The same sort of sweet *** voice commands found on the new Droid should be implemented in Maemo 5 as well.
Not just voice dialing.. voice commands.
"Call Cindy"
"Find history of New York" to bring up a google or wikipedia search
"Navigate to work" etc.
I haven't been a huge fan of voice dialing before, but especially the navigation and search features on the Droid seemed very convincing and easy to use. I'd probably adopt them as soon as they were available.
I said this in a different post, but its more than just a do you want it yes or no. I only want it if it is implemented properly.
I used voice dialing (Voice Command on WM) a few years ago and it worked well enough that I used it somewhat frequently. However with the N95 the implementation is HORRIBLE and I never use it. It creates a synthesized voice tag that only gets matched it you talk like a robot from the 80s. Additionally, you can't assign it a different name/tag (ie Cora => Mom).
My point isn't to be negative about the implementation of voice dialing on the N95 but rather that the feature is only useful if it is user friendly and well...actually works.
I'm torn on whether I think that Nokia should provide the solution or the community.
If Nokia provides it, then it will likely be polished and stands a higher chance of being "well integrated" into the OS. However, if Nokia is "controlling" it then it will be less likely for those "if it would only do X" features to get implemented if X isn't deemed by them to be a high enough priority for them to apply development time to.
If the community provides it, it will most like be able to cater to a lot more of the nit-picky requests and can be developed/deployed at a much more rapid pace. However, it could get caught up in religious wars and "over-flexibility" if for instance there are two different voice recognition engines and instead of just picking one and going with it, they decide to make it an option and neither are fine tuned as the development effort is split.
All that to say, I voted for the community to provide it because if a good project manager can head up the development it stands a better chance of being able to satisfy a larger amount of user needs and if enough developers are interested in it, then it could eventually be a "killer app" whereas if Nokia provides it, it will most likely be just "good enough".
I said this in a different post, but its more than just a do you want it yes or no. I only want it if it is implemented properly.
I used voice dialing (Voice Command on WM) a few years ago and it worked well enough that I used it somewhat frequently. However with the N95 the implementation is HORRIBLE and I never use it. It creates a synthesized voice tag that only gets matched it you talk like a robot from the 80s. Additionally, you can't assign it a different name/tag (ie Cora => Mom).
My point isn't to be negative about the implementation of voice dialing on the N95 but rather that the feature is only useful if it is user friendly and well...actually works.
I'm torn on whether I think that Nokia should provide the solution or the community.
If Nokia provides it, then it will likely be polished and stands a higher chance of being "well integrated" into the OS. However, if Nokia is "controlling" it then it will be less likely for those "if it would only do X" features to get implemented if X isn't deemed by them to be a high enough priority for them to apply development time to.
If the community provides it, it will most like be able to cater to a lot more of the nit-picky requests and can be developed/deployed at a much more rapid pace. However, it could get caught up in religious wars and "over-flexibility" if for instance there are two different voice recognition engines and instead of just picking one and going with it, they decide to make it an option and neither are fine tuned as the development effort is split.
All that to say, I voted for the community to provide it because if a good project manager can head up the development it stands a better chance of being able to satisfy a larger amount of user needs and if enough developers are interested in it, then it could eventually be a "killer app" whereas if Nokia provides it, it will most likely be just "good enough".
If you want to assign a different name then add a nickname to the details. You can overide the inbuilt S60 tag by recording your own tag for the relevant contact. Personally I've had no real problems though it does pronounce a few names a little weird. Several friends (8+) have no problems either with the voice dial. Maybe just doesn't like American accents?
Do i want voice dialing on the N900? sure i expect it to do it , RIM do it very well not just dialing the main phone number of the contact as in S60's 3rd does but choose from (mobile, work, personal,etc), I used quite a lot with my N95 and works just fine and what i expect from a 2 years newer and about €150 more expensive device is at least to do what older devices does + more...
In a era where expensive automobiles are implementing some features mobile phones does from some years ago like GPS voice navigation , voice dialing, media player etc, and the N900 have the potential to do this and more features it most take advance of this potential... something Android (google) is doing very well.
YES, I want voice dialing.
And YES I think Nokia needs to provide it
AND Yes we expect we as a community to improve it.
Crap choices in the poll, however no voice dialing made the N900 a no go for me until voice dial is added.
I will stick with my N800 and cheap Nokia flip until the N900 can replace both. My cheap Nokia flip has the same voice dial as my wife's N95, and we both use it often (several times a day). I find voice dialing extremely useful.
The same sort of sweet *** voice commands found on the new Droid should be implemented in Maemo 5 as well.
Not just voice dialing.. voice commands.
"Call Cindy"
"Find history of New York" to bring up a google or wikipedia search
"Navigate to work" etc.
I haven't been a huge fan of voice dialing before, but especially the navigation and search features on the Droid seemed very convincing and easy to use. I'd probably adopt them as soon as they were available.
Google has the advantage of being able to train and develop its voice analyses program from all those Google Voice (soon Gizmo too), Google 411, and all other services it offers where people can speak. I noticed because their voicemail transcription is improving.
Though somehow I think if I were to try voice dialing on any non-Google phone then it would work just as well as when I tried it with my old cell phone that I had for 3 yrs till now.
Google has the advantage of being able to train and develop its voice analyses program from all those Google Voice (soon Gizmo too), Google 411, and all other services it offers where people can speak. I noticed because their voicemail transcription is improving.
