Google Voice Search in UK - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Downloaded the updated Google Voice Search with all of the new actions, but I noticed that it wasn't quite working as the demonstration video described.
"Listen to", "send text", "send email", "note to self" and "go to" all just launched the browser and performed a web search with the spoken statement.
Eventually, through trial and error I realised that if I changed the input language to "English (US)" instead of "English (UK)" all of the options became available!
Anyone notice if this is a Nexus One limitation or an application limitation? Couldn't find anything from Google explaining that the service would be language dependent. Haven't used it long enough to know if there is a big enough difference between the dialect recognition for this to be a problem.

Just seems to be a fail on Google's part really. I've set mine to both EN-US and EN-AU and it's fine.

noticed it as well- think they missed that one

Don't think they've missed it, found this earlier on the official blog earlier:
"Update (1:23 PM PST): we previously had not made the below downloads available outside the US, but they are now available. Voice Actions only work with US English speakers right now."
Not sure why it works on the EN-AU setting though, unless it's identical to the EN-US one but with a different name?

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Is there speech to text software for WM6?

Ive seen speech to text software for Pc's and desktops but i wanted to know if there is speech to text software especially for GPS software like TOM Tom7 so i can just say street address instead of typing them while im driving...will make alot of things easier for me while driving.
you seruous..141 people lookedat this and nobody has any clue of if there is speech to text software..like the one for PC that does the alien voice
this question has been asked before and it seems as if the answer is no.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=384503
However a work around that would involve time consumption and copy and paste, but would work for emails and text - would be signing up for a Jott.com account. Its free and essetaily you call a dedicated number for your account talk to the system and then it emails you a copy of the chat you just had. You could then pull up the email assuming you have it set up on your phone, copy and paste. This is a lot of work to simply be lazy not to type it, and i guess the fact you're copying/pasting negates the whole concept of dictating so that you do not have to type anything, but hey it would work. Just not so much for TOM TOM7. there i would recommend a service like telenav.com. they have a function on their gps software that allows you to dictate to it your destinations and so forth.
Only responding because no one else has. Don't consider myself to be an expert in this arena, but I remember this question being asked and researched several months ago. As I remember (at that time) no one found anything that is currently available.
Some interesting work going on out there - http://www.digitalfuturesoft.com/texttospeechproducts.php and I currently use Jott (not something that would work for what you're looking for, but a great service). Sorry I couldn't be more helpful - hope someone gives you (and me) a better answer.
haha funny as i was editing about Jott it was also recommended, awesome.
This is a link about a regular cell phone a few years ago that had this type of technology. You would think it would be available for PPC.
http://gigaom.com/2005/04/19/samsungs-p207-speaks-out/
Has anyone seen this?
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/yap
Anyone know if this is available for download anywhere? Looks like a great application, like vlingo for Blackberry.
Text to Speech SMS Reader (freeware)
Was searching for a text to speach SMS Reader on xda, didnt find one, looked elsware and found this freeware:
h##p://###.blondiesoft.com/software/mobile/TellMeText
replace # sign and download.Works really well on my HTC Gene
Sorry if its a repost....
there any chinese speech soft ware for text message .
but you can't speak chinese.
i am sorry guy ~
hmmm
shariquez said:
Was searching for a text to speach SMS Reader on xda, didnt find one, looked elsware and found this freeware:
h##p://###.blondiesoft.com/software/mobile/TellMeText
replace # sign and download.Works really well on my HTC Gene
Sorry if its a repost....
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thats the opposite of what he was looking for...im tryin to find the same thing...
my friend has it on his evo...he says what he wants the text to say and it writes it for him
TextSpeech Pro
Would this work
http://www.textspeechpro.com/
did anyone know any voice synthezator for HTC TYTN II?
I woudl like to use with different text sources like reading articles, emails, websites etc.
Is it possible to talk to phone to dial a number without earlier recordings? I have 500+ contacts and would like to talk to handfree kit.
[plaese help
moegdaog said:
Ive seen speech to text software for Pc's and desktops but i wanted to know if there is speech to text software especially for GPS software like TOM Tom7 so i can just say street address instead of typing them while im driving...will make alot of things easier for me while driving.
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Hello guys, It happens for me to be blind (not completely) so I know about TTS software. The only one good is the “Mobile Speak” from “CodeFactory”. There are some problems with this software for example:
1) It is not free.
2) It is expensive.
3) It can not be cracked (as I know).
4) It works with sim car lock.
5) It can not help you with the GPS because it can not read graphics. You need a GPS software that displays some messages as text and not graphics.
I hope I helped you.

[APP] Speechy Professional (and HOW IT WORKS)

Speechy Professional is now released in the marketplace and available for download at $0.99. New revision has already been submitted to make it up to speed at version 1.0.1 (Current Available: 1.0.0), so go download it now at: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/c75773d1-84a7-49d2-92a0-c2a52e0df0a3 and check often for updates!
What is Speechy...?
A translator you can really talk to, literally. Say what you need and Speechy will translate and speak out loud what you said in English for others to know what you really want to say in a foreign language. Great tool even if you're just trying to learn the language to prepare for your trip.
So when you're at the Airport and no one speaks English and you don't know the native tongue, you can say "How do I get to Terminal B" and know someone who speaks one of the 15 pre-bundled languages can help you. Why hire a Translator when the best Translator is at your fingertips and you're in control!
How is this DIFFERENT?
1). Mic/Recording Input
Simple! Our voice input function that grabs the audio you speak either close or whichever distance you may be and takes the input from the phone Mic. When using your "Mic", we've designed our own Equalizer that is built-in that actually has various functions and decreases/increases pitch, balance, volume and other aspects to obtaining the audio you speak in which it also breaks it up in to a bunch of "chunks" and sending it via Internet (Wifi Connection or 3G Required) in multiple parts to then have it run through a Speech Server where it is analyzed in each segment of your Mono input (Never Stereo).
2). Cloud Speech Server
When your multiple chunks are each processed one-by-one for better understanding, they are first run under another synthesizer to turn everything flat (Bass, Treble, Pitch/Frequency, etc...) and another technique that let's us better understand what you say, even if you have an accent to the best we can and as each few moments are separated, it allows us to promptly guess what each word is being said and if quickly it fails a built-in/server-run spelling database (Query's originally from Bing!) and if it is still valid it will continue on to check to see if it can find the next best thing using the 2nd Dictionary aka "Phrases" which uses a form of AutoComplete for quicker search which is why you may notice sometimes a little bit of lag time/timely response as it is doing it's very best to try and be 100% accurate.
e.g. "This is a test" may normally be recognized by other Speech Services as "This is a pest". In this case the word "pest" could be valid as it is a US-English Dictionary word but we have one last pass-through that has most common American English phrases that currently only has around 2,000+ but as people report more what they've tried to say and hasn't worked we can add it to the 2nd dictionary for accuracy.
3). Translated Voice Download
Once everything is assumed to be as accurate as possible it will then pass the string through the Bing Translator API and in this case grab the audio from the Bing Translator service and pass it through the App as a "Stream" to download it temporarily (removes every translation or application closing/back button pressed) but only to prepare for output in Mono or Stereo (where available).
4). Translation Output
Once the file is available it immediately streams back out at a specific pitch, frequency, mono playback but made a synthesizer that barely modifies the output a little more to make it louder and easier to understand/sound better on almost any device but more important if Stereo headset/playback is available where most App's just set Mono to Stereo for output but we playback in mono and modify it just a tad and again prepare it if Stereo should occur (Balancing the L/R Channels) but most may not even hear the difference in a loud room but the very least more clear.
Hope this gives you a better insight why a Speechy Pro edition exists for $0.99 where the free edition is awaiting Certification but doesn't have all the features for input/output or all voices available but also has Popup Ad's that aren't really intrusive as you can still record/view/hear with it popping up. Once we hit a specific amount of downloads in the pro edition, we will only continue releasing pro but freely but at this time unsure when that will be but it will just pay for the lighting/power, A/C, Internet, and misc items that we needed to build this.
Thanks!
*SPECIAL THANKS TO (No specific order):
nok_fusion, scoobysnacks, NeilM, diboze, boz, buffalosolja42, mmian, rajivshahi, fuxinyou, wpxbox, and FlashTek95.
Thank you for helping test Speechy as you've been a lifesaver to have testers all over the globe!
No Trial Mode ?
wpxbox said:
No Trial Mode ?
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A Trial won't exist as the Free edition will actually be the same exact thing but with Ad's. No limitations as originally thought but if the user won't want the Ad's, he/she can go Pro but we felt it wasn't fair to limit anyone from usage. Just waiting for Microsoft to accept... One day...
Do you think a trial for the pro-edition should be added? If yes, we can always throw it in...
It will be implemented inverse direction translation?
eg: from Spanish to English
dormix said:
It will be implemented inverse direction translation?
eg: from Spanish to English
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In short, not at this time unfortunately.
works great! I left a review in the store; but I'll repeat my suggestion here: you should at the very least be able to replay the last translated phrase. Better yet, add a history tab to replay all previous queries.
Hello,
Thank you so much for trying out Speechy. We actually have an update that should be coming to your device very shortly that does allow re-translation. If you look at the Screen Shot's here, you'll notice the slightly different interface you have right now and that extra button does actually allow you to "Re-Translate" without re-speaking.
Where is the update? It is still being tested by Microsoft and once accepted, it will be pushed out as an Update. So check back here often OR check the Marketplace often for updates.
As for storing things spoken, that is a great suggestion. We will go forth an offer that as one of the option in most likely the next version for you, which won't be 1.0.1 (pending) or 1.0.2 (awaiting 1.0.1 release for this update to publish) but most likely 1.0.3 as this will have the "Options" button that has several additional things you can do with Speechy.
We welcome any and all suggestions as this App is for you, the end-user and as one of our customers we'd like to continue to satisfy you, so anything you'd like to see please recommend and we'll do our best to implement it in future versions.
Again, thank you so much for taking the time to try our program and especially writing a review, we do really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Lance
link68759 said:
works great! I left a review in the store; but I'll repeat my suggestion here: you should at the very least be able to replay the last translated phrase. Better yet, add a history tab to replay all previous queries.
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The new edition of Speechy Pro has been accepted and now in the Marketplace, go Update now or download directly at: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/c75773d1-84a7-49d2-92a0-c2a52e0df0a3.
What languages are supported?

[APP] Speechy (FREE Edition)

Speechy Professional is ALSO available in the Marketplace, see towards the end why you may wish to upgrade. Do note that Speechy/Speechy Pro have the EXACT same Features and ZERO Limitations as some have been going around trying to claim limitations exist (Note: Currently not valid as originally once planned or "announced" but was never released with limits, so we feel any word about limitations should be put to rest as officially it never existed and hope to clarify that as originally we did so to gain more exposure, which we successful obtained and apologize for anyone who bought in to it).
You may also hear our App is just "like" everyone else's or doesn't have "this" but this is a Translator meant to have 1-true idiot proof task, to allow you to speak and translate as accurate as possible (even if it may take a few moments). So go on, take the FREE download, doesn't cost anything but your time and read below while you're download. After using our App, you determine if our App is truly no different than the others. Hope this clarifies anyones concerns and confusion.
What is Speechy...?
A translator you can really talk to, literally. Say what you need and Speechy will translate and speak out loud what you said in English for others to know what you really want to say in a foreign language. Great tool even if you're just trying to learn the language to prepare for your trip.
So when you're at the Airport and no one speaks English and you don't know the native tongue, you can say "How do I get to Terminal B" and know someone who speaks one of the 15 pre-bundled languages can help you. Why hire a Translator when the best Translator is at your fingertips and you're in control!
How is this DIFFERENT?
1). Mic/Recording Input
Simple! Our voice input function that grabs the audio you speak either close or whichever distance you may be and takes the input from the phone Mic. When using your "Mic", we've designed our own Equalizer that is built-in that actually has various functions and decreases/increases pitch, balance, volume and other aspects to obtaining the audio you speak in which it also breaks it up in to a bunch of "chunks" and sending it via Internet (Wifi Connection or 3G Required) in multiple parts to then have it run through a Speech Server where it is analyzed in each segment of your Mono input (Never Stereo).
2). Cloud Speech Server
When your multiple chunks are each processed one-by-one for better understanding, they are first run under another synthesizer to turn everything flat (Bass, Treble, Pitch/Frequency, etc...) and another technique that let's us better understand what you say, even if you have an accent to the best we can and as each few moments are separated, it allows us to promptly guess what each word is being said and if quickly it fails a built-in/server-run spelling database (Query's originally from Bing!) and if it is still valid it will continue on to check to see if it can find the next best thing using the 2nd Dictionary aka "Phrases" which uses a form of AutoComplete for quicker search which is why you may notice sometimes a little bit of lag time/timely response as it is doing it's very best to try and be 100% accurate.
e.g. "This is a test" may normally be recognized by other Speech Services as "This is a pest". In this case the word "pest" could be valid as it is a US-English Dictionary word but we have one last pass-through that has most common American English phrases that currently only has around 2,000+ but as people report more what they've tried to say and hasn't worked we can add it to the 2nd dictionary for accuracy.
3). Translated Voice Download
Once everything is assumed to be as accurate as possible it will then pass the string through the Bing Translator API and in this case grab the audio from the Bing Translator service and pass it through the App as a "Stream" to download it temporarily (removes every translation or application closing/back button pressed) but only to prepare for output in Mono or Stereo (where available).
4). Translation Output
Once the file is available it immediately streams back out at a specific pitch, frequency, mono playback but made a synthesizer that barely modifies the output a little more to make it louder and easier to understand/sound better on almost any device but more important if Stereo headset/playback is available where most App's just set Mono to Stereo for output but we playback in mono and modify it just a tad and again prepare it if Stereo should occur (Balancing the L/R Channels) but most may not even hear the difference in a loud room but the very least more clear.
UPGRADE TO PRO!
Don't want a Popup Ad? Want the latest Bug Fix and Updates or new Features First? Upgrade to Speechy Pro for only $0.99 in the Marketplace now!
So what are you waiting for? Download Speechy now and see why you don't need to hire a Translator when the best Translator is at your fingertips!
DOWNLOAD SPEECHY NOW!
*SPECIAL THANKS TO (No specific order):
nok_fusion, scoobysnacks, NeilM, diboze, boz, buffalosolja42, mmian, rajivshahi, fuxinyou, wpxbox, and FlashTek95.
Thank you for helping test Speechy/Pro as you've ALL been a lifesaver to have and all over the globe!
i don't have english available into the app,is this normal?
nok_fusion said:
i don't have english available into the app,is this normal?
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My assumption:
It only uses English as input language. Hence, no option to select input language. The list of languages is for output language.
Note: It would be superb if you include the output text too. It would be a great language learning companion then
nice app!
Do you mean output as English? If yes, the reason behind it is the input at this specific moment only allows English and writes what you said so you're aware of what will be translated.
At this moment however, Spanish input is being worked on, in which case English output will exist for that Profile but Spanish output won't.
Thank you,
Lance
chaitanya91845 said:
My assumption:
It only uses English as input language. Hence, no option to select input language. The list of languages is for output language.
Note: It would be superb if you include the output text too. It would be a great language learning companion then
nice app!
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First, thank you for your kind words.
The 3rd edition in the "Options" section actually has the ability to dictate / translate to text but we tried to stay away from it but too many have asked for it, so we do what people want and adding it, which if you don't want to go to options every time for text translation, you can enable "Auto Text Translate" plus other stuff. Big update.
Also, we have a "What'd I Say?" feature that stores what you're said, would you ever wish to use this?
Thanks,
Lance
lseidman said:
First, thank you for your kind words.
The 3rd edition in the "Options" section actually has the ability to dictate / translate to text but we tried to stay away from it but too many have asked for it, so we do what people want and adding it, which if you don't want to go to options every time for text translation, you can enable "Auto Text Translate" plus other stuff. Big update.
Also, we have a "What'd I Say?" feature that stores what you're said, would you ever wish to use this?
Thanks,
Lance
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You are welcome
That would indeed be a nice update. "What'd I say" would also be a wonderful addition if one has installed the app to learn a language. If you design "What'd I say" as a table with columns of input text and output text and a small speaker icon that speaks out the output text, it would be awesome.
Note: Please consider using text as input if you are planning another update. It helps if you do not have a US English accent. Or am I asking for too much?
Thanks.
I appreciate your input, the release for the storage of items spoken is a bit similar to what you've described.
As for input of text, the only reason this may not occur is because too many of these types of App's already exist and trying to stay away from non-verbal input but believe it or not, a lot of people can't spell properly and when they manually input (Especially via Mobile Keyboard), if the word doesn't exist or in our case can't pass 2 "Dictionaries" it will fail and sure enough, you'll be seeing how horrible our App is and "They are lucky we can't give them 0 Stars" which it's not always about the rating but to continue development someone has to use it lol. *I have now wondered off the site and thought about what you've requested and took a look at other 'Translators' and the methods seem all the same which maybe it is something we need to maybe add to make a difference and offer a "Fix What I Said" as a small text-link for a custom Popup to request manual input and force the "Chat" keyboard to allow pre-determined words/instant spell check as maybe not everyone can pronounce specific words.*
The current edition was in fact intended for anyone who spoke "English" only and only because the current Microsoft Speech Server that we have doesn't support other languages, which is why we're building our own "Add-ons" to an already existing technology but the current language is Spanish to hopefully recognize and after that, whatever other languages are requested and if we can find a voice actor that is reasonable, hopefully develop it.
Also, you're never asking too much. If you download ANYTHING of ours, I hope you'd recommend anything you'd want or think you'd like to have added. We're trying to be a little bit different than the others and actually listen to what our End-Users say as we have nothing without the EU's, like you and makes your responses invaluable.
Again, thank you very much for taking the time to respond back, I and the other guys do appreciate it.
Thanks,
Lance
chaitanya91845 said:
You are welcome
That would indeed be a nice update. "What'd I say" would also be a wonderful addition if one has installed the app to learn a language. If you design "What'd I say" as a table with columns of input text and output text and a small speaker icon that speaks out the output text, it would be awesome.
Note: Please consider using text as input if you are planning another update. It helps if you do not have a US English accent. Or am I asking for too much?
Thanks.
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lseidman said:
I appreciate your input, the release for the storage of items spoken is a bit similar to what you've described.
As for input of text, the only reason this may not occur is because too many of these types of App's already exist and trying to stay away from non-verbal input but believe it or not, a lot of people can't spell properly and when they manually input (Especially via Mobile Keyboard), if the word doesn't exist or in our case can't pass 2 "Dictionaries" it will fail and sure enough, you'll be seeing how horrible our App is and "They are lucky we can't give them 0 Stars" which it's not always about the rating but to continue development someone has to use it lol. *I have now wondered off the site and thought about what you've requested and took a look at other 'Translators' and the methods seem all the same which maybe it is something we need to maybe add to make a difference and offer a "Fix What I Said" as a small text-link for a custom Popup to request manual input and force the "Chat" keyboard to allow pre-determined words/instant spell check as maybe not everyone can pronounce specific words.*
The current edition was in fact intended for anyone who spoke "English" only and only because the current Microsoft Speech Server that we have doesn't support other languages, which is why we're building our own "Add-ons" to an already existing technology but the current language is Spanish to hopefully recognize and after that, whatever other languages are requested and if we can find a voice actor that is reasonable, hopefully develop it.
Also, you're never asking too much. If you download ANYTHING of ours, I hope you'd recommend anything you'd want or think you'd like to have added. We're trying to be a little bit different than the others and actually listen to what our End-Users say as we have nothing without the EU's, like you and makes your responses invaluable.
Again, thank you very much for taking the time to respond back, I and the other guys do appreciate it.
Thanks,
Lance
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It is always nice to see developers respond readily to user suggestions. It is true that some users misspell words and then curse the app in the review section. The instant spell check/suggest(Google style) would be a nice way to combat this issue. Something like "Did you mean xxxx" after a failed search would also be nice.
It is good to see that you are working on a Spanish input version. I do not know if there is any demand for Hindi(India's national language), but if you ever need voice for it, then contact me.
Thanks.
-Chaitanya
Once again thank you for your input and kind words and the only reason for Spanish input is because in America, the country is being overran with Spanish Speaking immigrants that have no real desire to learn English and if we can't force them or any [non-English speaking] to speak the language of the country, maybe this will help and work with local governments on providing the solution and not have what's current, a problem (This way as they speak we can translate it ourselves as you must assume they won't have the software).
Sounds harsh, sure but the truth hurts and no one else is trying to resolve the issues or help prevent/alleviate them. As for Hindi, off hand I am unsure what our demographics are for this but I know we get more Indian downloaders than Italy, France, and etc...
Either way, thank you very much for the offer and I will pin you to our memo server as a possible voice actor/coach. Also we all agreed we're going to put in the ability to type what you want/fix what was spoken. We'd like to give you a shout out in the about page, what name would you like?
Thanks,
Lance
chaitanya91845 said:
It is always nice to see developers respond readily to user suggestions. It is true that some users misspell words and then curse the app in the review section. The instant spell check/suggest(Google style) would be a nice way to combat this issue. Something like "Did you mean xxxx" after a failed search would also be nice.
It is good to see that you are working on a Spanish input version. I do not know if there is any demand for Hindi(India's national language), but if you ever need voice for it, then contact me.
Thanks.
-Chaitanya
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lseidman said:
Once again thank you for your input and kind words and the only reason for Spanish input is because in America, the country is being overran with Spanish Speaking immigrants that have no real desire to learn English and if we can't force them or any [non-English speaking] to speak the language of the country, maybe this will help and work with local governments on providing the solution and not have what's current, a problem (This way as they speak we can translate it ourselves as you must assume they won't have the software).
Sounds harsh, sure but the truth hurts and no one else is trying to resolve the issues or help prevent/alleviate them. As for Hindi, off hand I am unsure what our demographics are for this but I know we get more Indian downloaders than Italy, France, and etc...
Either way, thank you very much for the offer and I will pin you to our memo server as a possible voice actor/coach. Also we all agreed we're going to put in the ability to type what you want/fix what was spoken. We'd like to give you a shout out in the about page, what name would you like?
Thanks,
Lance
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Thanks. That is so very kind of you. My name is Chaitanya Bangera. If you ever need me for voice, I would be more than happy to help.
-Chaitanya
Thank you very much and the least we can do for the idea you offered .
chaitanya91845 said:
Thanks. That is so very kind of you. My name is Chaitanya Bangera. If you ever need me for voice, I would be more than happy to help.
-Chaitanya
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Speechy 1.2 Update
Look for the new Thread labeled Speechy 1.2 Update.

How do you get AA to spell names right when texting?

I know this has probably been answered before, but I searched, and didn't see anything.
Is there a way to correct how google spells names when texting though AA? Like in my case it spells my name as Alan, instead of how I spell it Allen.
Does anyone have any idea how, or if you can do this?
Oh well. I guess the lack of response means it can't be done.
Its just an example that voice control sucks Android auto needs proper text input and output. I actually think this would cause less distraction.
Especially non English speaker might get this. Google can't get german street names right in almost any case. Also German surnames when calling. I try from time to time, giving up frustrated. and use text input on the phone
I have US english set for my Google assistant. I asked it to spell Alan/Allen, and it spelled Allen. I thought Alan is the more common name.
Nikorasu said:
I have US english set for my Google assistant. I asked it to spell Alan/Allen, and it spelled Allen. I thought Alan is the more common name.
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Unfortunately it spells it as Alan for me. If I ask it to spell Allen it spells it correctly, but if I say "send Matthew a text, hey this is Allen," or something along that line, It spells it as Alan.
Alan is more common for first names, and Allen is more common for surnames. As a first name Alan is listed as the #265 most popular, and Allen is #681. I like having a less common name, I'm the only Allen of the 1,200 people who work at my warehouse, but apparently for things like this it isn't great.
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Unfortunately it spells it as Alan for me. If I ask it to spell Allen it spells it correctly, but if I say "send Matthew a text, hey this is Allen," or something along that line, It spells it as Alan.
Alan is more common for first names, and Allen is more common for surnames. As a first name Alan is listed as the #265 most popular, and Allen is #681. I like having a less common name, I'm the only Allen of the 1,200 people who work at my warehouse, but apparently for things like this it isn't great.
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So strange that Google always spells Allen or Ellen for me. Maybe it's my Asian accent.
A few suggestions.
Have Google Assistant remember your name by typing "My name is Allen".
I have Google beta installed. Maybe you can try that.
Make sure everything is set in US English. Android settings, Google Assistant, Google voice, text to speech...etc.

Google Voice to Text gets things WRONG, especially punctuation.

I use Voice to Text a lot because it's just quicker for me.
Lately, like the past few months, I've noticed its getting words VERY wrong.
I'm American and I have no noticeable accent other than your standard live up north accent and like I said, it worked before.
My biggest pet peeves is that when I say "comma" instead of "," it ALWAYS gives me "oh,"... It just seems to randomly add the word "oh" in there now.
I remember something about voice to text learning speech, can you reset that crap?
I have to go back and correct like 3~5 words or punctuation marks in each message I send now depending on length.
Don't know much about that. But have you checked that your microphone is still good? That you use the right variation of English? Whether the offline language file is up to date?
I found those options in Settings->Google. But nothing about total reset.

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