For some reason, I can't find a way to get VC to say the numbers when using the dialer instead of just unsing tones. I could do this on my Incite and prefer the positive confirmation of number pressed. Any ideas? Thanks.
settings\personal\voice command
in there you can change the setting.
I believe if you press the 'phone' option so its highlighted then press the options button on the right you'll be brought to a new window where you can change how it responds. I know it does what you want for me when I call and I have "confirm when calling by name" and "confirm when dialing by number" selected.
@Aaron, I have all three items checked, but still only get tone dialing.
wait... are you talking about when you press the number pad on the phone screen? Cause if so then yes, voice command wouldn't speak the numbers as you press each key. What voice command does is allow you to SPEAK to your phone and it will do what you say...
It's usually mapped to the phone/answer button on your phone (far left button on the bottom front of your phone) Press it but hold it down.... then say "call joe" or whoever... or "dial 3497894023"
Then it will confirm by saying "dial 3497894023?" And you have to say "yes"... and then it will dial.
There's a ton of commands: what time is it, whats my next appointment, whats the battery status, next track, play album etc etc. Just to name a few
As far as saying the number you pressed as tones when you press the actual number pad. That I don't get. I do remember I had a cab a LONG time ago when I had the touch pro that did it but, really, if you're pressing the number pad odds are you are looking at the phone right. I didn't keep it all too long. Especially when you can just press the call button as a long press and tell the phone what to dial.
This is what bordom gets you and doing a little digging....
Talking Dialpad
as I was talking about above; all this does is change it so your tones aren't.... tones.. but when you push them it will say the number instead. I would still go with using voice command though
according to some posts here it will work on the TP2
Well, I don't know what changed, but on my LG Incite I would press a number in the dialer and it would say it aloud with a nice female voice instead of a tone. It only did this for dialing since you need tones in-call to access things like voicemail or automated system prompts. IIRC, it was a choice in VC setup. I'm sure it was not a mod I made to the phone. Don't understand why M$ would take out such a needed feature for people like me with bad eyesight who prefer the voice confirmation of a dialed number. Tones are absolutely useless.
I posted a link to a thread regarding voice tone instead of the regular numeric tone you hear right above.... did you try that yet cause that seems to be what you are after? You didn't mention anything about it in your post so I wasn't sure but that's clearly what you're looking for.
Yeah, I looked at your links (thanks). Those are for an add-on program. This was a feature built-into Voice Command on WinMo 6.1 and can probably be enabled via a simple regedit since there is no longer a front end selection choice for it in VC.
not an add on program at all... you just download the "talkingkeys.cab" run it.. and it changes all the 'tones' of your numberic dial pad to voices saying the numbers...
takes all of 2 seconds to do.
Just tried it on me TP2 and it works fine very clear thanks Aaron
OK, I tried it. No joy. You have to hold the key for the duration of the sound file or it cuts off. This is not what I had with my Incite. All you had to do was press a button on the dialer and a nice, female voice would say the number. This was built into that version of VC on WinMo 6.1, it was not something I added on. I can't understand why M$ would have taken this out in 6.5 or why HTC/AT$T would have defeated it in the Tilt 2 ROM. Either way, it sucks.
Miami_Son said:
OK, I tried it. No joy. You have to hold the key for the duration of the sound file or it cuts off. This is not what I had with my Incite. All you had to do was press a button on the dialer and a nice, female voice would say the number. This was built into that version of VC on WinMo 6.1, it was not something I added on. I can't understand why M$ would have taken this out in 6.5 or why HTC/AT$T would have defeated it in the Tilt 2 ROM. Either way, it sucks.
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It wasn't voice command or Microsoft that did that but something specific to that phone.... The dialer's for different phones are just that............. different!
Voice command is used for you giving commands to your phone or reading out appointments or incoming callers etc. It had nothing to do with the voice tone in your dial pad.
What you are saying is like asking my my Vogue didn't have a slide out keyboard, or a better resolution screen, or wifi. How unfair and stupid of HTC to not have put that in there. Again... you are comparing an LG phone here with an HTC phone.. different hardware, different OS's. different.... phones I'd be more disappointed about loosing the headphone jack then I would be about having a standard keypad tone wen switching from the Incite.
Can't really compare apples and oranges in this case I would say. If that cab I found you doesn't cut it I'm sorry but it's likely the best you're going to find. There might be some registry hacks you can do to make it so it will say the complete number just from a quick tap but I myself try and stay from dinking around with the registry. I would still say voice command trumps anything that a voice tone numeric pad would do... I either use the contact page in sense or just use voice command to dial a number I want. Seems to work just fine AND easier!
OK, if you're saying it was a function of the LG dialer, that makes more sense. It did use a completely different voice from VC.
I appreciate the link to the program you gave me. I'll probably end up using it. Would be nice if the instructions were clearer on how to install it and where to put the contents of the zip archive. Thanks again.
OK, I found a way to make this work, but with the pleasant woman's voice I wanted. Go to this site:
http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
Try the sample voices until you find one you like. Then put in the numbers like this: one, two, three...etc. Don't forget star and pound. The commas are important as they give a pause between each number that will help when editing them into separate files. Click download and you will have a wav file with all the numbers spoken aloud. You can convert it to mp3 format or go to the next step. Open it up in a wav editor and chop each word individually and save it to your hard drive with the proper name. These sound so much better than the files included in the post about Talking Dialpad and you can get them in the language of your choice.
Here's the syntax I used. It gives you a 1 second gap between each number making it easier to edit. Copy and paste it into the box.
<Break time="1s"/> one<Break time="1s"/> two<Break time="1s"/> three<Break time="1s"/> four<Break time="1s"/> five<Break time="1s"/> six<Break time="1s"/> seven<Break time="1s"/> eight<Break time="1s"/> nine<Break time="1s"/> zero<Break time="1s"/> pound<Break time="1s"/> star
I used Crystal's voice. If someone wants to host it, I will zip the sound files and e-mail them to you.
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is their any SW that can mimic the long green (Send)button so i can assign it to a a voice dialling SW, i have a Nokia BT that don't support voice dialing because its voice dialing don't support anything but the Send button in which in the regular button mapping it only supports changing the few side buttons but not the send/close ones
thanks in advance
ok since i have not got a reply so far i tried something considered intelligent, need some steering though, what i did is i installed phoneplus
Main Idea
1.most of the headset will mimic the short & long send (Green) button press which will activate the cprog.exe dialer right.
2. since i have no idea where is cprog mapped to this button i needed to install phone plus because it will teachme how the mapping done
Theory
1. if i replace the ppcap.exe with voicecommand.exe everywhere in the system then when i psychly press the green button i should get "Voice command is ready" instead of the dialer pad, in this situation of you press on the headset button it should also trigger the Voicecommand.exe instead of cprog.exe or the ppcap.exe
Fact
1. i tried this & it didn't work when i replaced the ppcap.exe with voicecommand.exe ofert renaming the voicecommand to ppcap for the program to think it is the same, it actually went a launched the original dialer
requiments, well i need more people to try steps like those & to stop me if they know a fact i don't.
if their is some kind of a logger (key logger) we can intiate it & press the headset button see what does it do & make it connect to the voice dialing SW
You are a brave man :lol:
What you ask is possible, as you can activate voice command via the button in the Mpx (which is also pocketpc phone edition).
Unfortunately I dont think its easy, but please keep on investigating and tell us of your progress.
surur
i so far managed to get my PPC giving me error messages like the following
1. Cannot open Cprog.exe (Dialer SW)
2. Cannot execute repllog.exe (i have no idea what is it about)
anyways this is a good sign, if i can replace cprog.exe with voicecmd.exe after renaming voicecmd.exe to cprog.exe i think the logic say that it should launch it, & if it does the BT Headset should launch it & if it does! well we got it working the stupid way but this is the begging
PS another though for those who program viruses, can't we program a parasite sw that attaches it self to cprog.exe & everytime its triggered it launches voicecmd.exe
am sorry all my test are on microsoft voice but because it the only full SW i have now
AM ALMOST THERE DUDES BUT I REALLY NEED HELP NOW, i got as far as when i press the button on my nokia bt headset to activate the voice command, though since the head set is not a hands free expectedly i didn't hear from the BT headset i heared it from the phone & ofcourse i had to speak to the phone not the BT HD to get it dialing something, now i know that thei are some SW that or BT stacks that does that, please guid me through
ONE MORE THING CPROG HAS TO BE LOADED which i actually managed to **** in the process so i also need the file cprog.exe to replace my overwritten one, otherwise your phone will not ring nore have signal bars though it will not be swtiched off & if you have the headset you'll hear the ring in it but will not be able to answer the phone, so next 2 steps are
1. Load both files & not only voicecommand or cprog
2. somehow move the voice & the mic to be working from the BT HD & not the phone
Unfortunatley I could not copy the cprog.exe to my desktop PC to send it to you... The system does not let you copy System Files...
You will have to perform a hard reset in order to get the cprog.exe back... Or maybe try to delete the modified cprog.exe and the original should be ready to use after a soft reset...
Besides, as far as I know there are no Hands Free Profile for our devices, not even with Bluetooth patches installed...
Nice try though... :wink:
well since i backup regularly i reseted my device & got a back so thanks but i got the cprog.exe , i think its **** anyways to make the major move & get stuck on something like hands free profile, i still need the cprog.exe as i file as i couldn't get it too, i have to put it on the startup so the phone will work properly then probably assign it somewhere else on the contrary anybody with some knowledge of how to make files.lnk launch multiple programs instead of one or anybody who have some idea about how hands free profile works will be of a great help
PS come on guys if we scratch our heads together we can make it, poeple here made wonders, i guess this is in hand :shock:
handsfree very near
hi, actually i use mobidial to try your idea. when i press green button mobidial will launch. so very easy i just copy everything in microsoft voice command folder and dump it to modial folder and rename voice command.exe as mobiDial.exe. when i press the green button using my headset and yes voice command is activated and function also but it will work for the first time and then the ppc will hang. reset n will work for one time again. anybody? we r very close to handsfree here.
Anyone know how to re-set the dialer so that when you press the green call button on the phone it calls the last person? Right now, if you are at the dialer, and you press the call button, nothing happens. But the call button *does* take you to the dialer from whatever screen you are on. I'm using CRC stable, with the iPhone Dialer skin (for bigger buttons).
Is there a place I can do some research into how the dialer skins work? Theres a few issues with the iPhone dialer skin that make it seem a little broken that I'd like to fix.
BTW: does anyone know if a program compiled in VB6 will work on this phone? I was thinking about porting iContact to VB, where then I could really go crazy with it. If you want to see some of my regular PC work, see.. http://www.mediaengine.org Car Computer Software
Check the dialer thread theres probably a file you need to replace using totalcommander..
Some .dll file in the windows directory..
Excerpt from a PM sent to FCW from me....
One quick question though... Why is it on EVERY SINGLE titanium rom does touching "phone" on the titanium list show the last missed call, but then you'd think touching it again would show you those calls, but instead it shows you the dang dialer?
That just doesn't make sense. You'd think it would do like what the right soft key does (view).
Yes, it says "phone" on the titanium screen, but I can press the green button to bring up the dialer which is way easier to do, (and gets MUCH less use than the previous calls log ((dialing is kinda touchy))). Instead of saying "phone" in titanium, it should say "Call List" and offer what the view button does. I don't know how many times a day I peck the phone button on titanium then have to fumble for the right soft key to get to the recent calls log.
I think if you were to implement this feature, the WHOLE developer community would follow suit.
BTW all, I've tried editing the Titanium_240x320.cpr whatever files. I can change the link names, but not what they do.
Any ideas?
Nonsense...
Touch it to bring up the phone and call the first contact wit a lil red arrow saying HEY this contact calls you and you didnt answer call it back!!!!
or Just--- HEY a missed cal you say, i dont wnat to call right now so i just gonna tap in the softkey view and then close the missed calls screen....
If that is the meaning of change the tap app... just remove the buttons on your hermes.
I was trying to call an automated voice system up today and was asked to enter my phone number in. I hit the "keypad" button and instead of the keypad opening up the Note application opened up. I had to click on the "ok" button in the top right corner to close that and to get back to the regular keypad so that I might enter my number in.
Is there any way to change this? I had an HTC TyTN II for two years and I never utilized the phone call notes feature on that phone. Given that, I'm very confident I'm never going to be using it on this phone and yet that's what first pops up when I hit the "keypad" button.
Any ideas as to what I can do to fix this?
You can set the phone to open Notes when in a call simply by pulling out the stylus. It is in Phone Settings- Advanced tab.
i understand your concern, occasionally my cheek would open up notes while on a call and type random stuff. I don't find it annoying enough to disable it but at the same time i've never used the notes during a phone call feature.
Dont know if theres a way of disabling it but maybe if u dig around in the register and search for "notes.exe" or whatever the notes app is named u might find something relative.
Dear all,
Is there any way to add a confirmation dialog for the number I am dialing from my Touch Pro2? I have accidentally dialed a few calls when I touch the contact quick links on my home page, and when I scroll through the call history or my contact list. I notice that this is a common problem for quite a few people but I have not been able to find a solution. Note that I am NOT asking for screening locking.
Thank you very much.
Welcome to forums
I have never made an accidental call...
You can always block your device
This is not about blocking. I have S2U2 installed and there is no pocket dialing or anything like that. What I am talking about is that when I look through my call history, scroll through my contact list or quick contact links, my finger action may not be a perfect scroll action to the phone so it start dialing right away.
I am new to the forum and can not post links here but if you google "touch pro2 dial confirmation", or "touch pro2 accidental dialing", this is a common problem, at least to new touchphone users.
I'm not a new touchphone user, and I completely know/agree with what you are talking about.
thank god. I thought it was me. For the first two weeks of owning this phone I actually would tell people who called me or that I called "I just bought a brand new phone so if you get a phone call from me and I do not leave a voice mail, it it because I dailed you by accident, sorry". Pretty embarressing especially for a business phone.
It is my first touch phone, but still .....
When you are on phone, do not try to scroll through recent call, especially with the keyboard up. And do not try to do it one handed, where you use your thumb to scroll. It doesn't work for me. My thumb is terrible at scrolling.
I then I don't realize that I am already on the phone screen and press the phone button.
Really cannot figure out all the ways I accidentally call someone. And it has mostly stopped. But still ....
I can usually press "End Call" before it starts ringing on the other end. But I agree that since the scroll gesture, and pressing to select/call are almost the same gesture, there should be a confirmation screen. Or they should make a scroll bar on the side (but that might clutter things up).
I have the same problem, and the end call button is to slow to stop the call. Calling happens so fast that even if I press the end call button immediately it rings at least once.
I've had touch phones for years.... This is just something you get used to. It will happen regardless of whether you are using an Iphone, Windows Phone etc etc.
You just have to be carefull I suppose, no other way around it. You would get very tired of having to confirm EVERY call you make I would think. I dont get any "accidental" calls any more. I havnt for years actually. It's just a matter of training your gestures I would think. When scrolling dont push your finger on a contact and hold it there but start at the bottom or top of the screen and start swiping your finger down (or up) before your finger touches the screen. The only time you get a "accidental" press would be if you start by pressing your finger down and leaving it there a second or ending with your finger on a contact for a second or so.
I'm somehow able to leave my finger on a contact and swipe up or down and it doesnt select the contact untill I actually hold my finger there so. It must just be a way you guys are doing whatever it is you are doing.
That's my two cents though!
I guess people get over this problem sooner or later so xda-developers, who are certainly experienced users of touch phones, do not feel a need to add such a confirmation box.
Anyway, confirmation box is not the only way to prevent accidental dialing. For example, if pressing end-call in 2 seconds actually stops dialing, I do not mind waiting 2 extra seconds for each call. Right now, even immediate end-call cannot stop a call.
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I have the same problem, and the end call button is to slow to stop the call. Calling happens so fast that even if I press the end call button immediately it rings at least once.
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I just noticed something, in Advanced Config, under "Phone", there is an item "End Call Delay". Its set to 3 seconds by default, which seems like a long time to delay ending the call. I've just changed it to 1 second, and going to see how that works out.
Advanced Config is here, if you don't already have it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151
I must have had at least 50 accidental calls in the last month. Everytime I scroll through my recent history it somehow takes it like I clicked on a number to call...
can somebody please make a fix where I can click YES OR NO right before I make a call.. or maybe a 5 second timer with a cancel button before a call..
thanks a lot!!
btw.
i had an android and i used to use google voice so it would prevent accidently calling someone
google voice app for android has a message that pops up when you make a call that asks which number to use for the call (google voice, or phone)
something like that would work nice
Another thing that might be worth considering is tweaking the amount of pressure required with a touch to simulate a click. If you can find a sweet spot where you're able to select an item when you need to, and scrolling is still possible, could be worth a look. I think I've seen reg entries or tweaking programs that cover this, though it is possible they were for different HTC models, and perhaps ours doesn't register varying amounts of pressure? In which case, is it possible to alter how long you need to press on an item before a click is registered?
Not an answer re. wanting call confirmation, I realise, but something to consider, possibly.
I have the same issue with accidentally dialing numbers. Android has an app, think it's called "Confirm Call". A similar Windows Mobile app would be appreciated and used by many.
The trick is, to apply even pressure to the screen when scrolling up or down. Try not to let your finger press and release to quickly.