True Hands Free Voice Dialing Yet?

Can't anyone recommend a good to great hands free voice dialing app for iphone4 so that I don't get another cell phone $130 ticket and 2 points on my license?
I don't mind pressing an app button to start the process but after that I just want to say something like: "Call John Doe" and have the app find the contact, if more than one phone #, ask me: "Home or Mobile" for example, then I say "Home" and it dials it. All hands free other then starting the app.
Isn't there an app for that yet?

Actually Jennifer, I have OnStar!
But sadly my Subaru has the analog version so when the FCC mandated that such services convert to digital, I unfortunately had an OnStar system that couldn't upgrade to digital. Only the analog/digital ones could. So I have all the buttons, but no service anymore
And i LOVED my OnStar and the hands free dialing. Subaru doesn't offer OnStar anymore. I think only GM cars have it, but I could be wrong on that.
On a side note.. my Subaru is a 2004. So when I bought it, after I lost service I realized that both OnStar and Subaru had to know when I bought my car that shortly my OnStar service would be defunct. But no one told me that on the showroom floor. Had they, I would have not bought the Subaru as I really wanted an OnStar car. So I took both Subaru and OnStar to task and claimed they defrauded me by not telling me that my OnStar system had a lifespan of about 2 -3 years when I purchased the car.
I bitched, moaned, wrote letters, threatened, complained, relentlessly. Finally I gotta check for $500. Better than nothing...
I miss my OnStar though.
Now back to our topic: I found a great app today since starting this thread: Melodis Dialer. Pretty cool and FREE! It's not 100% hands free. You have to press the app to launch it and press a button and say: "John Doe Home" or "John Doe Work" and the little bugger dials. Some of these after market dialers ask you a ton of questions before dialing. Not this little guy. So... if you live in a hands free state, you'll have to keep your iPhone in your lap and press a two buttons, but at least you can keep your other hand on the wheel and your eyes 99% on the road...
Map Quest GPS is free too and talks the directions. Found that today too. Again off topic. Sorry.
Check em out...

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Jelly Bean update completely killed true hands free voice dialing.

Regardless of the fact that S-Voice (as well as Google Voice dialing/search) is unable to recognize most of my contacts, it's also a fact that by definition, it cannot work as a true hands free voice dialer, which is defined as the ability to make a call without touching (or even seeing) the phone AT ALL. This is due to the simple fact that neither S-Voice nor Google Voice dial/search allows you to say "yes" or "no" to a phone number confirmation prompt. In other words, you need to see the screen at some point in order select the correct number to dial. Prior to the Jelly Bean update, this issue was relatively easily solved by using a third party app -- I preferred an app called "Cyberon Voice Commander" -- to take over the voice dialing duties. The first time you hit the Bluetooth button after installing the app, you could select the default program to respond to the BT button. I simply selected the Cyberon Voice Commander app, and everything worked from this point forward -- I could dial a number without ever taking the phone out of it's case.
With the Jelly Bean update, however, this is suddenly no longer possible because S-Voice completely takes over the Bluetooth button, and does not allow another app to take over as the default. The "launch by default" section for S-Voice in the application manager is now greyed out, and says "no defaults set" for S-Voice even though S-Voice is set as the default program to launch when pressing the BT button. The only "potential" solution is to completey "disable" S-Voice via the application manager, which does allow you to select Cyberon Voice Commander as the default BT button press app, but there are two problems with this. First, the default resets when turning the phone on even though you select "always" for the CVC app. This means that you have to re-select the third party app as the default BT button app EVERY time the phone is turned off. Second, disabling S-Voice is not a solution because I still would like to use it for things OTHER than voice dialing. Disabling it completely removes it from the menu, making it unusable even for things that it is better at.
I cannot believe how hard S-Voice is being shoved down our throats. Why would they make it mandatory? The whole point of Android is that it's supposed to be "open" and allow users to individually decide on their own way of doing things -- i.e. to offer multiple approaches that suit your preferences rather than adopting a narrow minded "we decide what's best" attitude. This is the whole reason that I moved away from Apple. This S-Voice situation, however, is just ridiculous. It's fine to push it as an "option," but please keep it OPTIONAL -- particularly given that it literally CAN'T do what other apps do (i.e. true hands free dialing.)
Larry

A few things you can try ... turn off the phone, remove the SIM card, wait a few minutes, then reinsert the SIM card and re-boot the phone. Maybe a fresh connection to the network will improve the signal/call quality.
Do a system cache clear; it won't delete your data:
Power down phone
Hold volume up/down & power simultaneously until you see the Boot Mode Selection Menu
Use volume down to navigate to 'Recovery', use volume up to select
You should see screen with triangle and exclamation point next to an Android
Press volume up/down simultaneously to go into system recovery
Use volume rocker to navigate to 'wipe cache' and use power button to select
Once finished, use volume rocker to navigate to 'reboot system now' and use power button to select
If all else fails, back everything up, remove the SD card to be on the safe side, and factory reset the phone. No, it's not a preferred option, but sometimes that is what it takes to 'clear out the cobwebs' after an operating system update.

Ref Hands Free Voice Dialing

Why does the IPhone not offer hands free voice dialing? If and when will this feature be available? Most important for save driving! Reason I returned mine the day after I purchased. Assumed such a sophisticated phone would have handsfree voice dial. Cost me 50 bucks which I see as a ripoff!

Thank you so much for your response! I was so disappointed about the phone! Due to several disabilities this phone is answered prayer for me. It was the hardest thing for me to return it. I was worried that Apple would make a better phone which I could not afford if I kept this one. So, do you think it would be safe for me to go back and rebuy the IPhone and then just wait for the updates? I assume the updates can be downloaded to the existing phones that people have already purchased. So not to look not so bright, your response is, updates are around the corner for the owners of the present IPhone. Please let me know. Thanks again for your positive response. I sure hope Tim feels much better now! And a big thanks to Tim for making me aware of the importance of the preview button!
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Hands free voice calling?

Is there a hands free voice activation accessory so I can comply with the July California Hands Free Law?
Does it allow me to say Call Work" and dial my work number?

I came here to ask this exact question. It's bound to be the #1 question for the iPhone in CA around the time the law goes into effect. If Apple or someone else has not already thought of it they would have really dropped the ball. After all, Apple is headquartered in CA too!
BTW I use a small Motorola bluetooth hands free device that works great. I just need the voice dialing capability.

Hands free voice activation

Can anyone tell me if there is any compatible hands free voice activation software from a bluetooth for an iPhone 3G?

Yacci,
The iPhone itself does not have this feature, but AT&T provides a service for it: http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/basics/choosing-features-services/voicedial.js p
This is something you can provide feedback to Apple for, as a feature request: http://www.apple.com/feedback
Hope this helps,
Raleigh

Hands Free Voice Memo

Is there any way to activate the Voice Memo on the new Iphone hands free?

Spoke with two reps from the new Apple Expert service. After some good advice to do my restore again as a new iPhone, I still had the same problem. Got a callback from a second rep who believed it to be a hardware issue. She set me up with a Genius appt, which was cool to not have to make another call or visit to a web page, and recommended that they replace the phone. The genius was helpful and agreed that we had done so many restores that it certainly appeared to be hardware. After getting the new phone home and getting it set up, I still have the same problem of "No", "Wrong" etc no longer working. Bummer.
I'm beginning to suspect that when this problem developed was when I upgraded to 3.01. I sent feedback to apple and am really hoping that either the next update does it or that someone might have some advice on diagnosing the software issue.

Wanted "hands free" voice memo recording.

I am an inspector. I want to use my new Motorola Razr Maxx to make "voice memos"… recordings, while I am inspecting. I have a Plantronics Voyager PRO HD Bluetooth headset that I can access my voice commands. Love it.
I am disappointed that my phone does not have a "memo recorder" as a part of the ‘voice commands’ I access through my headset.
I have not found an app to let me do what I need to do.
I want to use my headset to access the recorder… then use the headset to start and stop the recording … all from my headset while leaving my phone in the safety of its pouch.
Does anybody know of an app or widget to get me where I want to go?

Hi
I got the exact same experience. But I have the guitar tuner app "ClearTune". I don't know if the app is locking the internal mic from the voice recorder?. What a pain

Voice Dialing Glitch???

I have a password on my iPhone 4 so no one could use or get into my phone.I noticed that if my phone is locked,and I hold down the home button to make a hands free/voice dial call,where I just say a name or number,it bypasses my password lock and makes the call go through. Isn't this a security threat? Anyone who picks up my phone can just hold down the home button to make a voice dial call with my phone.They can call any name in my contacts and dial any number,bypassing my password. Am I missing something here??????

CORRECT ANSWER: Solution provided to me by Apple Tech Support-
When landing on the screen to enter your passcode, you must first press each number once to select it, then do a quick "double tap" on that number. For instance, if your passcode is 1234:
1. Press "1". Wait a few seconds, then double tap "1-1".
2. Press "2". Wait a few seconds, then double tap "2-2".
3. Press "3". Wait a few seconds, then double tap "3-3".
4. Press "4". Wait a few seconds, then double tap "4-4".
Unfortunately, you must also "double tap" each item in the menu once you gain access to the phone. Furthermore, you must use 3 fingers simultaneously to scroll down or up.
I do not recommend voice over.

N95 used with new Honda CRV Hands Free Kit

I'm using a N95 with Honda's built in Hands Free Voice Activated Bluetooth kit.
I've paired the phone with the car & everything works fine. When I press the call button on the stearing wheel & say the voice tag that I have recorded on the cars system the call is made through the car kit.
The problem is that you can only store a measly 50 voice tags on the car's system, which is not much use for business users, so other numbers have to be dialed from the phone it's self.
When you dial a number on the phone & press send it doesn't connect with the car kit & the call stays with the phone. I've discovered that once the call is answered you can select options on the phone & transfer the call to the blue tooth kit, but by the time you've managed that (& it doesn't always work first time !), half the people you've rang have put the phone down !
Am I missing something really silly here ?
How do I get the call when initiated from the phone to go through the car's system without having to press buttons.
I'd be very grateful if anyone has any ideas as the Honda garage & Honda themselves haven't !

Hi
Your "work around" is the only solution I've been able to come up with as well - as you say - hardly hands free, but the only way you can get it to make a call that isn't in the cars 50x misely voice tag memory.
Have you noticed also that when you first start the car, it hardly ever understands your first voice comand ? It's as if the car has to load the software before it can work. It's the same with voice commands for the audio, climate control & sat nav - I think the woman behind the dash board falls asleep & has to be woke up every time you set off !!! Once you've used it once she is back up to speed till you switch off & re-start the engine.
With regard to the noise levels in the car & people not hearing you above 40 mph I have exactly the same problem, my garage have changed the mic on my car kit & it made no difference at all !!! I also had a modification made to the wing mirrors to cut down the wind noise (have you had this done ?) but every day someone tells me I sound as if I'm speaking from the bottom of a pit !!!
Other car kits I've had over the years have worked fine with good clarity both ways & cost a lot less.
It could be such a good system with just a few tweeks !!

Problems with 2011 Kia Forte hands free following upgrade to ios 7.1

I have had nothing but problems with the Bluetooth hands free feature in my 2011 Kia Forte ever since I upgraded to IOS7.1. I have removed and repaired the device to no avail. I have discovered the following behavior through the troubleshooting I have done so far:
If I use hands free to dial, the phone will dial but nothing is heard on either end of the call. If I switch the audio feed from the car to iPhone, both parties can then talk, but as soon as I switch it back to the car there is silence on both ends. I have determined that streaming Bluetooth audio still works in my car in spite of the hands free issues. I can switch audio back and forth during the entirety of the call and as long as audio is set to either iPhone or speaker it works, it just won't work when the car is selected.
I have checked and there is no new firmware available from Kia for my vehicle's Bluetooth.
Any thoughts?

Same problem for me after the update. No matter what movie I try to download, it stalls halfway. Interestingly, could be a wider iTunes issue as I ended up with the same problem trying to download movies to my MacBook Air.

Missing some voice guidance with hands free kit

I have found that the first few seconds of any voice guidance message is missing when I have my phone connected to my BT hands free kit. This is normally the key bit "in xxx yards turn..." or even the entire speed warning. It doesn't happen using the phone speaker.
I am using the Nokia HF-200 hands free box and the 'problem' has occurred with maps 3.03, 3.04 and 3.06. I have tried my X6-16G (RM-559, V 31.0.004)and a 5230 Navi and both behave the same.
Does anybody know if a different hands free kit would solve the problem, or are they all slow to start up. You don't notice it with calls because the ring tone seems to 'wake up' the HF-200 before the voice message starts.

You're lucky even to get navigation commands via car speakers which defeats the latest Nokia devices with Bluetooth carkits.
Don't want to misinform you but think that CK-300 with CarMenu application upon individual device was one of the few to achieve this but seems development stopped.
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Voice over for tom tom gps whilst using bluetooth hands free

Is it possible to still have the voice over for the tom tom navigation whilst being connected to a bluetooth hands free kit? I also have another charging cradle which it does exactly the same thing. it's as if it deletes it when an accessory is connected.
thanks

Yes that works, use the speakerphone mode. Some people report that the callers hear themselves via the car speakers and iPhone mic. It won't cost anything to try it and see if it meets your requirements.

755p Voice Dial with BlueTooth

I've searched all over the place for help with my quest to make my Treo 755p "Smart" phone have bluetooth voice dial capabilities. What seems to be out-of-the-box functionality for many normal phones (no "smart" in their name) is apparently difficult to achieve with the Treo 755p, and apparently with all Treos from what I've seen so far. Here's the conclusion that I'm coming to, but I just can't believe it, so I'm posting this here in the hopes the experts (that's you guys) will either correct my misunderstanding, or (hopefully not) confirm that I'm on the right track.
APPARENTLY:
Voice dial capability is not part of the Treo 755p; one has to install a 3rd party program or service to gain this functionality. There are a few good options out there, but they do cost additional money.
Voice dial programs apparently work pretty good with the wired headsets that come with the Treo package. Apparently (although I have not tested it yet) pressing the button on the side of the treo or one the wired headset can be configured to activate the voice dial software, and the user can speak into the wired headset microphone to dial by voice.
Extra digit dialing is apparently not supported by most (if any) of the software I've seen that works on the Palm platform. (This is hard to tell exactly, because some software works only for the windows platform, which I don't have.)
Bluetooth headsets configured in hands-free mode will launch the voice-dial software, but I've found that the treo does not connect the voice dial software to the bluetooth headset, so instructions are not heard through the headset and the headset microphone is ignored for voice dialing. Others have apparently had the same issue, from what I've seen posted in this forum and on other fora as well.
The only method I've heard of anyone successfully using a bluetooth headset for voice dialing with a Treo is to bypass the Treo Bluetooth Handsfree mode, purchase an extra bluetooth adapter meant to add bluetooth capabilities to non-bluetooth phones, and then pair the headset with that adapter. This adapter typically costs $10-20, but is sort of big and must clip to your phone or to your belt. This adapter plugs itself into the treo's headset jack and simulates a wired headset. Apparently this mode works well, for yet more cost and additional bulk with makes it difficult to fit the phone into standard casings and/or take the phone out to work with the PDS without unplugging it.
One such adapter is the Cardo "Node" (http://www.cardowireless.com/node/434), but you can't buy it from their website anymore so I'm looking for other options.
I've heard that Jabra also has one, but I'm not sure of the model number, price, or form-factor.
Am I on track with this? This just doesn't sound right to me. I've seen postings that users have had this issue from the earliest Treo models, so I would have thought that Palm would have addressed it by now. I've always thought of Palm as a reputable and responsive company, so I'm hoping I've missed the "silver bullet" solution. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Many thanks.
Bob Smiley
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Sprint)

I hope Palm is listening.
It was good to see others as frustrated as I am about the Treo’s glaring deficiency – kind of a support group. I kept thinking I must be wrong because I traded up from a dumb phone and couldn’t believe my new palm is incapable of Bluetooth voice dialing.
The voice dialing companies all say it’s a problem with the Treos. I have asked the people at Palm and, though they are very nice, they haven't been able to help. The people I spoke with didn’t seem to understand what I wanted and then spent a great deal of time trying to find the answer. In the end, they confirmed: you can get Bluetooth with a Treo, and you can get voice dialing with a Treo, but you can't get voice dialing over Bluetooth. They didn't know if a solution was in the works.
I am really puzzled about this problem. How hard can this be? As Bob Smiley said, you can get a Bluetooth adapter to simulate a wired headset, and any one of us could superglue it to the Treo, but why?
It seems to me that this is such a basic function that, especially with all the upgrades, they should be able to fix it easily. My impression is that no one at Palm is working on this and that no one is scheduled to work on this, but I hope I’m wrong.
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Verizon)
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Verizon)

Voice Dialing Software

Is there a version available that allows one to speak to the software and be understood in English and not a southern US drawl?
If I ask the software to dial the mobile number it does not understand 'mo-bile' to be understand you have to pronounce it like the oil company as 'mo-bil' and so on.
This dialect makes the software almost unusable if one is pronouncing English as it is used in England or most parts of Canada. Oh, and forget trying to make it understand the name Verreault or similar French Canadian names.

are you referring to the Voice dial Command that is shipped with your device?
You can try VLingo ; it's not available for the Storm yet, but I installed the Bold version. Does not work very well with a french accent, but maybe better with yours. It's free so you can give it a try.
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Voice Dialing problems with Galaxy S3

One of the critical safety features of any phone is the ability to place a call by voice command while driving.
The Samsung Galaxy S III has two major failings in supporting this basic need. Problems with S Voice and problems placing calls from a locked phone using a bluetooth headset.
S Voice supports voice dialing, although rather poorly. S Voice is slow to process what I've said (unlike voice typing in every other app) and frequently fails due to "network error".
But worst of all, if I set S Voice to never auto-dial (because I want to confirm that it hasn't misrecognized who I am trying to call), rather than reading me the name it matched and asking me if I want to dial, it only displays the match on-screen, which is useless when driving.
Even if I am willing to trust S Voice to auto-dial, there is still a fatal flaw in voice dialing that I haven't found a way around.
In the phone app, under call settings, Accessory settings for call, Outgoing call conditions, you are able to set whether, when using a bluetooth headset, you are able to use the headset's call button to place a call when the phone is locked.
The problem is the phone's definition of "locked".
If the phone's security is set to only need to swipe the screen to unlock, this feature works as you would expect. However, anyone who is concerned about security of their data would never consider this setting as locked.
If you have your phone's security set to require anything other than a swipe, be it face recognition, PIN, pattern or password, you are unable to place a call using your bluetooth headset's call button.
In other words, there is no safe way to place a call while driving unless you leave your phone with no security.
Ignoring for the moment the significant shortcomings of S Voice for dialing, as delivered to the customer you can not safely use your Galaxy S3 to place a call while driving.
Has anyone found a way to place a call when the screen is locked with a PIN?
Better yet, has anyone found a voice dialing app that works on the Samsung Galaxy S3 as a replacement for S Voice?
Any suggestions on how to get the Galaxy S III to match the capabilities of every other phone I've ever owned will be greatly appreciated.

THANK GOODNESS, someone to feel my pain! LOL On some other forums, I have been attacked for complaining about S-Voice. All of you just described what I am going through. And like Adamant, I am probably going to take the phone back tomorrow. And, also, like Adamant, I don't want to! Dang it! I just want to use my phone HANDS FREE! I have contacted Verizon, Samsung and Jawbone and am more confused than before. Samsung said my phone was too smart for my bluetooth! And that there was nothing they could do about my phone not recognizing my sister's name. This is my favorite example: I say 'Call Rite Aid Pharmacy' simple enough. Phone says 'I can do an internet search for 'Call Rite Aid Pharmacy' !!!!!!!! About enough to make me want an iPhone! not really. But I am going to trade 'down' for a Razr Maxx, I think?
I had no problems with my MOTO Razr! oh yeah, one more thing...S VOICE <Comment deleted per the Verizon Wireless Terms of Service.> ...I could go on; but won't
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