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Google Voice Search for iOS
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Doesn't seem to work in airplane mode but that's possible.
You Are Viewtiful
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Get a Nexus.
Why? who would you see about repairs or replacement for it? the carrier? manufacturer? or google?
virtuoso88
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Or root and load w/e rom you want.
If you bought it off the playstore, google. If you bought it from the carrier through them or the manufacturer.
It makes for good commercials with celebrities though.
is the phone on mute or turned down?
whatsinaname
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I think it got submitted first week of August. So 3 months.
Buddha Beam
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It's definitely more impressive that Siri, but like Siri, I have little need for this. All I use Siri for is speaking text messages sometimes.
I don't think I'll ever join the speaking revolution :|
I don't think I'll ever join the speaking revolution :|
whatsinaname
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Isn't it available?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox&hl=en
Isn't it just Google Now that is missing from 4.0 and older?
Nope. Google search on non 4.1 devices is just a simple search app. Basically pulls up google.com for whatever you search. We have "voice actions" but that has basically no interface and has a limited set of actions.
What iOS basically has now is google now, without the automation. The cards looks like google now, even the voice commands are similar to what you can do in Google Now (What is the weather like today?). The automation of Google Now is it telling you weather and traffic before you go to work, without interaction from you.
So yeah, iOS has this, and the VAST majority of Android phones doesnt. Something is wrong with that picture Google.
Napoleonthechimp
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Yeah, I have a desire HD and all I get is a simple voice search that gives me google web results.
I just had to compile 2 weeks worth of numbers for this invoice I was about to send out. Before I did I opened it up and just spewed all the numbers out to it:
"5+3+7+2+1+8" etc etc I saw it patiently listening and recording everything I said then immediately gives me the total.
This thing kicks ass. Thank you google.
"5+3+7+2+1+8" etc etc I saw it patiently listening and recording everything I said then immediately gives me the total.
This thing kicks ass. Thank you google.
Sucks that iPhone doesn't have this in the Google Search app, but this type of stuff works on Android.
Haha I just asked Google search to sing me a song and Rickrolls me with 2 lines from "Never gonna give you up...."
Tell google voice one word "speak"
It gave me "the song that never ends".
Check if voice search is set to US English in the settings, it won't speak back if it's set to UK English, etc.
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outunderthestars
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Yes it does:
Ask: Who are you? Who am I? Who made you? etc etc. It has its own quips...
Isn't this something Siri can do? Or do you have an Android phone?
RoadHazard
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ITT, people think this is Google Now. It's not. This is Google Voice Search, while Now is the Android feature that automatically presents information cards it thinks you will want, when it thinks you will want them, without you having to manually request that information. On Android, Google Now and Voice Search are very tightly integrated, but they are not the same thing.
So, that's that!
So, that's that!
EleventhDoctor
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Siri does this-I use it all the time. "Wake me up in 2 hours."
Bboy AJ
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The iOS app is just a voice search tool. It isn't Google Now. If you think it's Now, you don't know what Now is.
Maybe it looks like the Now cards but the functionality is still the same. You can do the same things on iOS as 4.0.
No it wasn't. The price has been increasing over the years. Contract obviously has something to do with the price but it's not the only factor, or even the most important one. Apple is pretty stringent on the iPhone no-contract price; it's the one device they never ever offer discounts for.
RoadHazard
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That's what it does if you're not using US English. Same on Android. Voice search is pretty pointless if I have my phone set to Swedish. On top of that, the Swedish speech recognition is terrible compared to how it is in English. If I say something a little too quickly in Swedish (my native tongue) it will consistently get most of it wrong, while if I instead set it to US English it always gets it right. But obviously they have many times more English voice data, so it is what it is.
(If you do have things set to US English, I don't know why you're not getting any interesting results.)
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