Hey gang,
I've got a Captivate i896 with Rogers and was wondering if there was any way to enable the integrated voice control? I'm running 2.1.
Does anyone know why it was disabled?
Thanks!
Not sure what your specific interest is. Can you be more specific?
I'm not exactly sure which voice controls you're talking about. If you're talking about the voice commands that allow you to send texts and emails and the like that is only available in 2.2. It is not a feature that is disabled in 2.1, it just was never implemented.
Hey. Thanks for the replies.
I was under the impression I had the option to use the mic on my earphone to control my Android device. I'm assuming there is no way to enable it?
I am running 2.1, which would explain my I have none of the good stuff. Hopefully we get a CM 6.1 for the Captivate in the not to far future!
you can install vlingo.
the stock keyboards dont have the microphone button and i think voice control only works for google search but i could be wrong i haven't used a stock rom in a while.
I still don't know what you want to control on the device.
Voice dial phone numbers, if I remember correctcly, just cannot be done very well on 2.1 Vlingo makes an attempt, but not very good.
With Vlingo, you can read text and email messages into it, but you need to speak very clearly.
It will not, at least last they told me, open third party apps. The latest does, but I think it may require 2.2...not sure
Vlingo has a promising app for using in the Car. You can set it to automatically come up based on a specific BT you turn on. And you can have it set to be 'listening', so you don't even have to push a button. HYou just say "Hey Vlingo". and it asks what you want. Problem is it doesn't listen (BTW this does require 2.2). By that I mean it hears when I say Hey Vlingo, but after that its like the mic is shut off, and it does not hear. I don't know if that is a bug in Vlingo (it is beta), or the leaked Froyo Rom I am running.
All in all, things sound like we'll be there some day, but not now.
Google Voice Action (also requires 2.2) is more accurate for dialing (in my experience) than Vlingo. But it is opposite of Vlingo. Where Vlingo can come up with the push of a BT button, but not hear; Google won't come up wiht a BT Button, but when you push the search button to bring it up, at least it hears.
The android keyboard has the mic button and accepts my speach just fine
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Similar question: on 2.2 with the Google Voice Actions, is there any way to use them when not connected to wifi/3g? Anytime I try it says that there is no connection. I just want to call someone with it, not search. Should that require a connection also?
Sent from my Samsung Captivate.
Current rom: Cognition 2.3b3
Have you tried the Nuance Vsuite (Voice Commands) that's on the Fascinate? I can post the .apk and .so files if you're interested.
I've used the voice command stuff w/o being on WIFI a lot.
On the Nuance stuff, I'd be glad to test it.
BTW...there is someone in the Cognition thread working on a program that will call up the Google Voice Search via Blue Tooth. I am testing it for him, and it seems to be working for me. Not sure when he'll be making it available to general public. He wants to add some features.
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On the Nuance stuff, I'd be glad to test it.
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OK. The attached is from my stock D101 (Eclair) Fascinate /system. You can just flash the thing in with CWM if you like, or move the files yourself.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible if something breaks
Being as I have a Captivate, and am on 2.2, not 2.1, what I think I'll do is hold off testing until I am ready to do a new flash. DG has a new Cognition 2.2 ROM out, actually based off of a Vibrant rom, which I may flash after I see how it is going for everyone else.
So when I'm to that point, I'll test this first on current ROM, and post back then how it goes.
Thanks for the files.
I would hope that voice control would work over bluetooth and without 3G or wifi. Wouldn't it be a function of the phone? I'd hate to have to pay Roger's every time I want to use it.
I'm probably going to wait till a CM 6.1 release for the Captivate before I do anything with it. Roger's will be releasing 2.2 to Captivate users some time in January 2011 (which could mean any time really). Hopefully CM comes first. By then, 2.2 will be out no doubt.
This may be a bit confounded, but it works for me. I use four apps for voice control.
For phone calls, I've found Vlingo to be the most accurate. (but not so great at opening apps). You can also say things like "call the nearest Walmart" or "call a taxi"
For opening apps, I've found Choice Dialer to be the best (but no so accurate at phone calls). It also has lots of other features I don't use.
For Google searching, maps & navigation I've found the regular voice search to be the best.
And for defining words, spelling, math, translation, and a bit of fun, I've found Edwin to be the best.
Hope this helps!
The way that google voice control works is that it records your voice command then uses the servers on the internet to interpret the voice command. This allows more powerful servers with billions of voice samples, which now includes yours, to accurately interpret the voice command and respond quickly. That's why it needs either wifi or 3g connection. I'm not sure how Vlingo does it. It was so buggy on my 2.1 that I uninstalled it.
Hey guys,
Thanks for the replies!
I flashed Cognition a while ago and it voice control (long hold on magnify glass) works beautifully! Exactly what I was looking for and works like a charm.
I tried a couple of applications like Vlingo and it doesn't work nearly as good as the native function.
I know this is specifically for Android, but there was not just generic area for questions such as this in the Android Forum.
Here is my situation. I am currently running Perception on my Captivate, so I know that BT Voice Commands are possible. However, both Google Voice Actions and VLINGO seem to be completely useless.
In the case of Vlingo, voice dialing doesn't even work properly, though I suspect this is related to the way Samsung has its contact setup. Every other command results in a web search, even ones listed under "What can I say?"
In the case of Google Voice, voice dialing does work properly, but it misunderstands me EVERY SINGLE TIME on anything else. Trying to say "Send text to" results in a "Good Bye" before I reach "to".
I need to know what I can do to fix this problem. I now have a car dock and would love to not cause an accident because Google's voice controls aren't working.
I'm not sure if this is allowed, but I guess I will bump this post since no one has commented so far. If this isn't the right spot to post this, could somebody please let me know where it is.
This just started yesterday... I was talking to Iris and sending sms via voice input. Shortly after that, when i click on the google search widget and say something like "current Atlanta weather" or "call wife" it either says something crazy or nothing at all... e.g. when i asked it to call my wife it returned a search for San Quirico... WTF....I flashed an update to my ROM last night, but the issue was going on before that.....
Anyone else having this issue?!
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This just started yesterday... I was talking to Iris and sending sms via voice input. Shortly after that, when i click on the google search widget and say something like "current Atlanta weather" or "call wife" it either says something crazy or nothing at all... e.g. when i asked it to call my wife it returned a search for San Quirico... WTF....I flashed an update to my ROM last night, but the issue was going on before that.....
Anyone else having this issue?!
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ya i have had that problem and cant fix it. i dont know what causes it but it always gets the wrong words. worked great when i was on icbinb but now on octane doesn't seem to work. my not be the roms fault though. i lkie vlingo seems to work much better then any thing else.
had same issue yesterday. apparently it happened a few times in the past too. server side mix up.
FIX: go to settings > Voice I/O > Voice Recognition > Google Account Dashboard
scroll down and click "Anonymize..." under the speech section
this wipes out your personalized voice recognition optimization but will fix the problem
that did it... maybe i reached my cap on "learned" words? Thanks for the help!
Rabid
Hello everyone,
Is anyone having problems with the voice commands from the homescreen?
i've got google now switched on in the settings but no luck.
anyone had this before, were you able to fix it, if so how.
thanks
naztek said:
Hello everyone,
Is anyone having problems with the voice commands from the homescreen?
i've got google now switched on in the settings but no luck.
anyone had this before, were you able to fix it, if so how.
thanks
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What are your language settings?
I believe it only works on English (USA)
Zandeer said:
What are your language settings?
I believe it only works on English (USA)
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Baaaah! UK here, been fiddling around with the damn thing for an hour trying to get it working. Seems strange, the voice recognition is strong enough to decipher British English if I click a picture of a mic, but not strong enough to hear me say OK Google?
Hope this is updated quickly, and not kept as a US only feature.
Trigger phrases like "OK Google" require a lot more specialized training than regular speech transcription. It has to be extremely reliable and not eat a lot of CPU power.
In short, it'll come eventually, but they're probably working on collecting a lot more non-American voice data first.
Hey guys! New to XDA. To keep this post short and simple, i bought the new Nexus 5 and so far its been great. However, i do have a slight problem that irks me in a bad way. At times google now will pick up my voice no problem. Google search, send a text, open a app you, call someone you name it, it works fine. Recently, however, google now tends to not pick up my voice, and the only way to remedy this is by restarting the phone. I remember reading about people have microphone issues and that phone calls sound muddy and video recording at times with bad units barely picks up ones voice. I, on the other hand, do not experience these problems. Only google now seems to show this problem. If anyone could help that'd be great . Im thinking since my video recording and phone calls are fine, its not a hardware issue. Do you think it might be software? I unfortunately cant post a video link in here so...ill try to rack 10 posts somewhere quick.
so it turns out XDA makes it pretty hard to post 10 posts. Just to get the quickest results, if you guys are up for it you can find the video on youtube. Just search "Nexus 5 Google Now glitch". the videos under the name john doe...lmao:good:
I have the same issue myself. 'OK Google' will work fine, then for some reason a while later it'll stop working. Sorry to say I don't know how to remedy it without a restart, but don't worry too much because it is a bug that is affecting other people too.
i see. im just wondering because if its a hardware issue i would wanna return it before im out of time.