Write New; Writing And Sending A Message - BMW iDrive Owner's Manual

Communications
3. Select the desired entry to display details.

Write new

The concept
A spoken message is detected by speech rec‐
ognition and converted into text. This text can
be corrected and supplemented as required.
The message can be sent as a text message or
e-mail.
Recording voice notes, refer to page 98.
General information
Upon using for the first time, follow the instruc‐
tions for entering into a contract with the serv‐
ice provider. This service may attract costs.
Approximately 30 seconds of spoken text can
be recorded for each dictation. Multiple dicta‐
tions can be recorded one after the other, and
these will be sent as one message.
Requirements
▷ The mobile phone supports the requisite
Bluetooth standards.
▷ A valid e-mail address and an agreement
with the service provider.
▷ The mobile phone is paired with the vehi‐
cle and connected, refer to page 79.
▷ For sending e-mails: mobile phone with es‐
tablished e-mail account, refer to the oper‐
ating instructions for the mobile phone.
▷ The mobile phone must have reception.
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Writing and sending a message

1. "Office"
2. "New"
3. "Type"
▷ "Text message"
▷ "E-mail"
▷ "E-mail with voice memo"
4. "Recipient"
Enter a phone number or e-mail address,
or
Tilt the controller to the right and select a
recipient and phone number or e-mail ad‐
dress from Contacts.
Only the Contacts for which a phone num‐
ber or e-mail address has been saved will
be displayed.
5. "Dictate text"or
"Record voice memo", refer to
page 98.
Select function:
▷ "Select input language"
▷ "Record"
Start recording. After the signal has
sounded, the text message can be dic‐
tated.
▷ "Stop"
Stop recording. The text will be con‐
verted.
▷ "Delete last dictation"
The last text dictated will be deleted.
▷ "Read out last dictation"