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Android Voice Commands Android Voice Actions
Hey Droid phone owner, did you know that you can talk to your phone and the very fact that
you are talking to it makes it do stuff?
We are not talking about your normal talking on the phone here but we are talking about
using Android Voice Actions or what is commonly called Android Voice Commands.
These Android Voice Commands allow you to
tell your Droid phone to do stuff like Dial a Phone Number or make a call to someone in
your phone's contact list.
Or use Android Voice Actions to send a Text Message without doing any typing - Real handy
when you are driving.
Use Android Voice Commands to show you Maps like all the Gas Stations nearby or Pizza
places.
Here is one of my favorites, using Android Voice Commands to write and then send an Email,
all without typing a single character.
Use them to get Directions, or Navigate to an Address, Listen to Music, Send a written
Note to Yourself via Email, Find Websites online and Lots more.
It is all done with Android Voice Actions
and it is Free on your Droid Phone. So, how do you make it work?
Well, all Android Voice Commands or Android
Voice Actions start the same way... Using the Google Search Widget.
Press the Microphone icon on the right side
of the Google Search Widget. When you press on the microphone, up pops this "Speak Now"
screen. If you do not speak soon enough, it changes to this screen, giving you the option
to try again or cancel.
Go ahead and press the "Speak Again" side or just speak to the phone the first time.
You can give it a command or tell it an action to perform.
We will be following up this video with a
series of videos that show details on how to do many of the voice actions on your phone.
But for now, here is a quick overview of what
you can try:
Try saying the Bold Text that you can see here, followed by things that makes sense
for your phone. In this case, you will say "Send Text to" and then the name of a contact
on your phone. You will end up with a text message ready to go, once you have approved
it.
You can use Google's Navigation feature to get turn-by-turn directions to wherever you
want to go.
No need to look up phone numbers anymore, just say "Call" and then the name of a place.
This one is my favorite: You can send an Email,
including the Subject Line, and the Message, and who it is going to, all without typing.
You can get a Map of things in the area like
Gas Stations or Pizza.
You can go to website addresses by just saying "Go To" and then the name of the website.
And then, oh yeah, you have got to remember,
your thing is a PHONE so you can actually have it make a phone call!
This one is cool, it is called "Note to Self".
What it does is it ends up sending you an Email.
Similar to the Navigate function, this one
just gives you turn-by-turn directions on screen.
Or try using any other Google search - like
if you need a Definition you can say "Define Palpable".
So there you have it. There is our quick overview
of Android Voice Commands or Android Voice Actions. So try them out. Talk to your phone
and make it "do stuff"!
Like we said earlier, we will have some more follow up videos coming up soon.
Now if it is just not working right for you
- go ahead and leave a comment. We know of a fix that some of you may need, but perhaps
all the phones are updated now.
Let us know if it is working for you or not in the comments below.
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