Voice control on the iPhone 3GS

Pt. 2 of 5 | 3:34 |

Up Close and Personal with the iPhone 3GS

Tuesday August 4, 2009

Sean Carruthers continues his in-depth look at the

iPhone 3GS

by breaking down the new

voice control features of the iPhone 3GS

. With

iPhone voice control

you can dial numbers, look up contact, select music on your iPod and much more. And all this without touching the device itself... much.

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Show Notes

- To launch

iPhone voice control

either press and hold the home button or press and hold the in-line microphone switch.

- To dial a number, say "call" or" dial" and the digits.

- To call a contact, say "call" or "dial" and the contact name and category. i.e. "dial Matt Harris mobile."

- To play a song, artist or playlist say "play" and the name of the artist, song or playlist.

- Say "what song / album / artist etc. is this?" to have the details read back to you.

- Say "play more songs like this" to enact the