Thread: Voice dialing from my bluetooth

Can anybody tell me when voice dialing through my bluetooth is going to be available? Right now I can initiate it from my handset, but not from my headset.

It'll be available as soon as you buy a better headset. All devices are capable of dialing thru the headset, but it depends on whether your headset is capable of such. I have used voice dialing with BT headsets on many devices from HTC to Motorola to Samsung to ... Look for a BT headset that is capable of Voice Commands, & you're all set. I believe all Motorola BT headsets are capable of this, but nt sure of other brands.

Actually...I've used voice dialing on many devices as well. I had a Samsung Instinct paired up with a Jabra BT160 that worked beautifully. I then upgraded the instinct to the HTC Hero. The Hero has voice dial capabilities, but hitting the button on the headset doesn't activitate it. I though maybe because my BT was old that it was the problem so I went and purchased a Jabra BT2080 headset yesterday. This headset does support voice commands, but on the hero it still doesn't work. I called sprint and they said that the feature doesn't work on this phone and to check with the OEM to see when it would be available.

Now, if you have a headset that you've paired with a hero and had it work I'd love to hear the model number. I'd exchange the BT2080 in a heartbeat to get this feature working.

Thanks for the input.

I'm sorry. I was a lil' quick to reply, as it's hard to believe that an HTC device won't support it. I just did a quick search & found a few posts with the same problem. one answer that seemed to tell a lil, is: "not in the european versions of android. in the us you can long-press the call button _on the phone_ to activate voice dialing. but the whole process is rather lame, and needs to be adapted to allow for true hands-free operation like it is required by law in (almost?) all of europe." <taken from XDA-Developers.
I was also able to find this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545257 It is for the Rhodium {TP2} but may be a good place to start & test it out. One guy lists a couple BT headsets that worked with his TP2, when no others would. Mybe it's just an issue of compatibility.
Again sorry if I seemed rude, but Usually it's just a matter of getting the latest BT device. Radio stacks are changed alot & there may be a Headset that works with your BT. Then again, it may be that they haven't released one yet as well. By all intents & purposes it should work. I have not used bluetooth hadsfree with a Hero. I have used the BT FTP services to connect to my buddies Hero.

Originally Posted by miketx22

Can anybody tell me when voice dialing through my bluetooth is going to be available? Right now I can initiate it from my handset, but not from my headset.

I posted to wrong device.