I Retract My Good Rating

OK. I was premature in giving this ap a high rating. It initially worked most of the time, under ideal conditions and I thought that the reason for the remaining problems, was that I needed to learn to be more consistent, in saying names. Not so.

Note: I waited for the first update to come out, before posting this review, just in case they fixed the recognition. In fact, the recognition improved marginally, in the latest release, but not nearly enough to make the ap worthwhile.

In all fairness, I must say that this app is so much better than the VoiceCloud pseudo-voice dialer, that it is beyond comparison. The main difference is that VoiceCloud only looks up the address book entry and you still have to manually select the number to dial, while the Makayama (sp.) ap actually dials the number for you - at least, on those occasions when it recognizes the name correctly.

Recognition is the problem. Even when following all of the instructions, it cannot tell the difference between "Becky cell", "Becky work" and "Becky home". Interestingly, my wifes KRZR correctly recognizes all three of those phrases, without need for training.

Some names, it has few problems with, while others are routinely recognized incorrectly. Its as though they are using a recognition algorythim that is 6 or 8 years old. The recognition software needs lots of work.

Its just sad that on the worlds most advanced cell phone, we have to rely on a 3rd party app that is handicapped by Apple, instead of having full-featured native voice dialing, as part of the basic features in the system, like every other modern cell phone in the world.

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