Droid X: The Missing Manual

What Can You Control with Your Voice?

You can tell the Droid X to do much more than just make a call or send an email. After you launch Voice Commands, wait a second or two, and it will display the entire list of its commands. Tap any to have it perform that command. So, for example, if you select Call, the Droid X will ask what person or number it should call. Here are some other things you can do:

• Call <Name or #>. As discussed on Placing a Phone Call, this command makes a phone call.

  Note

  If you use a social networking service like Facebook on your Droid X, it searches through your contacts on that service as well as the ones you’ve put into the Contacts list yourself.

• Send Text <Name or #>. This command opens a new text message.

  Note

  When using Voice Commands to send a text or email, you must type your message. Voice Commands doesn’t convert speech to text. Instead, it launches certain apps or takes certain actions.

• Send Picture <Name or #>. Say this phrase, and you’re supposed to be able to send a picture via email or text messaging. In reality, though, the Droid X doesn’t really follow through. Instead, it just opens a new email or text message addressed to the person. You then have to insert the picture from inside that app. So if you want to send a picture to someone, this command is no faster than Send Email.

• Send Video <Name or #>. Just like the Send Picture option, this command ...