I'm guessing this is an okay place to write this. Maybe there should be just an "Android General" area.
Anyway, I have two issues.
1. When I speak in a sentence for a text message, the first letter isn't capitalized. This annoys me as it is needless and shouldn't even happen with my "always capitalize a new sentence" function turned on.
2. In the voice input settings, I switched from US English to UK English, but it still puts down my words in American English where applicable. What is that about?
Bump? Also, can I report these issues to Google? Put them on the Google Code for Android? What can I do exactly? Are there solutions?
Uhh... help??
I don't really have a true answer to your question. But I just started using smart keyboard pro and when done talking it gives me a list of sentences to select based on what it thought u were trying to say. Basically saying that depending on keyboard used may determine if settings are handled properly. Try different keyboards
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So is Voice handled by programs and not Android itself?
Voice is an external application that is referenced by many keyboards.
That being said, voice likely returns a simple string of text without capitalization, so that's what most keyboards are going to display. It probably won't help to switch keyboards unless they specifically account for the bug.
I think right now, you're pretty much out of luck unless someone has fixed it with a hack or a special keyboard.
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Hey, my friend just got her first Android phone, the Vibrant on T-Mobile. We discovered when I was showing her some things that her voice input is censored. Has anyone else experienced this? On my Droid I can drop F-bombs and not get censored but on hers the voice input yields #### proportional to the letters in the words. Any chance this is part of Samsung's S-life UI modification or is this limited to T-mobile? My phone is an unfair comparison because it runs unbranded Android, but I am on Verizon. See my sig for more details.
I think if I remember right.... it was Google that did that. Weird you can do it on your Droid though.
oscillot said:
Hey, my friend just got her first Android phone, the Vibrant on T-Mobile. We discovered when I was showing her some things that her voice input is censored. Has anyone else experienced this? On my Droid I can drop F-bombs and not get censored but on hers the voice input yields #### proportional to the letters in the words. Any chance this is part of Samsung's S-life UI modification or is this limited to T-mobile? My phone is an unfair comparison because it runs unbranded Android, but I am on Verizon. See my sig for more details.
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yes, most android phones censor the voice. However you can turn off censorship in the voice search options.
It's a Android thing not a T-mobile thing and as they said it's possible to turn it off
It's not there for the reason your thinking, it's not to get you to stop saying cuss words, but can you imagine the trouble they would get in the first time the system miss understood someone searching for "Where to buy a duck"
I just did ############# and it worked, you just need to change the settings from the search screen
More specific on where this option is located?
30Glock said:
More specific on where this option is located?
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Settings > Voice Input & output settings > Voice Recognizer settings > Uncheck Block offensive words
daropedia said:
but can you imagine the trouble they would get in the first time the system miss understood someone searching for "Where to buy a duck"
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Almost fell off my chair lol.
30Glock said:
More specific on where this option is located?
Blueman101 said:
Settings > Voice Input & output settings > Voice Recognizer settings > Uncheck Block offensive words
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However this feature is only in 2.2, in 2.1 there is no option for this or under Settings>Search. So until we get 2.2 (via official update, CM6 or another) we will have to wait to be able to do this as by default, there does not seem to be a way.
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However this feature is only in 2.2, in 2.1 there is no option for this or under Settings>Search. So until we get 2.2 (via official update, CM6 or another) we will have to wait to be able to do this as by default, there does not seem to be a way.
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Stock android wins again!
lol jk
misticalx said:
However this feature is only in 2.2, in 2.1 there is no option for this or under Settings>Search. So until we get 2.2 (via official update, CM6 or another) we will have to wait to be able to do this as by default, there does not seem to be a way.
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Just turn off Safe Search. I know because I did it and it picked up on my profanity.
Turn off safe search, where? In an options menu on the phone?
I have safe search set to 'off' on my Google account, and it still censors words.
Improve your vocabulary. Stop limiting yourself with profanity.
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****, ****, damn - I feel better now ; )
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heygrl said:
Just turn off Safe Search. I know because I did it and it picked up on my profanity.
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Can you explain how you did this,i can't see that option under thee phone settings
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ERASED........
I found the voice censorship settings on my Galaxy S (Vibrant) [stock Android 2.1] by initiating a voice search, and then, once the list of results were shown...
Menu | Settings | SafeSearch
Thanks for the thorough work and input on this everyone! I'll pass it on to my foul-mouthed friend
still i cant voice to text an SMS while cussing all i get is ##### how doi i unlock this?
So I searched and couldn't find a direct answer basically here it goes,
I'm using CM7 and the gingerbread keyboard that comes stock. This has been happening since alpha and it slows down my texting. I'm a big texter, and I send about 25-35 thousand texts a month. So I need this to be fixed!
What happens, is that when I'm normally texting sometimes letters will automatically type themselves twice. Such as if I'm texting the word "always" it will usually come out as "aalways" and it looks dumb. I love the gingerbread keyboard but I might have to result in using another keyboard if this continues!(Does this drain battery life?) I don't want to use swype.
If there's a fix let me know! And I checked for a calibration setting and couldn't find one :/
Also happens to me. I just go back and fix it. It's not a HUGE problem, but it's there.
Happens to me also. I Googled it to make sure I'm not the only one. I was starting to think I had the beginning signs of Parkinsons. It's good to know I'm not the only one.
I've also noticed that there are times when the auto-suggest does not work. If you stop typing for a few seconds it comes back. And I've also had a problem with the keyboard not responding as fast I am typing and I have to slow down so it can keep up.
Did you try downloading a different keyboard from the market?
Yeah I'm actually using a downloaded gingerbread keyboard from the market. It just happens often enough to slow down my texting.
myTouch4G+Custom ROM
Yes, this is a frustrating reoccurring issue. Sometimes it'll even give you double letters of two of the first letters in a word, for example, "like ththis." It's especially ridiculous when it happens to only two letter words, like "to" for example, which results in "I'm going toto the movies."
I've filed a report with Google, so please visit the link and star and add your own testimony if you wish. http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=14755
I even made a video demonstrating the problem to show Google. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUZdvr6Pdjk
Smart Keyboard Pro was my solution. Got tired of always getting "toto" when I type "to." And I also always get the doubt first letter on the word.
I'm on an epic 4g and I have this problem also. If you turn on the language packs when you push space bar and a quickly it wont register the "a". This problem doesn't occur nearly as often when typing with the language packs off. Just another thing to add to the complaint ;-)
If I say "Send text to [X] where are we meeting" the Galaxy S2 actually tries to search that phrase instead of actioning it.
Any way to correct this ?
Voice recognition info (love it!)
Hi, Yes if you have the stock phone, double tap the home button to access the Touchwiz Vlingo. I have found this to be not only more accurate than the Google input, but I don't need to get as close to the mic.
I have found it uncannily accurate, and this is the first phone where voice recognition has been more than a gimmick for me.
such as
"Text John Smith how are you doing John question mark"
will give you an SMS window in Vlingo
How are you doing John?
You then have the option to resend etc.
Other useful ones like 'Show me a map of nearest petrol stations"
or
'Navigate to EC1V 2AA'
or
Navigate to the nearest petrol station.
Theres loads of useful stuff on there, I love it's integration in search, nav, maps messaging (text and email) etc..
Driving mode allows you to keep it in permanent listening mode (also an option under voice settings in Settings). Do as SMS come in it will read to you, an you can say 'Reply Thanks for the update' etc.
Lastly, but no means least, you can set your highly amusing greeting under Settings->Voice input and output->Voice recog settings->Voice talk settings to whatever you want. Some words work better than others, like Yo! What do you want dude? You'll also find options under this lot for chosing Vlingo or Google.
Have fun.
Peter
Interesting .. I played with it yesterday too .. unfortunately my English is not good. Vlingo mostly does what I want .. but Google NEVER ! It seems like it does not even interpret commands .. if I say something like 'listen to xxx' .. it sometimes does understand what I said .. but instead of playing the song, it sends it to internet search. What do I do wrong ? Is there some option to setup google voice search ? Is it possible to use it instead of Vlingo ?
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Lastly, but no means least, you can set your highly amusing greeting under Settings->Voice input and output->Voice recog settings->Voice talk settings to whatever you want. Some words work better than others, like Yo! What do you want dude? You'll also find options under this lot for chosing Vlingo or Google.
Have fun.
Peter
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@ DrVid, yes - see above!
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@ DrVid, yes - see above!
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Unfortunately no .. this imho affects what is used when dictating text. But when I double press 'home', I still get Vlingo, even if I have set this setting to Google.
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Unfortunately no .. this imho affects what is used when dictating text. But when I double press 'home', I still get Vlingo, even if I have set this setting to Google.
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Hi, yes you will. The screen you are referring to is always powered by vlingo, as it is part of Touchwiz as far as I know (and as stock assigned to the double tap).
This setting controls the default voice engine (not software front end), so theoretically when for example you are dictating a text you will now be using Vlingo. But this will not change you using the Voice Talk when double click.
As for your problem, you should be saying 'play music by', rather than 'listen to' Curiously this does result in search for me too, but only when I have selected the Voice Commands from Apps and not when double clicking into it??!!
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Peter
Ahh, cracked it!!
The Voice Control app accessed by double clicking home button accesses the same app, but will only let you use the set commands shown and a couple of other like maps. And for me always works well with 'Play Music' - not 'Listen to.'
Key difference between this and the Voice Commands app accessed from Applications is that that if it doesn't understand you it says it could not recognise command or similar.
whereas the one from Apps will run a search if it understood the words but not the command. Basically, two different implementations of 'don't understand command'.
Hope this helps!
I have a problem where my dictionary is no longer suggesting words that I've used previously (like the names of my sons). It's almost like it's stopped adding them. I can't find the custom dictionary file anywhere to check what it contains.
Anyone got any suggestions as to why this is happening and what I can do to fix it? I'm using the stock ROM with the default Samsung keyboard.
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I have a problem where my dictionary is no longer suggesting words that I've used previously (like the names of my sons). It's almost like it's stopped adding them. I can't find the custom dictionary file anywhere to check what it contains.
Anyone got any suggestions as to why this is happening and what I can do to fix it? I'm using the stock ROM with the default Samsung keyboard.
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Try going into setting->language and input->keyboard and input methods->selecting your keyboard and checking the dictionary
Thank you but where's the dictionary option? The personalised data option is enabled in the Predictive test section of the Samsung keyboard (which is the one I'm using) but I can't see any option for checking or editing a dictionary!
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Thank you but where's the dictionary option? The personalised data option is enabled in the Predictive text section of the Samsung keyboard (which is the one I'm using) but I can't see any option for checking or editing a dictionary!
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Can you send me a screenshot I am currently on 5.0 and its a bit different.
It should be there somewhere just gotta play with the different options of keyboard or dictionaries.
I think I found a roundabout way of doing this which is totally illogical but works. I had to set it to learn words from messaging which seems to have fixed it but I rarely use messaging (if it's just referring to SMS which I believe it is!)
Ruudfood said:
I think I found a roundabout way of doing this which is totally illogical but works. I had to set it to learn words from messaging which seems to have fixed it but I rarely use messaging (if it's just referring to SMS which I believe it is!)
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Seems weird to me haven't stumbled at this problem before
Today is the first time, since the Google Assistant update, that I've really text anyone.... I tend to use the voice to text feature on my keyboard for long text/posts. So when I use SwiftKey, I press the microphone and it brings up the "Google voice to text" and I'll say what I want, but when I look at it - t's in there 2 or 3 times?? I noticed it first in Facebook Messenger, then when texting my wife.....So it's not just one app.
I just switched to Gboard (Google Keyboard) and it does the same thing.... I switched to Swype and it's fine, but Swype uses it's own voice to text software (Dragon) instead of Google.
Like I said, this just started today and I'm not sure if it has to do with the Google Assistant update, or just something screwy is going on with Google?
Anyone else getting this?
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I've found several people having this same issue:
http://androidforums.com/threads/vo...ce-to-text-keeps-repeating-sentences.1124892/
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Well, it seems to have fixed itself over-night?
A little more insight into what it was actually doing....
When I would press the microphone (on my keyboard) and speak, it would put three variations of what you said in the field you were adding text to....For example, when I said the phrase "Testing one (comma) two (period).....It would come out like this:
Testing one, two. Testing 1 comma 2 period testing 1, 2.
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The error seems to be that it is typing out every single possible interpretation of what you're saying instead of the most likely one.
Like I said, it seems to be fixed now? But I am in a different location now (work vs home). I'll have to check it this evening too.
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I've found several people having this same issue:
Voice to Text keeps repeating voice-to-text keeps repeating sentences
http://androidforums.com/threads/vo...ce-to-text-keeps-repeating-sentences.1124892/
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Thanks for finding the thread where other people also had that issue. Various complaints were popping up in ROM threads for other devices and it's NOT a ROM issue.
Replied by mistake to this topic.....Disregard this reply :highfive: