Having a hell of a hard time texting and walking. How can I use text to speech instead?
I have installed the HTC_IME keyboard from Jonasl here on XDA and it has a microphone button on the bottom row, second from left but I think my phone was already configured for speech. I haven't done anything to set it up.
I am the UK and I know we have been having this discussion amongst ourselves on another forum, one chap on Rogers in Canada doesn't have this nor did a lady from South Africa (not sure what carrier she was on tho).
On your Google quick search widget do you have a microphone? Cos that seems to indicate whether its preinstalled on your phone or not.
Maybe others will put me straight if there are settings you have to enable, cos maybe I did in my initial burst of fiddling when I got the phone I just dont remember and I can't see anything that I could toggle it on or off looking at it now.
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Hi all !
I just joined xda..cheers to everybody here !
I bought a brand new p500 a few days ago, and coming from very simple nokia phone to android is quite a jump..however no worries or problems, just getting used at it.
However...
I fail to understand how and if voice dial works - some websites state it does, others it doesn't. As a matter of fact, no matter which language I choose, I cannot see how to use it.
My old nokia was very simple: pre-recorded name or nick was pointing to single numbers, and by pushing the BT headset button and saying the name was triggering the call.
Now, with android it seems to be at light years from here.. is anybody able to clarify how to do it ?
Thanks in advance
ps: this is a pretty basic functionality android should have for business users.
My experience with Android phones (myTouch 3G Slide, Samsung Vibrant, now LG Optimus T) is that while advanced in some areas, voice dialing is not one of them.
That said, my Optimus T voice dials OK over Bluetooth. I had to go to the settings under Voice Input and Output and download the Text-to-Speech resources. Then, it will give voice prompts. It works with my Jabra BT8040 just like on my Blackberry. I hold the button on the headset down until I get the second beep. Then wait for the prompt and say "Call So-and-so" It will then respond with "So-and-so mobile one calling."
It hasn't been as accurate as my Blackberry 9700, but it works if I speak clearly. Also, the voice prompts are too low in volume and I havent figured out how to fix that.
i only have google voice search in my optimus one. by pressing and holding searh button.
how can you voice dial?
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, all appears correctly configured but I see no mic icon in the contacts app in any of the four tabs. Pressing the button on my BT headset does nothing except a short funny sound (with my old Nokia it meant something like "wait for connection"). Holding the same button places a call to the last incoming call number (or last outgoing one).
btw, I'm in Italy - wonder if the reason is language related. I can't be 100% sure, however, because even by setting language to English (U.S.) situation remains the same..
Hope that some android developer is reading this ..
I have been having trouble with my Note i717 voice dialing over Bluetooth. I pair it to my Pioneer DEH-P710BT care stereo, transfers phonebook and works when dialing with phone manually or by selecting name on deck.
My problem is with the voice dialing from the deck. I say the name but it keeps selecting a wrong name/number for each name I say. It will have the same wrong name for one name that I say, no matter how many times or clear I say it. It will give a different wrong name for another name that I say. I have tried saying last name before first name as well and it still doesn't select the right name. It feels like its just translating it wrong into text since it keeps selecting the same wrong name for each specific contact???
I had the same problem with my Nexus S. The exact same setup works fine with my Galaxy S2 i9100, HTC Nexus one and LG GW620. They all call the correct name.
-I have no lockscreen lock or password
-I have tried google voice search and Vlingo as default voice input
-Listen via Bluetooth is selected in Vlingo (tried without selected as well)
-Phone & Media profile are selected in the bluetooth settings for the deck
I am hoping there is a fix and its not some compatibility issue with certain samsung phones and my Pioneer deck. So far only 1/3 of my samsung phones work.
Anyone else have this problem? Ideas? thanks
How did you change between voice search and Vlingo as the default voice input? I have similar problems with voice dialing on a number of android phones and I'd like to try some other programs to see if it's a software fixable issue, but I can't get the phone do launch anything but Vlingo.
hausman said:
How did you change between voice search and Vlingo as the default voice input? I have similar problems with voice dialing on a number of android phones and I'd like to try some other programs to see if it's a software fixable issue, but I can't get the phone do launch anything but Vlingo.
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Settings/Voice input and output/Voice input/Voice recognition
I have the Rogers Canadian SGH-I717R.
Changing that setting on the AT&T version does nothing, unfortunately....vlingo always picks it up. Oh well, was worth a shot since I've had better luck with cyberon voice commander.
Same issue here. At first I thought it was my car 2012 Hyundai Sonata. Deleted contact list out of the car a couple of times and tried pairing multiple times. The GNote pairs fine but gets the wrong name frequently.
Mine gets the wrong contact all of the time.
Doesn't anyone else have this problem?
Sure...had that since my first Android handset. So I started using Cyberon, which works better and has a confirmation mode (since I got tired of Android ringing up some bagel shop in Hoboken every time I tried to call my mom - I live in California BTW), but the Note doesn't offer the ability to have the bluetooth multi-function button start any app other than Vlingo, which doesn't meet my needs because it doesn't work through the phone lock screen when my phone is suspended.
If I'm going to have to pull the phone out of my pocket, unlock it, and then voice dial, what's the point.
WM6.5 had this functionality working beautifully in about 2007.
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Sure...had that since my first Android handset. So I started using Cyberon, which works better and has a confirmation mode (since I got tired of Android ringing up some bagel shop in Hoboken every time I tried to call my mom - I live in California BTW), but the Note doesn't offer the ability to have the bluetooth multi-function button start any app other than Vlingo, which doesn't meet my needs because it doesn't work through the phone lock screen when my phone is suspended.
If I'm going to have to pull the phone out of my pocket, unlock it, and then voice dial, what's the point.
WM6.5 had this functionality working beautifully in about 2007.
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Odd... are you saying you can't voice dial thru your car's BT without physically unlocking the phone?
I can voice dial just fine (locked & unlocked) on mine through the Ford Sync in my car.
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Are you screen locked or password locked? I haven't tried it in my car yet (don't really need to as my car can read the phone book and I can dial by touch), but Vlingo will not respond to my bluetooth headset at all when the phone is PIN/password locked.
I recently switched from a (jailbroken) iPhone 4s to a Lumia 920, and am very happy with that decision. My complete computing environment is based on Windows 8, and the phone fits into that environment without any effort.
Still, there are a few features that I miss in the Lumia 920 which I loved in previous phones:
- the phone does not have an option for automatic time sync, although the network (German O2) provides for that feature
- you can change ring tones, but not sounds for notifications and sms
- there is no way to activate visual voice mail, although I used to have this feature on the iPhone, using the same sim card and contract
- some kind of notification center
- there is no way to use the flash as indicator for incoming messages and calls
- there is no app like "my mobiler" in windows mobile or "veency" in ios
- although text selection and editing is much better than on the iPhone, I loved he little app called "SwipeSelection" from Cydia that moved the cursor when you were swiping with our finger over the keyboard
If anyone has a workaround (other than switching back to a jailbroken iPhone) for any of the things listed, I'd be grateful for a hint.
Thanks
The phone data is attached as screenshot
About the text selection, you can press and hold on the text and a cursor will show. Well Im not sure if this is what you're talking about but this is helpful in editing texts
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About the text selection, you can press and hold on the text and a cursor will show. Well Im not sure if this is what you're talking about but this is helpful in editing texts
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Thanks, but: No, this is not what I mean. Here is a video which explains swipe selection best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h2yrBK7MAY
Carrier time is best because it gives you the current time even if you move across time zones. World clocks are available if you travel a lot and want to see multiple times for different locations.
Visual voicemail is something your carrier needs to turn on for your device, wp8 supports it. For instance in America ATT supports visual voicemail. You could try calling and asking them to support visual voicemail for your model.
In wp8 you can't do anything to change how the default keyboard works so adding the swipe app is impossible right now. Also everyone is hoping that they allow custom SMS tones soon.
Arrows in the chat pad/ keyboard!! led indication for missed calls or any event whatsoever, swipe/select text, longer battery life! besides that i am really happy with the phone.
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Arrows in the chat pad/ keyboard!! led indication for missed calls or any event whatsoever, swipe/select text, longer battery life! besides that i am really happy with the phone.
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I don't get all these longer battery life statements. This phone has longer battery life than any phone I have ever owned. I charge over night and it will last me minimum 12 hours. I have never had a phone that lasted that long. Best was 8 and average was 5. If you Lumia is not lasting more than 12 hours then i would suggest a battery drainer and then a full recharge. If it still does not last then you got one of the faulty batteries and I would suggest replacing the phone, or if you are tech savvy open it and replace the battery with one off ebay.:good:
I don't believe my issue has been mentioned yet, but I have the Verizon Note 2(obviously since I'm posting this in that devices forum). I use Google Voice as my voicemail. Only recently has it given me this tiny issue. Whenever I turn my phone off and then back on it gives me that little icon in my notifications bar telling me I have an un-read voicemail, but I don't. I do believe that I have it set up and configured correctly, is there something I missed ?
I posted this in the Hyperdrive thread but thought maybe it should go here since my questions aren't all specific to the ROM..
I did some basic searching this weekend and was unable to find a definitive answer to these questions, and the few answers I DID find did not seem to work in my case, so I apologize if this is repetitive.*
-Wireless does not work for me- based on what I read, this is a kernel issue, and in order for this issue to be resolved, I have to use a different one. That being said, the one I tried installed successfully but the wireless still did not work. Does anyone have a suggested kernel that WOULD work and allow me to utilize my wireless? I'm on an AT*T Go plan so I'm burning through my 4g cap faster than I'd like because I cant get the wireless to take.*
-When I try to set a wallpaper, the home wallpaper works fine, but when I select 'lock screen' wallpaper or the combo of both, it freezes and then TouchWiz crashes.*
-And the most FRUSTRATING issue- and this is not ROM specific, I realize... but this phone when I purchased it(used) was used on Verizon. I was able to unlock/etc and get it to work with the AT&T Go network after manually entering the APN settings..however- any time an inbound call comes in, it puts a '+' in front of the number. The end result is none of my contacts names show because my contacts obviously do not have a '+' prefacing their number. I tried using an app called Prefixer and set up a rule for it but that did nothing, and I verified country etc is set correctly..does anyone have any clue why this is happening? Very frustrating.*
Bump...anyone? Am I in the wrong place maybe?
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I posted this in the Hyperdrive thread but thought maybe it should go here since my questions aren't all specific to the ROM..
I did some basic searching this weekend and was unable to find a definitive answer to these questions, and the few answers I DID find did not seem to work in my case, so I apologize if this is repetitive.*
-Wireless does not work for me- based on what I read, this is a kernel issue, and in order for this issue to be resolved, I have to use a different one. That being said, the one I tried installed successfully but the wireless still did not work. Does anyone have a suggested kernel that WOULD work and allow me to utilize my wireless? I'm on an AT*T Go plan so I'm burning through my 4g cap faster than I'd like because I cant get the wireless to take.*
-When I try to set a wallpaper, the home wallpaper works fine, but when I select 'lock screen' wallpaper or the combo of both, it freezes and then TouchWiz crashes.*
-And the most FRUSTRATING issue- and this is not ROM specific, I realize... but this phone when I purchased it(used) was used on Verizon. I was able to unlock/etc and get it to work with the AT&T Go network after manually entering the APN settings..however- any time an inbound call comes in, it puts a '+' in front of the number. The end result is none of my contacts names show because my contacts obviously do not have a '+' prefacing their number. I tried using an app called Prefixer and set up a rule for it but that did nothing, and I verified country etc is set correctly..does anyone have any clue why this is happening? Very frustrating.*
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otownmarine said:
-And the most FRUSTRATING issue- and this is not ROM specific, I realize... but this phone when I purchased it(used) was used on Verizon. I was able to unlock/etc and get it to work with the AT&T Go network after manually entering the APN settings..however- any time an inbound call comes in, it puts a '+' in front of the number. The end result is none of my contacts names show because my contacts obviously do not have a '+' prefacing their number. I tried using an app called Prefixer and set up a rule for it but that did nothing, and I verified country etc is set correctly..does anyone have any clue why this is happening? Very frustrating.*
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This is about the only thing I do have an answer for... there is an app called Contacts Optimizer that will allow you to do a mass edit and add the leading + if you're interested in doing that... might help with this issue... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compelson.optimizer
I answered your first two questions in the hyperdrive thread
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