Voice Search App Problem - HTC Rezound

Anyone know how to get Voice Search to work like it's supposed to, to compose e-mails or texts? To elaborate, all instructions I have found, including the video, instruct you to say the following syntax (with the text in brackets being the recipient and your message):
"Send text to [John Smith] [I may be a little late.]"
Problem is that their name never goes into the "To" field, and instead goes into the Message Body field, so I get this:
To:
Message: to John Smith I maybe a little late
Whenever I click into the To: field, select the microphone icon, and speak a person's name, I get the "No Matches Found" error, no matter what name I say. This renders the app completely useless for sending texts and emails. Am I missing something?

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I find similar issues but found a method that works for me when I use the built in Voice Search app. I would say "Text - John Smith" and nothing else. You should find the name has been entered into the "To" field. Now hit the Mic icon again and dictate your message, this seems the only way I got it to work, by doing it in two steps. Works the same on email as well.

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hmm if i say send text to <person> <text>
it says:
to: <Person> <number>
message: <text>
Seems to be fine for me... CleanRom DE 1.4...

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Jimi Mack said:
I find similar issues but found a method that works for me when I use the built in Voice Search app. I would say "Text - John Smith" and nothing else. You should find the name has been entered into the "To" field. Now hit the Mic icon again and dictate your message, this seems the only way I got it to work, by doing it in two steps. Works the same on email as well.
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When I saw your post, I was excited, only to be sorely disappointed that I still get the name on the message field. GRRRR!

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AshtonTS said:
hmm if i say send text to <person> <text>
it says:
to: <Person> <number>
message: <text>
Seems to be fine for me... CleanRom DE 1.4...
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Wait, what? It works fine for you? Using your same syntax, here's what I get:
If i say send text to <person> <text>
it says:
to:
message: To <Person> <text>
How do we compare what versions we have?

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Just try to be more careful in your speaking, and leave a pause between the name of the person and the body of the message.
Also also also
Huge huge huge tip
Enable the "Personalized Recognition". It will go a LONG way to vastly improving the capabilities of Google's STT. I don't have the clearest voice, and there were some problems I had with STT in general. Once I turned that on, it's gotten much better.
Directly related to your example, I was trying to send a text to my friend Aaron. I think at first it got confused because I literally said 3 names for my text: " Send text to Aaron [pause] Oscar Mike "
At first it put Erin, and had Oscar as a last name. What's awesome is that when it shows those red underlines with an option to delete, I'm pretty sure it learns when you've chosen to delete something. I tried it two more times (2nd time it messed something else up) and on the 3rd try the result was perfect. Now, whenever I send him a text by voice, it always works.

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My problem is not with the clarity of my speech, because it actually does recognize what I say quite well. The problem is that it NEVER puts the name in the To: field, even if I don't even say the message part. It ALWAYS puts whatever I say, regardless of what I say, or how I say it, into the Message field. When I click into the To: field and speak a contact's name, 99% of the time it comes back and says No Matches Found.
By comparison, when I choose the standard Messages app, and click in the To: field, it typically finds the right person. But, it sure would be nice if the Voice Seach Message function worked.
When I do Map To and Navigate To and all the other stuff in Voice Search it works just fine. I'm beginning to think there's a bug in the Message part of the version I have. Why else would it skip the To: field altogether? To clarify:
If I say "Send text to John Smith", I get:
To:
Message: To John Smith
If I say the message, too, I get:
To:
Message: To John Smith [message]

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are you on GB or ICS?

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xv-6800 said:
My problem is not with the clarity of my speech, because it actually does recognize what I say quite well. The problem is that it NEVER puts the name in the To: field, even if I don't even say the message part. It ALWAYS puts whatever I say, regardless of what I say, or how I say it, into the Message field. When I click into the To: field and speak a contact's name, 99% of the time it comes back and says No Matches Found.
By comparison, when I choose the standard Messages app, and click in the To: field, it typically finds the right person. But, it sure would be nice if the Voice Seach Message function worked.
When I do Map To and Navigate To and all the other stuff in Voice Search it works just fine. I'm beginning to think there's a bug in the Message part of the version I have. Why else would it skip the To: field altogether? To clarify:
If I say "Send text to John Smith", I get:
To:
Message: To John Smith
If I say the message, too, I get:
To:
Message: To John Smith [message]
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Yeah, that's odd. If all else fails, make a nandroid backup, fresh wipe/install, and try it again (after turning on personalized results) and see if you still get the same problems. Because I don't really have that issue anymore.

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New replacement Rezound unit arrived today to replace the original Rezound for potential hardware issues. Before allowing the unit to update any apps (the other one did update Voice Search), I tried it and got the same results. As far as I can see, Voice Search, on my phone(s) anyways, does not know that the To: field exists! :crying:

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AshtonTS said:
are you on GB or ICS?
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Must've missed this post.
I am on GB.

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rockingondrums said:
What's awesome is that when it shows those red underlines with an option to delete, I'm pretty sure it learns when you've chosen to delete something.
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That's interesting... my version does not underline anything in red. It bolds stuff in blue! That sure sounds like a completely different app, doesn't it?
BTW, what kind of drum kit do you have?

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xv-6800 said:
That's interesting... my version does not underline anything in red. It bolds stuff in blue! That sure sounds like a completely different app, doesn't it?
BTW, what kind of drum kit do you have?
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I am on ICS so that might have something to do with it. I think you're using an older version of voice search...maybe. Maybe that's the problem? Maybe you can sideload the most current Voice Search APK.
I have some cheap crappy drumset that was on sale over 10 years ago. 3 toms with one kick drum (or I guess floor tom is what they're officially called). I've never changed the heads and I still don't exactly understand the methodology of tuning them LOL. Like, I know how to physically do it, but I'm wondering if there's some deeper understanding I have to discover. I did add a DW7000 double kick pedal but I've moved numerous times and lost bits of the hardware. Also added a crash cymbal because it only came with a hi hat and crash/ride combo. I don't even have a throne, I just sit on whatever I can get! :laugh:
A guy I used to live with had a sweet set that he inherited from his cousin. It had so many pieces it needed one of those frame things. I think it had 4 or 5 toms in addition to the kick (with double pedals), and about 5 or 6 cymbals and two cowbells. It was too cramped for me to really make use of the double pedals though. Oh, and it had a mat thing for everything to be placed on. I played the **** out of those things while he played guitar. It was pretty awesome \m/
You?

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voice search to text
I'm having the same problem since I updated to ICS .211 . Worked fine and as advertised on GB and Froyo but speaking "send" or "text to Joe" results in "to Joe" being inserted in the message field and nothing in the to field. I've used this many times in the past and have tried every combination I can think of to get it to work. It just doesn't. Also, I no longer have a microphone to click on in the message field to initiate voice to text dictation. ICS seems fine other than this. I should mention that I found this thread because of the problem, not the phone. I'm using a Droid Razr.

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xv-6800 said:
"Send text to [John Smith] [I may be a little late.]"
Problem is that their name never goes into the "To" field, and instead goes into the Message Body field, so I get this:
To:
Message: to John Smith I maybe a little late
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I have same problem on HTC One XL stock ICS

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Finally, someone else with the same problem. Misery loves company.
As has been the case since getting this Android phone, this is yet another buggy stock utility I've given up hope on getting resolved.
Now, I just say:
Send text [message], which puts the message in the message field. I then click in the To: field, click on the microphone and say just the first name, then scroll to find the proper person (because if I say the full name it always gives a no matches found error).
With so many steps, in the end, the utility is worthless for sending text and email messages. Using the microphone in the regular Message app is faster.