GMC 2016 Sierra Owner's Manual page 214

to complete the task, or the session
is terminated, the voice recognition
dialog stops.
An example of this type of manual
intervention is pressing on an entry
of a displayed number list instead of
speaking the number associated
with the entry desired.
Canceling Voice Recognition
Press the Home screen button
to terminate the voice
recognition session which was
initiated by pressing
infotainment screen on the
center stack.
Press or say Cancel or Exit to
terminate the voice recognition
session and display the screen
from which voice recognition
was initiated.
Press on the steering wheel
controls to terminate the voice
session and display the screen
from which voice recognition
was initiated.
Helpful Hints for Speaking
Commands
Voice recognition can understand
commands that are either naturally
stated in sentence form (English
only), or direct commands that state
the application and the task.
For languages that do not support
natural language commands in
sentence form, use the direct
commands shown as examples on
the display screen.
For best results:
on the
Listen for the prompt and wait
for the beep before saying a
command or reply.
Say Help or look at the screen
display for commands.
Voice recognition system prompt
can be interrupted during a
prompt by pressing
For example, if the prompt
seems to be taking too long to
finish, or if what is being
prompted causes a need for an
immediate reply, press
and wait for the beep.
Infotainment System
Speak the command naturally,
not too fast, not too slow. Use
direct commands without a lot of
extra words.
Usually Phone and Audio
commands can be spoken in a
single command.
For example, Call Dave Smith
at work, Play followed by the
artist or song name, or Tune
followed by the radio station
number.
There is no need to memorize
specific command words. Direct
commands might be more clearly
understood by the system. An
example of a direct command would
be Call 555-1212. Examples of
these direct commands are
displayed on most of the screens
while a voice session is active.
If Phone or Phone Commands, is
again.
stated, the system understands that
a phone call is requested and will
respond with questions until enough
details are gathered.
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