Let's "talk"

David328M-Sport · 10-25-2012, 10:45 PM

about voice commands.

Is there anyone out there using them?

I had restricted voice commands in my E90, but I'm faced with a wide variety in my F30. I don't even think it's been discussed much on the main board.

So, where do we start?

MikeVictor · 10-26-2012, 01:00 AM

Where do you want to start?

Failing that, tell me about your father.

dcg71 · 10-26-2012, 01:19 AM

Start with the appendix in the user manual

I use it for the Nav mainly. Its actually really good a recognising suburb and street names (less so at repeating them back!). I also use it for changing the split screen displays. For the media stuff I tend to use the scroll wheel and the cluster display.

Its definately a big improvement over the last generation though.

David328M-Sport · 10-26-2012, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Dabaitu

Failing that, tell me about your father.

Well, he was born in Romania in 1928, looks like he's in his 60's (he walks kms almost daily) and is thoroughly enjoying his retirement years with my mum taking cruises & playing local lawn bowls.

Anything else?

Sephanite · 10-26-2012, 06:19 AM

i use the voice commands quite often. For nav, it is not as good as my samsung but oh well.

Sherweeeny · 10-26-2012, 08:43 AM

All I do is say "saved station 1-2-3-4" and I laugh when it's repeated back and takes an hour to do so. She also sounds like she could cop a good root or two... She needs to let her hair loose

David328M-Sport · 10-26-2012, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherweeeny

She also sounds like she could cop a good root or two... She needs to let her hair loose

The E90's lady is a real lady's recording. The F30's is digital and a backwards step. Another thing I will miss from the E90.

MikeVictor · 10-26-2012, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David328M-Sport

Well, he was born in Romania in 1928, looks like he's in his 60's (he walks kms almost daily) and is thoroughly enjoying his retirement years with my mum taking cruises & playing local lawn bowls.

Anything else?

No.

fd80 · 10-26-2012, 04:56 PM

I use it to dial names from my phone book. Seems to work really well for me, even dialling by saying a number works great.

Sherweeeny · 10-26-2012, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ij05

I use it to dial names from my phone book. Seems to work really well for me, even dialling by saying a number works great.

So what do you say to it exactly for it to dial a contact from your phone book?

David- that's a shame, but there must be a reason, like maybe there's too many functions to say be able to record

fd80 · 10-26-2012, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherweeeny

So what do you say to it exactly for it to dial a contact from your phone book?

David- that's a shame, but there must be a reason, like maybe there's too many functions to say be able to record

Press Button
"Phonebook"
- It says [say a name]
"Smith, John" (I have my names in surname,firstname)
It confirms
and then "yes"

J1n · 10-27-2012, 01:33 AM

I've gotto admit that I've been manually entering my dam nav addresses.. I'll try the voice command approach next

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