Voice Dialing

[weissman]

Can anyone tell me how to (or if it's possible to) voice dial on the Eris?

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

Can anyone tell me how to (or if it's possible to) voice dial on the Eris?

Press and hold the Talk button to launch Voice Dialer.

 

[weissman]

Thx! Just tried it, but it doesn't work very well. I get better results w/ long press on Search button to execute Google Search, speaking my contact's name, then screen pressing the result I want to call.

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

Thx! Just tried it, but it doesn't work very well. I get better results w/ long press on Search button to execute Google Search, speaking my contact's name, then screen pressing the result I want to call.

Yes, the voice dialer doesn't seem to work very well, especially with any extraneous background noise. Road noise is enough to keep it from working, which is a shame considering driving is an especially good time for wanting to voice dial.

But it is there.

 

[jntdroid]

I don't know if it's available on the Eris, but Choice Dialer has been an awesome app for me on the Droid - might check it out. Works a LOT better than the stock voice dialer, and you can do a lot more with it.

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

I don't know if it's available on the Eris, but Choice Dialer has been an awesome app for me on the Droid - might check it out. Works a LOT better than the stock voice dialer, and you can do a lot more with it.

Thanks for the tip. What is the difference between the free and $4 versions?

 

[jntdroid]

I think the paid version adds commands for opening music and what not - don't remember for sure. If all you want is the voice dialing, give the free version a go. But the $4 has been well worth it, for me.

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

Had about the same luck with it as the stock dialer. Comments seem to suggest that it doesn't work very well on the Eris.

 

[jntdroid]

sorry

There is also "Voice Dialer HF" (I think that's the name). My wife and I both had an Eris at one point and I think I tried that and it worked better than the stock voice dialer. I could be remembering wrong, but you might give that a shot, too.