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iPhone Daily Tip: How To Use Voice Control on iPhone Effectively

Apple iPhone has been the hottest selling gadget of the year and with release of its latest firmware iOS 4.2, its usage has increased further with the inclusion of features like AirPlay and AirPrint and search utility called as Find My iPhone. iPhone 3GS and iPhone4 both have a unique feature called as Voice Control that enables you to control the phone using voice commands. This Apple feature of incorporating the Voice Control in the phone is very much limited and some of the beginners rather get confused on how to use voice control, so today’s guide is all about How to use voice control on iPhone.

Activating Voice Control

In order to activate Voice control, user of iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 has to press and hold the Home button and in case of Bluetooth handset or Headphones, the middle button.  When a beep is sounded, the voice control user interface appears and asks for user command. All the available commands include:

• Dial [Mobile Number]
• Dial [Contact Name]
• Facetime Chat can be activated with Contact Name
• Play Music Command
• Play [specific Playlist] command
• Play Any Artist[Artist Name]
• What Time is This?[Command]

For example user can say, Call John and your Phone dialer will pop-up with John being dialed. If user has made any kind of mistake regarding giving command then he can rectify with a CANCEL command. Good thing about Voice Command is that it works in all situations may it be Homescreen or in the event when your Phone is locked.

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