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What do I say to make a new line when using voice recognition?
I've found I can make punctuation happen by saying "comma", or "period", but I can't find the word for new line. I tried "paragraph", and "line break", but it just prints those words.
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Jelly bean voice search not talking back
I've recently upgraded my phone to Android 4.1.1 and I've tried the new voice search.
It mostly answers my questions correctly, but i didn't get it to talk back.
I checked the following setting: ...
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Enter username or password via voice?
Is there a way to enter a username or password by voice?
Google's Voice Search only interprets entire words or phrases but I couldn't find any way to dictate letter-by-letter to an input field.
Is ...
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Use Google Now as a Voice Dialer replacement when pushing “call” on car head unit
My Samsung Galaxy S running a CM 10 nightly opens the "Voice Dialer" application when i push the "call" button on my car radio head unit. Both are connected via Bluetooth.
As you might expect the ...
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Google Now and pronouncing/recognising contact names
One of my contacts has an unusual name which Google Now has never been able to understand.
How can I get around this (apart from asking the person to change their name)?
I'm using "send sms to ...
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I have to talk in an American accent despite setting voice recognition to English UK
Is there a way around this, or perhaps a 3rd party voice recognition app that gets around it?
I also ran a few tests in a Scouse accent and it didn't like any of them - are people with strong ...
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How can voice search improve recognition
I understand that google will store the things I say and is suppose to improve recognition of my voice on my android phone. How can it do this if there is no way to correct it? I say a persons name ...
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How can I make a change language shortcut for voice recognition in android 2.3.4?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 Phone, I work in English, Spanish and French, and constantly have to change from one language to the other, making a shortcut to change the language of the voice-recognition ...
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How can I enable Google's voice recognition?
I want to enable Android's Voice Input on my Archos 70 Internet Tablet. Voice Input/Output isn't even visible in the settings menu. Is there an apk file to add this or some other way? I'm happy to ...
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Why won't Jawbone headset invoke Voice Search/Dialing?
I have an Aliph Jawbone (original) which worked fine with Sony Ericsson dumb-phones (K750, K810) but on my HTC Desire S (Gingerbread, 2.3.3) I can't figure out how to use it for voice dialing.
The ...
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A more comprehensive list of Voice Actions keywords?
The formal Voice Actions web page lists a small number of Voice Actions keywords:
send text to
navigate to
call
map of
note to self
listen to
send email to
go to
{anything else} fires Google ...
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Jelly Bean's Offline Voice Typing APK
Is this possible to get Jelly Bean's Offline Voice Typing apk for other Android versions like Gingerbread or ICS???
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Jelly Bean offline voice recognition
So, Jelly Bean is supposed to have offline voice recognition, right? I've encountered several situations where the voice-keyboard has said that Google is not available. Has anyone else seen this ...
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Disabling Google Voice Dialer
I have a Motorola Electrify M, recently factory-OTA-updated to Android 4.1.2. With the update came Google Now and the Google Voice Dialer.
Google's Voice Dialer sucks! It always get the name wrong, ...
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Change language for one application (Google Now voice recognition, root available)
I normally run my phone in French. But unfortunately, Google Now will only support voice commands if I set the phone's language to US English.
I tried setting Google Now > Paramèters > Voix > Langue ...
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Poor reliability of voice recognition
My Samsung Galaxy Apollo only recognises voice instructions to dial about once in eight attempts. Is this typical ? Can it be improved ?
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Voice Dial Aliases?
So I frequently use the voice-activated dial feature, wherein you say aloud "Call Jeff" and it will locate "Jeff" in your contacts and dial him. However, I have run into an issue which stems from the ...
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How to enable voice-activation of S Voice when in car?
I am only interested in using S Voice with voice activation (i.e. "Hi Galaxy!") when driving.
Is there any way to activate S Voice when I plug my Samsung Galaxy S3 into my car's charger?
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Activate Voice Actions from Lock Screen
Is there a way to activate Voice Actions from the lock screen?
I've abandoned the iPhone world, and only miss this one feature. On my iPhone I could press and hold my home button to activate Siri. ...
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Voice Commands vs Voice Search
What is the difference in Voice Commands and Voice Search? Are they both by Google?
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Suggest a bluetooth handsfree app [closed]
Is there any Android app out there for bluetooth handsfree control which requires no internet connection ? I want to make calls, receive calls, sent messages and I want my messages to be read to me. I ...
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Voice Typing special Functions
When voice typing, I know that you can say comma or period or question mark to get a , . or ?. Those were all in the android instructional video. But I just saw that you can say new paragraph and it ...
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On Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean, how can I make long-pressing the home button activate Google Voice Search?
I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean on it.
What I want is to long-press the Home button and hear a beep to prompt me to provide a voice command.
I had it set up this way before I installed ...
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How to make Android 2.3 to use voice recognition without the need of internet?
On my Samsung Galaxy Y Duos, GT-S6102B, you can press a button to talk something instead of writing it. It is a wonderful behavior, but it functions only when using a internet connection - well, I see ...
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How can I train voice recognition on ICS?
Is it possible to train Android's speech recognition? I have read Can I train Google Voice Actions to better recognize my voice? which suggests that there is a setting in the voice search app but I'm ...
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Difference between VLingo and the built in Voice functionality in Android?
My wife is contemplating an Android phone, and loved the demo she saw of VLingo on a Blackberry. I keep noting that this is all built in and free on Android. I imagine since they are cross coding ...
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Voice input missing - Maps navigator crashes
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with the latest Android version.
Every time I want to use the destination by voice input feature in the maps navigator the app crashes. However this works pretty well ...
