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Does the lack of Hands Free operation bother anyone?
- Thread starter Dan Miller
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Visit this site for a "workaround" until (or if) the Droid is fixed in this respect.
Voice Dialer HF (DFXmobile)
Works as advertized and voice recognition is far superior to the native app. Works consistantly even over 20 feet from the phone with ambiant noise(still uses phone mic, not BT mic)
If your BT headset supports "media audio" it will work almost like real HF dialing, has voice control of apps too.
Voice Dialer HF (DFXmobile)
Works as advertized and voice recognition is far superior to the native app. Works consistantly even over 20 feet from the phone with ambiant noise(still uses phone mic, not BT mic)
If your BT headset supports "media audio" it will work almost like real HF dialing, has voice control of apps too.
I really miss my BT headset. My Droid has a case on it that is rubberized, when I put it in my holster its hard to get out because it's grippy. If I put it in my purse, then I have to dig for it. When I'm at work, I kept my old phone on my hip, and when a call came in my headset would beep, I'd touch the button and be connected; or if I needed to call a client while processing their paperwork, a touch, a "Call John" and on the phone I was. If there was more than one number listed in my contacts, a voice would ask me (over the BT) Call John at Work? I could then respond with a Yes or No. IF NO, then it would ask 'Call John at Home?' etc. until it went through the list of numbers I have for John.
With the Droid, I have to struggle to get it out of my holster, turn it on, unlock it, press voice dial (which I now have as a short cut on my main screen) put the phone to my ear, speak the phrase - which includes more info to say "Call John at Home" or else I have to press more buttons to select the correct phone number, wait for it to dial, then press the BT hotkey so it will go to my headset.
Talk about a pain in the neck!
I sure hope they can write some code that will tell the phone 'if paired with a BT headset, activate voice dial when input is received from headset. If call is active, when input from BT Headset is received, disconnect call."
With the Droid, I have to struggle to get it out of my holster, turn it on, unlock it, press voice dial (which I now have as a short cut on my main screen) put the phone to my ear, speak the phrase - which includes more info to say "Call John at Home" or else I have to press more buttons to select the correct phone number, wait for it to dial, then press the BT hotkey so it will go to my headset.
Talk about a pain in the neck!
I sure hope they can write some code that will tell the phone 'if paired with a BT headset, activate voice dial when input is received from headset. If call is active, when input from BT Headset is received, disconnect call."
Although I looked at this and it is EXACTLY what my old phone did (and loved), I don't want to reprogram my camera button.
Reprogramming the camera button is a seperate app and NOT necessary at all for using VoiceDialer HF.
BTW IF you do use the Button Shortcut app to reprogram your camera button, it doesn't affect the camera button when you open the camera, it still works as normal as the shutter button.
Very interesting thread. Yes, I'm terribly bothered by the fact that my blue tooth device can't make a hands free call. I find it very difficult, not to mention dangerous, to use voice calling by having to push on the phone.
I will be checking out Voice Dialer Hand Free.
I will be checking out Voice Dialer Hand Free.
Ed Blown Vert
Active Member
It bothers me since I now have to take my eyes off the road if I need to make a call.
Oooo I think I will have to Re-Read this site info more carefully because what I began reading was what I hoped the Droid would do - But when I saw the part about reprograming the camera button, I stopped right there.
Time to look closer. Thanks!
Laurence5905
Member
At least with a "leech" on my face, people know that I'm not just talking to myself. Were the BT headset invisible, they'd *know* I was crazy.
As for the lack of hands-free voice-dialing: Yes, it bugs the ever-loving $#!^ out of me. Every BT-capable phone I've ever owned has had completely hands-free voice-dialing in some form or another. Except the Droid...
However, having said that, I love the Droid for all its other features. This lack of hands-free voice-dialing CAN be fixed by software. And I'm certain it WILL be fixed, because so many people have complained on the Motorola forums, the Google Coding forum, here, and everywhere else I've looked. Plus, HF is rapidly becoming the law nearly everywhere.
So it's really just a matter of time before the developers get around to implementing it. In the meantime, I'm keeping my Droid for all of its other wonderful features.
And hey -- at least you can ANSWER an incoming call on your BT headset without reaching for the phone. So it could be worse...
Yes, this is a huge issue for me. I was somewhat amazed that it lacked this basic and fundamental feature. While it does not tarnish my view of the product as much as it does for some of the posters, I do hope (and am confident) that a software update will take care of this.
Not having owned an iPhone, is it true that all but the latest version lacks this feature as well (not that it matters to me)?
Not having owned an iPhone, is it true that all but the latest version lacks this feature as well (not that it matters to me)?
Voice Dialer HF is a noble attempt, but it's a stopgap measure at best for the many reasons already stated.
That being said, everything I've read on the topic indicates there are are no methods or objects in the underlying Android OS to support this functionality, even if the hardware is capable of it.
That begs the question: Is a fix at the OS level even possible on top of the existing Android code base?
And if a fix is possible, can someone at Google please give us a glimmer of hope by telling us they're actually working on one?
Like Dan Miller's original post above, I'm thinking it doesn't bode well that Google has classified this as an "enhancement" with "medium" priority.
That being said, everything I've read on the topic indicates there are are no methods or objects in the underlying Android OS to support this functionality, even if the hardware is capable of it.
That begs the question: Is a fix at the OS level even possible on top of the existing Android code base?
And if a fix is possible, can someone at Google please give us a glimmer of hope by telling us they're actually working on one?
Like Dan Miller's original post above, I'm thinking it doesn't bode well that Google has classified this as an "enhancement" with "medium" priority.