How to use Voice Actions for Andriod

If you have an android based phone, you will be happy to learn that you can now interact with Android phones using voice actions. You can now send SMS by talking your message into your phone instead of typing it. You can also call contacts with voice actions. You can also use it to find and play music. Imagine you can now send email to friends and the whole thing by just speaking into your phone. With phones becoming more and more like your own personal computer. This takes things to a whole new level. Your phone becomes easier to operate and everything is no more more just a click of a button away but a word from your mouth away.

How to use Voice Actions for Android. To use Voice Actions, tap the microphone button on the Google search box on your home screen, or press down for a few seconds on the physical search button on your phone to activate the “Speak Now” screen.

Both Voice Actions and the new Google search widget require Android 2.2 (Froyo), and will be pre-installed with the new Droid 2 phone from Motorola and Verizon. Voice Actions are currently available for U.S. English speakers.

How to get voice actions for Android.
You will need to download the voice search App, featuring voice actions.

Here are a list of Voice commands to use for voice actions.

Send text messages

Say "send text to [recipient] [message]*"
e.g. "send text to Allison Miller Running late. I will be home around 9"

Get directions
Say "navigate to [address/city/business name]"
e.g. "navigate to the DeYoung Museum San Francisco" or "navigate to 1965 Page St."

Call contacts
Say "call [contact name] [phone type]*"
e.g. "call Allison Miller home"

View a map
Say "map of [address/city]"
e.g. "map of San Francisco"

Write a note
Say "note to self [message]"
e.g. "note to self grocery list banana milk eggs pizza"

Listen to music
Say "listen to [artist/song/album]"
e.g. "listen to the decemberists"

Call businesses
Say "call [business name] [location]*"
e.g. "call Pizzeria Venti Mountain View"

Send email
Say "send email to [recipient] [subject]* [body]*"
e.g. "send email to Mike LeBeau How's life in New York treating you? The weather's beautiful here!"

Go to websites
Say "go to [website]
e.g. "go to Wikipedia"

Search Google
Say "[your query]"
e.g. "pictures of the golden gate bridge at sunset"

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