The iPhone User Guide

Use Voice Control:

• Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep.
• Then use the commands described below to make calls or play songs.
• You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset to bring up Voice Control.

Call someone in contacts:

• Say “call” or “dial,” then say the name of the person.
• If the person has more than one phone number, you can add “home” or “mobile,” for example. Dial a number: Say “call” or “dial,” then say the number.

Make a correction:

• Say “wrong,” “not that one,” “not that,” “no,” or “nope.”

Control music playback:

• Say “play,” or “play music.”
• To pause, say “pause,” or “pause music.”
• You can also say “next song” or “previous song.”

Play an album, artist, or playlist:

• Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist” and the name.

Shuffle the current playlist:

• Say “shuffle.”

Find out more about the currently playing song:

• Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”

Use Genius to play similar songs:

• Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more songs like this.”

Cancel Voice Control:

• Say “cancel.”

For best results:

• Speak into the iPhone microphone as if you were making a phone call.
• Or use the microphone in the included headset.
• Speak clearly and naturally.
• Say only iPhone commands and names, and numbers.
• Pause slightly in between.
• Use full names.

Related iPhone News

• February 5, 2010 -- Skype will work over 3G anyday now
• February 1, 2010 -- Fring Brings Video And Voice Calls Over 3G to iPhone
• January 28, 2010 -- iPhone 3.2 SDK for iPad – VoIP, External Displays, Shared File Directory
• January 28, 2010 -- Google Voice Finally Comes to iPhone But as an iPhone Web App
• January 28, 2010 -- Apple Lifts 3G VoIP Restrictions for iPhone Apps