[retepnikrap]

well you can tell by my post that i have just got my hands on the 8300.
on the 8800 i remember going through a sequence of voice recognition to fine tune the handset, when i had done this the accuracy was amazing. how did you do that and is it the same on the 8300? it appears you can manually adjust +1 +2 etc but is there an automatic process where you talk to the handset?

i'm sure there was one on the 8800 !!

thanks

[AbbeyRue]

No training was required on my 8100 and the accuracy is amazing. I doubt that any BB requires training...including your 8800.

[John Clark]

Options >Voice Dialing >Menu Key >Adapt Digits (on the Pearl, anyway)

[retepnikrap]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Options >Voice Dialing >Menu Key >Adapt Digits (on the Pearl, anyway)

thats the one, ran through it and back to 100%. thanks

[rvashko]

Is there any way to train the BB voice recognition beyond the digit dialing?

I don't know if it's my phone or just my voice, but the VR can't understand me when I say "yes" normally. In order to get it to recognize "yes", I have to contort my mouth and say it like Edward G. Robinson.

Kind of a pain, and I look like an idiot when I do it. Is there a workaround?

[akg]

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Originally Posted by rvashko

Is there any way to train the BB voice recognition beyond the digit dialing?

I don't know if it's my phone or just my voice, but the VR can't understand me when I say "yes" normally. In order to get it to recognize "yes", I have to contort my mouth and say it like Edward G. Robinson.

Kind of a pain, and I look like an idiot when I do it. Is there a workaround?

Are you using a Bluetooth headset or just speaking directly into the handset?

[rvashko]

I have this problem both with the BT headset and speaking right into the phone. But the problem is more pronounced with the headset, even though I make sure the boom is not pressed against my cheek or is otherwise muffled.

[Tremo]

VR on my BB using the BT headset sux. Speaking directly into the phone is a bit better.

[NCBuckeye]

I must have got one that was trained, now if I could find a trained woman...lol.

[AlexKidd]

Well, VR on my Curve sucks. It understands only the basic commands. It's completely lost in my Contact Book of nearly 400 names. It gives up after three matches - only one is even remotely close. It makes me WANT to install Voice Tag software of some kind.

--Kidd

[mortys11]

so i guess you have commands like....


"call home see"

"call work see"

"call john's cell see"

[vinmontRD]

Originally Posted by AlexKidd

Well, VR on my Curve sucks. It understands only the basic commands. It's completely lost in my Contact Book of nearly 400 names. It gives up after three matches - only one is even remotely close. It makes me WANT to install Voice Tag software of some kind.

--Kidd

Strange... I've got about 380 names in mine, most with at least 2, sometimes 3 phone numbers, and it recognizes voice commands almost all the time - even with a bluetooth headset (using the Jawbone).

I'm a bit disappointed that they only allow very basic commands, even though this uses VoiceSignal version 2.1. A friend's Moto RIZR has version 2.0 of VoiceSignal software in it, and Moto opted to implement a slew of commands - even to the point where you can initiate a text message to somebody by voice command. But not in the Curve. You can call somebody, check your battery and check your signal strength, and that 's about it. But for whatever reason, the voice recognition works really well for me...

[AlexKidd]

Originally Posted by vinmontRD

Strange... I've got about 380 names in mine, most with at least 2, sometimes 3 phone numbers, and it recognizes voice commands almost all the time - even with a bluetooth headset (using the Jawbone). ... But for whatever reason, the voice recognition works really well for me...

Okay, while trying to explain my problem I did some experiments and think I may have just figured out my problem. For whatever reason, it wants me to say last name first, then first name - if I do that, it understands much much better. I do remember changing the order to Last, First in options somewhere for the address book and I want it to stay that way there, but when I call out a voice command, I naturally say first and then last names. Can I get it to understand it opposite of the address book?

--Kidd

[westonduke]

I too struggled with VR. I'd say "call John Smith" and reply would be "did-you-say-Lucy"? With much trial and error and too little intuitive reasoning I stumbled onto the solution. My Outlook contacts all have "titles" as part of the full name field(s) (so I can seamlessly address formal business letters). I found if I say "call Mr. John Smith"; it works every time.

[vinmontRD]

Originally Posted by AlexKidd

Okay, while trying to explain my problem I did some experiments and think I may have just figured out my problem. For whatever reason, it wants me to say last name first, then first name - if I do that, it understands much much better. I do remember changing the order to Last, First in options somewhere for the address book and I want it to stay that way there, but when I call out a voice command, I naturally say first and then last names. Can I get it to understand it opposite of the address book?

--Kidd

I don't see any options in the voice dialing app to choice first / last order, so I'm assuming it has to follow your address book options.