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POLL: Voice Text Problems

I am trying to find out how many people are having issues using the voice text function within either swype or android keyboard.. I noticed another thread that somewhat acknowledged the issue however it ended after only a few posts.. I am trying to find out if this is a serious problem or just one with my Epic. I was trying to use it tonight, and I went through ten different tries and not once did it even hear any of my speech no matter what i did. Then it managed to catch one word and continue to hear nothing.. Is anyone else having this problem this bad??

I just tried it for the first time and it seems to work great. Im rooted noobnl rom 1.03 and cw installed
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Driving? Don't Count on Voice-to-Text

Since the update to GB... my voice-to-text has not been working properly in the car. I first thought it might be background noise like the A/C or something but it appears to only happen when the car is moving.
Isn't this the whole point of voice-to-text? To keep you safe while driving so it doesn't require typing. Am I the only one with this problem? Is there any kind of workaround? I depend heavily on this feature. This is a big negative for me.

Same issue here. Voice to text has been broken for me since the first GB update on a stock unrooted EVO.

busted here too.
sucks.

Yes this happens to me too.

Just quit using your phone in the car so i can quit flipping you people off!

Have y'all tried updating voice search from the market? I noticed there was a recent update for it mentioning bug fixes.

Tried updating everything. Full factory restore on Unrooted GB 2.3.3 both the first release and with the maintenance fix. Changed Voice Input and Output settings. Changed the Google account dashboard and personalization. Everything and even rolling back to 2.2 which doesn't work because of the new Hboot.
It is completely broken. You get going 20-25mph+ and the mic does not respond.
Hope that it is address in a future release update (not likely), but will have to root and roll back.
Can any one that is rooted and on the stock 2.3 or different rom confirm if voice search is working for them?

AudioJerm said:
Have y'all tried updating voice search from the market? I noticed there was a recent update for it mentioning bug fixes.
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Yeah... I updated Voice Search and I will find out later if it works when I get in my car.

Well, I did the Voice Search update and still can't do voice to text in the car while it's moving. This is ridiculous! I love using HeyTell especially when driving and now it has become useless.

A guy at work asked me today if i knew anything about this problem. He has had this problem since the GB update and his EVO is stock and not rooted. I told him I would look into it. Looks like I found the answer.
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I did; however, find out that the voice search does work in the texting mode once you've hit the car in front of you wondering why it wasn't working during the driving process. Once stopped, it is amazing!
EDIT: OK..couldn't resist, but reminds me of the little "Don't use this while your driving" disclaimer in the gps units turning them on.

I've had issues with it when not moving.
I'm not sure where this connection to driving comes into play?

dpilcher said:
I did; however, find out that the voice search does work in the texting mode once you've hit the car in front of you wondering why it wasn't working during the driving process. Once stopped, it is amazing!
EDIT: OK..couldn't resist, but reminds me of the little "Don't use this while your driving" disclaimer in the gps units turning them on.
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The whole advantage of voice-to-text is so you don't text while driving. My phone sits in a dock in the car. If someone texts me, I can verbally respond without taking my hands off the wheel. You know... kinda like talking on the phone hands-free. That's why voice-to-text is so valuable to me.
Earlier tonight I discovered the problem is worse. I was outside taking a walk and decided to use voice-to-text and nothing. Would not recognize. But once I stopped walking and used it... it was fine. So it's not just limited to driving. They need to fix this problem!

I did some looking around on Google and this issue has been reported on multiple different sites. However, it seems that it's more related to background noise rather than being in a moving vehicle. If there is any amount of background noise, voice to text seems to not work properly. It seems that it works fine if you are in a completely silent environment.
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kd0axs said:
I did some looking around on Google and this issue has been reported on multiple different sites. However, it seems that it's more related to background noise rather than being in a moving vehicle. If there is any amount of background noise, voice to text seems to not work properly. It seems that it works fine if you are in a completely silent environment.
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Yeah... I read the same thing but my tests did not ring true. When I was stopped at a light, I put the AC on at full blast and the voice-to-text worked flawlessly. But as soon as I moved and even with the AC off... nothing. For me, there didn't seem to be any connection with background noise... only movement.

My only other suggestion is to try an app called Vlingo for the mean time. The In Car mode is amazing. Just say "hey vlingo" and it starts listening to commands. It really is completely hands free. You never have to touch your phone to send texts and it even reads your message back to you to confirm before sending. I've never had problems with it although the in car mode is still in beta. Good luck!

I just spoke this entire post while driving 45 miles an hour down the road using Google voice search.

I had same issue on stock Rom. I believe if u look at main settings, voice input and output, text to speach settings, and in there it should say something about downloading something. If it needs updating u can press it and market will open with what u need
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So I tried going through the text-to-speech settings but no luck. The issue doesn't seem to be with text-to-speech but with voice-to-text. It's like the microphone stops picking up audio when in motion.
Nevertheless... got this today from HTC...
Dear Jack Storm,
We are sorry to hear that you are experiencing issues with your Voice to Text after the recent update.
We are aware of the issues surrounding the update to your Evo and are currently working on addressing these issues. We do not currently have an exact timeframe as to when all of these issues will be resolved. Please check our official media outlets and/or your device for any change to the update status.
We do apologize for any inconveniences that this may have caused, Jack.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW26ENA0065.
Sincerely,
Reisa
HTC

Works fine on CM7
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[Q] Hotword detection for voice commands broken.

Does anyone else have this problem? Saying 'Google' used to bring up the voice search but its stopped working. All the settings are good and I've tried toggling them on/off along with reboots in between without sucesss. Frustrated

Just to be sure, are you saying "Google" from within Google Now? I remember in the past I would just yell Google from the Homescreen, and nothing would happen, but saying it in Google Now worked for me (I guess it was working as intended).

On mine, it only works in Google Now if the language is set to US English.

Well don't I feel stupid - lol.... It works then . For some reason I got round to thinking that it work any where.... Proof I'm getting old?

Pihrana said:
Well don't I feel stupid - lol.... It works then . For some reason I got round to thinking that it work any where.... Proof I'm getting old?
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I'm not 100% sure if it's even mentioned anywhere that hotword only works from Google Now Just something I ended up finding out eventually (after numerous attempt at trying to do it outside of Google Now)

"Ok Google" is not reliable

As title suggests, voice recognition has been really unreliable through my daily usage.
If the phone is locked - "Ok Google" never works, yes i have set Smart unlock to unlock through voice.
if the phone is unlocked - "Ok Google" works, but if connected to my car's Bluetooth, it doesn't.
any of you guys can share their experience?

gilad215 said:
As title suggests, voice recognition has been really unreliable through my daily usage.
If the phone is locked - "Ok Google" never works, yes i have set Smart unlock to unlock through voice.
if the phone is unlocked - "Ok Google" works, but if connected to my car's Bluetooth, it doesn't.
any of you guys can share their experience?
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I have the same issue...

Same issue here. I think it's because of Samsung's aggressive management that won't allow Google Now to run in the background when the screen is off.
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Same issue here

I normally have to reboot to get "Okay Google" command to work.

for me ok google works for while, then stops working and a reboot is the only way to fix it. only annoying thing is i need to reboot every other day. this issue doesn't seems to be covered much?

electric0ant said:
for me ok google works for while, then stops working and a reboot is the only way to fix it. only annoying thing is i need to reboot every other day. this issue doesn't seems to be covered much?
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fix for the OK Google issue on S8 & S8+ is to have the software re-flashed by Samsung or one of their retailers such as Best Buy. Other than rooting the device, there is nothing that can be done at the consumer level nor with tech support assistance that will resolve the issue.

Sikrik said:
fix for the OK Google issue on S8 & S8+ is to have the software re-flashed by Samsung or one of their retailers such as Best Buy. Other than rooting the device, there is nothing that can be done at the consumer level nor with tech support assistance that will resolve the issue.
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what difference would re-flashing the software achieve?
flashing stock firmware can be achieved using odin.
and after rooting what can be done to fix this issue?

I don't know why re-flashing it worked but, it did. I also don't care. The phone works perfectly now. I keep seeing the same remedies over and over on forums such as this and NONE of them worked. Now that my phone is working, I shared what I did to get it fixed. I'm not a techie, I'm a truck driver so, if you said that I can flash stock firmware with Odin, you'd be wrong. Besides, why would I? Samsung screwed it up, they can fix it. It was free and it worked.

Having Some Problems With my PH-1

At this point, I'm feeling a lot of love and hate for my PH-1, but I'm locked in. I'm on the Sprint lease plan and I'm passed the point of returning the thing. So here's the latest issues:
Voice-to-Text: Whether it's in Chrome, Brave, Messenger, Google Assistant or Keep, voice-to-text has the same problem. First of all, when the phone says it's listening, I have to wait a few seconds before saying anything. Otherwise, it'll miss the first few words of whatever I'm about to say. The other problem: If I'm trying to do voice-to-text, it'll take about 5 words and stop taking anymore even though the phone appears to still be actively listening. At that point, I can cancel and then tap the microphone button again. This will allow me to voice-to-text 5 more words. So voice to text is barely usable at this point.
I installed Google Voice, but it won't take over as the default voicemail app. I've dug around in Settings and such, but I can't seem to find where I can change this. Presumably, the install of Google Voice should have taken care of it, but that doesn't appear to have happened. It has all my old voicemail from my prior phone, but nothing since getting the PH-1.
Stays connected to my car and my LG headphones no problem, but has issues losing connection anytime my ASUS Zenwatch 2 runs out of battery. Three times so far, I've had to wipe the watch and reconnect to get the two devices talking to each other again.
Google Keyboard is interesting and all, but it seems to do a great job of registering the wrong keystrokes. Honestly, I'd gotten used to my Samsung keyboard anyways, so if there's an option to map the same second character layout, that'd be ideal. But I definitely need SOME keyboard app that presents large enough keys that my huge hands won't confuse the phone. G Board is as big as I can make it and it's just not enough.

BonkersTheClown said:
At this point, I'm feeling a lot of love and hate for my PH-1, but I'm locked in. I'm on the Sprint lease plan and I'm passed the point of returning the thing. So here's the latest issues:
Voice-to-Text: Whether it's in Chrome, Brave, Messenger, Google Assistant or Keep, voice-to-text has the same problem. First of all, when the phone says it's listening, I have to wait a few seconds before saying anything. Otherwise, it'll miss the first few words of whatever I'm about to say. The other problem: If I'm trying to do voice-to-text, it'll take about 5 words and stop taking anymore even though the phone appears to still be actively listening. At that point, I can cancel and then tap the microphone button again. This will allow me to voice-to-text 5 more words. So voice to text is barely usable at this point.
I installed Google Voice, but it won't take over as the default voicemail app. I've dug around in Settings and such, but I can't seem to find where I can change this. Presumably, the install of Google Voice should have taken care of it, but that doesn't appear to have happened. It has all my old voicemail from my prior phone, but nothing since getting the PH-1.
Stays connected to my car and my LG headphones no problem, but has issues losing connection anytime my ASUS Zenwatch 2 runs out of battery. Three times so far, I've had to wipe the watch and reconnect to get the two devices talking to each other again.
Google Keyboard is interesting and all, but it seems to do a great job of registering the wrong keystrokes. Honestly, I'd gotten used to my Samsung keyboard anyways, so if there's an option to map the same second character layout, that'd be ideal. But I definitely need SOME keyboard app that presents large enough keys that my huge hands won't confuse the phone. G Board is as big as I can make it and it's just not enough.
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I have ZERO of these issues...
And Google voice hasn't put itself in the Google dialer since it was updated to material design like over a year ago...
Gboard is smart... And will get accustomed to your "large hands"
You do realize that this isn't the "***** at Essential" forum... Right?
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rignfool said:
I have ZERO of these issues...
And Google voice hasn't put itself in the Google dialer since it was updated to material design like over a year ago...
Gboard is smart... And will get accustomed to your "large hands"
You do realize that this isn't the "***** at Essential" forum... Right?
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I'm so happy for you! You have no problems in your life and nothing bad ever happens to you! Meanwhile, I see post after post after post on this forum where people are on their second or third PH-1 .... because their PH-1 had issues. Sprint's support for the Essential Phone is worse than nonexistent. Essential Phone's own support kinda sucks too. Honestly, this forum is the only resource for useful help I've been able to find period. Apparently, people posting who are frustrated with their new phone offends you. Meanwhile, I will continue to try to make my purchase of a PH-1 as livable as possible.

BonkersTheClown said:
I installed Google Voice, but it won't take over as the default voicemail app. I've dug around in Settings and such, but I can't seem to find where I can change this. Presumably, the install of Google Voice should have taken care of it, but that doesn't appear to have happened. It has all my old voicemail from my prior phone, but nothing since getting the PH-1.
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Google broke the integration more than a year ago.
You will need to install an old version of the app manually.
The version you want is "com.google.android.apps.googlevoice_0.4.7.10.apk".
This is the last version that integrates with any dialer.
make sure you setup not to auto-update or the update will kill the integration.
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Stays connected to my car and my LG headphones no problem, but has issues losing connection anytime my ASUS Zenwatch 2 runs out of battery. Three times so far, I've had to wipe the watch and reconnect to get the two devices talking to each other again.
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I didn't have that issue with my LG Urbane 2. Try uninstalling wear and reconnecting after resetting the watch.
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Google Keyboard is interesting and all, but it seems to do a great job of registering the wrong keystrokes. Honestly, I'd gotten used to my Samsung keyboard anyways, so if there's an option to map the same second character layout, that'd be ideal. But I definitely need SOME keyboard app that presents large enough keys that my huge hands won't confuse the phone. G Board is as big as I can make it and it's just not enough.
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Maybe Swiftkey, but I used Gboard.

tech_head said:
Google broke the integration more than a year ago.
You will need to install an old version of the app manually.
The version you want is "com.google.android.apps.googlevoice_0.4.7.10.apk".
This is the last version that integrates with any dialer.
make sure you setup not to auto-update or the update will kill the integration.
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Thanks, that explains a lot. Weird that they broke the integration. Can't think of a good reason for them to want to do that. Alternately, is there a different voicemail app that would work? Google Voice has it's good points, but if letting an update sneak through breaks it, I don't see the point in using Google Voice. Sometimes updates patch vulnerabilities after all.
Did Google replace Google Voice with something else perhaps?
I didn't have that issue with my LG Urbane 2. Try uninstalling wear and reconnecting after resetting the watch.
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Did that so we'll wait and see. Hopefully it doesn't break again.
Maybe Swiftkey, but I used Gboard.
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By rights, GBoard should be working great and isn't. Not really sure why. I've given myself time to get used to it but I fat finger crap way too much. I'll try Swiftkey and see if that works.
Thanks for the help!

Just an FYI, I have no issues with latest google voice, integrated with hangouts and used for my voicemail with Verizon after doing the standard *71(googlevoice#) *90(googlevoice#) an *92(googlevoice#). Maybe Sprint has a similar method of call forwarding you can use?
Also, maybe your phone has a hardware issue with a microphone. It wouldn't be the first case. Many of us really don't have an issue with voice to text, so that might be something to RMA about if you can test further.

manaox2 said:
Just an FYI, I have no issues with latest google voice, integrated with hangouts and used for my voicemail with Verizon after doing the standard *71(googlevoice#) *90(googlevoice#) an *92(googlevoice#). Maybe Sprint has a similar method of call forwarding you can use?
Also, maybe your phone has a hardware issue with a microphone. It wouldn't be the first case. Many of us really don't have an issue with voice to text, so that might be something to RMA about if you can test further.
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The issue is not about being able to use it, dialer integration is broken.
Without integration you can't go to the dialer and listen to your VM.

tech_head said:
The issue is not about being able to use it, dialer integration is broken.
Without integration you can't go to the dialer and listen to your VM.
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Try oreo beta... Or wait to oreo ota.. looks to be working or close to working in beta
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