Thanks Kevin,What does google now give you? I couldn't get it to give me anything useful other than weather when I tried it a few months ago..
Glad ok google works better for you, do you have a nexus? Maybe it works better on those re opening apps etc. What command do you use? If I said "take photo" it opened the camera (though "take photograph" confused it) and writing an email got me into aqua mail, but I couldn't get it to jay open an app, eg "open calculator" promoted a google search for that phrase rather than opening the app.
Regards Quentin Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 13 June 2014 6:08:33 AM Kevin Ratliff <kdr.email@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I use OK Google / Google now / voice dictation 90% of the time, and I am mostly happy with it. I have not had problems opening apps, sending sms, or sending emails with it. On 6/12/14, Quentin Christensen <quentin.christensen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I finally set aside some time to have a play with "OK Google", and I > must admit, I'm a bit disappointed. I've put my thoughts below and > I'd be interested in other's experiences. > > I tried Google Now awhile ago on my Galaxy Nexus and found it would > only give me the weather each morning, and randomly, the driving time > to work (which is irrelevant as I don't drive to work). > > Today I tried OK Google, I setup a widget on my home screen to Google > Search which seemed to go straight into it and I could get it to do > some basic things from the list at: > > http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-use-ok-google-voice-commands > > > I think some of them like sports scores are only for the US (it > couldn't tell me anything about Aussie Rules, though it did offer me > the AFL webpage as the first result). > > I tried emailing myself, but even though I have two entries in my > address book, it couldn't find either of them (even though it spelt my > name correctly). I could email my wife, though I couldn't add a > subject, only the body of the message and when I agreed to send it, > the message was opened in Aqua Mail with the focus in the subject > ready for me to write that and then send it manually. > > I could dial contacts and numbers, and I was impressed when I told it > to ring work, and it found two entries and asked me which one and I > replied "the first one" and it rang it. I wasn't expecting that, but > I would have expected when I dictated a number that it should have > been able to figure out what the word "double" meant, as in "dial 1, > 2, double 3, 4", it instead did a google search for that... > > I could get the weather and do arithmatic and conversions and some of > the easter eggs worked (do a barrel roll, "when am I" and "who are > you" were cute, how much wood can a woodchuck chuck would have been > more entertaining if it had read the entire answer and overall I must > confess, Siri is a lot cleverer with it's easter eggs). > > I was disappointed that I couldn't open apps (it generally just did a > web search, occasionally it crashed). > > I was surprised I couldn't even ask it where am I (it gave me a map, > but refused to offer an address, though it could give me directions > from my 'current location' when I gave it a location to go to it > understood. > > I found it quite inconsistent in that it would give me voice answers / > feedback on some things, but not others. > > I asked it to take a photo and it did open my camera, but left it to > me to actually take my shot - I could see in an emergency wanting to > to say "take a photo" or even "record video" and wanting it to just do > it. > > I would say I was impressed with how accurately it did understand me > most of the time, even when I talked quite quickly, I was just > disappointed how a search feature designed by the world's most > sucessfull search engine company, was really, fairly limited in what > it could actually do with the information I gave it. EG, I would have > liked to have fully written an email, and when I tried to email a > contact who didn't have an email address, it should have walked me > through adding an email address, not just offering me the (correct) > contact card to tap on physically and edit manually. I would have > liked to have been able to tell it to open apps, read my > notifications, lock the screen, and basically tell me more. > > I've used Siri and as a comparison, I can do most of the things Google > offered, many the same, some better, some worse. I do like being able > to say "ok google" once I'm in it to start a new query, whereas on the > iPhone you have to tap the microphone, though Siri is easier to get > into as you can just hold down the home key (On a nexus I think you > can swipe up from the home key? My Nexus is playing up at the moment > so I can't test it). For the most part, I just find it easier and > quicker to do what I need manually, but I'll keep an eye on it. > > How do others find it? Do others use OK Google / Google now / voice > dictation / anything similar? > > Regards > > Quentin. > To post to the list, simply send email to vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. > > To unsubscribe from the list send an email to > vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > (new users, use 'subscribe' to subscribe) > > To receive the list as a digest, send an email to > vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'set vi-android digest' in the subject > (to go back to receiving every message use 'unset vi-android digest' in the > subject). > To post to the list, simply send email to vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.To unsubscribe from the list send an email to vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field (new users, use 'subscribe' to subscribe)To receive the list as a digest, send an email to vi-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'set vi-android digest' in the subject (to go back to receiving every message use 'unset vi-android digest' in the subject).
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