The Voice Control feature is limited in its abilities, such as playing music and calling people. To use this feature all you have to do is hold down the Home button for a few seconds until the Voice Control menu displays. Then speak your command, such as "play ...", or "call ...".
When you call someone using the Voice Control feature, the iPhone searches for the person you're trying to call by looking at the first and last name fields. Although if you want to setup a shortcut to call a specific person, all you have to do is add a nickname to specific individual. So, instead of saying, "Call John Doe", you can create a nickname for that contact that contains the name "John" or if you're trying to be funny you could use a word like "Nobody". So you could say, "Call John" or in the second example, "Call Nobody"
In order to get this feature to work you need to add the Nickname field to the contacts. To add this field:
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When you call someone using the Voice Control feature, the iPhone searches for the person you're trying to call by looking at the first and last name fields. Although if you want to setup a shortcut to call a specific person, all you have to do is add a nickname to specific individual. So, instead of saying, "Call John Doe", you can create a nickname for that contact that contains the name "John" or if you're trying to be funny you could use a word like "Nobody". So you could say, "Call John" or in the second example, "Call Nobody"
In order to get this feature to work you need to add the Nickname field to the contacts. To add this field:
- Open the Contacts application on your iPhone
- Find the person you want to add a nickname field, and click on their name.
- Press the Edit button in the upper right-hand corner
- Select the add field button at the bottom of the list, choose the Nickname field and then enter a name or word you want to use when dialing that person.
Note: If you have a Bluetooth headset that is paired with your phone, you can activate this feature by pressing the answer/end button for a few seconds.