Voice Command?
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Burning Brakes
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Voice Command?
I own a 2005 1sb coupe, 45k miles. The car has the voice command feature, but I have almost no success at getting the system to follow my commands (it has a lot in common with wifey and teen agers).
How many of you use the system and to what degree of success? I even used the phrases prescribed in the manual without much luck.
How many of you use the system and to what degree of success? I even used the phrases prescribed in the manual without much luck.
Team Owner
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From: Far NW 'burbs of Chicago
St. Jude Donor '13
My experience also. The voice commands in both our 2006 and now 2009 were worse than useless, although the Bluetooth works moderately well in the '09.
Sample conversation:
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing Golf Course icons
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing fast food restaurants
Me- POI Off
Nav- POI On
Me- POI Off
Nav- Zooming In
Me- Kiss my @ss
Nav- Command not recognized
Occasionally it will work correctly when sitting still so there is less background noise. But usually, just junk.
Some people say I'm not pronouncing clearly, but I spent 40 years in a job where clear speech was important (pilot), and even today people tell me I should be a radio announcer because my speech is so easy to understand. I've tried speaking faster, or slower, or not being so precise, and about a dozen other techniques. I even installed the new style microphone on the A-pillar, nothing helped.
Just pretend the voice commands don't exist, and enjoy the other features of the car.
Sample conversation:
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing Golf Course icons
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing fast food restaurants
Me- POI Off
Nav- POI On
Me- POI Off
Nav- Zooming In
Me- Kiss my @ss
Nav- Command not recognized
Occasionally it will work correctly when sitting still so there is less background noise. But usually, just junk.
Some people say I'm not pronouncing clearly, but I spent 40 years in a job where clear speech was important (pilot), and even today people tell me I should be a radio announcer because my speech is so easy to understand. I've tried speaking faster, or slower, or not being so precise, and about a dozen other techniques. I even installed the new style microphone on the A-pillar, nothing helped.
Just pretend the voice commands don't exist, and enjoy the other features of the car.
Melting Slicks
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Instructor
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Brea CA
The Voice Command for BlueTooth isn't much better. In my 2011 Chrysler 300, all I say is "Call Home" and it repeats "Calling Home" to confirm it and your done.
In my 2011 Vert:
Me: Call Home
Car: Would you like to call Harry?
Me: No...!
Car: Calling Harry using OnStar. You have no OnStar minutes, connecting to Onstar.
Me: Cancel...! Cancel...!
OnStar Operator: This is OnStar, how can I help you?
Me: I don't want to talk to you, stupid BlueTooth connected with you.
OnStar: I'm sorry, anything else I can do for you?
Me: Yeah, hang up.
OnStar: Have a good day sir..
Me:
Start over:
Me: Call home...
Car: Would you like to call home?
Me: Yes...!
Car: Calling home using "I-Phone."
What a pain in the a**! I found it is easier to push my preset numbers on my phone than to use Voice Command.
In my 2011 Vert:
Me: Call Home
Car: Would you like to call Harry?
Me: No...!
Car: Calling Harry using OnStar. You have no OnStar minutes, connecting to Onstar.
Me: Cancel...! Cancel...!
OnStar Operator: This is OnStar, how can I help you?
Me: I don't want to talk to you, stupid BlueTooth connected with you.
OnStar: I'm sorry, anything else I can do for you?
Me: Yeah, hang up.
OnStar: Have a good day sir..
Me:
Start over:
Me: Call home...
Car: Would you like to call home?
Me: Yes...!
Car: Calling home using "I-Phone."
What a pain in the a**! I found it is easier to push my preset numbers on my phone than to use Voice Command.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 2,596
Likes: 120
From: East Tennessee
My experience also. The voice commands in both our 2006 and now 2009 were worse than useless, although the Bluetooth works moderately well in the '09.
Sample conversation:
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing Golf Course icons
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing fast food restaurants
Me- POI Off
Nav- POI On
Me- POI Off
Nav- Zooming In
Me- Kiss my @ss
Nav- Command not recognized
Occasionally it will work correctly when sitting still so there is less background noise. But usually, just junk.
Some people say I'm not pronouncing clearly, but I spent 40 years in a job where clear speech was important (pilot), and even today people tell me I should be a radio announcer because my speech is so easy to understand. I've tried speaking faster, or slower, or not being so precise, and about a dozen other techniques. I even installed the new style microphone on the A-pillar, nothing helped.
Just pretend the voice commands don't exist, and enjoy the other features of the car.
Sample conversation:
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing Golf Course icons
Me- Zoom out
Nav- Now showing fast food restaurants
Me- POI Off
Nav- POI On
Me- POI Off
Nav- Zooming In
Me- Kiss my @ss
Nav- Command not recognized
Occasionally it will work correctly when sitting still so there is less background noise. But usually, just junk.
Some people say I'm not pronouncing clearly, but I spent 40 years in a job where clear speech was important (pilot), and even today people tell me I should be a radio announcer because my speech is so easy to understand. I've tried speaking faster, or slower, or not being so precise, and about a dozen other techniques. I even installed the new style microphone on the A-pillar, nothing helped.
Just pretend the voice commands don't exist, and enjoy the other features of the car.
+1 on the voice commands on the NAV/radio suck and havent improved since 2005. But I will say the bluetooth in the '12 voice command works pretty well as long as I dont try to use the 'voice' command. Every time I use it with an iPhone 'call home' = 'play who songs.' But if I store the numbers in the car it works fine so I'll blame the iphone for that.
