I've been on a hunt for a voice command app that works well with bluetooth headsets.
I wish that Google's Voice Actions would work with a bluetooth headset, but instead I get the Voice Dialer app every time I want to activate voice command.
So far what I've found to be the closest to what I'd want is Sonalight, but it attaches an annoying link at the end of your SMS messages unless you pay them. Fail.
Does anyone know of a good voice command app that can be activated by your bluetooth headset that will respond and do things like send messages, map locations, and call people? Similar if not identical to Google's own built-in one but that would actually work without me having to activate it from my phone?
Try Jeannie in the market. Works excellent with my Bluetooth.
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This is a question I've had since owning the G1. Can we make it so that our incoming text messages get pushed through Bluetooth? I know the functionality is not there with the stock messaging app, but does there exist one that does? Or can one be programmed to do so?
This would be helpful to handful of people (like me) that have Microsoft Sync systems in their Ford/Lincoln/Mercury cars. Sync is able to read you your text messages while driving, and allows you to reply with your voice or call the sender, but only if the handset supports sending texts through Bluetooth.
I would imagine that since we have the latest version of BT, it could at least be programmed into a third-party messaging app, by someone with more knowledge than I. The only handsets to support this feature out of the box are some candybar Nokia and Motorola featurephones, so it wouldn't be too far fetched to get Android to support this.
Any thoughts?
This is the only thing i've been able to find that looks anything remotely close to what your asking for...
http://www.myblueant.com/android/index.php
Hope this helps
I believe I saw on the official Sync website that one of the Android phones was working with the text part of Sync. Posted by a Android user. You might look into that and see if it leads anyplace.
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Try out the vlingo app in the market. It has something called Safe reader. It will read your sms out loud. When I'm driving and have my phone hooked up to my stereo, through bluetooth, it plays the message through my speakers. Not sure about standard bluetooth headsets but its worth a shot.
DriveSafe.ly will read your incoming messages to you via BlueTooth, and can be configured to autoreply, if you wish.
I looked through the syncmyride website and several people are reporting the Droid X works with the text messaging part of the Ford Sync system. Maybe there is hope for a direct connection. Although they also talk about Samsung phones in particular having issues with the Sync.
I'm trying to get this working as well. Stock EVO
Thanks for the suggestions of DriveSafe.ly and Vlingo. This is a great alternative, however in my case they would only work if I had the car stereo connected through Bluetooth (the Sync system allows you to do a Bluetooth media stream).
The issue, however, is that most of the time I have either my Zune or my Toshbia media player playing through a USB connection in the car. Say I get a phone call, Sync knows to pause the music in the USB connection, alert me to the phone call, talk on the phone through the car speakers, and then when the call is disconnected it will resume playing the music from the USB. Since the USB is selected and not the Bluetooth stream however, DriveSafe.ly and Vlingo won't automatically notify Sync of the text (it does work if I'm using the Bluetooth streaming option though, since Android is handling the streaming).
After rummaging through some posts, it seems that Syncs ability to communicate with your texts stems from a Bluetooth profile known as MAP (Messaging Access Profile), and while Bluetooth 2.0 and higher support this feature, only some handsets have that Bluetooth profile supported. How hard would it be to add a Bluetooth profile to the Android core through, say, a custom ROM? Or would the Kernel have to be modified?
Looking at the compatibility list it seems that the Motorola phones work with the text messaging system. All ( or most) of them, not just the Android phones. So it may be deeper than ripping the BT control scheme out.
But it would be great if someone could figure it out. I don't think many people care though, if you search here for Ford Sync you don't get many hits.
Blue control
search blue control on the marketplace or appbrain. this app allows sms to be played (and responded to) through a bluetooth headset!
Vibrant reads text out loud stock.
Settings>Voice Input and Output>Text-To-Speech Settings> Check Driving Mode...though..be warned. This will read ALL incoming texts out loud, and when you get a call, it will say Call from (caller or number if it's not in your contacts)
Don't have a BT headset..well I do..just can't find the charger. lol, so can't test it. And I'm not rich enough to have a BT enabled car.
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gahockey05 said:
search blue control on the marketplace or appbrain. this app allows sms to be played (and responded to) through a bluetooth headset!
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In the app description, it says it does not work with in-car bluetooth "at this time". So we can keep our fingers crossed.
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I have found, that to get messages read to me and be able to reply, I had to install a custom rom (CyanogenMod 9-20120710-nightly), it works great! I hope this helps.
I'm a big fan of the voice command features, speech>SMS, email, search, etc...
Constantly pushing the "mic" button on my keypad and talking into the phone mic just isn't user friendly enough while driving.
I can't get anything other than voice dialing to work with a bluetooth headset.
My BT set is a cheapie, I'll gladly buy a new one providing this is the issue.
I don't care about it reading email or txt's back to me, I have to be able to say "txt/email so&so, blah blah blah" and have it do that via BT.
Anyone?
Thanks,
i dont think u can do all the voice commands on BT cuz i just got a pair of sony dr-bt101 and same thing
I agree with rptw I dont think its possible. I connect my phone to my car stereo via bluetooth and cannot use the voice commands it would be awesome if I could thou so hopefully someone has a solution.
Voice commands over bluetooth work with Vlingo.
Vlingo is the greatest app (imho) for the streak! I use it for everything!
It's available on the market
+1 Vlingo, works perfect
Been using VLINGO, it's awesome. Works fine on 1.8.1 too.
Vlingo has 1 fatal flaw
After using Vlingo once, if you move out of range of your phone, then Vlingo
will cause your phone to reboot.
See link below of this problem:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9503
Vlingo is great, works fantastic, thanks for the tip.
However I've noticed that my headset doesn't stay active long enough to complete my task. EI: push the BT button, say "txt so&so", wait for Vlingo to respond -headset stops listening-
Push the button again, say content of the message, wait for "thinking" -headset stops listening-
Push the button again, say send...
Is this consistent with any other Vlingo users headsets?
Thanks.
Blueant Q1 or Q2 works well with streak on voice commands
So I feel like this should be something pretty simple. I'm trying to use voice command with the bluetooth in a VW, but when I activiate bluetooth in the car it dosen't automatically allow for voice commands. Can still use the phone, but it would be nice to be able to use voice command without having to log into the phone. I've tried turning on driving mode and that doesnt' seem to work.
Any advice?
i dont think you can activate the 'voice commands' option from the VW bluetooth. I have a VW Golf and I can only make and receive calls from the car's BT system. If I want access to anything else, I need to use the phone itself.
Yeah, that's exactly the issue I'm having. Would think that you could also use voice commands. It worked fine with the iphone, but doesn't seem to like the galaxy for whatever reason.
While you can still use the VW's built in voice commands (to dial numbers, etc.), I don't believe you can use the car's mic/speaker for the phone's voice command functionality. Since it's just an app, it can't integrate into the car's systems. You can however stream music to the car's audio system via bluetooth.
Does your VW stereo have a button that you push to initiate the voice command application? I had this problem on my Subaru as well. It wasn't launching the application that listens for voice commands when pressing the button. I installed an app called Choice Dialer (Which is actually now Hands-Free Voice Dialer) and it started working.
I'd give this a try and report back if it works.
Thanks for the responses. It actually ended up being something pretty stupid. Pretty sure it's still using the built-in BT, but it takes care of what I was trying to solve.
For whatever reason the first time it requested access to my address book ti apparently didn't work. If someone else has the problem what you need to do is make sure your phone and bluetooth are connected. While connected, open your notification screen, it will probably say there are no att notification, hit that, then it will show a request by your VW bluetooth to your address book. Accept it and now you can use the 'call whoever on mobile' functionality.
Glad you got it figured out. Having half-*** handsfree is a big step backwards after being able to throw voice commands out.
So I must be missing something super obvious or I just need a new headset. I have an older cheap Plantronics 390, but it says it will do voice commands if the phone supports it. I assume this means it sends some sort of standard voice command signal and lets the phone open up the appropriate app to handle the actual commands.
Anyways, I click the main headset button, get a little beep in my ear and nothing happens. The phone can be unlocked or locked. Doesn't matter. No apps open up and the phone ignores any voice commands I give so I'm sure it's not listening in the background.
Now I have verified that the headset actually works. I've used it on a phone call and when opening the S-Voice app manually. But I'd like to be able to use my bluetooth headset in my car completely hands free rather than have to touch the phone.
My car head unit works just fine you have to be in an app and be ready for the commands though try using the Google Now
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Hey all. I'm having trouble finding a voice command app that works for me.
The primary problem I'm having is bluetooth use: I need something for use in the car, where my phone is connected to my bluetooth stereo system, and many such programs have trouble talking out the bluetooth speaker (utter has this problem, but only at random) or picking up from the bluetooth mic (at least one other I've tried, can't remember which).
It would be particularly excellent if the app would only be on when bluetooth connected.
I don't mind paying money.
As for the actual voice commands I want:
1. launch app (I only have like 2 apps I ever launch in the car)
2. call person from contact book
A super-bonus awesome thing that nothing I've found will even attempt:
3. Send myself emails *that are more than one sentence long*, so I can dictate notes to myself in the car.
Ideas?