Well, I guess I'm glad, because it's not my headset that is the problem. On the other hand, I'm sorry you are having this problem. I wonder if it will get any better with iOS 9 and a new phone. It seems to me that there should be a nice smooth handoff between the headset and the phone, so that you could dictate or use Siri if you wanted to. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 15, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Sherrie <nanagoose4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have an iPhone 5 an a new Plantronics Voyager Edge and the dictation > stinks. Siri ALWAYS gets it wrong, in fact, never gets it right. I have > started reaching up and switching off the headset when dictating and turning > it back on when I am finished. > Sherrie Gosling > > > -----Original Message----- From: Mary Otten > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 11:56 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Bluetooth earpiece and dictation or using Siri > > I have an iPhone 5 S with a Plantronics voyager headset. I guess I should > call it an earpiece, since it's just one, not to ear phones. I have had this > for a while, so I know it is not the latest and greatest. I mostly have use > this quite successfully when out in coffee shops or restaurants or other > public places, where I want to read email or articles, or surf the web or > whatever. However, lately, I have actually tried using it for dictation, say, > to answer mail, or to use Siri. And the results have been hideous. It just > never works. I have tried the home button to activate Siri. I have tried > double tapping the dictation button to activate dictation. I think once, I > even tried hitting a button on the earpiece to see if that would work. What > usually happens is I get the two beeps followed almost immediately by the one > beep indicating that dictation or Siri is closed. Sometimes I get a crash. > Sometimes the headset connects and disconnects. And, the audio starts > sounding quite strange, rather like an old telephone connection. It just > doesn't work. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this something that should be > fixed if I got a new earpiece and my new phone which should be here in a > couple of weeks? > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
