Also, the voiceover feature doesn’t work well with third-party apps, e.g. in Tweetie it skips all the tweets and just says “Empty list”. It doesn’t even work well in iTunes, where when searching, it crashes the iTunes app! Here’s hoping they fix that little thing in 3.1 also.

I wouldn’t say this was a definitive test though. I didn’t do a “Soft Reboot” of the iPhone 3GS which according to Vocalize’s manual sometimes solves Bluetooth connectivity issues. I forgot about trying that probably because I never had to do that with any (Windows Mobile) smartphone I tried Vocalize with before. Oh well. I’ll try it next time. Doesn’t look promising though.

Thanks to Darrell for letting us know about the modified BlueAnt V1 and to Erick for the news about the 3.1 SDK. The iPhone, which not long ago seemed completely out of reach for mobility-impaired people, now looks like it’s going to become a realistic option for some of us, one way or another.

Looks like the discussions around the 3.1 SDK indicate you are right…thanks for the tip. Apparently 3.1 is currently only available to developers but will be released in a month or two.

Still…you have to keep the phone where you can see and get access to it to push its button; and you have to have enough movement to push the button (or enough movement to push the button on the Bluetooth).

Maybe I will work on a headset that will be cheaper than the BlueAnt V1 that would be suitable to use with the iPhone 3GS. That way there would be a choice between the BlueAnt and it’s Voice commands to be used with any phone and a Bluetooth Headset with no Voice Commands that could be triggered by a magnet and used with the iPhone 3GS.

[ http://www.slashgear.com/blueant-v1-voice-control-bluetooth-headset-review-2614626/#respond ]

The difference between the V1 and the No buttons Headset is that you DO NOT have to push the button…which is great for someone like my son who cannot push a button (moving the headset close to a conveniently mounted magnet is equivalent to pushing the button).

“You can say commands like “Speed Dial 9″ and it will dial what ever number you have stored in your phone under the phone’s #9 “Speed Dial” location. Some providers like Sprint or AT&T have a server based voice dial system. You can access the AT&T feature by dialing *8. If you cannot push a button you could store *8 at the “Speed Dial” #9 location and access it with the “No Buttons Headset” by moving the headset momentarily next to the magnet (just a quick pass…similar to pushing and releasing a button)…the headset will say “Say a Command”…if you say “Speed Dial 9″ it will access the number at that location on your phone and (in this case) dial *8 which would connect you to the phone company’s Voice Dialing feature where you can say a name that you previously stored there…or you can dial by saying the number you want to call.

[ http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/ueContent.jsp?scTopic=pcsVoiceCommand85 ]

[ http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/basics/choosing-features-services/voicedial.jsp ]