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Sunday 4 December 2005, 12:18 PM

Generally good but has a real basic limitations


When I first tried this, I thought fantastic! It's great at recognising commands accurately but then I found a major limitation. I travel quite a bit and when trying to dial a number e.g. 21 456 xxx, it insists of putting a leading '0' (I have the UK version) A lot of countries in Europe don't use a leading '0'.

I then tried the US version and it didn't add the leading '0' but then I found another problem. When trying to dial a int'l number e.g.00 33 xxx xxx it insisted on dialing 011 33 xxx xxx.

Why doesn't it just dial what I say? Don't the MS developers realise that people travel and numbers are different around the world? They shouldn't regionalise the way the number formats are dialed.

Otherwise a good product.

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Microsoft Voice Command

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Rating: 7.9
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Look, no hands. Microsoft Voice Command -- which is due to ship in the UK before Christmas -- gives you hands-free access to your handheld.

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