of clumsy haha.
"Navigate to _____ on car/on walk"
"Set an alarm for tomorrow at 7PM"
"Convert __ inches to meters"
"What's the 17% of 2,000?"
"What's the square root of __?"
"What's a black widow?"
"What actor starred in Mrs. Doubtfire?"
"Call dad"
"Text dad, Hey how are you old man, question mark"
"How far is it from Minneapolis to England?"
"Give me information on flight ____"
"Do a barrel-roll"
etc..
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You forgot "Beam me up scotty" .. Awesome list.
blackout720 said:
You forgot "Beam me up scotty" .. Awesome list.
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"when am i" is also a good one, and i think "ok jarvis" might still work too.
anyone try s-voice with the screen off? or am i one of the only ones that still likes s-voice? on the note 3 it was beautiful, before google's screen off voice recognition came about. on the s4 it's worthless. hoping they might revamp it, but hey, who knows.
derrtydee said:
"when am i" is also a good one, and i think "ok jarvis" might still work too.
anyone try s-voice with the screen off? or am i one of the only ones that still likes s-voice? on the note 3 it was beautiful, before google's screen off voice recognition came about. on the s4 it's worthless. hoping they might revamp it, but hey, who knows.
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I believe you can set it to ""ok jarvis" instead of okay google.
Tested and it works. "Ok Jarvis" is now my go to command.
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Tested and it works. "Ok Jarvis" is now my go to command.
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okay now how do we get it to talk in a jarvis voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D156TfHpE1Q
J3ff said:
okay now how do we get it to talk in a jarvis voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D156TfHpE1Q
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closest i could get was a hot british chick. but i'm sure that with root we could probably load the voice synthesis data in place of the stock one. (for the hot british chick, open google now, go to settings, then voice, then choose the different version of english.)
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Yes I do find it creepy. I also found that Google Now doesn't search what I want, maybe that's just me.
It seems I get best results by simple opening Google search and entering one or two words on my topic of interest.
I also do not like that Now is trying to decide what I like or what I would think relevant. Again that's just me.
I turned it off completely. Each to his own!
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Google, FBI, Your Mom, Laptop, Tablet, Desktop, Gaming System, Handheld Gaming System. Any one of these can be listening in on you at any time, but why would they? Are you a drug lord? Hahah Jokes.
skrubol said:
Seems like a cool feature that I'll probably try.. but does anyone else feel creeped out by Google listening to you all the time?
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Nope. If anyone is listening, they're probably bored to tears.
blackout720 said:
I believe you can set it to ""ok jarvis" instead of okay google.
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For some reason, I can't get it to recognize anything except "ok google". Tried ok jarvis, and many others. Any trick to getting a different command to work?
I've never really figured out if people think that actual people are "listening" to what we say or "reading" our texts and email.
Nobody is. It's all code. . It's not stored and read by others later, it's not information used by human beings. It's simply information used as variables for function calls in the code. The audio the mic picks up is fed into a stack of information blocks in a first in last out method. Each sample in the stack is analyzed, not by words spoken but by the signal analysis of the detected noises. All of the noises are converted to a spectrum via Fourier analysis and then any pattern that matches the expected pattern will trigger the interrupt condition needed to turn the phone on. "Okay jarvis" has a frequency domain spectrum very similar to "okay google", thats why it works too. Any noise the mic picks up that does not match the expected pattern of noises are simply lost.
A similar process is used for email and text parsing. I know this stuff can seem scary and dubious but it's really just basic computing. Everything is converted to 1s and 0s. It's easy to let our imaginations run wild when we don't understand how something works. Imagine turning on a lighter or using a flashlight a few thousand years ago. Those things would be magical, and most likely destroyed on the spot along with the "demon" that had them.
blackout720 said:
No root, no need to download or install anything.
This work for other devices as well as the Note 4. This enables the Google now "Ok Google" Feature where you can active Google now while the screen is off. This is something like the Moto X feature.
How To:
1) Open Google Now
2) Go to Google Now Settings
3) Click on "Voice"
4) Enable "Audio History"
5) Click "Ok Google Detection"
6)Click "Always on" and follow the remaining directions.
You Can also watch this How To Video if you want:
If you device is unsupported or it just wont work, then there is an app called "Open Mic+ for Google Now" which does this for you.
This also works on the Lg G3, Nexus 5, and Galaxy S5, from what I know. Please feel free to try other devices and let me know if they work as well.
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On a side note, if you disable S Voice, this will NOT work. Also, even if you have lock password or fingerprint it will still work.
bythe said:
On a side note, if you disable S Voice, this will NOT work. Also, even if you have lock password or fingerprint it will still work.
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Yes, I found out the same after disabling S Voice. I have been able to wake the phone up with an "OK, Google" though I must say it hasn't worked consistently.
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I have moto voice enabled and it works wonderfully as long as the phone is unlocked, but if I check the Google commands over lock screen button, things don't work properly.
If I ask it to check the weather or something like that, it works fine, but if I ask it to make a reminder, it will go through all the steps then when I tell it to save and it will confirm that it's saving... But it never actually saves the reminder. If i actually click the save button it will then save it, but that defeats the whole purpose of it being hands free. This is on stock Feb. security update. It's always done this. Anybody else have this problem or know how to fix it? Moto voice is enabled in accessibility if that matters.
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I have moto voice enabled and it works wonderfully as long as the phone is unlocked, but if I check the Google commands over lock screen button, things don't work properly.
If I ask it to check the weather or something like that, it works fine, but if I ask it to make a reminder, it will go through all the steps then when I tell it to save and it will confirm that it's saving... But it never actually saves the reminder. If i actually click the save button it will then save it, but that defeats the whole purpose of it being hands free. This is on stock Feb. security update. It's always done this. Anybody else have this problem or know how to fix it? Moto voice is enabled in accessibility if that matters.
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Have had this issue for some time now, really irritating. I encounter this most occasions when attempting to set a timer and alarm.
Another issue I keep getting is that when the device is locked, the first command will be be carried out, but a 2nd command will return a failed sound - as if the command was not recognized, even though it was. I then have to unlock the device to continue making commands.
Anyone else had this issue?
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Have had this issue for some time now, really irritating. I encounter this most occasions when attempting to set a timer and alarm.
Another issue I keep getting is that when the device is locked, the first command will be be carried out, but a 2nd command will return a failed sound - as if the command was not recognized, even though it was. I then have to unlock the device to continue making commands.
Anyone else had this issue?
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I have Moto Voice on and OK Google off.
Moto Voice still works for all the listed commands "call X", "post to Facebok", "play on Youtube", "take a photo", "take a selfie". (both with screen on and off)
However it seems that Google commands have stopped working. I used to say "create event" and then I could dictate a calendar event, "set an alarm", "navigate me/drive to..."
All these commands seem they are not working anymore. Moreover, it seems that it can't listen to me or show a previous search.
It's a mess. It's like I just can use only the commands from the Moto Voice list.
Can anyone confirm that the previous commands work for them?
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I have Moto Voice on and OK Google off.
Moto Voice still works for all the listed commands "call X", "post to Facebok", "play on Youtube", "take a photo", "take a selfie". (both with screen on and off)
However it seems that Google commands have stopped working. I used to say "create event" and then I could dictate a calendar event, "set an alarm", "navigate me/drive to..."
All these commands seem they are not working anymore. Moreover, it seems that it can't listen to me or show a previous search.
It's a mess. It's like I just can use only the commands from the Moto Voice list.
Can anyone confirm that the previous commands work for them?
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Yeah that's the problem I have. The Google commands have never worked for me through moto voice. BUT if I tell it to do something like "check the weather", it'll do that. It's almost like the Google or moto app needs some kind of storage or access permission to actually ~save~ reminders, events, alarms, etc. I don't know why it does this but I have a hard time believing that we are the only ones having this problem. Creating reminders without having to unlock the phone or use "ok Google" was one of the reasons I liked this phone to begin with and it doesn't even work.
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Every time the Verizon commercial comes on where the actor initiates the "OK Google", my phone wakes up and starts listening for something. This is very alarming since I thought it is supposed to be "trained" by your voice. This is a hack waiting to happen. This means that if you have your phone set to unlock via "OK Google", anyone can open your phone if left unattended.
This is a serious issue people should know about.
If you disable assistant you get google now and it responds to ok google.
clockcycle said:
If you disable assistant you get google now and it responds to ok google.
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Which would open the Google now in the same situation.
HyperM3 said:
Which would open the Google now in the same situation.
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But your cell is still locked.
firewave said:
But your cell is still locked.
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But with Trusted Voice, it would unlock the phone. It's one feature I wish Google would borrow from Moto. The customized launch phrase but then i guess it wouldn't have that distinct OK Google Launch phrase anymore. They modified it for the Google Home where you can say "Hey Google" instead so I think we're on a path to customized launch phrases.
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But with Trusted Voice, it would unlock the phone. It's one feature I wish Google would borrow from Moto. The customized launch phrase but then i guess it wouldn't have that distinct OK Google Launch phrase anymore. They modified it for the Google Home where you can say "Hey Google" instead so I think we're on a path to customized launch phrases.
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There's ways to change the "ok Google" hotwords
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There's ways to change the "ok Google" hotwords
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What does it require? If root is required, I'm out. Maybe haahah
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biggiestuff said:
But with Trusted Voice, it would unlock the phone. It's one feature I wish Google would borrow from Moto. The customized launch phrase but then i guess it wouldn't have that distinct OK Google Launch phrase anymore. They modified it for the Google Home where you can say "Hey Google" instead so I think we're on a path to customized launch phrases.
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You're right. It's why people must understand that smartlock get convenience instead of security. This is a good feature through, but I don't use the trusted voice since it's false positive is too high right now.
This isn't really anything new or surprising.
Although I have yet to meet anyone who can do it on my phone since people try all the time. It was bound to happen so just use common sense and don't allow your phone to be unlockable by voice.
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Every tech podcast that says ok Google my phone comes alive. Been this way since first ok Google. Just disable the cute commend to unblock it. Problem solved. On side note the new GoPro hero 5 used hot words so if you want you can mess with them folks also.
It seems that as long as the first word is "OK" and the last word is two syllables it will still respond to that instated of "OK Google". I trained my Nexus 6 to respond to "OK Nexus" and that worked wonderfully. "OK Google" wouldn't wake it up.
You could try training it to listen for "OK Pixel" since the first word is "OK" and "Pixel" is two syllables and see if that solves your issue.
It triggers mine half of the time. Also MKBHD YouTube videos will trigger as well. Not concerned.