Voice dialing from a bluetooth headset. Voice dialing

PC users who often use a computer headset may need to accept an incoming call without being distracted from working at the computer. If your computer is equipped with a Bluetooth adapter (modern laptops and netbooks are already installed by the manufacturer), you can use your computer's headphones and microphone as a wireless phone headset. If you need to use your computer to talk on the phone, but your PC does not have a built-in Bluetooth adapter, you can buy one inexpensively at any computer store. Outwardly, it is very similar to a regular flash drive.

Naturally, the phone must have built-in Bluetooth. In principle, it doesn’t matter what platform your device runs on. This article will talk about setting up a Bluetooth connection between a Windows 7 PC and an Android phone to make voice calls. Recommendations for connecting phones on other platforms will also be given.

Why Bluetooth?

The advantage of a Bluetooth connection over Wi-Fi is that it is weaker in power and, accordingly, uses the phone’s battery more economically (hence the disadvantage: a shorter range). Obviously, the advantage of Bluetooth over a USB cable is that it is not necessary to keep the phone near the computer.

Connecting devices

First of all, we need to set up device pairing and check whether the Bluetooth device stacks support the profiles: “A2DP”, “HFP” and “HSP”. The listed profiles are responsible for transmitting sound from the phone to the computer and back.

The easiest way to check audio services is to connect your phone to your computer while playing music on the device's built-in player. Every phone with Bluetooth has the function of playing music via Bluetooth.

Pairing devices in audio mode

Make sure your phone and computer have Bluetooth devices turned on and discoverable. Open the player on your phone and play a song. In the player settings, click "Play via Bluetooth".

It will search for devices (some phones require you to search manually). Select your computer from the list of found devices. A message with a verification code will appear on the phone screen. Confirm the code by clicking "Accept" everywhere. On some phones you need to come up with a code and enter it yourself.

Also, a window with the same code as on the phone should appear on the computer screen:

If your devices support audio profiles, audio will be output through your headphones or computer speakers and a message will appear indicating that the devices were successfully paired.

A window with the settings of the connected device should also appear. If it doesn't appear automatically, you can open it manually by clicking Start > All Programs > Bluetooth Devices > Your Device Name or Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers > Your Device Name.

Audio services must be active in the settings window. If they are not active, click the "Enable" buttons opposite both services.

Setting up computer audio devices

To adjust the sound on your computer, go to: "Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound". If you have multiple sound cards, select the desired audio device from the list and click on the "Default" button at the bottom.

Switch to the Recording tab and select your desired default microphone.

Manage phone calls on your computer

To manage phone calls on your computer, you can use your phone's proprietary utility (Samsung Kies, Nokia PC Suite, LG, HTC Sync and others). I personally use "MyPhoneExplorer" - a universal program for Android devices. I have already told you how to install and configure the program.

"MyPhoneExplorer" supports several connection methods: USB cable, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. Since sound transmission is carried out via Bluetooth, it is advisable to control the phone through the same connection.

We connect the phone to the computer and open the program. We select the phone book in the menu on the left and the desired subscriber in the list whom we want to call.

Click on the “Dial” button, a dialing window will appear:

We wait for the subscriber to pick up the phone at the other end, and communicate using headphones or speakers and a computer microphone.

If someone calls a phone connected to a computer via Bluetooth and the MyPhoneExplorer program is launched, the incoming call will be displayed in a separate window:

Missed calls are displayed in a separate window, and the red handset will flash in the notification area as a reminder.

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This application will be very useful in various situations when you urgently need to make and answer a call, and your hands are busy at that moment, for example, you are driving. The program supports voice dialing not only using the gadget's microphone, but also using a Bluetooth headset.

Voice Dialer for Android

Start communicating with your Android device not only with your hands, but also with your voice. In addition to quickly calling a contact, the application can search for contacts in the Android device's address book, call the desired contact, launch any installed phone applications, and check the time. And you don’t have to take your smartphone out of your pocket or case to do this. Press the button on your headset and tell your mobile phone what to do.

If you are walking down the street on a cold, cold winter day, and your phone is deep in your jacket pocket and you want to know the time and listen to music, then now you don’t have to take the device out of your pocket and freeze your hands. Give a voice command to your smartphone and it will tell you what time it is and play your favorite track.

One of the useful features in Android is voice dialing. By learning to use it skillfully, you can save a lot of time and perform many operations without resorting to a standard keyboard.

This type of typing will make it possible not to be distracted by sometimes pressing very small keys. This is very convenient, for example, when you are driving a car. To perform the necessary actions, you just need to dictate your instructions to the device. But this is preceded by several basic actions that must be carried out in advance.

First, place the cursor so that the standard keyboard pops up. Click on the microphone image and the device will switch to voice input mode. This action varies depending on the device and system version. In most cases, you need to find the microphone icon on one of the buttons (spacebar or change language) and hold it down.

After these steps, a ready-to-use voice input panel will appear on the screen. You can use it not only for calls or dialing SMS messages, but also in the browser. This is very convenient, especially when you need to type a long message to send or any other text.

At this moment, an indicator in the form of a microphone will appear on the device screen. Pay close attention to the red frame around it. Its thickness indicates the volume of your voice. After pronouncing a word, it will be instantly processed and recognized, after which it will be displayed in a special field.

Voice input of text on Android is convenient even when typing SMS, and if you need to type large volumes of text per day or solve business issues in parallel with other work responsibilities, then this function will become simply irreplaceable.

The Android OS has a standard voice dictation function, which can be enabled in the settings without downloading additional applications. The system will automatically add a microphone icon to the electronic keyboard, and you can use it whenever you need.

If you no longer need the enabled input and want to disable it, in the same menu select the “Disable” button or uncheck the corresponding item.

How to use voice input

We have already figured out how to enable this function, now we need to understand how to use it. It will be available in almost all menus and applications in which you can use an electronic keyboard.

1. To start dictating text, tap on the text screen or on the portion of text that has already been entered. A standard electronic keyboard will appear.
2. Click on the microphone icon on the main screen, or go to the character layout if you moved the microphone key there during setup.
3. A menu for recording your voice and the inscription: “Speak” will be displayed on the screen. Dictate the desired text into your smartphone's microphone, and it will automatically convert your voice into text.

Punctuation marks must be pronounced with the words: “Question mark”, “Comma”, “Period”. Try to speak more clearly, otherwise the program may misunderstand your words and, accordingly, convert them into similar-sounding ones.

What settings are available for Android voice recognition?

You can configure standard voice input on Android in the “Language and input” menu, which can be accessed through “Settings”, or by clicking on the settings “gear” directly in the menu that appears after pressing the microphone (usually the settings button is located to the left of the word "Speak")

Setting up speech recognition. Here you can do the following:

• Select language. Recognition is also available in offline mode, but by default you will only have Russian language installed (or Russian + English). For other languages, the function will work either only with , or when you download the required languages. You can download the required language packs in the language and input settings menu by clicking on “Offline speech recognition”.
• Set up “OK Google” recognition. After setting this item, you will be able to use the search engine manager when Google is open, only by saying: “Okay Google.” And then you need to say what you need to find in the search engine.
• Enable voice control from a wired headset or Bluetooth devices.
• Set up recognition of obscene words. The program automatically turns on the “Hide recognized obscene words” option.
• Enable or disable the results being read out in standard mode or in headset mode.

is a program that will literally give you a free hand. There are often situations when it is inconvenient to take out the phone to make a call - now you can make a call using a voice command. And this is not all the capabilities of this application.

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The program is convenient and functional: in addition to its main task - dialing numbers by voice command, it can also launch various applications, open maps and get directions. In addition, the application can communicate the time to the user. This option will be convenient, for example, for those who listen to music on headphones and do not want to take out their phone again. It should be noted that the program is of particular interest when using a telephone headset. By pressing and holding the button on it, you call the program, after which you can give commands to it. It would be a good idea to install voice dialing on your tablet, especially if it has a GSM module and is sometimes used for calls.