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2010-08-12
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really nice. need to try it out. But more cool than usefull in my book.
EDIT: that guy looks like a cartoon!
EDIT: that guy looks like a cartoon!
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2010-08-12
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Originally Posted by Dave999
I dunno.. like I said, anything that helps me tap less or not have to type with a keyboard is a HUUUGE advantage, in my book.
really nice. need to try it out. But more cool than usefull in my book.
EDIT: that guy looks like a cartoon!
Also, yes! I had that exact same impression! He totally looks like a Doug-type scrawny guy, right?
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2010-08-13
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I think the usefulness of this feature is dependent upon the accuracy of the voice recognition. I have tried the voice search feature on my HTC Desire, and found it to be hit and miss. I personally will always prefer a hardware keyboard to other forms of input, due to the greater accuracy and control. It's nice to have voice recognition for certain activities, though.
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2010-08-13
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Originally Posted by marxian
I've been pretty impressed with how nearly perfectly accurate the voice recognition has been on my Droid under 2.2. I find that if I speak naturally with a natural flow, it works very nearly perfectly. (If I try to intentionally speak slower or something, it seems to throw it off, ironically.)
I think the usefulness of this feature is dependent upon the accuracy of the voice recognition. I have tried the voice search feature on my HTC Desire, and found it to be hit and miss. I personally will always prefer a hardware keyboard to other forms of input, due to the greater accuracy and control. It's nice to have voice recognition for certain activities, though.
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2010-08-13
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very nice feature I like it a lot, but the funny thing is if I speak to my phone while I am home it doesnot recognize anything. Because I am not talking in english.
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2010-08-13
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Can't wait to get this on my Captivate.
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2010-08-13
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Voice recognition is one of the things I thought I'd miss when I came to N900 from Symbian.
This post makes me realise that (for me anyway) VR is something I have in fact not missed, apart from showing off. The multiple homepages, touchscreen icons & widgets on N900 have mitigated the need for a VR application shortcut.
I could never get VR for contact selection to be consistent enough to be useful if there was any background noise (eg when driving).
I would be interested to see how Android might have improved VR, but cannot say that I have Android Envy in this respect.
Do you still need to press & hold a button to activate VR on Android? (no time to watch the video yet)
When VR is like it's portrayed on Star Trek TNG it'll be really useful, but until then I believe it's more of a gimmick than a tool.
This post makes me realise that (for me anyway) VR is something I have in fact not missed, apart from showing off. The multiple homepages, touchscreen icons & widgets on N900 have mitigated the need for a VR application shortcut.
I could never get VR for contact selection to be consistent enough to be useful if there was any background noise (eg when driving).
I would be interested to see how Android might have improved VR, but cannot say that I have Android Envy in this respect.
Do you still need to press & hold a button to activate VR on Android? (no time to watch the video yet)
When VR is like it's portrayed on Star Trek TNG it'll be really useful, but until then I believe it's more of a gimmick than a tool.
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2010-08-13
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Originally Posted by NokTokDaddy
I've had plenty of driving background noise with no problems in speech recognition so far. I mean--I really am impressed with how well it seems to work. I've seen it make mistakes, sure, and a severe amount of background noise will throw it off too--but then it doesn't seem any worse than when I'm talking to a HUMAN on the other side of the phone trying to understand me. So far, pretty spot on.
Voice recognition is one of the things I thought I'd miss when I came to N900 from Symbian.
This post makes me realise that (for me anyway) VR is something I have in fact not missed, apart from showing off. The multiple homepages, touchscreen icons & widgets on N900 have mitigated the need for a VR application shortcut.
I could never get VR for contact selection to be consistent enough to be useful if there was any background noise (eg when driving).
I would be interested to see how Android might have improved VR, but cannot say that I have Android Envy in this respect.
Do you still need to press & hold a button to activate VR on Android? (no time to watch the video yet)
When VR is like it's portrayed on Star Trek TNG it'll be really useful, but until then I believe it's more of a gimmick than a tool.
Activating it seems to only happen one way that I know of:
You can tap the Voice Search app icon to launch it
Near as I can tell, there needs to be some way to tap something to say, 'I'm giving you a command', otherwise (the Star Trek way, of just looking into the distance and saying 'computer!') you're being listened to constantly and that would be both problematic as well as a constant drain on the battery. I'm only slightly disappointed that the bluetooth heaset "voice command" button doesn't do it. Could at LEAST hack a little Starfleet badge to chirp at a touch for commands and then execute the speech command.
Last edited by danramos; 2010-08-13 at 17:52.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGbYVvU0Z5s
I just downloaded it now--seems to work pretty slick! Brings up another question--is there voice recognition on the N900 at all so far?