When I first had an Android phone I would have to go through a session talking to my phone, so it would get used to the nuances of my voice when I talked to it. This would allow me to use voice commands through a BT speaker in my car. Moving from Android to iPhone and Siri this was more seamless. Siri just picked up on my voice with no such session. Now that I am back to Android with the G Pro I see that the Voice Commands app still sucks when it goes to understanding the nuances of my voice, yet I do not see a way have that same talking session with the device.
So the question is what do ppl do when it comes to talking to your G Pro. Is Google Voice Search better, but how do I make it the default app instead of the terrible Voice Commands app?
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Steve
I havent had any issues with google voice search I just programmed it to my qbutton
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jprosek said:
I havent had any issues with google voice search I just programmed it to my qbutton
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The problem seems to be that when you use a BT car speaker the button you push to talk to the device is tied to Voice Commands, so I cannot seem to get around this, unless someone can tell me how I can change this so it will bring up Google Voice Search instead.
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I could not stand the vlingo crap that Samsung put on the galaxy s2. The thing would not recognize what I was saying when I was just trying to make a call. I don't need the thing to type out a text message for me, I just need to be able to make calls hands free with my bluetooth. Another plus is that the Google Voice Dialer does not require network connectivity to do the voice recognition unlike vlingo. Here's how to do it. You gotta have root to do this. If you want vlingo back, push VoiceToGo.apk from here to /system/app
1. Download VoiceDialer.apk from here
2. remount via adb
3. Push VoiceDialer.apk to /system/app/VoiceToGo.apk
Now you have the stock Google voice dialer that detects commands better than vlingo, at least for me.
This also works by renaming VoiceSearch.apk to VoiceToGo.apk....the google voice search that's on the phone works pretty well for dialing also, but will allow you to search google for stuff via your bluetooth headset also.
I think this option is already available under settings -> voice input and output -> voice recognition -> change to Google from Samsung voice powered by vlingo.
Correct me if I am wrong though.
It did nothing for me, vlingo would come up even with google selected
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you can download google voice search from the market and when you hit the "search" button on your phone for the first time it will ask which one you want as default
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.voicesearch&hl=en
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you can download google voice search from the market and when you hit the "search" button on your phone for the first time it will ask which one you want as default
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.voicesearch&hl=en
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Google Voice Search and Google Voice Dialer are 2 different apps.
When I first longpressed the search key, it offered vlingos voice talk or googles voice search as the two options, and I had set googles as the default and since forgot about vlingo.
I bought ifrogz luxe earbuds today, and when I click the remote, the dreaded vlingo launches. Im not rooted, and was wondering if I could make it launch googles voice search instead.
Yeah, samsung cheated and locked vlingo to the headset key. Thanks. I was hoping that someone would fix this before an aosp rom came out
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Thanks for this. Vlingo is the worst app I have ever used for bluetooth dialing.
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Thanks for this. Vlingo is the worst app I have ever used for bluetooth dialing.
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I have reason to believe that vlingo does not in fact use the bluetooth microphone when you activate it with bluetooth, even if you do set it in the settings. After I installed my exhaust in my car the microphone icon was fully lit when I was driving because it was picking up the rumbling. I get no problems with google voice dialing or even when I set the voice search for the bluetooth voice dial.
I can't get this to work, I pushed the apk as instructed, I connect my blue tooth and press the button, but i get no prompt.
Make sure to remount for r/w access, push to system/app as VoiceToGo.apk not VoiceDialer.apk and if ask else fails, delete the old VoiceToGo.apk before pushing. You can always do it via root explorer too
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thanks, I did use root explorer and rename it to VoiceToGo before pushing. I should note that I did not have an old voicetogo.apk .... could that be my problem?
What ROM are you running? VoiceToGo is vlingo voice app, if you have it running and the apk doesn't exist, I'm not sure what you could do. You could try install the voicedial.apk
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worked for me
Works great on my epic 4g touch. The google voice search has worked better than vlingo for me so this is great. I couldn't do it with the adb, I kept getting a remount error but the root explorer was simple and easy. Also, fyi you can replace vlingo with the app google car home for when you dock it in the samsung car dock. This is a much better interface that also uses google voice search. Check this link out and make sure to follow his instructions on the order of install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257329
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Note: Voice dialing worked as stated in my post. But for voice search to execute when the bluetooth button is pressed I had to install bluetooth launcher from the market. In bluetooth launcher choose voice search, then I chose com.google.android.voicesearch.recognitionactivity. This only worked after I had replaced the vlingo app with voice dialer.
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Works great on my epic 4g touch. The google voice search has worked better than vlingo for me so this is great. I couldn't do it with the adb, I kept getting a remount error but the root explorer was simple and easy. Also, fyi you can replace vlingo with the app google car home for when you dock it in the samsung car dock. This is a much better interface that also uses google voice search. Check this link out and make sure to follow his instructions on the order of install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257329
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Note: Voice dialing worked as stated in my post. But for voice search to execute when the bluetooth button is pressed I had to install bluetooth launcher from the market. In bluetooth launcher choose voice search, then I chose com.google.android.voicesearch.recognitionactivity. This only worked after I had replaced the vlingo app with voice dialer.
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Yeah, I tried that Bluetooth launcher app but it still would launch vlingo, that's why I went on my quest to replace it
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I have to say guys, I have had the exact opposite experience on my original Epic 4G. The Google Voice Dialer is single handedly THE worst piece of crap I have ever used. Not once has it ever properly understood my commands. Google Voice Search thankfully does as well as this Vlingo app when I took it from an Epic 4G Touch and pushed it to my Epic 4G. Both of these programs work near flawless for me for proper voice detection. I've had such horrible experiences with the stock Voice Dialer that I delete it from every ROM I use upon first boot. So I'm not sure why you are singing Voice Dialer's praises when it simply isn't true at all.
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I have to say guys, I have had the exact opposite experience on my original Epic 4G. The Google Voice Dialer is single handedly THE worst piece of crap I have ever used. Not once has it ever properly understood my commands. Google Voice Search thankfully does as well as this Vlingo app when I took it from an Epic 4G Touch and pushed it to my Epic 4G. Both of these programs work near flawless for me for proper voice detection. I've had such horrible experiences with the stock Voice Dialer that I delete it from every ROM I use upon first boot. So I'm not sure why you are singing Voice Dialer's praises when it simply isn't true at all.
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maybe it's your Bluetooth headset. I have a jawbone hero and I NEVER have issues with it recognizing and interpreting what I say. Vlingo NEVER interprets what I say. It's as if it doesn't utilize the Bluetooth and it's using the phone's microphone.
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I prefer google voice search to voice dial just because it can execute more commands although voice dial has worked well for me. As far as getting the bluetooth button to launch voice search it does work for me when I replaced the vling with voice dial. Then select bluetooth launcher and select voice search. Then it comes up with a dialog box asking which program you want to use as your default bluetooth launcher(voice search) or voice dial. But it's all for not really because voice search does not use the bluetooth headset microphone for input so I went back to voice dial for now. Come on Google add bluetooth microphone input for voice search.
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I prefer google voice search to voice dial just because it can execute more commands although voice dial has worked well for me. As far as getting the bluetooth button to launch voice search it does work for me when I replaced the vling with voice dial. Then select bluetooth launcher and select voice search. Then it comes up with a dialog box asking which program you want to use as your default bluetooth launcher(voice search) or voice dial. But it's all for not really because voice search does not use the bluetooth headset microphone for input so I went back to voice dial for now. Come on Google add bluetooth microphone input for voice search.
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Replacing VoiceToGo.apk with voicesearch.apk gave me Bluetooth recognition. Only thing I didn't like about it was that it didn't repeat my command back to me
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nacron said:
Replacing VoiceToGo.apk with voicesearch.apk gave me Bluetooth recognition. Only thing I didn't like about it was that it didn't repeat my command back to me
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Is there one that repeats the command and asks for confirmation like Microsoft Voice Command does on Windows Mobile? I hate not being able to cancel if it guesses wrong.
Trying to see what there is for visual voicemail.. I've used good voice previously on Evo and just came back from an iPhone. Really miss this feature. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Trying to see what there is for visual voicemail.. I've used good voice previously on Evo and just came back from an iPhone. Really miss this feature. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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I use Google Voice exclusively. It has visual voicemail and it also lets you text/call from your computer which is a huge time saver.
I was trying to use google voice but I couldn't get it to validate.
google voice is great, I had issues getting it to work until I created a new google voice number instead of just a fowarding/voice mail number and then added the device through the web platform. It has worked ever since.
There is no build in visual voicemail for android afaik. Apple came up with their own protocol for that. As for 3rd party options, there is google voice like everybody mentioned but if you can't/don't want to use google voice then there are some apps on the market which require you to forward your unanswered calls to their number. There is always the privacy issue though which is why I do not use them.
I use Google voice on Verizon there's a YouTube video that I followed and work very well. Just go to your Google/voice.com and get a Google voice number and set it up like that.
Here's the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNR8CtMR-w&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Trying to see what there is for visual voicemail.. I've used good voice previously on Evo and just came back from an iPhone. Really miss this feature. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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... visual voicemail for gnex. Its on the market.
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For $2.99 a month? Is it worth it?
Im currently using google voice as well. if that doesn't work for you, another great service is "youmail" check it out at youmail.com
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I was trying to use google voice but I couldn't get it to validate.
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To use Google Voice for voice mail you have to enable conditional call forwarding. For Verizon this is as easy as dialing *71 and then the 10 digit number. For Sprint I don't think it is that easy. You may want to call their customer care. Hopefully you can get it working, I'm not sure I could live without mine.
http://support.verizonwireless.com/clc/devices/knowledge_base.html?id=17268
Thanks for the info. Will try gv again.
PF Voicemail+ it's free on the market and I've been using since the OG Droid days. It's perfect. I like the fact that it'll let you play the voicemail either over speaker or through the actual headset. Try it out :O
https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5waG9uZWZ1c2lvbi52b2ljZW1haWxwbHVzLmFuZCJd
I use google voice. It is not the best at transcribing the voicemail, but you can play, pause, and delete right from the app.
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PF Voicemail+ it's free on the market and I've been using since the OG Droid days. It's perfect. I like the fact that it'll let you play the voicemail either over speaker or through the actual headset. Try it out :O
https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5waG9uZWZ1c2lvbi52b2ljZW1haWxwbHVzLmFuZCJd
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+1 been using this since my G1 and it is the best way to roll.
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Yes, I know, rebooting an old Thread. But it's better than starting a new one, right??
Based on reading this thread, as well as some other looking around I have done, it seems the only real options for free VVM are Google Voice, Youmail, or Visual Voicemail Plus.
I cannot use Google Voice. Not that I don't like it. I love using GV. However, my cell number is tied to the GV account that I use for work, so that I basically have a dual line cell phone (my VZW Number for normal stuff and the GV number for work stuff). With that, I cannot give my cell number to another GV account to get VoiceMail.
The market reviews for both YouMail and Visual Voicemail Plus leave much to be desired. Seems that for every review that says it is great, is a review that says it is crap. But, most people just review the app when it is causing issues, so it is not always a great idea to put stake in reviews. Wondering what the opinion is of people here.
I'm relatively new to the Epic so maybe I'm just missing something obvious, but I have run into a real issue with voice dialing via BT.
When I hit the talk button on my BT device and say "Call Home" it immediately starts dialing, and in almost every case it's the wrong contact.
Is there some way to get a voice prompt/confirmation before the dialing starts?
Download another voice dialer from the Play store. Top Voice Control used to work well for me.
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Thanks for the option, but it's asking me to install a TTS (text to speech) library even though I already have one installed...
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Thanks for the option, but it's asking me to install a TTS (text to speech) library even though I already have one installed...
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Just let it grab one from the Play store for free. It will go through the install process. It should have recognized the one you had though.
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Please bear with me since I am a noob with this device but I just tried using Google Voice on the N7. What it did was it called my Android phone and used the phone to call the number I wanted. I thought I would be able to make a call directly on the N7 the same way Skype works on the N7. I'm not sure what the point is of the tablet calling my phone and then having to use the phone to call the number I want. It's almost like a remote control for my phone. Am I doing something wrong?
nope, not doing anything wrong. but google voice isn't what you apparently think it is (no voip)- it is primarily a service for handling 'regular' phone calls.
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nope, not doing anything wrong. but google voice isn't what you apparently think it is (no voip)- it is primarily a service for handling 'regular' phone calls.
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Ah, I see. So it's more for avoiding crazy exes by not giving away your real phone number. Thanks!
Get the talkatone app, and you can make calls directly throught thje N7 via google voice free w/o use of your actual cellphone.
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Get the talkatone app, and you can make calls directly throught thje N7 via google voice free w/o use of your actual cellphone.
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Great! I'll give it a try!
I'd recommend GrooveIP. The only issue with these solutions is that you need to do extra work to get incoming calls to your device but GrooveIP does outgoing just great.
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I'd recommend GrooveIP. The only issue with these solutions is that you need to do extra work to get incoming calls to your device but GrooveIP does outgoing just great.
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Grooveip works great for incoming as well.just need to forward calls to.google talk from within google voice setting s on the web
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I just installed the GrooveIP and it was very easy.It only took a few minuites and works really well. Thanks for the idea.:victory:
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Please bear with me since I am a noob with this device but I just tried using Google Voice on the N7. What it did was it called my Android phone and used the phone to call the number I wanted. I thought I would be able to make a call directly on the N7 the same way Skype works on the N7. I'm not sure what the point is of the tablet calling my phone and then having to use the phone to call the number I want. It's almost like a remote control for my phone. Am I doing something wrong?
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Just install GrooveIP and'r sign in with you Gmail account, then you're good to go
im a little new to the google voice game so this is very new to me. I got the app installed but it seems to not work very well (stock rom).
few things ive noticed:
1) if i tell it to use google voice for ALL calls - i only saw it use google voice once.
2) if i ask it to ask me weather to use google voice or not - it doesn't use google voice
3) my dialer lags with google voice installed
this is just after a few hours of testing.
does it just not work with our phone or is this an ICS problem - i read in google play - the reviews seem to say it does not work well with ICS?
Thanks guys!
I've been using GV for, I don't know...a long time...couple years maybe.
I don't have issue one or two.
I can say that it is a bit annoying that if you have it use GV to make calls, it is a delay. It has to make the call to a land line somewhere (a Google number I presume), then that number calles the number you are calling. That takes a while.
Also, if you have people calling the GV number ( I do) instead of your actual cell number, it rings longer on their end than what you hear it. Same reason...it has to traverse through Google's voice system first. Now, of course in all cell phones, the caller will hear ringing while the connection is being made, and they tend to think your phone is ringing all that time. But it is worse with GV.
In my case, eventually most people who call me know it may take a while for an answer.
After more playing.. If I dial a 7 digit number it skips Google voice.. If I dial with the area code then Google voice will go ahead and work.
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After more playing.. If I dial a 7 digit number it skips Google voice.. If I dial with the area code then Google voice will go ahead and work.
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Hmmm....interesting...I don't think I am experiencing that. I'll have to watch closer. If I was, I think I'd have people complaining about different numbers for me (ie. actual cell and the GV).
JFYI...the main reason I use GV is for the messaging. I don't pay for messaging form the carrier, due to using GV. One drawback to that is not being able to send pictures, but I don't really care about that.