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  1. Make it possible to enable English speech recognition on other OS Languages

    I have a Dutch WIndows Phone but i can't use the speech recognition/Voice command in my own language.
    This is fine by me but as an alternative let me be able to turn on English voice commands.
    Like Siri in iPhone is also enabled when iOS is in Dutch but you can still make english voice commands.

    10 votes
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      1 comment  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Unlock phone using voice command

      This would work by either saying your 4 digit pin or a phrase

      9 votes
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        3 comments  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Speech for Traditional Chinese

        Add speech command for traditional chinese and improve Tellme so it can compete with Siri, don't let ifans think that they are unique!!!!

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          1 comment  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Integrate old "Voice command" features

          -Know the next appointment
          -Control the media experience
          -Get device info (network, time...)

          9 votes
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            2 comments  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • 9 votes
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              2 comments  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • 7 votes
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              • New voice commands like this video

                Would be nice to have a personal assistant as shown in this Microsoft video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIdHnhUcffw

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                  0 comments  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Voice Recognition for Text, Punctuation Recognition Shorts

                  Please include punctuation recognition for voice recognition/transcription for text. For example, saying "punctuation period" would add a "." This would enable us to properly punctuate voice texts without hand editing. Please

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                  • Speach support on phones with swedish settings

                    Speach support on phones with swedish settings is missing in all Windows 7 and 8 phones I have been looking to.
                    Why does phone manufacturers only support english settings, when the suport obviously is a part of the OS?

                    7 votes
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                    • Please, add Finnish language support to WP and Windows

                      Windows 8 doesn't have text to speech nor voice regognition support for Finnish language. Would be great to have it, even if as extra cost feature. Bing's text to speech Finnish voice is very good, it sounds more natural than Google's Finnish voice, so would be great to have it in Windows and Windows Phone too.

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                        1 comment  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Answer a call with voice

                        When someone's calling you, you would be able to answer the call only by saying "answer".

                        7 votes
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                        • wp 7.5 speech features in dutch

                          Current wp 7.5 has edge in speech features such as SMS. I would love to use this in dutch language.

                          7 votes
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                            0 comments  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • voice command support india

                            Voice Command Support / and Font Support/ india based Culture Support for major Indian Languages like Hindi/Telugu/Tamil/kannada/Punjabi/Marathi.....

                            This helps like Virtual Assistant to perform Phone Tasks. like openning apps/ dictation/ playing songs/ maps directions/ change phone settings/ sharing/ googling / face recognition tasks/ make calls/
                            take pictures/videos/ and many more.... as per regular user tasks.

                            Chandu

                            7 votes
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                              0 comments  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Allow phone to speak caller's name like on older Nokia phones

                              My Nokia N8 allowed me to have the phone speak who was calling me. This was very useful when it was in my pocket

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                              • Enable custom Voice Contact Tags

                                Enable that you can manually speak in voice contacts tags. So when someone calls you will hear the Tag you spoke into the phone.

                                7 votes
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                                  1 comment  ·  Speech  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Stop being so arrogant (voice dialling)

                                  1) Stop being so arrogant - not realizing that there are countries where phone numbers have different lengths. I am sick and bloody tired of having to pad any number I wish to voice dial with digits after it to total 11 digits. If I don't, that "silly woman" in the phone will insert random numbers where "she" thinks it fits. TRUST ME TO KNOW THE LENGTH OF NUMBERS IN MY COUNTRY.

                                  2) When receiving a voice command for calling, given the track record of erroneous interpretation of the voice command - ASK FOR CONFIRMATION before placing the call.

                                  6 votes
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                                  • Australian English accent for Text to Speech.

                                    Its almost impossible to use the speech function with an Australian accent. This couldn't be that much effort, apple released a patch for siri within 2 months of being released... we have waited almost 2 years and heard NOTHING.

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                                    • Speech recognition for multiple sentences when voice texting

                                      The speech function doesn't recognize multiple sentences even if you pause between them when voice texting. Frustrating!

                                      6 votes
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                                      • Read non-SMS Toast notifications over Bluetooth

                                        Would like to selectively enable toast notifications from other apps, such as Rowi, to be read aloud.

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                                        • 6 votes
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