Voice Commands
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Originally Posted by PSB' post='497249' date='Nov 21 2007, 11:18 AM
there is one option the e60 does not have but the MB S class does which is it allowes you to change to CD and track no. which i think is really cool
i would use that if my car had it
i would use that if my car had it
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I yell profanity at mine.
Seriously, it went from bad to worse. On day one it was cumbersome but accurate. But now after one year for some reason (maybe my new phone?) it just doesn't recognize names I speak from the phonebook about 60% of the time. The car is intelligent and fast. If I were to liken it to a clothing brand I say Prada. The voice command is overly polite and slow. Its like Brooks Brothers. I hope there is a more 'dynamic' future for this technology. Let Chris Bangle take a crack at it. Seriously!
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Seriously, it went from bad to worse. On day one it was cumbersome but accurate. But now after one year for some reason (maybe my new phone?) it just doesn't recognize names I speak from the phonebook about 60% of the time. The car is intelligent and fast. If I were to liken it to a clothing brand I say Prada. The voice command is overly polite and slow. Its like Brooks Brothers. I hope there is a more 'dynamic' future for this technology. Let Chris Bangle take a crack at it. Seriously!
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Originally Posted by 550isport' post='497276' date='Nov 21 2007, 12:04 PM
I yell profanity at mine.
Seriously, it went from bad to worse. On day one it was cumbersome but accurate. But now after one year for some reason (maybe my new phone?) it just doesn't recognize names I speak from the phonebook about 60% of the time. The car is intelligent and fast. If I were to liken it to a clothing brand I say Prada. The voice command is overly polite and slow. Its like Brooks Brothers. I hope there is a more 'dynamic' future for this technology.
Seriously, it went from bad to worse. On day one it was cumbersome but accurate. But now after one year for some reason (maybe my new phone?) it just doesn't recognize names I speak from the phonebook about 60% of the time. The car is intelligent and fast. If I were to liken it to a clothing brand I say Prada. The voice command is overly polite and slow. Its like Brooks Brothers. I hope there is a more 'dynamic' future for this technology.
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I don't even try to use it on the phone book (most of the names there are hard to pronounce/recognize even for humans [in US], much less for Speech-to-Text systems, plus I'm sure my accent doesn't help).
I mostly use "Redial" (to get the list of last people dialed and then scroll from there), and Map <+ the orientation> (for example "Map, direction of travel").
When I had a cd changer I used to say CD <N>, Track <N> (for example "CD two, track five") or just "CD". However now that I have an iPod, I programmed one of the memory buttons for that, and in US there is a dedicated am/fm button, so I guess now I just use the "Map" command.
With all the shortcuts available to various functions (like detailed A/C settings from A/C knobs) and iDrive shortcuts) I find the voice system less and less useful. I think if it was faster and recognized things better I'd use it more.
I'd love to be able to use it for nav input, but...
I mostly use "Redial" (to get the list of last people dialed and then scroll from there), and Map <+ the orientation> (for example "Map, direction of travel").
When I had a cd changer I used to say CD <N>, Track <N> (for example "CD two, track five") or just "CD". However now that I have an iPod, I programmed one of the memory buttons for that, and in US there is a dedicated am/fm button, so I guess now I just use the "Map" command.
With all the shortcuts available to various functions (like detailed A/C settings from A/C knobs) and iDrive shortcuts) I find the voice system less and less useful. I think if it was faster and recognized things better I'd use it more.
I'd love to be able to use it for nav input, but...
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='497258' date='Nov 21 2007, 11:36 AM
bmw has that also
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100.. call Britney Spears only if she is nude. ( i made that up)