topic Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ? in Z Series

Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

jcarr1 — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:41:08 GMT

I have been unable to get Voice Dialer to understand anything I say using the Z's microphone or via BT.

Voice Dialer even picks up road noise in the car and interprets it as "call fred" or "open settings" etc. This non-performing app spoils an otherwise excellent product.

Has anyone out there had success using Voice Dialer? If so, what is the secret ?

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

GeoffH — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:48:03 GMT

I have used all voice services on my EZ and they work very well indeed - the keyboard voice function is cool for writting sms, you need to be somewhere quiet and there is a delay before the text appears - I believe because google voice sevices are still online (over wifi)

and English only atm I believe

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

jcarr1 — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:59:38 GMT

Thanks GeoffH. I was referring to Voice Dialer in particular. This is the app provided with the Z for use with hands free units. I am able to communicate very well with all Google voice apps and reasonably well with Dragon.

With the Z there is no option but to use Voice Dialer with any BT unit. The microphone output cannot be redirected to my app of choice (google).

So I will ask again. Is anyone out there using "Voice Dialer" successfully?

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

GeoffH — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:05:00 GMT

ah right slightly different

never looked at it in any detail

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

XLR8RPM — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:00 GMT

Hey hello, just wanted to confirm regarding the voice dialer feature on the SXEZ:

Does it ONLY work for Bluetooth headset?

Also it accepts input even if in Google Now, the option is not checked for accepting voice input from a bluetooth device?

I'm guessing it's a bluetooth headset make issue; any comments?

What about the standard wired headset, I can't get it to work for that?

I'm trying to use the standard wired headset that came with the phone: MH-EX300AP

Nor does the phone mic accept input, it just pops a message:

"Couldn't initialise...Connection to headset lost"

To sum it up, the bluetooth headset works fine for me, only issue is that it takes voice input in all cases, Google Now Voice option checked or not.

Also problem is I can't get it to work for the wired headset of the phone mic?

Any reply would be appreciated!!

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

jcarr1 — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:45:53 GMT

Hi XLR8. Not sure if I understand your questions correctly, but Voice Dialer picks up audio on the internal mic, the wired headset and on bluetooth on my not so SXEZ. The downside is that Voice Dialer does not understand a single thing I say. That's not quite true as it sometimes understands the word "call" if I say "Karl".

The wired headset that came with the Z works well. It simply replaces the internal mic. I wish my BT mics would do the same.

In your summing up you say the BT headset works fine for you. What sort of headset is it ? Can you get it to accept audio from something other than Voice Dialer?

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

XLR8RPM — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:24:10 GMT

Yes, Voice Dialer works fine when connected to my Bluetooth Headset.

Albeit the recognition is not so good.

What irritates me is that it doesn't take input at all from the internal mic or the wired headset at all.

Just the message:

"Couldn't initialise...Connection to headset lost"

For other voice dialers like Google Now, all mics (internal, wired & BT) work seamlessly.

Also fyi, the language comprehension is way better in Google Now, it gets it right almost everytime.

So i'm guessing it's a software issue; and my phone isn't even rooted.

Just wanted to confirm though that such a software issue shouldn't be there.

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

jcarr1 — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:23:58 GMT

Hi again XLR8. I'm still not sure if I understood you correctly, but you seem to be having more success than me.

Can you talk to google voice apps through the BT mic ? If so, how did you make this work? What sort of BT unit do you have?

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

XLR8RPM — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:43:50 GMT

I'm using the Sony Ericsson MW600 BT headset.

The irony of it all, Voice Dialer does not accept voice input from the internal mic or the wired headset.

Also the headset even works if in Google Now BT connectivity is unselected; I guess this is so since my BT headset uses 2.1.

So what do you think, software issue?

I'm liking the Google Now Voice service way better, but this doesn't feel good.

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

XLR8RPM — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:55:11 GMT

So should I peg this down as a software glitch then yeah??

Not expected to happen from a stock app though.

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

jcarr1 — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:35:45 GMT

Hi again XLR8. Both the BT routing and Voice Dialer issues are software related. Sony is responsible for solving the Voice Dialer issues, but it is unclear who is responsible for fixing bluetooth mic routing.

The BT routing issue is well known and discussed on many Android forums. Check the google/android forum and search for "bluetooth +android + routing" or similar.

I also logged a support call (1-632637017) with Sony . Once they heard that my BT devices were not Sony branded they blamed the manufacturers and stopped responding.

Voice Dialer's inability to understand english has nothing to do with bluetooth, but Sony refuse to acknowledge it. Why did they saddle a high end phone with a useless app like this?

I am really happy with the Z, apart from these issues. I live in hope that someone will point out a config setting that will allow routing of BT microphone output to the apps of my choice!

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

jcarr1 — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:17:43 GMT

Come on Sony guys. It's time to put the Voice Dialer and microphone routing issues to bed. We are waiting for your inputs.

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

Johan — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:24:17 GMT

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Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

jcarr1 — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:07:21 GMT

Thanks Johan , a message has been sent to you.

Re: Has anyone out there been able to make Voice Dialer work ?

Rickard — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:49:36 GMT

This problem should be solved in the latest software (10.3.1.A.2.67).

When using bluetooth you also need to enable this under Google search -> Settings -> Voice -> Bluetooth headset