Alright, so most of you reading this post right now either have an Optimus 7 or plan to get one (perhaps). With the exception of the early hard button problems I had with this phone (which was mostly fixed after two exchanges), I like everything else about it. The softwares that LG released preloaded on the phone, as well as the ones on the LG Store are genuinely useful.
However, since the early rumours and in most reviews, a Voice-to-Text feature was promised for November. Now, I know Bing search has that little voice button beside it (that I have not noticed in other WinPhones), and we have other augmented reality apps, but where is this rumoured Dictation feature that was spoken about? I want to send a text message using nothing but my mouth (that sounds wrong).
I have owned a Nexus One for the past eight months, and now that phone has been given to my brother. I really don't miss much, except for multitasking and some widgets, but the Voice-to-Text feature is annoying. WP7 has Voice Commands, some of which are only limited to US and UK (WTF Microsoft? Canada gets the backend all the time? Same with Zune...), but LG promised me Voice-to-Text, and I want it
I might be missing something or misunderstood what this feature meant, and if someone knows where to get this, or how it will work, then by all means, please let me know.
Share your thoughts below...
EDIT: It is listen under features and specifications in both the Canadian and the UK page of LG Optimus 7 in the LG website.
Here is where this feature is promised on the UK site of LG:
http://yfrog.com/jpmdz0j
It honestly looks quite intriguing.
And here is the VIDEO from the Canadian LG Site:
http://www.lg.com/ca_en/flash/feature/lg-moblie-E900-feature-flash-fancy_Voice_To_Text_video.swf
Just contacted Canada LG Support Line, and honestly, their customer service is worse than any other manufacturer I have ever called. Completely clueless representatives.
UPDATE: Now it is available both on Bell and Telus offerings of LG WP7 phones.
apparently it's available in the lg app store in some other regions ... some guy on some other forum mentioned in passing that he had it ... iirc he was italian
At least there's hope it'll show up for us canucks eventually
It's available in the lg app store now. I haven't tried it yet :|
Yes, it is finally available. Apparently, the initial release was on Nov 31th, and it was VERY buggy. But the new version available in Canada is Ver 1.1.0.0. and it is very stable. Not one crash or lag. The interface looks like...well it looks exactly the same as native apps in WP7.
I am extremely surprised at the performance. It registered anything I threw at it, although sometimes it took a while, but it even transcribed my ramblings. Also, it does French quite well, even though I have a pretty bad accent. I am amazed.
Respect LG. You are good.
PS: I wish this was integrated into every place you use the keyboard. Kind of like Android...Also, did you know only on LG phones the Bing search has that microphone symbol beside it? I didn't...until I looked at a Focus...
I just received an update to Touchless Control.
The version is now 4.3.10.1
What's New
- Enhanced end-of-speech detection for improved accuracy and faster responses
- New ""What's Up"" / ""Read Notifications"" voice command that reads out new notifications so you never miss a thing
- ""What's Up"" / ""Read Notifications"" fully launched for U.S. English, Spanish, and Italian and in beta for other languages / regions.
- Compatible only with Android 4.4 KitKat
- Bug fixes
I had to toggle Touchless Control off and then back on to have it work after the update.
Update - March 12th - new version 4.3.11.1 (seems to just be bug fixes)
Wow, I'm impressed!
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This update is so awesome
This is a nice update, but here is hoping it is just the beginning. Why not add all kinds of stuff to it, such as being able to ask it the status of wifi, then turn it on or off. Google technically supports the feature, it just needs to be enabled in the phone.
With enough engineering effort the possibilities of Touchless Control and Active Notifications are near endless and could be one heck of a Motorola exclusive feature.
Pretty damn cool but looks like it doesn't work well with 3rd party texting apps.
For example, I'm using Hello SMS and instead of saying the sender's name, it says, "You have received a notification from Hello" and then the message.
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It's a lot faster though. Wow!
Took advantage of the new version on the drive home today. I don't use driving assist mode so the read notifications feature really rocks. It had no problems reading out the subject of an email I received, it read both text messages and a gchat I received. All while sitting in the holster clipped to my hip.
Just downloaded the update, very cool
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After watching the movie Iron man a few days ago the potential of this is limitless! I would like my own personal Jarvis!
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What I like about the Moto X is that many of its key features (Active Display, Touchless Controls) are actually apps that can be updated independently of the ROM itself. And Google itself, with Maps, Hangouts, Chrome, Calendar, GMail, etc.... all of those are now just apps that have their own update schedule.
I know not being on the latest OS can be pain for other phones, but can we all agree that we're in a much better shape than the Android 2.3 days where apps were tied to the OS?
Any republic wireless user get the update? Still on 3.15.01.
No update available in play store.
Can the apk be side loaded?
DogzOfWar said:
What I like about the Moto X is that many of its key features (Active Display, Touchless Controls) are actually apps that can be updated independently of the ROM itself. And Google itself, with Maps, Hangouts, Chrome, Calendar, GMail, etc.... all of those are now just apps that have their own update schedule.
I know not being on the latest OS can be pain for other phones, but can we all agree that we're in a much better shape than the Android 2.3 days where apps were tied to the OS?
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i really appreciate the foresight to move those types of updates to the play store. with that said as an att customer it still bites that we have not been updated to 4.2.2.
Thanks for updated sharing.. I am going now updated...:fingers-crossed:
Anyone know whether this can be installed on the Moto X if you are running CyanogenMod (or does it require something in the Moto Rom framework?). I'm guessing no, and can test it myself later, but it's such a killer feature that I have no interest in CyanogenMod right now otherwise...
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lordloki77 said:
Anyone know whether this can be installed on the Moto X if you are running CyanogenMod (or does it require something in the Moto Rom framework?). I'm guessing no, and can test it myself later, but it's such a killer feature that I have no interest in CyanogenMod right now otherwise...
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Then flash back to stock. Moto x stock rooted with gravity box is all you need. You got all the great features of the moto x plus the perks of being rooted and being able to customize your device.
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lordloki77 said:
Anyone know whether this can be installed on the Moto X if you are running CyanogenMod (or does it require something in the Moto Rom framework?). I'm guessing no, and can test it myself later, but it's such a killer feature that I have no interest in CyanogenMod right now otherwise...
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None of these core components (touchless control, active notifications, etc.) can be installed on the CM or other 3rd party builds.
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Then flash back to stock. Moto x stock rooted with gravity box is all you need. You got all the great features of the moto x plus the perks of being rooted and being able to customize your device.
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Yeah... because that's what I asked.... I'm not running cm, I'm running stock plus gravitybox. I asked a simple question - please improve your reading comprehension skills. And anyway, that is only sufficient until moto stops supporting the phone and cm is on android 5.0 and the x is stuck at 4.4.2....
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None of these core components (touchless control, active notifications, etc.) can be installed on the CM or other 3rd party builds.
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That's what I figured. Thanks for confirming. Here's to hoping that the work being done right now that's in proof of concept phase will work out!
There was another update today, version is now 4.3.11.1
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There was another update today, version is now 4.3.11.1
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Yea, I just got it too. I don't see any thing new in the Play Store change-log though. Maybe just bug fixes?
The new Touchless Control is great. Has the latest update to Active Display been fixed to not break it?
The new update got me using it again. Bug fixes including something along the line of better hotword detection something of which was needed. Along with the read notifications. I'm falling in love with this phone all over again.
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I currently own the LG G3 but after a lot of research I am thinking of switching over to the Note 4. The only thing that I would really miss about the lg is the quick remote app. I have used many remote apps but it is hands down the best. I have extracted the apk file and installed it on my girlfriends S5 to see if it would work on samsung or not, it did not. Is there away to get this app to work on the Note 4? I know that it comes with the Samsung smart remote but my LG has been way more successful than my girlfriends Samsung at accessing any and all tvs, surround sounds, etc.
EDIT: I probably should of posted this in the android apps and games thread. If a Mod would please move this I would appreciate it, thank you and sorry.
I don't know if anyone else noticed this but the new Moto is more Google than ever. Is this part of the deal with Lenovo? To keep things as Google as possible? If so, I'm super excited.
Let me explain how I came to this conclusion.
I've owned all the Moto phones since Google acquired Motorola Mobility. All of them had some extra Moto apps, Moto Gallery, Messages, Alert, Migrate, Connect, E-Mail etc except this year. This year they were different. They removed all the apps except the Moto Camera and the Moto app (except the droids since they have the Verizon bloatware and Verizon launcher, the unlocked ones come with Google Now Launcher and Google Messenger). Now all the Moto phones have the same look as a Nexus with 2 - 3 extra additions that we know and love. If that is not enough to convince you, take a look at the design guidelines of their website, it looks like something made by Google. Same font, same writing style everything, just different logo. Still not convinced? Take a look at the new Moto logo on top of the fingerprint scanner, it's using Google's own custom font from the new android logo. The custom font was made for Google only. No other brand has the right to use this font, and it is not available anywhere. Google says on their android developer page that the custom font may not be used by anyone so that means Google has its designers take care of Moto.
What do you think? Does it all make sense now?
I would very much agree!
However, the true test of their relationship with Google will be how long it takes for us to get Nougat.
On my Nexus 6p, I could pretty easily add a second user to my phone and switch back and forth between accounts. I like ot do this for a couple reasons and can't seem to be able to find a way to do this on the G6. Anyone know how or if you can?
I don't think this is possible. That's a tablet functionality, that I haven't seen on an LG android phone.
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