Voice Dial Question

[vma]

Hi,

I finally got my Universal! (Hurray!!!)

First thing I did was to upgrade it to Jwrightmcps' WM6. So far all is OK.

Now I have a (stupid) question: how do I use Voice Dial with my Parrot carkit?

My carkit was working fine with my Qtek 9090. With this phone I had to create voice tag's on the carkit.

Now with the Universal, the carkit will recognize that it is a phone capable of voice dialing an will simply pass that task to the phone.

Because I don't have a manual, I don't know which commands are accepted. Also, I live in Portugal and though I do speak English, it seems that the phone does not recognize what I say to it well enough...

My questions:

- which keywords/commands are accepted
- is there a way of training the voice recognition
- how to I make a call to a Speed-Dial contact by voice
- is it possible to install a different language pack for voice recognition
- is it possible to uninstall voice recognition, so that my Parrot carkit uses it's own voice recognition instead

Thanks,
vma

[travis]

Try googling "htc universal manual".

e.g. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=253190

[vma]

Hi,

The link was very interesting. Thanks.

However, it did not contain answers to any of my questions...

Cheers,
vma

[travis]

Sorry about that but you did say you were without a manual & I presumed that the manual, which was linked on that page, would answer questions 1,2 & 3 out of the 5.
As for your final 2 questions I'm sorry but I don't know the answer.
Just trying to help

[vma]

Hi, no hard feelings! lol

The manual essentially explains how to dismantle the whole phone.

Perhaps I explained myself wrong: what keywords can you speak to the phone, so that it does something?

Cheers,
vma

[travis]

I'm probably talking about something completely different as I have prophet (what am I doing on Universal thread?)
Prophet has Cyberon Voice Speed Dial which also launches apps.
Sorry if the following is irrelevant

Using Voice Speed Dial
You can record voice tags so that you can dial a phone number or launch programs simply
by speaking a word.
Create a voice tag for a phone number
1. Tap Start > Contacts to open the Contacts list.
2. Do one of the following:
• Tap and hold the desired contact, then tap Add Voice Tag.
• Select the desired contact, then tap Menu > Add Voice Tag.
• Tap the desired contact to open the contact’s detailed screen, then tap Menu > Add
Voice Tag.
Select the desired
phone number.
Tap the Record button
to start recording.
3. Select the phone number that you want to create a voice tag, then tap the Record
button ( ).
4. When completed, a Voice Tag icon ( ) will be displayed on the right of the item.

5. When you create a voice tag for the item, you can do one of the following:
• Tap the Record button ( ) to rebuild the voice tag.
• Tap the Play button ( ) to play the voice tag.
• Tap the Delete button ( ) to delete the voice tag.
Voice tag icon
Control buttons
Tip To ensure voice recognition accuracy, please record your voice in a quiet place.
Create a voice tag for a program
1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Voice
Speed Dial.
2. The Application tab displays a list of all
installed programs on your device. The
procedure for creating a voice tag for a program
is the same as the procedure for creating a
voice tag for a phone number.
3. After you have created a voice tag for a
program, you can then launch the program by
saying the recorded voice tag after tapping
Start > Programs > Voice Speed Dial.
Using Other Applications 161
Make a call or launch programs using a voice tag
1. Tap Start > Programs > Voice Speed Dial.
2. After a “beep” sound, say the recorded voice tag that you have assigned to the phone
number you want to call or the program you want to launch. The system will repeat the
voice tag and then dial out or launch the program automatically.
Note If the system cannot recognize your voice tag, please speak clearly and reduce the surrounding
noise. Then, try again.
To view and test the voice tags you have created
1. Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Voice Speed Dial.
2. The Voice Tag tab displays a list that contains all the voice tags you have created.
Select an item in the list, and you can do one of the following:
• Tap the Record button ( ) to rebuild the voice tag.
• Tap the Play button ( ) to play the voice tag.
• Tap the Delete button ( ) to delete the voice tag.

[vma]

I seem to have figured it out by myself:

If I say "HELP", my Universal will actually speak to me and tell me all the available options.

If I say "HELP PHONE" it will tell me that I can say "CALL contact" or "DIAL number".

It is actually amusing to be speaking with your phone for a change:

"CALL XYZ"
"do you want to call ABC?"
"NO"
"try again"
"CALL XYZ"
"XYZ has mobile and work"
"MOBILE"
"calling..."

Cool stuff! Does not work all that well, however. At least I don't have to teach voice tags again...

Cheers,
vma