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#1 ·
I noticed my Voice Texting was no longer working.

I figured I had to reset it or reregister or something.

Finally figured it out. It's part of the Remote Access Package that you have to pay $14.99/mo for !!!

The Voice Texting has nothing to do with the "Phone Service" dependent features built into the car.

It's a Bluetooth tether feature.

Soon they will start charging for Bluetooth Tether or a Volume Control on the Steering Wheel.

It's not a critical feature but it came in handy now and then.

I have no temptation what so ever on the rest of the remote features (remote start from your phone etc.).

Such a petty thing to squeak $$$ out of customers for.
 
#2 ·
It's the not so new business model the corporate world is using, "revenue streams". No one wants to sell you anything anymore, they want to "rent" it to you with a recurring debt on your bank account. Just open the faucet, and you'll get what ever you want, and they'll tether your wallet. :rolleyes:
 
#4 ·
The Voice Texting has nothing to do with the "Phone Service" dependent features built into the car.

It's a Bluetooth tether feature.
That's incorrect. Voice Texting is using an online speech-to-text engine. Your voice is sent to a speech translation service through the 3G radio, the service converts it to text, then pushes it back to the vehicle over 3G. Without the 3G service this won't work. Google VR works similarly and requires online presence.
 
#8 ·
That does sux. But i will keep the uconnect come June of next yr.
 
#15 ·
The voice recognition repeats things back to me in English pronunciation and then the addresses are read out in American. The recognition is done elsewhere, not in the car. Part of the reason it's so bloody slow.

I can talk at Android or Siri until I am blue in the face and they will never come up with the right answer.

So which part of Scotland, if you are talking Doric to them it is no bloody wonder. But they should be able to handle Edinburgh or the Highlands. I doubt anything can deal with Northumbrian, Geordie or Yorkshire either.

Just put on an outrageous American accent and maybe it will work?

Back in 1982 Royal Aircraft Establishment (Bedford) sent their BAC 1-11 (XX105) to Paris Air Show to demo systems including voice activated radio controls. Even the French could use them. We don't seem to have come all that far in the last 32 years.
 
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