When I had a crackberry and had it paired with my Bluetooth on my car I could hit a button on the module in my car and it would launch voice dialing on the berry. With an android phone it doesn't. I am wondering if there was a way or an app that could monitor for the button or give me the same Bluetooth config of the berry so I could gain that back.
I love hands free dialing and I've tried apps like vlingo but they seem too unusuable still.
Any suggestions here would be great!
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jediman said:
When I had a crackberry and had it paired with my Bluetooth on my car I could hit a button on the module in my car and it would launch voice dialing on the berry. With an android phone it doesn't. I am wondering if there was a way or an app that could monitor for the button or give me the same Bluetooth config of the berry so I could gain that back.
I love hands free dialing and I've tried apps like vlingo but they seem too unusuable still.
Any suggestions here would be great!
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You should check out tasker, it can pick up blue tooth commands and perform what you want.
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Unfortunately that didn't work for me very well.
It seems like the button in question doesn't register on android at all.
Not sure if that's the 'fault' of the car's audio system or a weakness int he btooth apk.
Oh well.
Probably should just get a headset.
jediman said:
Unfortunately that didn't work for me very well.
It seems like the button in question doesn't register on android at all.
Not sure if that's the 'fault' of the car's audio system or a weakness int he btooth apk.
Oh well.
Probably should just get a headset.
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I have Sony MW600 connected to my phone, and when I push the hang up button on that one, voice calling starts up.
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Hi guys, I've searched everywhere I know and found apps like JAYS headset control which has given me volume control and the like on this one button headset but coming from the iphone world back to android I find it extremely frustrating that I can't configure a long press on the wired headset to open up voice dialer or even better Vlingo. I'm on 4.02 stock. I live in China and ride a scooter most places and constantly have the headset on. Bluetooth is not an option here because of the noise. So, is there an app I am not seeing that gives me full headset control and configuration?
Thanks!
OK, have progress, after posting this question I found an app that works! It's called Headset Button Controller, there is a trial version and it successfully starts Vlingo and tells you the time in any number of configurable button presses. Now there is nothing I did on my iPhone 4 that I'm not doing better on my GN...
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This may be a stupid question but on previous Android devices with the dedicated search key, I could just press and hold the search key to access voice commands.
How do I do that with my One X?
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This may be a stupid question but on previous Android devices with the dedicated search key, I could just press and hold the search key to access voice commands.
How do I do that with my One X?
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You can't. Just need to have a search widget on your screen.
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the widget for google search has a microphone icon on the right. if you just press that, you will go to voice. by the way, on my phone this works better for having the phone call someone in my contacts list than going to the phone function itself and trying to use the embedded voice command icon there.
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You can't. Just need to have a search widget on your screen.
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Thank you for the answer. This is unfortunate because I enjoyed the convience of being able to use the dedicated search key just for the voice commands. Ugh...
Me too I found cyberon voice commander works great for me. I didn't like any others because of shoddy voice recognition, most others don't close themselves after being used and don't work with pressing a hardware button on Bluetooth headset.
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may i ask which bluetooth headset you are using? i'm very interested in a good headset that will function with voice commands/dialing.
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may i ask which bluetooth headset you are using? i'm very interested in a good headset that will function with voice commands/dialing.
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I use the Bose bt2. For a mono headset it has great clarity and sound quality for a2dp. Also really good connection, comfortable and decent bat life.
I've owned the plantronics975, all the jawbones, blueant q2, bang and olufsen Bluetooth. I like the Bose the best.
Edit: good sound quality for the ERA the only complaints I would get often is I sounded muffled/in a tunnel, I think the noise assassin is too intrusive. But, If you turn it off its worse as all background noise is heard. It worked well with caller id (I use announcify) and voice dialing.
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i hit the thank you button. i'm not ready to jump to bose yet, as i have a jawbone era coming in which i am hoping will work well with caller id and voice dialing. but i will definitely keep the bose in mind for further research. thanks again.
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Help please.
Been an android fan for years and rooted a fair few devices but still not 100% clear sometimes.
I need help with my One X - I just lost my company iphone and am really missing the voice control. I used my headset all the time to control the phone to do most things. On the 1X I can't get any of the apps to work except Cyberon voice commander and I am really sick of it.
Can anyone recommend a fix to get the other apps to work or suggest and app that does work because voice commander is falling behind and I am going to take the One X back if I can't even make a phone call using handsfree! You can stuff your quad core up your a55 if you can't even make a simple voice dial work!
Yes cyberon works but why only that one? Why not vlingo or any of the other assistants? This is the sort of things that makes people stick with apple and because I love android it pisses me off even more.
Please say there is a reason.
All I want to do is 'long press' my headset button and have it do something useful!
Thanks in advance for your help
Hey all,
I have a Sena SMH-10 Motorcycle bluetooth headset. Its always paired up and worked with my SGSII perfectly. All calls, music and even voice commands functioned relatively well. Normally, I'd press the "call" button on my Sena, and it would activate the Samsung voice commands with a "what would you like to do?" voice prompt.
Now that I've upgraded to ICS (unrooted, stock SGSII), the call button on the Sena doesnt activate the voice command. The phone pairs up fine, calls, music and notifications come through the headset. But as you know, riding a motorcycle doesnt really allow me to open apps or dial manually on the road!
Anyone have any ideas? Some setting in BT or Voice that I missed?
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Hey all,
I have a Sena SMH-10 Motorcycle bluetooth headset. Its always paired up and worked with my SGSII perfectly. All calls, music and even voice commands functioned relatively well. Normally, I'd press the "call" button on my Sena, and it would activate the Samsung voice commands with a "what would you like to do?" voice prompt.
Now that I've upgraded to ICS (unrooted, stock SGSII), the call button on the Sena doesnt activate the voice command. The phone pairs up fine, calls, music and notifications come through the headset. But as you know, riding a motorcycle doesnt really allow me to open apps or dial manually on the road!
Anyone have any ideas? Some setting in BT or Voice that I missed?
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I had big problems with that too...it won't light the screen or ask me what i want unless the screen was unlocked...it worked fine on gb...I'm using cyberon now...
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It seemed that ICS broke many features that we were all used to. I'm the same way with the blue tooth headset. I purchased a top-of-the-line Blue Ant G2. worked perfectly on GB, but not on ICS.
I'm about to give up and Odin back to GB before ICS and the maintenance update, when everything worked like it suppose to.
Yeah yeah yeah, ill be giving up the smooth transitions. but ill be getting back my scrolling wall paper, working BT, and a bunch more.
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I'm having the same problem. I really hope it gets fixed soon! The only function that works is the long press on the BT handsfree (Motorola T505) which redials the last number.
Is this issue also present in CM9?
I'm using stock ICS. It seems to work okay with my BlueAnt. I activate the phone voice command by saying "phone commands" to my BlueAnt.
However, I don't have a headset, I have the BlueAnt S4 handsfree for my car. Haven't finished rebuilding my motorcycle, so haven't bought the headset. Do the headsets have the capability for voice commands? If so, maybe try that and see if it works.
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Android Revolution said:
I'm using stock ICS. It seems to work okay with my BlueAnt. I activate the phone voice command by saying "phone commands" to my BlueAnt.
However, I don't have a headset, I have the BlueAnt S4 handsfree for my car. Haven't finished rebuilding my motorcycle, so haven't bought the headset. Do the headsets have the capability for voice commands? If so, maybe try that and see if it works.
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Which voice command do you use on the phone, the stock Google one or vLingo? How is your BT/voice command activation setup? Can you get it to take commands when it's locked (my biggest problem)?
I'm interested to see if, perhaps, it's just a matter of settings.
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I thought mine wasnt working at all.... one push of the button on my helmet and music would stop.... then I tryed it stopped and found that the press of the button would bring up the Voice talk app and if I said Hi Gallexy it would ask what I wantwed to do but the volume would be so low that I wasnt hearing it.... havnt got an answer on what to do yet,,, still working on it...
Thats my two cents
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I thought mine wasnt working at all.... one push of the button on my helmet and music would stop.... then I tryed it stopped and found that the press of the button would bring up the Voice talk app and if I said Hi Gallexy it would ask what I wantwed to do but the volume would be so low that I wasnt hearing it.... havnt got an answer on what to do yet,,, still working on it...
Thats my two cents
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I went and bought cyberon voice commander and it works perfectly...but it's not cheap 5.99...but it works
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I have a nexus 7 2013, and a samsung galaxy pocket. The nexus is going into my car as a head unit, and i want to know if there is an app that will let me use the phone to give voice commands to the tablet, and open or close apps. I also want to be able to control media apps through the phone to do things like switch tracks or change volume levels. The phone is going to primarily be used as a WIFI hotspot while I'm in the car, so I'm not sure if i should make a bluetooth connection for the commands, and a wifi tether for the internet, or if it all has to be done exclusively over bluetooth or wifi. Thanks.
You have your own reasons but just curious, why can't you use voice commands directly on the N7? It is tethered to your phone so it has internet access and all.
Check out this setup. I'm going to do similar setup on my IS 250.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657308
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You have your own reasons but just curious, why can't you use voice commands directly on the N7? It is tethered to your phone so it has internet access and all.
Check out this setup. I'm going to do similar setup on my IS 250.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657308
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the tablet will be in the dash, which might be fine, but i would also still have to shout over loud music and wind noise when i have the top off. If i can just hold the phone up to my face, i won't have to shout or take my eyes off of the road.
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the tablet will be in the dash, which might be fine, but i would also still have to shout over loud music and wind noise when i have the top off. If i can just hold the phone up to my face, i won't have to shout or take my eyes off of the road.
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You would be using a phone whilst driving though. This is illegal in the UK, but a Bluetooth headset would do what you require and you'd have both hands free for driving
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Remote droid should work ...but its always been very buggy
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doop said:
You would be using a phone whilst driving though. This is illegal in the UK, but a Bluetooth headset would do what you require and you'd have both hands free for driving
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a bluetooth headset would work for that, but it would also block half of the sound coming from my stereo, and i couldn't use it to give the tablet commands like next track or volume up like i could with a remote. I'm kind of looking for a hybrid between a standard remote control, and a bluetooth headset. I need a microphone to give the tablet navigation commands, and perform tasks that would be complicated while driving, and a remote to give it simple commands like volume up or next track without taking my eyes off of the road. The phone itself is small and could probably be mounted to my steering wheel like a steering wheel control.
A clip on Bluetooth mic and a Bluetooth remote mounted on the steering wheel might be a way to go?
I would tether the tablet to the phone via Wifi for the Internet connection.
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I received my new Bose MIE2 mobile headset. Anyone have any idea how to gain control over the button? I'd like to use it to mute/unmute while I'm on a call. It seems to end a call instead. I tried various headset button controller apps in the market but they all seem to fail taking control of the button despite their debug mode showing they are interpreting the button press (any idea what setting is retaining control over the function)? Thanks!
Just see if Bose has an app on the market. If not then you might be sol
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Just see if Bose has an app on the market. If not then you might be sol
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I've done a ton of reading. Its not a Bose issue. Its an Android issue. They changed something in Jelly bean that carried into Kitkat where the phone call app owns all the headset button input. There are third party apps out there that worked prior to the change. If you debug you can see the phone receives the button presses but the apps just can't control them. Seems ridiculous that we can't even program one button whereas iPhone has three button headsets that work.