Welcome to vlingo™, an easy-to-use product that allows you to speak instead of typing to get the most out of your BlackBerry device.
Using vlingo, you can talk directly to your phone to browse the Web, send emails or text messages, make phone calls, write a note to yourself, and open other applications. As you speak to it, vlingo learns your voice. The more you use vlingo, the more the speech recognition accuracy improves.
In this guide:
This guide contains the following topics:
• Installing the vlingo™ software
• Configuring the vlingo™ software
• Performing tasks using vlingo
• Changing the side key setting
You can also Download this guide as a PDF.
The following features are new in this release:
• Status update for Facebook and Twitter (see Updating Facebook Status and Updating Twitter Status).
• Full BlackBerry keyboard support including SureType.
• Expanded list of other programs you can open with vlingo (see Opening Other Applications).
• Ability to read back entire spoken messages (see Setting vlingo options, Message Playback option).
• Support for UK English dialect and accents; and a new option allowing you to switch between US English and UK English (see Setting vlingo options, Language option).
• An easy way to send a message to a contact to tell them about vlingo (see Telling a Friend about vlingo).
The following features were added since vlingo version 1.0:
• Reply With vlingo, Reply All With vlingo, and Forward With vlingo added to the BlackBerry native SMS and Email menus.
• Auto-capitalization for messages (capitalization is automatically turned on for the Subject and Message fields) and for Facebook and Twitter status updates.
• Better network connection handling.
Installation and configuration
To get started, follow the instructions on www.vlingo.com about how to download, install, and configure the software using the vlingo Setup wizard.
See Installing the vlingo™ software for installation information. See Configuring the vlingo™ software for details about configuring the software.
How to use vlingo
After installing and configuring the software, you’re ready to start using vlingo.
To use vlingo:
1. Hold the side key and wait for the tone indicating that vlingo is listening and ready for you to speak.
You can speak from any screen on your BlackBerry. You do not have to open the vlingo application in order to speak.
2. Continue to hold the side key and tell vlingo what you want to do.
For example, you can say “Search concert tickets” to search the Web, or “Send email to Jen, Subject Hi, Message See you soon." to send an email to a contact. You can do lots of other things too like send a text message or open another application. For more information, see Using the vlingo™ software.
When you use vlingo to perform a task, the following events occur:
1. Vlingo listens to your speech and then displays its interpretation of what you said in a speech-enabled text box.
You can correct the displayed text if it does not match what you said, or you can accept the text.
2. Once you accept the text, the BlackBerry application completes the task that you requested (For example, start a Web search, call a contact, or send an email).
If you use vlingo to open an application, vlingo does not display text in the text box; it tries to open the application you requested. You can then use the application in the usual way.