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Is there No Voice Dialing on the Desire?

Anyone know how to voice dial on the desire, doesn't seem to be any button combination that allows voice dialing ?
Surely they have not missed this out ?
If they have missed it out any good apps like MSVC but on the android platform ?
Thanks

This is a good find! On the G1 you hold the call button, but I don't know how it works with no dedicated call button.

How about this?
http://choicedialer.com/
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.resounding.choicedialer.pro/
$4, not bad if you really like it.
There is free version though:
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.resounding.choicedialer.free/

Or this:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/17872-voice-dialing.html#post135403

Or this:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-dr...tml#post135403
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Did see this but does not work on the desire. The first link is close but it appears there is no way to voice dial with a bluetooth headset. Really dont know why this has been missed out of any release as it a well used feature.
Thanks for the info anyway, i am sure eventually it will be included, maybe in another rom update.

Does it work if you press and hold the on-screen send key in the dialer app?
This thread on Android forums suggests the function was available on earlier HTC phones:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f10/voice-dialing-878/

bcmobile said:
Does it work if you press and hold the on-screen send key in the dialer app?
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No that doesn't do anything. I've just tried the free version of ChoiceDialer and so far it seems very good. I am in a very quiet environment so I want to test it out in noisier areas before I decide whether to get the paid version.

Damn! That's disappointing! It's one of those features I never even bother to look for. These days I assume all phones would have this function.
Good to see there is an app that can do voicedialing. WOuld be interedted in hearing your thoughts after a couple of days use.

Get "Choice Dialer" from the Market. Great program, IMO.

Paid for the full version of Choice Dialler. Love it! I can say 'Play music from ..' and name one of my playlists or albums and it starts playing it. For me so far it worksabout 70 to 80% of the time and I don't have to use a US accent even though the developer confirmed to me it is designed for US voice recognition.
One bug for me though and that is I have to disable the ability to find individual song tracks. It says I have too many but at the moment I have only installed 367! The developer is trying to find the problem but it would be helpful to know if anyone else with the paid version has a similar problem. (Searching for music isn't available on the free version.)

if you have the desire you can go to the voice search app and say "dial so and so _________ insert name" that should work for the voice dial it is already preinstalled so you don't need to pay anything hope this helps you guys

New voice search does it. You have to select us accent in the settings tho. Hold search button, then say call name mobile/home. Done. Works with my eastern European accent LOL
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

But there is no way to do ir over BT

Just posting my general frustration with this.
Just got a HTC desire. My ancient Ericsson would do this and not a so called smart phone. Voice dial via Bluetooth is essential for in car calls.

LostInSwiss said:
Just got a HTC desire. My ancient Ericsson would do this and not a so called smart phone. Voice dial via Bluetooth is essential for in car calls.
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I couldn't agree more. This is a high end device and this feature ought to be included and be 100% reliable. What were they thinking? Apple made the same mistake with the first iPhone, you'd think Google would have learnt from it. It's a pathetic omission.

tryingtohelp said:
if you have the desire you can go to the voice search app and say "dial so and so _________ insert name" that should work for the voice dial it is already preinstalled so you don't need to pay anything hope this helps you guys
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thats what i thought was the idea.
shame it doesnt work over bluetooth - just seems to call the last person called instead

When I use the voice search, all it does is bring up a google web browser. How can I change it to call people or play music?

still missing voicedial over bluetooth as I had on my old SonyEricsson with me creating database of sound for names
is there an app with such a funcionality?

alanbyrne said:
When I use the voice search, all it does is bring up a google web browser. How can I change it to call people or play music?
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open the voice search app up and turn off google web search and enable contacts etc.

open the voice search app up and turn off google web search and enable contacts etc.
Sorry but i cant find any settings to disable google and enable contacks ...........any help?

Anyone experience with Google Voice Apps?

I'm looking into buying a Google Voice App. Did a few searches, but the reviews are mostly outdated and some of the cons are undoubtedly fixed.
Wondering if anyone recently done the same search and what conclusion you came to?

leesiulung said:
I'm looking into buying a Google Voice App. Did a few searches, but the reviews are mostly outdated and some of the cons are undoubtedly fixed.
Wondering if anyone recently done the same search and what conclusion you came to?
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If you mean the program that records calls, I had an issue one time on my HD7. I used the app on an Android and it recorded a call and kept showing the icon on the lockscreen of my HD7 when I started using it. What it did was mix up the voice message origin between the Google app and the built-in app. I could never get the icon to go away until I made a new voice message to my HD7 using the built-in app. Then I was able to delete the message and make the icon disappear.
I stopped using Google Voice because of that.

I've been using GoVoice, and its worked pretty good so far. Its a far cry from the official Google Voice app I had on android, so I'm hoping socket support comes soon, and hoping Google will make an official app like they did with the iPhone.

I come from using a Nexus One so the switch has been painful to say the least. I do like GoVoice somewhat. Hate the fact that you have to sign up for a third party service to get push notifications. Otherwise it's an ok app.

My pick is FreeTalk. I was using GoVoice before, but I found that FreeTalk offers a more user friendly interface. I like the fact that when I start up FreeTalk, you can immediately choose to either look at your messages or immediately swipe to the phone keypad hub screen to make a call. This is especially useful to me, as I make a lot of international calls through Google Voice. Lastly, for those who might need this feature, there is a non-English translation option that will translate your SMS and text voicemails to another language. I am not sure if this is built-in into the Android version, and I don't think I saw it in GoVoice either.

Where has the female TTS voice gone?

What has happened to the TTS voice that was on previous versions on android?
The UK voice was a quality female one, which worked very well. The new one ok the Nexus is male and far worse. The pronunciation of words is far worse with this, it make many more mistakes. A big step backwards, I hate it.
Where can I get a APK with the old, superior, TTS engine. Think it was called Pico TTS.

The Galaxy Nexus have male voice? Damn. I didn't knew.

Could be worse. The voice on my Nexus One pronounces 'meadowside' as 'meadowseed'. Took me awhile to figure out what she was talking about.

Download the free Text-to-speech app from the Marketplace, it's called eSPeak TTS. If not, try SVOX. There will probably be a port if others really want it, seems simple enough to accomplish.

Neither seem to work on the Nexus Galaxy.
You can't install any of these engines so that they appear as selectable in the settings. the only engine ever selectable is the "Google TTS Engine"

Yeah, i'd like her back too. Much prefer the old one back, any idea's anyone?

The new one sucks. I thought it sounded like the phone has been smoking for too many years, lol. I also think it's too slow when using navigation.
Speaking of incorrect pronunciation, there is a street in San Antonio called Wurzbach which navigation pronounced it, wasbitch. Seriously, no joke.

I also found my GN now says, for example, "at the traffic circle, take the third exit" whereas the previous voice would correctly call this a roundabout.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

It doesn't know street names anymore either. I had the SVOX running fin on my N1 but when I use Grace (SVOX) I some times get it telling my some bizarre URL with "Turn right onto route 24 north" jammed in the middle.

I know this is an old thread but...
IVONA tts seems to let you install it then will appear in the language and input screen allowing you to change the voice. There are quite a few to download and all seem to be good quality.

GN has TTS? Wow ive been missing out. I remember fumbling around in settings trying to get text messages to be read out to me but never figured out how. Anyone enlighten me? I'm on 4.0.4

csirac said:
GN has TTS? Wow ive been missing out. I remember fumbling around in settings trying to get text messages to be read out to me but never figured out how. Anyone enlighten me? I'm on 4.0.4
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Settings > Language & Input > TTS Output

That's turned on, but how do I get it to read say, a sms I just received?

csirac said:
That's turned on, but how do I get it to read say, a sms I just received?
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Buy ecid from the shop (enhanced sms and caller id), it also tells you whos calling and it can read emails too.
The ivona tts's are fantastic, really clear, very lifelike and now work fine with ics.

I don't understand... the maps/navigation voice (I'm assuming this is the system-wide TTS as this is the only time I've experienced it) is by far the smoothest, most correctly-pronounced female voice I've ever heard... even better than Siri I might conclude.
Here's a sample I just uploaded. How is that so horrible?

[Q] Google Search Assistant - Does it work out of the USA?

I've been trying Jelly Bean on my GN for a couple days now and, while the whole experience has been awesome, there is a particular feature announced at I/O that does not work: the Search Assistant. You know, those Siri-like cards with info that show up after you perform a Google search while a voice reads them out.
Is that working for you guys living in the USA? What about those who, like me, live abroad? Does it have a geographical restriction? Is it just still not live yet?
Would welcome some help about this.

one of the option in the google now/voice thing is "use google.com instead of localised google". If you check that as 'yes' then you would get the cards with pics how up, but if you say "what is the weather" or "what is the time" it would always default to Washington DC, USA no matter where you are outside USA (And other issues like "what is the weather in waterloo shows me waterloo, USA instead of waterloo, canada).
that being said...
the voice search works fine otherwise with localised search. As much as it bugs me to not have those cards with the pic show up after a voice search, its mosly a "for looks" thing. voice search assisstant works perfectly however, it also shows cards (just not with pictures) for results as it should.

TjPhysicist said:
one of the option in the google now/voice thing is "use google.com instead of localised google". If you check that as 'yes' then you would get the cards with pics how up
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Not in my case. I asked it to use google.com, disabled using my location and even changed the language to US English, but to no avail. Maybe it just also works in Canada?

frandavid100 said:
Not in my case. I asked it to use google.com, disabled using my location and even changed the language to US English, but to no avail. Maybe it just also works in Canada?
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try turning it off and back on, or erasing data/cache for that app, sometimes resetting it does the trick.

Hm... no, no dice. What I would really like is to know if this is also happening to other folks in Europe.

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Hm... no, no dice. What I would really like is to know if this is also happening to other folks in Europe.
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Works "alright" here in the UK. I can set alarms, send texts and if I say "weather" it brings up the weather in my location as well as speaks it back. Also works for weather in other locations. Cards with images and data DO pop up, but it is a bit hit and miss. A lot of the time you just get a google search. However, the navigation if I have just searched for a place on Google works well. I done a search for an address earlier to see where it was in relation to me, 30 seconds later I had a navigation card informing me of the route a possible delays. I'm happy with it, when it works (which is most of the time) its a fantastic addition.
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tbe cooklys
If you are still having trouble, you may want to check out this tutorial which made it work for me in Germany: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28043720&postcount=1
Interestingly, after I had google.com set as search engine, Google Now always thought I was in Washington and thus only showed Washington-based Information to me. Thus I switched back to google.de, now getting local information about my actual location. Google Now still works for me without having the search engine set to google.com
Cheers
CT

Is there anything a can do to train Google now voice

In general the voice recognition is good but there are a full words it always gets wrong e.g. it wont get my wifes name right so I can't voice call her. Is there a way of training google now to get this right? I have set the langauge to my country and this helped alot with other words and locations but just doesn't get them all.
Any help here or am I stuck with only the options google think I said?

Seconded
johnw230873 said:
In general the voice recognition is good but there are a full words it always gets wrong e.g. it wont get my wifes name right so I can't voice call her. Is there a way of training google now to get this right? I have set the langauge to my country and this helped alot with other words and locations but just doesn't get them all.
Any help here or am I stuck with only the options google think I said?
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I second this, My wifes name is not recognised and I have tried adding a phonetic name ( tho it then displays this as the contact name :/ ) even downloading the language pack for the country her name is from! nothing! so annoying. this must be a common problem? but theres no posts about it, this makes me think that I'm thick and can't find something that most people think is obvious. tried adding a nick name of 'the wife' which google voice would hear correctly but only do a web search??? fortunately I have an S3 and S-voice will recognise the name but I was hoping to switch.
btw running 4.1 omega rom on S3 and changing my wifes name to Donna via Deed poll...

Same Here
There must not be a solution to this, which is very disappointing. The new voice recognition is cheap for voice calling, especially since my wife is the primary one that I call. :-\

I'm guessing no one found a resolution for this, because I am having the exact same problem.

Save you wife as 'wife', e.g. 'phone wife'
Job done!

johnw230873 said:
In general the voice recognition is good but there are a full words it always gets wrong e.g. it wont get my wifes name right so I can't voice call her. Is there a way of training google now to get this right? I have set the langauge to my country and this helped alot with other words and locations but just doesn't get them all.
Any help here or am I stuck with only the options google think I said?
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Try going to Settings/Language & Input/Voice Search then tick the box for Personalized recognition.

Try saying "launch utter"
The utter app is way more responsive, if you can get over the fugliness...

ebagdirtbike said:
Try going to Settings/Language & Input/Voice Search then tick the box for Personalized recognition.
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Except Personalized Recognition is missing on both Nexus's that I have, and has been known to be missing on other devices too:
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/rbEGC4jWzaU
I haven't found why yet. CM 10.1 in the case of the Gnexes.