Voice command / control

Macbook Air - New to Mac.
Cannot use curser to select / close windows.
Voice control is on & I am unable / unsure of how to turn it off so I can use my curser as normal.
I cannot close 'my documents' window.

command+F5 to turn off VoiceOver.

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Is there any way to control automator through voice commands?

is there any way to control automator through voice commands?
Im simply trying to program my macbook pro early 2011 8gigs ram to resound to voice commands using automator but I haven't found any discuss on the subject.

I have some AppleScript that expects a Pages (v5.2.2) document opened. It will then then speak the document name, and the count of words in the document. Or, I can trigger Speakable items and tell it to, "Switch to Pages" which it does immediately, because this is part of its repertoire of built-in commands. Then speak Word Count?
In Automator, I created an Application, in which I dragged/dropped the Library > Utilities > Run AppleScript action into the workflow window. I replaced the AppleScript boilerplate with my existing AppleScript code that speaks the word count, and saved the Application into <login dir>/Library/Speech/Speakable Items folder as Word Count? (without the .app extension). It can also be saved in the Application Speakable Items > Pages sub-folder under the general Speakable Items folder.
Next, I turned on Speakable Items in System Preferences > Accessibility > Speakable Items.
It took several tries to get a spoken result from the Automator application, but it did work. Even with a calibrated microphone, and speaking about 18 inches from it. About 2 successes for ten tries. If I just put the AppleScript (without extension) in the same folder, my success rate would improve to 5/10. You may grow very weary of the repetition necessary to get Speakable Items to work. A small pink text banner also appears with the spoken content in it — below the Speakable Items monitor on the screen.
Automator is scriptable. This means that in AppleScript, you can dynamically build an Automator workflow, and then execute it.

Can I use Voice Commands (Speech) to control the DVD Player?

Problem: I want to insert a DVD in the the DVD drive and use voice commands to stop, pause, play, move forward, move back, and quit the DVD Player. Is this possible? If so how would I do this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jim Minor

You can create a speakable item. Use AppleScript Editor (Applications > Utilities > AppleScript Editor) to write the appropriate AppleScript to perform the desired action, and give it a name which is the command you want to speak. Then, make a subdirectory in the Speakable Items directory named "DVD Player" and copy your script to it. You should be able to speak the name of the script when DVD Player is in the foreground and have the script execute.
An example script (Play.scpt):
tell application "DVD Player"
play dvd
end tell
Other commands that the DVD Player application understands:
fast forward dvd
pause dvd
rewind dvd
stop dvd
step dvd
go to \[ main menu / title menu / subpicture menu / audio menu / angle menu / beginning of disc \]
press \[ up arrow key / down arrow key / left arrow key / right arrow key / enter key \]
open VIDEO_TS
open dvd video folder
play next chapter
play bookmark
play named bookmark
play video clip
play named video clip
exit clip mode
obscure cursor
eject dvd
The DVD Player application also has a bunch of properties related to chapters, titles, subtitles, etc.

Landrover Evoque and Voice Commands - iOS 7 / iPhone 5S problems

I have a Landrover Evoque which has Voice Controls.
I also have iOS 7.0.3 and the iPhone 5S.
Before the upgrade to phone and iOS the voice controls worked fine in that it could call a contact based upon voice recognition in the car.
All worked fine until the new software upgrade.
However, if I press the Voice Command button and say 'Phone Call Contact" it returns a response "No Handset Connected" and fails.
However the phone is connected via Bluetooth and ALL of the contacts have been downloaded to the car address book.
Anybody else have this?
Anybody know of a fix?
In case anybody asks - the Bluetooth has paired ok, mad it will make and receive calls - it also will play the music through the Bluetooth.
However this is now more unsafe than it was before.

No.
You can try a reset, hold down the home/sleep button together until you see the apple logo and then release, then wait for the phone to boot back up.
or on your phone settings - general - reset - reset network settings - you will have to re enter password for known wifi.

Is there a way to turn on/off 3G for iPhone 4S with a voice command and/or without Siri?

For example, I almost always have 3G turned off on my iPhone 4S so that I won't use any of my cellular data when not needed. However, when I'm driving, and I need to use Maps for directions, it would be nice to unlock the iPhone by voicing my PIN and using a voice command to turn on 3G and accessing Maps.
Is there already a way to do this? I know that accessing applications via Siri will be capable when iOS 6 is released.
Voice Control should also be set to the default voice-command option when Siri is either off or when the iPhone does not currently have access to the internet. Because Siri requires the internet, Voice Control could be used to unlock the iPhone and turn on 3G. Once 3G is turned on, Siri can take over (if Siri is turned on in Settings) to access an application, like Maps. When finished, there should be a voice command that will "turn off 3G."
So, here's how the whole process could work:
1) hold Home button to access Voice Control and respond with PIN to unlock the iPhone - "one, two, three, four" or "twelve, thirty-four" for PIN 1234 (I'm not sure if people would want to say, "one thousand, two-hundred, thirty-four")
2) once unlocked, it should intuitively stay on Voice Control so the user can say "turn on 3G"
3) if Siri is enabled, it will take over Voice Control; if Siri is disabled, Voice Control will remain active, bu you should also have the voice-command option to "turn on Siri" (now that 3G is on)
4) a voice command to "launch Maps" - I know that this will capable with iOS 6
5) when done, hold Home button and voice a command to "turn off 3G" via Siri
Could this feature please be integrated into iOS 6?
In terms of driving and accessing Maps, this would be a lot safer and a lot easier.
Thanks!

Tell Apple:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
We're all users here, just like you.

I just got the iphone 4s and i cant figure out how to get siri to work it seems to be the old voice command. HELP!

i just got the iphone 4s and i cant figure out how to get siri to work it seems to be the old voice command. HELP!

Did you enable Siri in settings?
Settings > General > Siri > ON
If Siri is off, all you get when pressing the home button for 1 second is the old Voice Control.

My 2 month old Iphone is losing it's mind. It's randomly turning on Voice Command and calling people or turning on the IPod. It freezes up and won't let me go back to the home screen.

My 2 month old IPhone started randomly turning on Voice Command and calls people and turns on the IPod. It freezes up and won't let me push the home button. Any suggestions?

OK, I reset it several times and it worked fine all day yesterday. Today when I turned on the bluetooth it went back to the same problem. Voice Control comes on and the home button won't work at all. I have gone through the reset many times and it isn't working. How do I restore firmware as you suggested?

Adding New Applications to Voice Command on N95

Is there a way of adding new applications to the list of available applications that could be controlled by Voice Command?
I appear to have a pre-configured list that I can't add too.
I'd like to be able to activate Google Maps for example, but that application isn't in the pre-configured list of applications that could be set for Voice Command.

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Voice Command won't respond through earbuds

I just upgraded to OS 4.3 on my iPhone 3Gs last week and while as far as I know everything seems to be working fine, I can't get the audio response portion of Voice Command to work with my headphones plugged in. In other words, I don't hear the "woman's" voice when "she" should be responding to my request. For example, if I say "Play Artist Rolling Stones" the iPod feature will work fine (I can hear the music) but there's no confirming "Playing Artist Rolling Stones" response through the headset before the music starts. If I say "Call George", it'll dial the number but there will be no "Calling George" announcement. If I ask "What time is it", I can see the audiograph on the display move but it's dead silence in the headphones. The earphones (and I've tried a couple of different ones with the same results) work just fine for listening to music, etc., and the microphone on the wire is definitely working (Voice Command works perfectly through the mic on the earphones to control music or dial phone calls). It's not a permanent thing because if I pull the plug out, Voice Command functions normally through the speaker (including the confirmatory response).
Is this a known bug with iOS 4.3? Should I restore the earlier version of iOS? Is there some setting I don't know about?
Thanks,
Nick

It's hard to believe that nobody figured this out! I finally found the answer by doing a search of the 'Net, which of course led me back to this discussion group. Apparently the installation of the latest version of iOS caused my iPhone to reset some of the volume controls. A contributor ("dkorakek") to this forum answered this very same question back in 2009 (see below excerpt). For those who find themselves in the same boat, the answer is to simply launch a voice command through the mic on the earphones and even if you don't hear the response, immediately start hitting the "up" button for volume control. If your experience parallels mine, you'll see that the volume for the headphones when in Voice Command mode only is basically at zero when you start but will go up to whatever you want. The volume adjustment can't be done without the earphone plugged in and a Voice Command being performed since changes to the level will only apply to the mode the phone is currently in (e.g., music through speaker, music through earphones, Voice Command through speaker, Voice Command through earphones, etc.). I never realized that the iPhone allowed the volume to be set individually for so many different functions. Who knew?????
Hope this helps someone!
Nick
P.S.: Thanks again to "dkoralek"!
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From: dkoralek
Posts: 5
From: NC
Registered: Sep 29, 2007
Re: Voice Command doesn't repeat the info back!
Posted: Sep 6, 2009 8:31 AM in response to: Lixard52
I had this problem and realized what caused it. Like everything on the iPhone, volume can be set for almost every function separately (both with headphones, with the external speaker separately). When I had this problem, if I was using the external speaker, she would repeat my commands, the beep would sound, etc.), but nothing with the headphones (and in the back of my mind I noticed that it would vibrate when I enabled voice commands). What you might try is activating voice commands (holding the button) and then when the blue screen comes up, adjust the volume up. THis did the trick for me.
Cheers.
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HT4623 I have just activated voice command then i can't scrool down . It is letting me in trouble. Need Help.

Whenever I open any game the game automatically closes. Then I open setting and saw that there is a voice command then I activated the voice command after that I can't scroll down the page so I want to OF this thing. Help Me Please. This is letting me in big trouble.

There is no Voice Command. there is Voice Control when you can control the Music app via voice commands. There is Also Voice Over whe the iPod spped the commands to you.
You may have the accessibility VoiceOver feature turned on.
Triple click the home button and try going to Settings>General>Accessibility and turn VoiceOver off. You may have to use three fingers to scroll the screen to get there. If problems see the following for how to turn off via iTunes:
iPhone: Configuring accessibility features (including VoiceOver and Zoom)

Computer wont recognize voice commands

I have been trying to calibrate my computer for voice commands, even when I am able to say the command examples and get my voice to the green but try for real my computer wont recognize any or most of my commands in any way either by holding a key down or saying a key word before commanding. I have an oklahoma accent but still my accent is not heavy. Any solutions?

In the Speakable Items window, click on the purple circle w/the black "?" mark in the middle. That is a Help button.
If you do not find a solution on the window that opens, make sure you click on the links at the bottom of the window:
*Adapting speech recognition to your environment*
*Using spoken commands to control your computer*
Consider updating your OS to the last Leopard version which I believe is OS 10.5.8. Your current OS is outdated.

Voice command doesn't seem to recognize my voice

Voice command comes up, as advertised, and I give it a command, speaking slowly and clearly. It then repeats a command that has nothing to do with what I've said and goes about executing its own wish (unless I cancel). I'll say: "Play Good Vibrations," and it will say: "calling 800 555 1212," or it will pick some other song with no relation whatsoever to the desired command. Is there some way to train voice command to behave better?

You have to use the right commands. There's a list of the built-in commands on page 38 of the Users Guide: http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf
You can't play a specific song using voice control, only play artist (name), play album (name), or play playlist (name).

When can we expect support for voice/speech controlled browsing?

I love Mozilla Firefox, but I want to start using Windows-based voice commands to control the browser. I'm currently running Firefox 3.6.13 on an Windows XP Professional Tablet Edition machine and using the OS's built-in speech recognition software. This gives me some control within Firefox, but there is always a question about what to say to effect basic things, like "close tab" or "next tab" or to select a Google search result.

I did follow the directions, I did add the NameVirtualHost *:80 in httpd.conf or in the temporaryfix.conf, I have also add the ServerName www.example.com in 0000_any_80_.conf... But nothing work and I always get the default page instead of each site.
I must admit that I am very frustrated by this, but if the service Web Server in the Server.app shows the 3 sites and the View Document Root Contents point to the right directory; to me it seems that Server.app has a major bug.
I don't seen any recognition of the problem nor a time schedule for a fix.

Ignore voice commands / Speech Recognition Server timeout

I'm fairly new to AppleScript but I've found it really entertaining and gloriously simple to pick up so far. I've been using it mostly to make my own speakable items for the Mac's voice control, and I've managed to write some basic things like voice commands to set/change volume and brightness. My goal at this point is to be able to do the majority of things I want to do on my computer by voice only. Sue me - I just rewatched Iron Man and I really wish I had a JARVIS system right now.
This means that the computer must always be listening for commands (I have set it to 'listen continuously with keyword', and set the keyword as 'optional before commands'). It defeats the purpose if I have to walk over and hit a key to start listening for commands. At the same time, I don't want to have to speak a keyword, because I will invariably forget to do so and it's also an added hassle (especially when I have several commands to say - I don't want to have to say the keyword before each command).
You might have an idea of where this is going. Obviously, if the computer is always listening, it will pick up on normal conversation and try to interpret it.
I could just deactivate voice commands when I'm not using it, but as I said earlier, I don't want to have to either hit a key or say a keyword. In other words, I want to be able to activate and deactivate voice commands by voice. Deactivating is easy. Activating is what presents an interesting problem, because if it's deactivated, how will it hear my reactivation command?
Thus, the first part of my question: is there a way - any way at all - to get voice commands to ignore commands until given some keyword, short of literally changing its settings to listen for a keyword before the command?
I decided to try to use speech recognition. This must, I think, be involved in some way, because as I said earlier, this presents the unique problem of having voice commands deactivated yet still able to recognise the reactivation command. I had noticed that while the computer is listening for a specific command, it ignores anything that isn't what it is listening for. I tried to use this to my advantage and wrote a script to listen for a reactivation command; until the reactivation command was given, the computer would ignore everything else. The problem is that the speech recognition server times out after two minutes. I have tried to increase this, but to no avail (see below for my attempts).
Thus, the second part of my question: assuming there is no other answer to my first question, is there a way to get speech recognition to listen indefinitely?
Here are the two things I tried to make the timeout last longer, specifically for five minutes (300 seconds) in both cases. Neither worked; both timed out after 120 seconds.
tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
set userinput to listen for {"resume voice commands"} giving up after 300
end tell
and
with timeout of 300 seconds
set userinput to listen for {"resume voice commands"}
end timeout

UPDATE: I have since come up with an alternate solution. I created two speakable items, one for 'deactivation' and one for 'activation'. The deactivation command uses UI scripting to set voice commands to 'keyword required' mode (i.e. the keyword is required before each command); the activation command simply sets it back to 'keyword optional' mode.
I figure that as long as I choose a keyword that's unique enough that it (and things that sound like it) won't come up too often in conversation, the computer will ignore anything I say once I activate the keyword requirement. Then, I only need to say the keyword once along with the reactivation command to bring it out of this 'ignore commands' state.
In a way, this is actually better, because it allows me to continue to use voice commands if I really need to, as opposed to having to say the reactivation command to get my computer to listen to me, saying my intended command, and then saying the deactivation command to make it ignore me again.
All the same, if anyone has answers to any of my two original questions, please don't hesitate to share your knowledge! It might come in handy later!

Does the voice command for the iphone 3gs free?

does the voice command for iphone 3gs free?

Yes, it is part of the operating system. Check your user guide in your safari bookmarks about how to use voice controls.

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