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      05-18-2008, 12:22 AM   #1
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Voice Phonebook setup

I dont have nav.. Does the voice phonebook still operate? If so what in the world are the commands. Also do I have to say it in german because it does not understand a word I say
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      05-18-2008, 06:40 AM   #2
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Yes, the voice phone book works without nav. Unfortunately, some of the commands listed in the owners manual are incorrect. If you say "help" when prompted for a command, the system will read out the available commands.

FWIW - I find the system flaky - I have about a 50% success rate dialing by voice.
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      05-18-2008, 07:30 AM   #3
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I have all of my phonebook entries available - literally hundreds, but voice command says that there are no entries, when I try to do a voice lookup.

It's almost like it wants me to train a voice for each entry, and I don;t believe you are supposed to do that (or have a way to do that).
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      05-18-2008, 07:36 AM   #4
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It's almost like it wants me to train a voice for each entry, and I don;t believe you are supposed to do that (or have a way to do that).
Sadly, yes - you do need to add each name to the voice database; it won't learn them from your phone.
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      05-18-2008, 07:49 AM   #5
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Thanks Rick! I have something to do some rainy evening then. That's what I get for not

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      05-18-2008, 09:21 AM   #6
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BTW: although not voice activated, you can access your entire phone book, last calls (very useful), missed calls, etc via the radio display. Because it is such a hassle, I only added about 6 or 7 of my most frequently called numbers to the voice database. The rest, I dial using the radio controls.
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      05-18-2008, 07:12 PM   #7
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BTW: although not voice activated, you can access your entire phone book, last calls (very useful), missed calls, etc via the radio display. Because it is such a hassle, I only added about 6 or 7 of my most frequently called numbers to the voice database. The rest, I dial using the radio controls.
Great feature- didn't know it was there even.....
you can get to last 8 called list in button pushes --- very useful thanks
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      05-18-2008, 08:29 PM   #8
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My manual has just about all the commands wrong.. I finally added one number to the voice phone book with success. I will work on more. It seems it has a real hard time doing what its supposed to.
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      05-29-2008, 03:46 PM   #9
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How do you do that?

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Sadly, yes - you do need to add each name to the voice database; it won't learn them from your phone.
I can't find instructions for adding to a "voice database."
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      05-29-2008, 03:59 PM   #10
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My manual has just about all the commands wrong.. I finally added one number to the voice phone book with success. I will work on more. It seems it has a real hard time doing what its supposed to.
the manual has all the commands wrong. i posted a list of the correct commands in this forum. http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showp...14&postcount=5 . To add the voice entries, you're looking for the "save" command.

When adding voice dials, I have only been able to do it by saying the digits of the phone number one at a time, is there a way to add a voice dial to entries already stored in my phone? (i.e., without the need to dial in each phone number)
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When adding voice dials, I have only been able to do it by saying the digits of the phone number one at a time, is there a way to add a voice dial to entries already stored in my phone?
Not that I have found...
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      05-31-2008, 03:26 PM   #12
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Sadly, yes - you do need to add each name to the voice database; it won't learn them from your phone.
Oh ... voice matching, not voice recognition ... in general if you use that you should get a higher match rate than with voice recognition. Make sure you give a useful delay before speaking the name, and speak in the same tone when recording, as you do when dialling, for maximum effectiveness.
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