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.
so this weird that noone else has said something, but if i use voice search on the home screen all works fine, but if i try to use it to write a text in the GV app then it stops working, and wont even let me use voice search on the home screen till a restart.
im using cm7. i think i remember it doing it on other roms but i cant be for sure.
just wondering if anyone else has seen this?
thanks y'all
I would like to know even if people arnt having that problem.
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Myself and another person spoke up about it in the CM7 thread.
Ok, I have searched and cannot find a resolution for this anywhere. When I switched from stock HTC Sense ROM on my HTC Inspire I lost my ability to talk to text. I have reflashed the ROM I am using, Cyanogen Mod 7 Stable, and that did not correct the issue. Is there some setting I have missed, or is it just something I lost the ability to do when I flashed to CM7 from Sense?
DId you dl the Voice Search app by google from market? If so, try it in a very quiet area. Mine will not work w/ a lot of background noise. It's a known issue that's being worked on.
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
So I was trying to get some help in the Sensation forums, but after doing quite a bit of research, it seems this error is not limited to just the HTC Sensation.
I updated to the newest CM10/Jellybean ROM, everything seems to be working FLAWLESSLY, except one thing: Google Now
The app opens up fine, but when I click the microphone to do a voice search, it says "Speak now" and acts like it's listening, but it never shows any soundwaves on the screen, and eventually changes to say "Tap mic to start speaking". I have flashed multiple gapps, multiple builds of the ROM, changed a file(called audio.msm6680.so or something), still no luck. I can live without the camera for now, but I NEED Gnow. It's the main reason I updated to JB in the first place.
Any help I could get would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
I'm running into a similar problem too. the difference is that when I click on the mic it shows sound waves and such and even shows what I said, but the problem is that mine doesn't do anything, just kind of stays in the same page and nothing happens. Google now works fine, when i type in the searches it works flawlessly, only the mic part of the app seems to have some issues.
I'm currently running stock ICS 4.0.3 on my rooted GT-N7000.
Any suggestions of what to do?
I don't know if this helps but i have HTC Evo 3D running STOCK ICS 3.6 and i installed MikeyXda's M6 zip of Google Now and it works flawlessly.
Try getting back on ICS and try installing.
Good Luck.
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224