Searching by text and voice
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Android User’s Guide
Using Voice Actions
You can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to call your contacts, get directions, send
messages, and to perform a number of other common tasks, in addition to searching
the web.
Use Voice Actions to search the web or perform other tasks
1
Press & hold the
Search
button
. Or touch the Microphone icon
in the
Google search box or in the Browser’s URL box.
The first few times you open Voice Search, it offers hints about how to use it and
offers to play an introductory video. You can touch
Speak now
to use Voice
Search at any time.
Subsequently, a dialog opens, prompting you to speak Voice Actions or search the
web. You can touch Help to open the hints screen again.
2
Speak the voice action you want to use, or the words you want to search for.
The complete set of Voice Actions is detailed in “Voice Action commands” on
page 89.
When you’re finished speaking, Voice Search analyzes your speech and initiates
the action.
If you have the
Use My Location
setting checked in the Google Search settings,
local results are featured in your search results (see “Changing Google Search
settings” on page 85).
If Google Search didn’t understand what you said, it presents a list of similar-
sounding search terms and actions, which you can touch to continue with that
action.
Some Voice Actions open a panel where you’re prompted to complete the action,
by speaking or typing, as described in “Complete a Voice Action” on page 87.
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Page 16: ...About this guide 14 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 48: ...Android basics 46 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 66: ...Connecting to networks and devices 64 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 94: ...Searching by text and voice 92 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 112: ...Contacts 110 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 120: ...Accounts 118 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 172: ...Google Voice 170 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 184: ...Google Talk 182 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
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Page 252: ...Maps 250 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
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