Curious about voice commands on C7. Gave up on them years ago in my 2008... Are they better in the C7?

 

On my C6, by the time it finally understood what I was telling it, I was frustrated, stopped using it. Now I have a 2013 Nissan Leaf and I have issues with voice commands, though not nearly as bad. 2014 Corvette, have not gotten mine yet, I don't expect a flawless voice system either.

 

Lightyears ahead of my 2011 CTS-V....but Lightyears behind what it needs to be to be practical and useable.

 

Have found it useful for picking songs from my i-phone, but otherwise pretty useless. Tried about 15 times to dial phone, and messed up everytime. Granted, I'm from Oklahoma, but no accent to speak of.

 

I'm spoiled by Google. So while the voice commands are decent, they're not up to par with my phone.

Google almost never fails. Corvette? Probably a 60-70% chance it will get it right. I would LOVE for GM to get their heads out of their asses and let the voice command run through my phone instead. Doubt it will happen, but it would be nice. They want to do it with Siri, but it's a dumb to avoid Android since Android has >80% of the phone market now.

Things that are awful about the voice command in the Corvette:
- SUPER slow: You wait for it to finish talking as if you want to hear it, and then you speak... 5-10 seconds later... it responds.
- Hit and Miss: It tends to not understand any words that are spelled out. For example: "BJ's Bar and Grill" <-- It cannot figure this one out at all. (I tried for 5 minutes before pulling over and googling the address.)
- Strangely polite: "Pardon? Pardon? I'm sorry. Pardon?" This can get annoying after awhile.
- NO commands for temperature. If I want to set the passenger temperature or even MY temperature without looking away from the road, I'd like to say something like, "Driver temperature. 75". I can do this in my mother's 07 Infiniti. Why can't I do it in a 2014 Corvette?

Things that are great about the voice command:
- It can't understand BJ's, but it knows every name in my phone including the ones that are strange. One of my friend's names in my phone is "THIS!?" And believe it or not, when I say "Call This on Mobile" it actually pronounces it with the punctuation! LOL
- When speaking out an address, it works pretty well. It may only get 1/3 POIs, but it's easy to put in a direct address via voice.
- It understands radio/sat stations pretty well. I've yet to ask it to run an app like Pandora, but if I remember tomorrow I'll give it a shot.
- It seems to be the fastest way to end route guidance.

Now, again, it's no where near as good as Google is. I would stake money on Google getting what I say right 10/10 times. But I wouldn't feel comfortable with staking money on the Corvette getting what I say right even half the time. I can yammer on in a text message or email with Google's voice recognition and it will be 99% right after 2-3 paragraphs, but the Corvette's voice command is just good enough to get the job done.

Interestingly enough, the Corvette's voice command is better at handling voice given addresses than my mother's Infiniti, but her Inifiniti is way better at everything else involving voice command. I'm sure that if the car's interior wasn't as noisy, the Corvette's voice command could be far superior.

 

Voice commands are better than in the C6. Just have to speak clearly and be patient. Siri, on the phone is much better. Neither understand f you.

 

Not perfect, but lots better than my 09 ZO6. Use it all the time, especially for radio and media selections.

 

I've been finding it hilarious on how it pronounces Wichita.

Wah-chee-ta?

I'm like WTH?
Like my crazy friend in California saying it Witch-a-tay.

 

Soon they will be making a movie of some guy falling in love with the voice