Getting MS Voice Command to work

[anywhereanytime]

I have had the Sprint Touch for 2 weeks now and really miss MS Voice Command.

Anyone have it working and what are the steps ?

Scott

[EliteXen]

I have had the Sprint Touch for 2 weeks now and really miss MS Voice Command.

Anyone have it working and what are the steps ?

Scott

Just install it. MS Voice Command 1.6 works just fine

[imradar]

no problem with call anouncement,or voice confirmation over BT?

[EliteXen]

no problem with call anouncement,or voice confirmation over BT?

No prob with my Motorola HT820 and my S9. Call anounce works just fine and even reads my text messages

[anywhereanytime]

Thanks for the replies ... I just bought a Blue Ant Z9 and will report once I install it.

[black88mx6]

I really miss MS Voice Command also, there are three major issues.

1. Any speech or announcements from Voice Command via BT (Bluetooth) have very low volume.

2. Bluetooth dialing confirmation when confirming a number to call is not recognized most if not all of the time.

3. After pressing the button to start voice command, many times you will not hear the beep over the phones internal speaker or over bluetooth. It seams that the phone delays opening up the sound channel a second or so, and the beep is never heard.

I would love to see workaround or fixes to these.

Only #2 has a work around by disabling confirmations.

[anywhereanytime]

Today I played with my new Blue Ant Z9 headset - GREAT headset.

Using the Z9, VC understands the initial command whether it's dialing, help, start, etc. But, when VC repeats the command, VC times out.

Where do you turn notifications OFF - I could only see under the VC menu where you could chose either Bluetooth or wired/device speaker ?

Anyone using a Z9 successfully - I have firmware v3.0

I contacted Z9 tech support and they will be monitoring this thread to see if they can help find a solution ... but it's probably VC itself.

Scott

[anywhereanytime]

I recall reading on either the Titan/Mogul thread or the HTC Elf/Touch thread something about the bluetooth "voice command" path being directed to the Cyberon and that it must be changed somehow to allow VC to work properly?

I disabled the Cyberon Speed Dialer, but can't find how to remove it. Does anyone know how to remove the Cyberon "Dialer" software?

Scott

[anywhereanytime]

Today I played some more and VC 1.6 definitely works over the speaker and built-in mic - VERY COOL - BUT, NOT with bluetooth (we are using the Blue Ant Z9)

SAME PROBLEM reported across many threads - when VC 1.6 "confirms" the command, it then hangs up (turns off listening)

This seems to be a common problem across many HTC devices, so I searched quite a lot and found this under the Hermes thread.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Utils

ANY EXPERTS OUT THERE to give this a try and report back ??

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How to make Microsoft Voice Command 1.6 work (WM5 & WM6 tested!).
(caution, this MAY disable all incoming call notifications over the speaker and obviously doesn't route the notifications to the headset - that's a MS stack problem...)
NB The 'Program Files' directory mentioned several times below, may be different on non-english language versions of WM (see below).

Install VC 1.6 (make sure it is in Main memory)
Download Bluetooth Voice Command 0.9f.cab here - related forum thread
Download ?BTVoiceCommand.exe here - related forum thread
Download replacement btagext.dll here (Unknown if this works with WM6?) - related forum thread
Run .9f Hack
Create the Folder \Program Files\Bluetooth Voice Command (should be created during the .9f cab install)
Copy ?BTVoiceCommand.exe and btagext.dll into this folder
Go to newly created BT Voice Command config (in Programs) and tick the check box "Enabled"
Set command duration to 30 (or more - check by experiment when set up)
Set or check that the following registry keys are set (I had to manually change Path to ?BTVoiceCommand.exe.)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\?VoiceCommand\Path = "\Program Files\Bluetooth Voice Command\?BTVoiceCommand.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\?VoiceCommand\?VoiceCmdDuration = 30
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Bluetooth\?AudioGateway\?B TAGExtModule = "\Program Files\Bluetooth Voice Command\btagext.dll"
a. (For reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283412&page=7 )

*Go into the registry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\?VoiceCommand\) and set ?LaunchAPEnable to 1 (I wasn't sure if this was necessary...but it's working now)
Soft reset device
Delete Headset Pairing
Recreate Headset Pairing.
*NOTE: first time you invoke voice command using BT headset button, you may get the "run this program yes/no?" option on your screen. You have to QUICKLY hit "yes" or your phone will have to be soft reset to exit the prompt.
Set Side button to ?VoiceCommand (if desired for backup when using Mortscript described below)
You may also need to create the directory \Program Files\Bluetooth Voice Command and move the files over if you live in a different country and MS installs everything to something similar - like Programme...

WM6 specific:

If using the .09f file downloaded from the link above, the registry key should look slightly different:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\?VoiceCommand\Path = "\Program Files\Bluetooth Voice Command\BTVCBasic.exe"

You may still encounter a problem where approx 15 s after initiating a call using MSVC from your headset button, the sound is routed back to the handset. A subsequent press on the button usually reroutes the sound to the headset, but sometimes disconnects the call instead. We are hoping for a fix for this.

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[black88mx6]

Today I played some more and VC 1.6 definitely works over the speaker and built-in mic - VERY COOL - BUT, NOT with bluetooth (we are using the Blue Ant Z9)

SAME PROBLEM reported across many threads - when VC 1.6 "confirms" the command, it then hangs up (turns off listening)

This seems to be a common problem across many HTC devices, so I searched quite a lot and found this under the Hermes thread.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Utils

ANY EXPERTS OUT THERE to give this a try and report back ??

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Gave it a try tonight. The hack does still work, but doens't give us anything more than what we already have. While it will launch voice command, it still has a problem with confirmations. I am thinking that the BT stack on the touch is having a problem with this. It beeps, waits for input, then responds, then waits for input again. Somehow with this 2nd input something goes wrong. I have not had confirmations work once for me over bluetooth.

[fowen]

I am waiting on my Touch to get there and this is very important to me.

If confirmations are turned off, does it work properly?

[black88mx6]

I am waiting on my Touch to get there and this is very important to me.

If confirmations are turned off, does it work properly?

Please read message #6. Other than those issues it functions.

[anywhereanytime]

Anyone get VC 1.6 to work with a Blue Ant Z9 BT headset yet ??

[jessiethe3rd]

I have the vogue and the Jawbone with VC 1.6 - sametime out problems as listed before, however, when you go to settings>VC>phone and turn confirmation off it works absolutely perfectly w/o a hitch. I hit the button, it plays through the headset - I name the perp - it announces the name and dials...no issues what so ever. I think this is an acceptable fix and if the name does not come through you can just hang up quickly and try again... I'd rather do this then hack it given there is no confirmation that it works.
So yes... VC 1.6 work through BT w/ confirmation set to off.

[anywhereanytime]

I have the vogue and the Jawbone with VC 1.6 - sametime out problems as listed before, however, when you go to settings>VC>phone and turn confirmation off it works absolutely perfectly w/o a hitch. I hit the button, it plays through the headset - I name the perp - it announces the name and dials...no issues what so ever. I think this is an acceptable fix and if the name does not come through you can just hang up quickly and try again... I'd rather do this then hack it given there is no confirmation that it works.
So yes... VC 1.6 work through BT w/ confirmation set to off.


I tried it with my Blue Ant Z9 and it does not work without a hitch - the volume is very low and it does not seem to get the perp correct even most of the time. I will do some more experimenting and contact Blue Ant tech support.

[anywhereanytime]

I got my Blue Ant Z9 working ... there is a delay when you press the Multifunction button of several seconds and I had to watch the screen to see whan VC came on.

The dial and call "work" only the first time - if you say Call Jack and there are multiple numbers for Jack, VC asks Call Jack at Work or Mobile (say there are both). If you respond and say Call Mobile - VC hangs up just like before the turn off confirmation.

However, if you say Call Jack at Work, VC correctly calls the number.

Are you able to go multiple levels of recognition on the Jawbone ??

I'll take what I can get for now.

Oh, yes when someone calls me that is in my contacts I get NO notification or Caller iD - is that one of the things that still doesn't work ??

[anywhereanytime]

I recently saw this on the Titan thread - anyone know if the Sprint Touch and Sprint Mogul are the same ?

Anyone get the caller ID announce to work yet ??

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=352638

[lip]

Hi,
I still cannot get it to launch with my Jawbone BT headset...
I tried the instructions...
Anyone have anything to help me further?

LIP