Wireless headset how to make voice dialing. Voice dialing. Connected with voice assistants

One of useful functions in Android is voice dialing. By learning how to use it skillfully, you can save a lot of time and perform many operations without resorting to a standard keyboard.

This type of dialing will make it possible not to be distracted by pressing sometimes very small keys. This is very convenient, for example, when you are driving a car. To perform the necessary actions, you just need to dictate your instructions to the device. But this is preceded by several elementary actions that must be carried out in advance.

First, you should place the cursor in such a way that it pops up. standard keyboard... Click on the microphone icon and the device will enter voice input mode. This action is performed differently depending on the device and system version. In most cases, you need to find a microphone icon on one of the buttons (space or change the language) and hold it down.

After these actions, the voice input panel, ready to use, will appear on the screen. You can use it not only for calls or sets of SMS messages, but also in the browser. This is very convenient, especially when you need to type a long message to send or any other text.

At this moment, there will be an indicator in the form of a microphone on the screen of the device. Pay close attention to the red border around it. Its thickness indicates the volume of your voice. After pronouncing a word, it will be instantly processed and recognized, after which it will be displayed in a special field.

PC users who frequently use a computer headset may need to accept incoming call without being distracted from working at the computer. If the computer is equipped with a Bluetooth adapter (in modern laptops and netbooks it is already installed by the manufacturer), you can use headphones and a computer microphone as a wireless phone headset. If you need to use a computer to talk on the phone, but your PC does not have a built-in Bluetooth adapter, you can buy one inexpensively at any computer store. Outwardly, it is very similar to an ordinary USB flash drive.

Naturally, the phone must have built-in Bluetooth. Basically, it doesn't matter what platform your device is running on. In this article it will be about setting up a Bluetooth connection between a Windows 7 PC and an Android phone for making voice calls. Recommendations for connecting phones on other platforms will also be given.

Why Bluetooth?

The advantage of a Bluetooth connection over Wi-Fi is that it is weaker in power and, accordingly, more economically consumes the phone's battery power (hence the disadvantage: a shorter range). Obviously, the advantage of Bluetooth over USB is that you don't have to keep your phone near your computer.

Connecting devices

First of all, we need to set up pairing of devices and check if the stacks of Bluetooth devices support profiles: "A2DP", "HFP" and "HSP". The listed profiles are responsible for the transmission of sound from the phone to the computer and vice versa.

The easiest way to test audio services is to connect your phone to your computer while the built-in player is playing music. Every Bluetooth phone has a Bluetooth music playback function.

Pairing devices in audio mode

Make sure both your phone and your computer are turned on and discoverable with a Bluetooth device. Open the player in your phone and play a song. In the player settings, click on "Bluetooth playback".

The device will be searched for (some phones need to be searched manually). Select your computer from the list of found devices. A message appears on the phone screen with verification code... Confirm the code by clicking "Accept" everywhere. On some phones, you need to come up with a code and enter it yourself.

Also, a window with the same code as on the phone should appear on the computer screen:

If your devices support audio profiles, the sound will be output from the headphones or speakers of the computer and a message will appear stating that the pairing was successful.

A window with the settings of the connected device should also appear. If it does not appear automatically, you can open it manually by clicking: "Start> All Programs> Bluetooth devices> Your device name "or" Start> Control Panel> Hardware and Sound> Devices and Printers> Your device name ".

Audio services must be active in the settings window. If they are not active, click the "Enable" buttons next to both services.

Configuring computer sound devices

For sound settings on your computer, go to: "Start> Control Panel> Hardware and Sound> Sound". If you have several sound cards, select the desired audio playback device from the list and click on the "Default" button below.

Switch to the Recording tab and select the default microphone you want.

Managing phone calls on a computer

To manage phone calls on a computer, you can use your phone's proprietary utility ( Samsung kies, Nokia PC Suite, LG, HTC Sync and others). I personally use "MyPhoneExplorer" - universal program for Android devices. I have already told you how to install and configure the program.

"MyPhoneExplorer" supports several connection methods: USB cable, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. Since sound transmission is carried out via Bluetooth, it is advisable to control the phone through the same connection.

We connect the phone to the computer and open the program. Choose from the menu on the left phone book and the desired subscriber in the list to whom we want to call.

Click on the "Dial" button, the dialing window will appear:

We are waiting for the subscriber to pick up the phone at the other end, and we communicate using headphones or speakers and a computer microphone.

If someone calls a phone connected to a computer via Bluetooth and the "MyPhoneExplorer" program is launched, the incoming call will be displayed in a separate window:

Missed calls are displayed in a separate window, and a red handset will blink in the notification area as a reminder.

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Google Corporation began its activity as a search engine, and on this moment the search for information using mobile devices remains one of the main directions of development. With every update of the phone / tablet system, Google play Services and individual programs, more and more new functions appear to make life easier for the user. In this article, I'll walk you through the most useful voice commands, Now on Tap contextual search, and show you how to set up your phone to perform any voice command, including Tasker. After all, this is exactly what we dreamed about, reading the works of science fiction writers in childhood.

Traditionally, all the latest developments from the "corporation of good" are implemented on devices of the Nexus line. So it was with voice control, and with Google Now, a system for presenting information in the form of a set of cards. Behind Google Now, simple google search and voice search is answered by one application, that is Google. It is included in the set of standard applications from Google and is available on any certified Android smartphone.

Previously, voice control was only activated by clicking on the microphone icon while open program search (or widgets on the desktop). Then came the Google Start launcher, which made it possible to execute voice commands directly from the desktop (using the phrase "Ok, Google"). Starting with Android 4.4, the same feature has become available in other launchers, but only if the launcher explicitly supports this feature (almost all popular launchers do).

There are also several smartphones with an advanced function. voice control activated even if the smartphone screen is turned off. For example, the MOTO X contains a separate, very low-power processor that does nothing but background listens to all surrounding sounds for the subject key phrase.

Desktop search widget

Voice control

A simple search for information is, of course, the most important google function Now. Moreover, he is intelligent enough to understand the context, which means that commands can be combined into chains. For example, if you say: "Ok Google, who is the president of Nicaragua?", Then the search will return the answer "Daniel Ortega". And if you further ask "How old is he?", Then the answer will be "Seventy years." Google Now understands a lot of commands, here are ten of the most useful ones.

Maps and navigation- "let's go / navigation # name streets # number at home". Launches Google Maps in navigator mode at the specified address. You can also specify a city, store, organization, and so on.
Calculator- "thirteen percent of five thousand." Will give an answer and a calculator form in the search box. Voice can dictate addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, root of a number. You can also translate measures of weights, lengths, and more.
Sending SMS / Messages- "write SMS Oleg text I'm driving, call back later." You can also send messages via WhatsApp, Viber and several other popular instant messengers. According to a simplified scheme, you can dictate "message # program # contact # text". For example: " whatsapp message Oleg, I'm driving. " After that, you can also confirm the sending by voice with the command “send”.
Dialing a number- "call Mom". You can also dictate an arbitrary number that is not in the address book. With the command "call sister / brother", you can specify the number from the contacts (if written differently), then the next time the dialing will take place automatically.
Reminders and alarms- "wake me up on Saturday at eight in the morning" or "remind me to turn off the stove in ten minutes." You can also add events to your Google calendar. Events can be tied not only to time, but also to place. If you add "remind me to print the text at work", then when geolocation is on and specified address work (locations on the map) a reminder on the phone will pop up automatically. The regular timer built into the Clock app is just as easy to start.
Guess the melody- "what is this song." Will launch the recognition of playing music.
Music Video- "listen to (music) # group # song". Will play the specified music on Play Music or a clip on YouTube. Works fine with Russian names, but since English words and determines the performers, sometimes misinterpreting under the Russian language, it does not always work.
Photo / video- “take a photo / record a video”. Launches the camera in the selected mode.
Settings management- "turn off the wifi", "turn on the flashlight."
Notes- "a note for yourself the test password for the service one two three four". Add a note to Google Keep.

Now on Tap

The description of this service was given special attention at the presentation of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. And he was presented as one of the main features new firmware... But we received more or less normal functionality in Russia only in December. In the official Russian translation, it is called context from Now.

How it works? “When you launch context from Now, Google analyzes everything you see on the screen and looks for information according to that data,” is the official description from the support page. In practice, this means that instead of highlighting and copying phrases of interest on the screen, then opening the search and pasting the phrase, you can simply press and hold the Home button. After that, Google will offer suggestions for the found key phrases. It can be pictures, videos, an offer to open this place on maps, news. May offer to open the organization's website or make a call, open Facebook profile or view the Twitter account of celebrities, add a note. If there are appropriate applications on the device, after tapping on the icon, the page will open immediately inside the application. When listening to music from different applications you can call up about artists, albums, videos on YouTube and more with one click.

Easter eggs in Google search

Just like the desktop version of search, there are easter eggs in voice search. I will give only a few commands, the rest can be found at this link. Unfortunately, almost all of them work only on English language and with an English interface or with only English selected in the settings.

"Do a barrel roll".
"Make me a sandwich!"
"Sudo make me a sandwich!"
"When am I?"
"Beam me up, Scotty!"
"Up up down down left right left right".
"What does the fox say?"

Tasker

If after all that you have read, you still do not have enough commands to fulfill your fantasies, then with a little time, you can configure Google Now to execute almost any command. For this, we first need the AutoVoice plugin.

With Tasker, you can perform many actions: launch applications, control sound, run scripts, control the screen, manipulate files, press buttons on the screen, control media, make and respond to HTTP Get and Post requests, and manage advanced phone settings. And all this can be done by issuing voice commands. And with the help of many plugins, the functionality is expanded even more.

To get started, you need to enable the Google Now Integration item inside AutoVoice. In Tasker, you need to create a separate profile for each team or group of teams. As usual, I recommend turning on English in the Tasker settings to create profiles. For the test profile, we compose voice command mute the sound. To do this, create a new profile with the parameters Event → Plugin → AutoVoice Recognized. We fill in the following fields:

Command Filter- here we enter the necessary voice command, in our example: "mute the sound". If you click on the line Speak Filter, then the command can be dictated.
Exact Command- if you check the box, it will only work on the exact command, otherwise it can work on every single word or word form.
Use regex- use regular expressions. Allows you to configure the recognition of multiple words in one profile. If you enter "(turn off | turn off) (sound | volume)" in the first field without quotes, the profile will respond to the commands "turn off the sound", "turn off the volume", "turn off the sound" and "turn off the volume".

For the action, use Audio → Ringer Volume and Audio → Notification Volume. To control the triggering, you can add a pop-up notification via Alert → Flash and enter "Disabled" in the Text field.

The “turn off the Wi-Fi” commands work immediately in Google Now, and “turn off the sound” offers to open the settings. And after intercepting the command through Tasker and executing it, it still remains on the current screen with the request. Therefore, we will additionally add App → Go Home to the actions. Well, in order to amuse friends, in all profiles for voice control, you can put Alert → Say as the first action and enter the phrase "I listen, master". Then the phone will respond to commands with a voice.

Additional plugins such as AutoRemote can be used to control other Android devices. And if you put EventGhost on your computer, then with the help of numerous plugins you can do a lot of interesting things. One of the most useful uses would be setting up a smart home, but that's another big story. Joao Dias, the developer of all Auto * plugins, also has an add-on for your computer that allows you to integrate mobile device management through the Cortana voice assistant on your desktop.

A few tricks

Tasker is hardcore. You can do amazing things, but for this you need to master a lot of information, understand variables, regular expressions, and so on. For those who do not want to mess with Tasker, there are a large number of programs that use the capabilities of voice control, but have a more understandable and accessible interface and easy to handle. I will focus on three.

The program allows you to change the key phrase from "Ok, Google" to any other. Unfortunately, after one of the service updates and a request from Google, it stopped working with Google Engine, leaving only PocketSphinx. In this regard, only English phrases are suitable for a key phrase, but earlier it was possible to surprise those present by calling the phone “hey, you” or “listen to the command”.

Nevertheless, the developer promises to fix everything in the next updates. Other functions include the launch of recognition by the proximity sensor (two waves of the hand) and by shaking the phone. Like MOTO X, it supports recognition when the screen is off, but, unfortunately, this has a very strong effect on the battery, so it is relevant for a phone on charging or car media centers on Android with constant power. Works with a Bluetooth headset, has integration with Tasker, can read text messages.

Another program from the developer Open Mic +. It integrates with Google Now and allows you to use an extended set of commands. The list of supported ones includes the following: turn on / off the wireless access point, pause / resume music, next / previous song, unread SMS / gmail (will voice them with a voice), volume, lock the phone, take a picture, take a selfie. You can also turn on the voice recorder, control the backlight, auto-rotate the screen. With the root, you can turn off / restart the phone, clear notifications, turn on the "Airplane" mode. For the supported functions, you can change the commands to your own. It also has integration with Tasker, allowing you to enable triggering by the Task name for each task. There is a module for Xposed that allows you to use Commandr with Android Wear.

Assistant Dusya

And finally, the brainchild of Russian developers - Russian-speaking voice assistant Dusya, which combines all the advantages of the described applications and utilities. Like Tasker, Dusya allows you to create your own voice functions (they are called "scripts"), and in a much clearer and simpler form (there is help in Russian, video tutorials) and with more powerful functions for working with speech commands. In addition, it also has its own online catalog of ready-made scripts created by other users. At the time of this writing, there were about a hundred of them.

Just like Commandr, Dusya can integrate with Google Now, and also has many types of other contactless activations - shaking, flicking, headset, holding it to the ear, including his own activation phrase in Russian. And if you want to use the interface, then it is, very simple, fast and functional. Among the functions, there are 25 most frequently demanded ones, there is even control of smart homes and home theaters.

conclusions

Today functions voice search smartphones are very developed, and, as you could see, the developers offer us not just a set of commands to search for information, but a full-fledged smartphone control system, which, with some effort, can be integrated with a home computer and even smart home... So, if it's more convenient for you to manage all this with your voice, you have everything you need for this.

Last updated by at November 18, 2016.

- we bring to your attention a very practical and convenient application from the developer Hakuna_Matata, which will be appreciated by transport drivers, as using voice commands in this annex you can dial a number, call, search for the desired contact, plan routes, open programs, as well as VoiceButton will sound incoming calls and automatically turn on speakerphone and many many others. The program is activated using Bluetooth and a wired headset.

More about the program:

The application can work in two modes:
Normal - the mode in which the program will not talk to you. When detecting a contact with high accuracy, automatic dialing can be performed after the time specified in the settings. This mode can be used without a headset.
Driving - the mode in which the program will synthesize voice messages... This mode is useful when using a headset or when your hands are busy.

Modes can be automatically switched when the headset is plugged in and unplugged. Each mode can use your personal settings. You can launch the program using Bluetooth or a wired headset. Usually, to start up a Bluetooth headset, you need to press and hold the call button. For clarification, read the instructions on specific model... In some cases, launching the program from the headset does not work. The reason can be both in the headset and in the phone itself. To start from a wired headset, press and hold the headset button. For the launch to work when blocked, activate the item in the settings. For all commands, you can use aliases (words for automatic replacement). The program uses voice input and speech synthesizer built into the system. To search for places and navigate by voice, the program supports Yandex navigator and Google maps. Provides backup and restoration of settings, a list of aliases.

Working with contacts
To search for a contact, you need to start the recognition program and, after a beep, say the search text.
Contact search works by name, number or part of it, type, organization name
Example: Alexey Ivanov, Anton 911, Mom is home, Anton is a worker. You can use a pseudonym to accurately identify a contact. This function available online and offline.

Working with programs
To start the program, you need to say the command "open the application" + "program name".
For example: open the gallery app.
If you use an alias, you can run programs using more simple words... For example, instead of "Open the gallery application" you can say "show pictures", unless of course you create such an alias. Aliases can be used to open programs with complex names. This feature is available online and offline.

Working with Yandex Navigator
To find the nearest place, you need to say the command "navigator" + "place name or address". For the search, the Yandex folk card service is used. If you have Yandex navigator installed and the place is found, the navigator will be launched and the route will be laid. This feature is only available online.

Working with Google Maps
To find the nearest place, you need to say the command "map" + "place name or address". Used for searching Google service... If you have installed google maps and the place is found, the program will be launched with a route proposal. This feature is only available online.

Current time
To find out current time just say the command "time" and the program will tell you it.
This feature is available online and offline.

Voice dialing allows you to make a call by speaking the voice tag you have recorded for the contact.
Voice tags provide for making calls without dialing a number. Any words can be voice tags
for example names.

A certain number of voice tags can be stored in the phone memory.

The name should be pronounced exactly as it was pronounced during the recording.

Background noise interferes with the normal operation of the voice recognition system, therefore it is recommended to record and

Too short labels are not perceived by the phone; use long enough voice tags and do not

write down similar labels for different numbers.

You can record a voice tag for any contact that is saved in the phone's memory. Save or
copy the contacts for which you want to add voice tags to the phone memory. Voice tags can be
add for the numbers stored on the SIM-card, but in this case, when replacing the SIM-card, you will first need to
delete old voice tags and then add new ones.

1. In standby mode, press

and scroll to the contact you want to add a voice tag to.

2. Click

Details

, scroll to the desired phone number, press

Var-you

and select

Phonogram

3. Click

Start

and say clearly the words you want to record as a voice tag. At the end

recordings, the phone plays back the recorded tag.

The phonogram is saved

accompanied by sound signal... Next to the number for which a voice tag has been added in the list

Contacts

the symbol is displayed

Click on

Menu

and select

Contacts

Phonograms

you want to reproduce, change or delete.

If an application is open on your phone that uses a GPRS connection to receive or transmit data, close
this application is before working with voice tags.

1. In standby mode, press and hold the selection key

... The phone will emit a short beep

beep and the display shows

Say phonogram

seconds will automatically start dialing.

Information numbers and service numbers

Your SIM card may store information or service numbers that your service provider has saved.

Click on

Menu

and select

Contacts

Info numbers

Service numbers

... Highlight the required information or

service number and press

to call that number.

Your numbers

The phone numbers assigned to the SIM card are stored in the menu

Your numbers

(if this function is supported by the SIM

card). To view the numbers, click

Menu

and select

Contacts

Your numbers

... Highlight the required name

or number and press

Cm.

Contacts

Voice Dialer for Android

Start communicating with your Android device not only with your hands, but also with your voice. In addition to quickly calling a contact, the application can search for contacts in the address book of an Android device, call the desired contact, launch any installed applications phone, ask about the time. And you don't have to pull your smartphone out of your pocket or case to do this. Click on the button on your headset and tell your cell phone what to do.

If you are walking down the street on a cold-cold winter day, and your phone is deep in your jacket pocket and you want to know the time and listen to music, then now it is not at all necessary to take the device out of your pocket and freeze your hands. Give a voice command to your smartphone and it will tell you what time it is and will put your favorite track.