ICS Voice Search vs Gingerbread Voice Search

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Hello, Everyone.

My name is x, and I'm a Google Voice Search app addict. =)

There's a huge difference in the Voice Search apps across
the two different versions of Android.

I use Google Voice Search for EVERYTHING. I ride a Ninja everywhere,
add it's my only vehicle. I sometimes send text messages at a red
light, pull over and "call" a business or friend quickly, tell my Droid
"navigate to" my destination, and etc. it's EXTREMELY useful.

I can't live without it.

In Gingerbread, the texting feature was getting better and better.
For example: if Google didn't understand a particular word, then
it would be highlighted. You could then select the word and be
given a few different options, and Google would thus learn from
you. However, in ICS... The highlighted option no longer appears.

Also, this would come in handy when you had multiple contacts
with the same or similar names. Even if the name wasn't highlighted
in the To field, then you could still tap the the contact name in the To
field and select another suggested name. Another useful thing by
tapping a word or contact name: it would highlight the entire contact.
Now.. In ICS, tapping the contact doesn't give you any options.

This all in turn ends up with me having to type more in the Voice Search
texting window for typos, when it can't understand a particular word, or
if it just puts the wrong person in the To field. It practically defeats the
purpose of Voice To Text.

Is anyone else having similar experience?

Is it possible to install a working version of Voice Search from Gingerbread
onto ICS?

I have a Droid RAZR Maxx running ICS stock rooted.

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I agree! I think Google Now is a step forward but would have been much better if it incorporated what Voice Search already had like the highlighted text feature. Also, it seems Google Now defaults to a player without even asking. Not sure what the best course of action to take here is. One thing I did was removed the flashy YouTube app from Jellybean because it has ads in it and put the one I had in Gingerbread (YouTube HD 2.4.4) IIRC

Personally I've never used regularly the ics voice search. I got into voice search when Google Now appeared. What I recall from the gingerbread voice search is that It could hardly understand common speech, which is a thing ICS does great, and Google Now does amazing.

However to answer your question, I think having the gingerbread voice search app in ics would be really hard. As the jump from gb to ics was enormous, and from ics to jb where mostly framework changes; compiling the gb voice search for ics would be hard.

I recommend you to find a replacement for the voice search in the play store, that mimics the one of gb. Or as I do, have the ICS voice search and Google Now installed at the same time.

ICS search is not as accurate, but it is good for searching an app, song, etc.

I find Google Now really great to dictation purposes, and Siri like questions like: "Do I need an umbrella for this week?" or "Who is the president of Russia", but it most of the times doesn't display the App that I typed for, or the song.

Originally Posted by Olao99

Personally I've never used regularly the ics voice search. I got into voice search when Google Now appeared. What I recall from the gingerbread voice search is that It could hardly understand common speech, which is a thing ICS does great, and Google Now does amazing.

However to answer your question, I think having the gingerbread voice search app in ics would be really hard. As the jump from gb to ics was enormous, and from ics to jb where mostly framework changes; compiling the gb voice search for ics would be hard.

I recommend you to find a replacement for the voice search in the play store, that mimics the one of gb. Or as I do, have the ICS voice search and Google Now installed at the same time.

ICS search is not as accurate, but it is good for searching an app, song, etc.

I find Google Now really great to dictation purposes, and Siri like questions like: "Do I need an umbrella for this week?" or "Who is the president of Russia", but it most of the times doesn't display the App that I typed for, or the song.

I ended up succumbing to Google Now. Don't get me wrong; I still miss the Voice Search app. I am now starting to miss the fact that Voice Search app would basically appear above/on-top-of any app that you were currently using if you long-pressed the Search key. This was definitely handy if you were doing something and wanted to do a quick search, get directions, or send a text message while not really interrupting your current task.

I think I might be on one of the last Android devices that actually has the Search button. I believe most newer Androids only have three keys at the bottom: home, back, and menu. Removing the Search key and making the Google Search Bar permanently on your homescreen is just horrible in my opinion.

I love Google Now for every feature, but they took away a nice bit from Voice Search.