Dragon Mobile Assistant (Beta) has just launched in the Google Play Store, offering yet another Siri / Google Now competitor. Currently available for Ice Cream Sandwich and above, the app builds on Dragon’s popular Dragon Go! app, with a focus on natural speaking and conversation-style searches.
There are three reasons you might want this:
- You are jealous of Siri.
- You don’t like Google Now, for some reason, or you have opted out of Google Now on your device.
- You are looking for a Google Now substitute because you’re phone hasn’t gotten updated to Jelly Bean yet.
I fall in the third category, but so far, I find this app severely lacking. It’s much less useful than Google Now on my ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity tablet, and there’s a lot it still can’t do. (For example, when I ask it about my schedule, it tells me “I can’t do that yet.”)
Granted, this is in beta, and Dragon is one of the biggest names in speech recognition right now. So it still might be worth checking out, but I’d really like HTC to just hurry up and send out the Jelly Bean update for my EVO 4G LTE. That way, I could skip this and go straight to Google Now on my phone, too.
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I’m in the same boat I use Speaktoit and it is not that bad. Hope Sprint pushes out JB soon come on !
I love Dragon! I’ll have to give this a shot
I’ll just wait for JB.
gonna try it… free and i have the power of uninstall…
“(For example, when I ask it about my schedule, it tells me “I can’t do that yet.”)”
Sounds like a useful feature, think I’ll add that to my Nelly.
F me. I got it working, and THEN I realized my norwegian calendar entries don’t work well with my english tts >.>
I also use Speaktoit it’s the best so far I think. But I have Google Now on my Jelly Bean Transformer Prime but haven’t messed with it much.
We’re going to need this as the GS3 is getting Jelly Bean tomorrow but us EVO LTE owners will probably have to wait for 2013! WTF HTC?! HTC hasn’t even released Jelly Bean on the international or unlocked HOX models yet, which means carrier branded ones have AT LEAST a month or more wait for Jelly Bean. This angers me and I might try what others have said to get the SGS3 with the issues of problematic LTE issues. Arg! Proof below:
http://phandroid.com…s-october-25th/
Why not just install the ICS port of Google Now or a ROM that has it integrated.
is Google Now any good?
ah i want google now! Thanks HTC and Sprint for being so quiet on the update!
Instead of complaining… Guys just root your phones and flash a JB rom.
You all will probably root down the road anyways?
Might as well do it now.
Google Now sounds cool. I can’t get Google Now now. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Why not just upgrade my phone now so I can have Google Now now? I don’t have the money right now. Ow.
You could always just root it and flash a JB Rom to get Google Now now. and you can do it now, so don’t have a cow and get Google Now now. wow.
On a separate note* The best voice assistant so far i think is AIVC in the play store. Will try out Dragon’s new Beta but it will have a lot to live up to with AIVC
If your rooted you can just flash this… http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224
Have you guys done a review of Google Now?
This looks interesting. Not sure whether I’d use these things over just typing searches
Software doesn’t read out my incoming text messages…so while I am enjoying it on my Galaxy Note, I think I’ll wait until next year.
Yes I believe that they have written a piece regarding Google Now. I do know for sure it’s been mentioned and covered in some of Pauls Rom reviews and previews. I currently am running Mean Rom. It’s up to version 5.1and Google Now (which is a JB port) Is baked into the Rom for quite some time now. I will say that it’s pretty freaking awesome. It keeps up with normal things you like or do (notify about your favorite team, tell ya how long the commute home will be) and a laundry list of other “cards” – you’ll learn. Also built into JB and essentially Google Now is voice dictation Without the need for data connection.. Yes, they’ve just shrunk the dictionary and is on-board now. Amazing difference in speed and function. You can pause, think and continue dictation for whatever you may be writing. And it all works pretty well. IMO all works pretty darn good.
So yes there are Developers that have this baked into their “half breed” custom ICS ROMS but if your rooted.. And with the entire evo line (in general) its pretty easy to do these days, you can download just the Google Now apk on XDA and flash. Is actually the first way I tried it. Worked mostly but when it’s fully integrated with the rom (doesn’t have to be JB) it works dam near perfect.
Tried it nothing great but it is in beta, cant do too much with it. Best one out now and I have tried them all is ROBIN does everything you need it to do and also it will tell you a joke! Robin could be the next big thing if they keep it updated.
doesn’t swype use dragon voice thing in it’s voice to text thing?
I actually really like this app. It works well.