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4. The microphone monitor. While you are speaking the microphone monitor shows how well voice
control can hear your voice:
A light blue bar means voice control can hear your voice.
A red bar means your voice is too loud for voice control to recognise individual words.
A dark blue bar means your voice is too quiet for voice control to recognise individual words.
Some tips for using voice control
You can help your VIA understand what you are saying by following these tips:
Mount your VIA about an arm's length in front of you, away from speakers or air vents.
Reduce background noise such as voices or the radio. If there is excessive road noise, you may
need to speak in the direction of the microphone.
Speak fluently and naturally as though speaking to a friend.
When saying an address, try not to pause between parts of the address or add extra words.
Say "number one" or "number two" and not "one " or "two" when selecting an item from a list such
as a house number.
Try not to correct mistakes, for example "Number four, oh I mean number five".
Important: Voice control on your VIA is specifically for native speakers of the selected language who
have a neutral accent. If you have a strong local or foreign accent, voice control may not understand
everything that you say.
What you can use voice control for
To view the complete list of available commands, select Help in the Main Menu, then Voice control
and then Which commands can I say?.
When voice control is on, you can also say "All commands" to view the list of available commands.
Here are some examples of the commands you can say when voice control is active:
Global commands
"Help", "Back", and "Cancel"
Navigation and route
"Activate phone"
"Go home" and "Travel via home"
"Go to a car park" and "Go to a petrol station"
"Go via a car park" and "Go via a petrol station"
"Display My Places" and "Recent destinations"
"Travel via a recent destination", and "Travel via a saved place"
"Report speed camera"
"When will I get there?"
"Mark the current location"
"Add current location to My Places"
"Clear route"
"What's the next instruction?"
Device settings
"Volume 70%", "Volume up", and "Volume down"
"Mute", and "Sound on"
"Instructions on", and "Instructions off"
"Day colours", and "Night colours"
"2D view", and "3D view"
"Zoom in", and "Zoom out"