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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
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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?

Is Google Now working right on my SGS 3?

From what I read, Now is supposed to do thing from voice. My understanding is it does it, but for me it does not actually comnplete it. I need to then click something for it to finish.
For example: "Text <a contact> This is a test", will put the message "This is a test" there and show the contact, but I must press the send. Same for email.
I suspect what I"ll here is the above is normal.
Another thing, I ask for a stock quote, and it gives it to me in Indian Rupies. Although if I ask "What is the stock price of <company> USA, it give it to me in dollars. I don't know why it defaults to India.
And I read somewhere that I could launch apps with Now by saying "Launch <app>". but that doesn't work, it just does a web search on the words "launch app"
I really would like to see the functionality that the OLD Microsoft Voice Command provided. Could launch apps, lplay music that is on the phone by genre, artist, or song (not have it just search online for it), and many more handy things. The voice dial in MVC worked very good, although the Google voice dialing is improving.

SGS3 has Google now?
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For the contacts, they have to be stored on your phone and not from sync like facebook, etc... and I thought they had disabled launching apps with it because of a security issue.

bendirkss said:
SGS3 has Google now?
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Not by default. But there are custom ROMS that have it (my ROM listed in sig); and there is a mod for replacing S with it (I'm not sure, but may require Root access.)

yeah mine isnt working either. i dont know why. it was working this morning and now it keeps loading.

Google Now

So I found out how to start google now but all it does is returning searches on google. It won"t let me use voice commands like send text, call this or that, navigate to...
I tried both my native language (dutch) which obviously wouldn't work, but english isn't working too. How do I achieve voice commands?

cyrixke said:
So I found out how to start google now but all it does is returning searches on google. It won"t let me use voice commands like send text, call this or that, navigate to...
I tried both my native language (dutch) which obviously wouldn't work, but english isn't working too. How do I achieve voice commands?
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hold down the Home button, then choose the middle button on the bottom. This will bring you to the Google Now landing page w/o it being in the search field. Just say "Google" and then as a test ask it "What is the temperature outside" and see if you get any results.
hope that helps holding the Menu button goes to Google Now but puts you in the search box by default

Still no cigar. All I get is Google results...
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[Q] How to work with Google Now?

hey, sorry if this is was asked before, i tried searching but couldnt find anything relevant.
Can anyone explain a bit how to deal with google now after JB update?
Now, when i hold the home button it opens with the search bar and some cards (weather for example).
But how do you tell it to "Set an alarm" or start a timer, or call a person from your contact list? I tried calling a person from my contact list by saing "call xx xxx" and it recognized the person name, but actually it did a search for nearby locations and called a number from the location instead of callin the person in my contact list.
Also, i was playing in the options and there was an option to say "google" instead of tappin on the mic, but now i cannot figure where it was.
Is it possible to have the default speak-to-action when holding the home button instead - siri like style - my guess is its not possible?

What language do you speak?
E: Go to google now and press menu button. Somewhere you should see offline speech recognision. Cards only work with the languages listed.
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I already set it to English General (also tried English US)
Still cant find where that "say google to activate" option was.
Edit: actually i found it, when language is english general it wouldn't show, so its mandatory to be set in English US and it will appear.
Anyway, is there any way to have the voice interface by default when long pressing home?

Try setting system language to english too.
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[Q] 4.2.2 Voice Text Not Working - help!!

Just installed 4.2.2 on my VZW GNex, using a stock, rooted rom.
Now the feature where I could say "Text Bill - Hi I'll be there soon" and it would generate a text message is not working. It correctly translates the text but just does a google search.
Am I missing something or a setting ?
Your help is much appreciated.

How are you attempting to do this so I can try and do it myself? I dont ever start texts that way.
EDIT: Actually, i think its part of Google Now.

Thanks.
Press and hold the mic button so it comes up (from the regular google now) and say
Send Text to xxxxxxxx Please call me back
It should generate a text message.

homemadehitshow said:
Thanks.
Press and hold the mic button so it comes up (from the regular google now) and say
Send Text to xxxxxxxx Please call me back
It should generate a text message.
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Yeah, I tried it in Google now and it worked.

jsgraphicart said:
Yeah, I tried it in Google now and it worked.
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mmmm, thanks. Now I'm confused

homemadehitshow said:
mmmm, thanks. Now I'm confused
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You tried it in Google Now right? Or from your homescreen, if you have the search bar enabled at the top, tap the mic and start speaking. You said tap and hold the mic botton. I dont know what button that is and I wouldnt think to tap and hold it.

Yes that is how I use it. I have found others having the same problem, many others not.

homemadehitshow said:
Yes that is how I use it. I have found others having the same problem, many others not.
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Hmm. Maybe it has something to do with some settings somewhere. Maybe some kind of sync option that allows it to know your contacts. In all of my google settings for all of my apps, I give Google access to everything. I'm not worried about them stealing my info. lol. So maybe its some odd setting you need to change.

I am open with Google also.
and guess what, all of a sudden it's working.
I wonder if there was a google hiccup sometime or other.
Who knows.

Works perfect for me though. Even I had a problem last night. Apparently it's fixed.