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Deleting all voice notes
1. Press button.
2. "Delete all voice memos"
3. "OK"
New voice note
1. "New voice memo"
2. "Start recording"/"Resume recording"
3. "Pause recording"
4. "Save"
The voice note is displayed in the list of voice
notes.
To cancel: "Cancel"
Displaying a note
Select the desired note.
Additional functions
The following functions are available when a
voice note is selected.
▷ "Email with voice memo", refer to
page 80.
▷ "Export (USB)", refer to page 82.
▷ "Delete"
▷ "Play", refer to page 84.
Updating notes
Update data, refer to page 84.
Text recognition/dictation
function
Concept
Spoken words are detected by voice recognition
and converted into text. The text can be cor‐
rected and supplemented as required. The text
can be used as subject or content of e-mails or
short messages. To use the functions, data is
transmitted to a service provider via an encrypted
connection and stored locally there.
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Telephone
Functional requirement
The mobile phone must support the function.
The following function is activated: "Server
speech recognition"
Recording texts
1. Select the desired language.
2. Select the symbol to start the recording.
3. Select the symbol to end the recording.
4. "Confirm text"
5. ▷
"Delete last dictation"
▷ "Delete all"
▷ "Read out full text"
▷ "Read out last dictation"
Improving voice recognition for
contact names
Concept
The contact names of the connected mobile
phones are transmitted to voice recognition. This
improves the recognition of contact names dur‐
ing text conversion. To use the functions, data is
transmitted to a service provider via an encrypted
connection and stored locally there.
Activating/deactivating the function
The function can be activated or deactivated for
the respective mobile phone.
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "iDrive settings"
3. "Mobile devices"
4. Select the desired device.
5. "Contact upload for messaging"
Reading out loud
SMS, e-mail, tasks, text notes, and calendar en‐
tries can be read out loud.
▷ "Play"
▷ "Pause"
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