Hi there. I am throughougly enjoying my Xperia Z (an upgrade from iPhone 5). The only thing I miss from iPhone was that while I was riding my bike, I would be able to speak to Siri and request her to play specific songs or artists for me on the go. I can't seem to get this feature to work on Android.
What I'm looking for: A feature that with the press of a button on a handset/headset enables you to talk to your phone and request it to play a song.
Can this be done?
Thanks.
Does Voice Search do it?
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Seaclean said:
Hi there. I am throughougly enjoying my Xperia Z (an upgrade from iPhone 5). The only thing I miss from iPhone was that while I was riding my bike, I would be able to speak to Siri and request her to play specific songs or artists for me on the go. I can't seem to get this feature to work on Android.
What I'm looking for: A feature that with the press of a button on a handset/headset enables you to talk to your phone and request it to play a song.
Can this be done?
Thanks.
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try with an app like "EVA - virtual assistent"
Google now works for me
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Google now works for me
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Yea, android version of Siri is Google now, you can easily access it sliding with your finger from home button down your screen to the any place on top.
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Plus one for Google now Def plays songs, videos,answers questions,checks calender,sets reminders,makes calls,emails,texts,really everything siri does but not as much personality plus the cards are useful and it seams as each update improves it
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I use Robin - the Siri Challenger. Check the play store for it.
Thanks so much for your feedback, everyone. I recall having issues getting the android default voice assistant to play me music on the go. Can anyone 100 % confirm any voice assistant (default or otherwise) being able to playback music by vocal command?
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Seaclean said:
Thanks so much for your feedback, everyone. I recall having issues getting the android default voice assistant to play me music on the go. Can anyone 100 % confirm any voice assistant (default or otherwise) being able to playback music by vocal command?
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I can confirm Google now does for me,it's came a long way with recent updates I really like it,u can swipe up from the bottom of ur screen to open quick
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Thanks, Jonathan. I'll be sure to check it out.
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Hey guys I don't know if this is already posted but I'm just letting everyone that doesn't know that it works like it's suppose to
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It does work perfectly but it's odd that it's filtered out of the Market. You still have to side load it.
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can someone post a 3.1 friendly apk here for us then ?
danka
where are you downloading the apk from??
I just downloaded it to my phone and grabbed it for my xoom.
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so your saying google voice installs as long as we sideload it?
This doesn't surprise me, since the issue with Google Voice was the same issue as the Facebook Widget and that works too.
It seems Google relaxed the API a bit with regards to null intents
I just back it up to my drop box.. here's the link if you want to download it
http://db.tt/iQ6wlCy
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so i thought i would be able to get msg's on my tablet and my phone but when i setup my sprint number with gvoice i stop getting msg's on my phone and only get them on gvoice on the tablet
you can also get apps directly on your xoom by downloading from amazon app store. there's a ton of apps that work fine but missing from the market. and you don't have to go through putting the app on your phone then moving to your xoom, and you will get updates.
Yeah, found this out last week. Unfortunately, push notifications are STILL not enabled (you still have to select a polling interval).
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Yeah, found this out last week. Unfortunately, push notifications are STILL not enabled (you still have to select a polling interval).
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True :-( ... what are u using?
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what are u using?
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I figured 15mins was the best compromise.
One thing I did was change my Voice Notification E-mail from my default account to my GMail account, which means I at least get instantaneous notifications, but even still that's a hack.
FFS Google- you can't make this whole?!
Confirmed. It works perfectly. Thanks for the heads up.
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Umm' stupid question I'm sure but here goes...
If I install the voice from your dropbox does it replace the Google voice on the xoom? As in no more video calls, or does this just add capability to use the calling features? I'm so confused..
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Umm' stupid question I'm sure but here goes...
If I install the voice from your dropbox does it replace the Google voice on the xoom? As in no more video calls, or does this just add capability to use the calling features? I'm so confused..
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I think you are thinking of Google Talk. Google Talk and Google Voice are different apps
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Anyone else getting INSANE battery use from Voice? It's almost up there with the display.
Are u guys saying that you are being able to place calls from your xoom with Google voice?
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Are u guys saying that you are being able to place calls from your xoom with Google voice?
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no..u can't...u can text from it and initiate a call...but it will still have to call your cell phone to make a voice call
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Anyone else getting INSANE battery use from Voice? It's almost up there with the display.
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Yes I am. Might be the polling interval but I uninstalled it until there is a fix or an official release
It offers a wide range of options but the application takes a good 10 seconds to start and crashes alot.
Anyone else having problems with it?
Also any good alternatives?
Currently Spotify is your best bet. There is an update for Music Unlimited on the way that integrates it completely in the Walkman app, so just a little bit more patience
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Currently Spotify is your best bet. There is an update for Music Unlimited on the way that integrates it completely in the Walkman app, so just a little bit more patience
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Spotify unfortunalty wont download from the market as i cant find it
Also good to know about the walkman, any idea when?
Most likely with the 4.2 update, no real changes expected on 4.1. Should be somewhere before the summer.
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Hi all.
I use my phone for music in my car, I am wondering of what apps I can use to achieve not having to touch my phone to play, pause and change songs. Something that's voice activated. What can I do to get this ? I was thinking of using tasker to launch the voice app once the cord is plugged in, but how else can I do it to change songs?
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Found this awesome app called "wave control"
Absolutely amazing.
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this is the link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ontrol&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
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Found this awesome app called "wave control"
Absolutely amazing.
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hi
i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.
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i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.
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Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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You have to have Samsung apps enabled.
At&t Note III...& At&t G Pro
I did that too and mine downloaded but still Samsung voice. On Google map it used to be more human voice .
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Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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It worked fine for me I did that right away on Thursday.
Edit: make sure you open the Samsung app store first. Than it will work. ..
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Thanks, it worked. I had disabled Samsung apps
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Still have not been able to find a way to get the google voice back on google map
I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.
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I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.
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Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.
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Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.
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Yeah samsung voice is annoying and i hope somone will come up with a link to download the google text to speech engine or another alternative way to get the google voice back on google map
Any word on this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542 Here's your solution for root and non-root.
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Any word on this?
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Changed it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542
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in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free
I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.
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I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.
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that worked perfectly! thanks!
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in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free
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If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.
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it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.
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Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.
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Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.
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This ^^^ /Agreed. That's probably why it's called voice guidance
Voice sound
Google's map navigation function is pretty better than apple's. It shouldn't be lead you to lost at a different location.
Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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tmb993 said:
Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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This...absolutely horrible
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tmb993 said:
Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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Is this Google Maps navigation, or some other maps app?
The Note 2's settings let you choose between text-to-speech by Google or by Samsung. Does the Note 3 have those options too? Which option are you using?
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Is this Google Maps navigation, or some other maps app?
The Note 2's settings let you choose between text-to-speech by Google or by Samsung. Does the Note 3 have those options too? Which option are you using?
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That's exactly what it was. There is only an option for Samsung and to get the high quality voice you have to download it. I didn't even think of that. Thanks!
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I want really is the original google voice back ! Anyway to install it ?
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How is that solved?
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How is that solved?
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I would like to know also I hate the new voice.
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How is that solved?
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Read the thread guys, it's pretty clear.
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I would like to know also I hate the new voice.
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Read the thread guys, it's pretty clear.
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Wouldn't it be easier to explain then? I saw that mention of downloading one I would love to know what that is. I searched googleplay and didn't seem to find what I was looking for.
As Gary02468 mentioned, you have to go to the TTS settings in Language and Input. Then click on the settings on the Samsung TTS Engine and then download voice data. I guess in my mind what needed to be done was obvious.
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It's not clear actually the Samsung text to speech is not good we want to be able to use Google
The hd Samsung vs non hd both sound horrible
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As Gary02468 mentioned, you have to go to the TTS settings in Language and Input. Then click on the settings on the Samsung TTS Engine and then download voice data. I guess in my mind what needed to be done was obvious.
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Maybe it is an issue with my phone I go in the to the Samsung text-to-speech engine, go to install data, choose English High Quality, hit play sound exactly like what I want, hit download and nothing happens. It never changes to the high quality voice.
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Maybe it is an issue with my phone I go in the to the Samsung text-to-speech engine, go to install data, choose English High Quality, hit play sound exactly like what I want, hit download and nothing happens. It never changes to the high quality voice.
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Do you have a Samsung account set up? It downloads the data through the Samsung app store.
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I got it to work. I had to go in and reset my app defaults and now it downloaded correctly. Thanks for the directions!
I don't think this is actually solved, at least not what op was asking for. OP was wanting the original Google TTS that is excluded from the phone's firmware for some reason. The fix that you see above was addressing someone else's issue not being able to download the high quality version of samsung's tts engine.
Yea I hope theres a way to add google's tts in the near future as well.
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I don't think this is actually solved, at least not what op was asking for. OP was wanting the original Google TTS that is excluded from the phone's firmware for some reason. The fix that you see above was addressing someone else's issue not being able to download the high quality version of samsung's tts engine.
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I am the OP and what I really wanted was to get rid of the terrible, robotic sounding voice. The Samsung HD voice works great for me so I changed the title to "SOLVED". If you guys want to make another thread on how to download the Google TTS that's cool, but as far as my issue is concerned, it's fixed.
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kitsinni said:
I got it to work. I had to go in and reset my app defaults and now it downloaded correctly. Thanks for the directions!
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Ah I see. Glad I could help!
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As a side note, I was just using my GPS and for just one phrase the Google voice was used and then it switched back to the Samsung HD voice. Strange lol.
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