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crep1291 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,576 Points:480,635 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 4:13:25 PM Ignore crep1291 Report Abuse In view of this week's poll results, I think it may be a good idea to add voice control to the mobile app, or at least a way to record comments along with GPS location and date/time. This would make my gas price reports more accurate.

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In view of this week's poll results, I think it may be a good idea to add voice control to the mobile app, or at least a way to record comments along with GPS location and date/time. This would make my gas price reports more accurate.

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Don Moderator	Message Posted: Nov 14, 2012 3:52:53 PM Ignore Don Report Abuse I don't think Siri can be accessed by other app developers (as Byte_Doctor has indicated), Siri is an Apple server based application IIRC. Correct me if I'm wrong but Apple has ever had a voice to text feature (where as Android has had this for a few years now, in that respect this is why the Android developers were able to take advantage of this), but Apple has had 'Voice Command'. Any other likely options are (paid) third party applications. Offhand I think iOS6 has a voice to text entry option for the keyboard, which would be useful for entering comments in the GasBuddy app, but I do not think it can be used for reporting prices. This is actually a fairly good example of what we mean why we say some features are not available cross-platform. If the opportunity every presents itself I'm sure the iOS developers will implement voice to text features. As for Windows Phone and BlackBerry, I'm not overly familiar, that would require a little more research. Thanks for your feedback. -Don
chambleetiger Sophomore Author Atlanta Posts:227 Points:401,400 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 4:54:02 PM Ignore chambleetiger Report Abuse this would be a great addition
Byte_Doctor Champion Author Akron Posts:3,470 Points:713,315 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 7:12:17 AM Ignore Byte_Doctor Report Abuse scoutmaster: I took his post to mean that the feature should be added to both iPhone and Android versions.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,169 Points:3,249,620 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 6:41:19 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse That's what I got from his Oct 20, 2012 5:40:51 AM post. I coulda miss-read it.
Byte_Doctor Champion Author Akron Posts:3,470 Points:713,315 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 21, 2012 9:34:42 PM Ignore Byte_Doctor Report Abuse scoutmaster: I don't see where nurdco said that, but if he did, as far as I can tell he's wrong. I have an iPhone and use the app, and there is nothing in the app that I can find that allows voice entry. CampKohler: Apple doesn't let any other app developers access Siri.
momster1 Veteran Author Wisconsin Posts:448 Points:285,365 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 21, 2012 6:17:49 AM Ignore momster1 Report Abuse If u can do this, it would b great!
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,169 Points:3,249,620 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2012 2:58:50 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse According to nurdco it's available. I don't have an iPhone.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,440 Points:1,561,770 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2012 1:42:03 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse Does iPhone's Siri feature do just what Apple wants it to do, or can app author's program it to suit their apps?
Byte_Doctor Champion Author Akron Posts:3,470 Points:713,315 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2012 1:33:10 PM Ignore Byte_Doctor Report Abuse As far as I can tell the iPhone app does not have the ability to enter prices by voice entry.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,440 Points:1,561,770 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2012 1:08:03 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse Any voice control (voice recognition, actually) feature should also include 1.) an immediate automatic readback of the prices for confirmation that it understood the prices correctly, 2.) a way for the member to confirm and submit the price, else that particular station's report is postponed, and 3.) a recording feature to capture the voice in case a station's prices were not interpreted correctly, so that the prices could be played back later for manual entry. Scrap: Is there a similar feature on the iPhone app? [Edited by: CampKohler at 10/20/2012 1:10:34 PM EST]
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,169 Points:3,249,620 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2012 8:47:45 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Since there already is voice on the apps, this isn't a valid suggestion.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,524 Points:2,354,830 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2012 6:52:59 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse While there is the ability to enter prices by voice on the Android app, it actually requires more attention than a text entry and is pretty useless, except as a novelty to see how it works.
nurdco Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:9,205 Points:1,690,410 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2012 5:40:51 AM Ignore nurdco Report Abuse Needs to BE Android and iPhone VERSIONs
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,440 Points:1,561,770 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 9:40:19 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse This suggestion has been added to the Suggestion Tracking List as a new subject. Maybe this suggestion could be combined with mine. Meanwhile, you can use the voice recorder app (standard on the iPhone).
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,169 Points:3,249,620 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 4:23:53 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse The mobile app on the Android has voice price entry.