Soooo i JUST found out that the google search can be used to make calls when my sister tried to google something and it started calling a friend.
what other cool commands are there that the phone will act on?
for completion sake the command was
"Call <name>"
if you have multiple names or names that are similar, such as christine, christina, kristen (i just said call chris) it will bring them up as options which is pretty nifty.
The options are limited right now. I know Froyo will greatly expand on this. Allowing you to do a lot more than just call. I am assuming compose text messages and much more.
Here is what I use:
"Call <Persons name>"
"Navigate to <location, address, name or zip>"
Those are the only 2 commands I know of. Everything else will result in a search. You can get apps that will allow you to compose SMS or emails to hold you over till Froyo.
If you are using the voice dialer app you can use "Open (app name". For instance in the car I use "Open Pandora".
I don't think it works with the search button, but if you use the voice dialer it does.
Hi,
While I have had my Evo for 5 or so months, I had a question about using voice dialing. On my old Windows Mobile phone, I could just launch voice command & say "Call Jill at Home".
When I hold the search button on the phone & say the same thing, it either searches google, or it gives me an option to dial someone not in my phone list (some random store for example).
Is there a proper way to make this work? I figure if MS could do it, it shouldnt be a problem on Android.
Thanks,
Rich
RichTJ99 said:
Hi,
While I have had my Evo for 5 or so months, I had a question about using voice dialing. On my old Windows Mobile phone, I could just launch voice command & say "Call Jill at Home".
When I hold the search button on the phone & say the same thing, it either searches google, or it gives me an option to dial someone not in my phone list (some random store for example).
Is there a proper way to make this work? I figure if MS could do it, it shouldnt be a problem on Android.
Thanks,
Rich
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Are your contact saved as google account? If not then you will need to them re-saved as google accounts. Also try this: when you press the search button, press and hold it down. Mine gives me two options: voice search and handcent quick compose.
Im using MS exchange & the defaults contacts application. Are you saying the only way to make this work properly is to import my contacts into my Gmail account (which I only use for the market access not email)?
THanks,
Rich
Has anyone had any trouble getting the google voice voicemail set up on the VZW galaxy nexus? Whenever i get to the voicemail section it gives me the error
"Carrier config: unfortunately your network carrier is currently not supported for automatic configuration. To use google voice as your voicemail provider, please visit google voice help center for more information".
Going to the help center has nothing on how to manually set it up.... My droid 2 had no problem setting this up automatically... am I missing something?
http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=165656
The Verizon setup is at the bottom of the page
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sirgoob said:
http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=165656
The Verizon setup is at the bottom of the page
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I've done those steps, but they didnt work. The *71, *90 and *92 also didn't work in my situation.
I eventually ended up uninstalling on the phone, and deactivating and then reactivating the vvm from the web admin panel. The *71 number worked, and then reinstalled voice on the phone. It worked after that.
It seems that the error i posted in OP is present always for verizon. Still works if you manually dial the instructed number. Not sure why....
try to have someone call you and leave a voicemail message. i've only had my nexus for a couple days but i was able to set google voice up on the first day. i got the error that it couldn't be set up the normal way but in the settings and everything it looked ok and i had someone leave me a message and everything worked like it was supposed to.
Hey I hate to bring up this old thread but Ive been troubleshooting this problem long enough so I figured I would ask here.
I'm having trouble getting google voice to work the way I want to. I set it up and it seems to work, whenever people leave me voice mails my google voice app pops up and transcribes it and gives me a notification of a new voice mail. But I cant seem to set custom voice mails for specific contacts. As a matter of fact I cant seem to change my voice mail at all...it just says my recorded name.
So I go on my computer to google voice and make changes to my voice mail greeting and these changes are not reflected in my phone. Also I call my google voice number on my phone and try to change the voice mail there but it also doesn't change it.
Sorry this is long and confusing but maybe one of you know what I'm talking about
I would love a way for this to be done. I use GV for texting all of the time, and this would give my N7 full texting capability. I would love to be able to send text by voice through Google Now while I'm driving.
Any thoughts?
Thanks guys.
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Hm, I wonder if I can hack mine up somehow to do it.
Try this
I text using my N7 all day. This is how I do it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDMsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuZGVza3RvcHNtcyJd
It isn't Google Voice, but it works great anyway. Set it up on your Android phone and set it to Google Talk. Then you can text via GT all day long.
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Try this
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Thanks for that, but I'm specifically looking for the ability to do it from Google Now, not from within the Voice app itself.
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JFMFT said:
I text using my N7 all day. This is how I do it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDMsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuZGVza3RvcHNtcyJd
It isn't Google Voice, but it works great anyway. Set it up on your Android phone and set it to Google Talk. Then you can text via GT all day long.
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Thanks for the suggestion but this has nothing at all to do with the topic at hand.
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Thanks for that, but I'm specifically looking for the ability to do it from Google Now
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There has got to be a voice command for it?? Have you seen a list of commands that Google Now recognizes? I thought I saw one at some point, but I have no idea where.
I'll see if I can find it.
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There has got to be a voice command for it?? Have you seen a list of commands that Google Now recognizes? I thought I saw one at some point, but I have no idea where.
I'll see if I can find it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28079722&postcount=14
Yep, already checked all of the available commands. There is nothing. Ask to send a text or SMS and it simply tells you that the device does not support it. This is what I'm trying to go around. But thanks anyway .
Plexicle said:
I would love a way for this to be done. I use GV for texting all of the time, and this would give my N7 full texting capability. I would love to be able to send text by voice through Google Now while I'm driving.
Any thoughts?
Thanks guys.
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Talkatone from the Play Store will let you make voice calls and text with your Google Voice number.
cushcalc said:
Talkatone from the Play Store will let you make voice calls and text with your Google Voice number.
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Hi cushcalc. Thanks for the suggestion, but this doesn't have anything to do with what I'm asking for either . I understand the confusion, and I've tried to think of a way to word it differently to make it more clear, but I don't think I can. I believe that most people will just automatically jump to "oh, he wants to text with his N7!"
Thanks anyway .
You can text message via Google Voice from Google Now just by using the standard voice commands "Text Adam Hey" and it will text Adam the message "Hey" all you have to do is set Google Voice as your default SMS client. or just remove the stock messaging app as your default and it will ask you which to use each time. Settings > applications > messaging > clear defaults.
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You can text message via Google Voice from Google Now just by using the standard voice commands "Text Adam Hey" and it will text Adam the message "Hey" all you have to do is set Google Voice as your default SMS client. or just remove the stock messaging app as your default and it will ask you which to use each time. Settings > applications > messaging > clear defaults.
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This is exactly what I hoped it would do, because this is how it works on the GNex right now on JB. But if you ask Google Now to text on the N7, it just tells you that it can't do it.
Plexicle said:
This is exactly what I hoped it would do, because this is how it works on the GNex right now on JB. But if you ask Google Now to text on the N7, it just tells you that it can't do it.
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That has to be a development oversight... you'd think that that functionality would be built in. It should be for the N7 anyway.
There's got to be a trick to make it work... and I am curious to find out what it is.
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This is exactly what I hoped it would do, because this is how it works on the GNex right now on JB. But if you ask Google Now to text on the N7, it just tells you that it can't do it.
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Interesting, sorry for the false information then. My N7 is back at home and I just tested it on my GN real quick before posting that. I, just like you did, assumed it would be the same. That is VERY annoying indeed. almost as annoying as not being able to long press for numbers on the N7 keyboard for no apparent reason at all!!!
jaysus145 said:
That has to be a development oversight... you'd think that that functionality would be built in. It should be for the N7 anyway.
There's got to be a trick to make it work... and I am curious to find out what it is.
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Agreed! I really feel like it's an oversight, but I'm baffled that it wasn't thought of beforehand. I was anticipating this feature before they were shipped.
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Interesting, sorry for the false information then. My N7 is back at home and I just tested it on my GN real quick before posting that. I, just like you did, assumed it would be the same. That is VERY annoying indeed. almost as annoying as not being able to long press for numbers on the N7 keyboard for no apparent reason at all!!!
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Not a problem! I made the same assumption. Hopefully I can find an easy work-around until (hopefully) it's patched to allow initiating SMS via GV.
JFMFT said:
I text using my N7 all day. This is how I do it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDMsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuZGVza3RvcHNtcyJd
It isn't Google Voice, but it works great anyway. Set it up on your Android phone and set it to Google Talk. Then you can text via GT all day long.
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Wow this app is awesome. I was using Textab but this is even better. Not having to have a bluetooth connection is nice.
Yeah it's like they replaced Google voice with a gimped down version and gave us Google now.
Google now doesn't allow me to text and the interface doesn't seem fluid, by that I mean it should be more integrated and have more options.
This thread should have more attention
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FY*I, there is the app in the android market call Googlve voice integration. It allows you to send SMS on your normal messaging app, through google voice. So all texts get delivered to your messaging app.
In theory, when google now sends a text, you can have it send through the normal messaging app, which this app would then send through google voice.
However, I've used the pro version, the full integration version, on CM10 with google now trying to do this, and it doesn't work. The integration app doesn't seem to catch the text being sent, and it gets sent through your carrier's number. But considering it is catching all other texts, I imagine that a small tweak would fix it.
App link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdrtools.apps.gvintegration&hl=en
I looked through the forums and could not find anything on this that is recent. If I missed something I apologize for the re-post.
What I am experiencing is rather annoying. I start most of my phone calls in one of 3 ways. 1) from the contact/missed/recent screens in the dialer app, 2) from the contact info screen, as access by Textra (my preferred texting app), or 3) voice command.
Regardless of how I start the call, more times than not I am greeted with the call about to start (in other words the dialer opens and the number is present along with the contact info) then the dialer will close. Then I try again by either swiping from the contact list, or sending the voice command again and the call dials.
I am not rooted, on the latest 5.0.1.
Any ideas?
Me too, same problem on 5.0.1. Annoying~
I have the Note 4 Dev and it is rooted with MOROM 6.5 installed, and I sometimes have this happen as well.
I have been experiencing the same issues. I'm also on 5.0.1 not rooted. Running Nova Launcher.
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ssb13 said:
I looked through the forums and could not find anything on this that is recent. If I missed something I apologize for the re-post.
What I am experiencing is rather annoying. I start most of my phone calls in one of 3 ways. 1) from the contact/missed/recent screens in the dialer app, 2) from the contact info screen, as access by Textra (my preferred texting app), or 3) voice command.
Regardless of how I start the call, more times than not I am greeted with the call about to start (in other words the dialer opens and the number is present along with the contact info) then the dialer will close. Then I try again by either swiping from the contact list, or sending the voice command again and the call dials.
I am not rooted, on the latest 5.0.1.
Any ideas?
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I have noticed this issue on MoROM custom ROM and a person did mention it on that thread so it seems like this is a lollipop bug for some or all :/