Milestone Problem - voice search

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Hi,

So I got my Milestone yesterday. It currently has Android 2.1 (update 1).
And I saw alot of Android phones have speech to text stuff. Ie: When you click the search button on the milestone, you can either search or use your voice to search.

Even my sisters G1 which uses Android 2.1 has the speech search option. Why doesn't my one have that option, and how can I get it?

At this motorola link at the milestone home page:

You use the Text-to-speech settings to configure the Android text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack. TalkBack speaks the labels or names of items as you navigate the phone’s user interface.
Step 1: Enable Talk Back:
From the home screen, press Menu
Touch Accessibility
Check Accessibility
Touch TalkBack
You will be shown a disclaimer, touch OK

I saw that my option says to enable accessability. That option seems disabled on my phone

What do I do?

firmware 2.1(update 1)
Version - GAS_EMEA_USASHLS00RTINT_P014
Kernel Version - 2.6.29-omap1
Build Number - SHOLS_U2_02.34.

Your sister's G1 has voice search because she is running a custom rom with it already included. I believe somewhere on here somebody asked where they could install htc_ime keyboard from. Find that thread and install that keyboard I believe it comes with voice search.


If not there should be a voice_search.apk file floating around you can install. I honestly can't remember what I did, but I certainly have voice search on my Milestone. I would try with the htc_ime.apk keyboard first. If voice isn't there, then find the voice_search.apk file.

Here are some instructions I wrote:

www(dot)androidpub(doy)com/389151

Adam