My voice dial NEVER gets the correct contact. For the price of this device and the monthly fees, this should NOT be an issue.
The blanket statement title of your post is annoying, but I feel like you may need help.
My Eris Voice Dialing works perfect every time, and it's a Droid.
Do you pause between words, or do you just say it all fast?
If you put commas between your words (short pauses) it should work perfect.
Speaking too fast will most likely confuse it.
They need to add bluetooth voice dialing.
basspro wrote: They need to add bluetooth voice dialing.
+1 - That's why I am not buying an Android phone!
Just for THAT reason ?
Not that reason only, but it is a one of the main reasons.
I also need a phone that syncs natively with a Mac and works with multiple Exchange calendars. I don't have the option of using a Google account. I know Android OS doesn't sync with Exchange calendars. Motorola and HTC have built interfaces that will, and I think there is an app called Touchdown I can use, but I've played with different Android phones and have not been impressed.
I'm looking towards Blackberry or possibly switching carriers if the new iPhone software lives up to the hype.
I hope the Verizon or Motorola developers read these posts regarding the voice sync between a bluetooth and the Droid. I just bought my Droid a week ago. Loved it. That is until I took a road trip. Which I do a lot for work and pleasure. The Droid is not a travel friendly phone. I had the LG Voyager before I bought the Droid. The Voyager was an older phone but a great travel phone. All I had to do was push an action button on my blue tooth and my Voyager would ask me to say a command. I didn't have to reach across my dashboard causing a distraction while I was driving. And, I didn't have to tell the family to keep it down or yell at the phone what I wanted it to do. It was all linked to my blue tooth. Getting the turn by turn directions was all coming from my blue tooth, not from the phone I had to lean into in order to hear it over everything. Everything on my LG Voyager was hands free voice command. I am surprised a piece of equipment, like the Droid, would not have the simple feature of blue tooth independence. The Droid needs to much hands on operation while driving causing a major distraction, especially if it is in a cradle on the other side of the dash board. So, if the geniuses who put this phone together can hurry to fix this flaw I can go back to saying I love everything about my Droid. For a phone that 'Does' the Droid really can't travel.
Verizon and Motorola can't provide what's not there. As has been stated many times in this forum the problem is within Android. This feature is disabled in Android because Google has not been able to get it to perform consistently. Matt, one of the Forum Managers at the Motorola site was nice enough to consolidate all the collected wisdom about the issue into an easy to read format.
Droid: Bluetooth voice dialing - headsets, apps and car kits
I think it is a bit more complex to get the android to respond to voice commands vs the voyager because the manufacturer controlled the hardware and software. That being said I had a voyager (my mother in law still uses it) and the voice dialing / voice commands on it were AWESOME. Looking forward to that being fixed on android and if not I am really tempted to try win7 in a year or so (after they work out some of the initial bugs)
I have found that the voice search option works somewhat better. I still think we should be getting better bang for our buck and all the hype that came, with the introduction of the motorola driod.
With all the importance of handsfree dial and the changing laws, this is an issue that should have been addressed at the beginning stages, BEFORE the handsets were offered to the public. My previous phones were all simple flip phone and voice dial was NEVER a problem.
I have been a Verizon customer for going on 20yrs and this is my 1st "smart phone". It wasn't an easy decision, going from my flip phone..It's looking like it may have been a bad decision.
With all the promotion Verizon has done on the droid systems, I'm thinking there has GOT to be some sort of false advertising or fraudulent practice I for one, will be keeping my eyes open for class action lawsuits.
I'm with you on this one! I find it hard to believe that Motorola/Google put so much money into this phone trying to bring it into this century and did not complete the task by leaving out hands free voice dialing. I got a ticket trying to use the voice command. Not a safe phone... It's going back!
I keep voice dialing on my home screen, and can't say that I've ever had a problem getting it to recognize my commands other than maybe needing to speak louder than I think I should have to sometimes, usually because of background noise. However, it does seem pretty odd that the Droid and Eris aren't compatible with a very basic function of BT headsets. We shouldn't be surprised, though. We are dealing with an open-source OS, and as such, the public are always the beta testers.
It's not a question of the Android OS. It's a question of Verizon not licensing the Nuance Voice Suite software for the Droid and Droid Incredible. The Devour, running Android 1.6, can do Bluetooth voice dialing just fine, as does the non-U.S. version of the Droid - the Milestone. Verizon owes us an explanation and a quick fix, this is a critical safety and legality issue. It isn't the OS, and it isn't the hardware, and the software (Nuance) clearly works great for others. Don't blame Google or Motorola, Verizon is the only thing that's different here and they are ultimately responsible for the product they sell.
The Motorola Droid's voice dial not only sucks, it is totally useless. In addition to that flaw, my does not open most attachments. If I forward an e-mail with an attachment the attachment does not forward with it. Am I doing something wrong.!! Why would the Eris work perfectly fine and not Motorola?
