Lexus ES300h 2014 Navigation Manual

310
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Go home”.
zA confirmation screen will be displayed
showing the recognition results.
3Say “Yes” or select “Yes”.
zThe system starts searching for a route to
your home.
z When the voice command is recognized,
the map of the area around the home
address will be displayed and route guid-
ance to the home address will begin.
MICROPHONE
It is unnecessary to speak directly into
the microphone when giving a com-
mand.
INFORMATION
●
Wait for the confirmation beep before
speaking a command.
●Voice commands may not be recognized
if:
• Spoken too quickly.
• Spoken at a low or high volume.
• The roof or windows are open.
• Passengers are talking while voice com- mands are spoken.
• The air conditioning speed is set high.
• The air conditioning vents are turned towards the microphone.
●In the following conditions, the system
may not recognize the command prop-
erly and using voice commands may not
be possible:
• The command is incorrect or unclear.Note that certain words, accents or
speech patterns may be difficult for the
system to recognize.
• There is excessive background noise, such as wind noise.
VOICE COMMAND
EXAMPLE: SEARCHING FOR
A ROUTE TO YOUR HOME
z If a home address is not registered, voice
guidance will say “Your home is not set.
Please try again after setting a home
location.” and you will be prompted to
enter a home address. (See page 109.)

311
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
7
VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Enter an address”.
zIf the destination’s state/province has not
been set or is not contained in the voice
command recognition list, the screen to
input a state/province will be displayed.
z Some areas cannot be recognized by the
voice recognition system.
3Say “<city name>” .
zSay the desired city name that belongs to
the set state in the place of the “<>”.
z Say “Change State” to change the set voice
recognition state.
4Say “<street name>” .
zSay the desired full street name, or main
body of the street name that belongs to the
set state in the place of the “<>”.
z The voice command recognition is
designed to recognize the main body of the
official street name.
For example, if the official street name is
“East Main Street” , the voice command rec-
ognition will recognize “Main”.
5Say “<house number>” .
zSay the desired number, cardinal/intercar-
dinal direction etc. in the place of the “<>”.
For example: Say “West 555”.
zInputting the house number can be
skipped.
6Say “Start guidance” or “Show map”. Al-
ternatively, select “Start Guidance” or
“Show Map” .
zAfter this, follow the voice guidance and
search for a destination route by voice
command operation.
VOICE COMMAND
EXAMPLE: PERFORMING A
DESTINATION SEARCH BY
ADDRESS (ENGLISH ONLY)
zFor information regarding the state/
province setting to perform a destination
search by address, see “SELECTING
THE SEARCH AREA” on page 68.

312
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
1Press the talk switch.
z“Play Artist <name>” and “Play Album
<name>” are displayed in the “Shortcut
Menu” screen.
2Say “Play artist <name>” or “Play album
<name>” .
zSay the desired artist name or album name
in the place of the “<>”.
z A confirmation screen will be displayed
showing the recognition results. If multiple
matching items are found, a selection
screen will be displayed.
3Say “Yes” or select “Yes”.
zThe system starts playing music.
INFORMATION
●
Even if the state set using voice recogni-
tion is different from the set state in the
“Address” screen (which was set when a
destination was set manually), the set
state in the “Address” screen will not
change. (For more information on the
“Address” screen, see “SELECTING THE
SEARCH AREA” on page 68.)
●The house number voice recognition
conditions are outlined below:
• Numerals: 10 digits or less
• Numerals and cardinal/intercardinal direction or a hyphen and numerals: A
total of 9 digits or less (Do not say
“and” .)
• Cardinal/Intercardinal direction or a hyphen and numerals: A total of 9 dig-
its or less (Do not say “and”.)
• Numerals are recognized as single digits only.
• The cardinal/intercardinal direction and hyphens are only recognized
once.
• The following cardinal/intercardinal directions can be recognized: North,
East, West, South, North East, North
West, South East and South West.
●When inputting the house number is
skipped and the recognized candidate list
has multiple entries and so forth, the full
street name may need to be recognized.
If this occurs, say the full street name.
For example, say “East Main Street” and
“East Main Street” will be recognized.
VOICE COMMAND
EXAMPLE: SEARCH FOR A
TRACK USING ARTIST NAME
OR ALBUM NAME
zWhen “Play Artist <name>” is used to
play music, the first track is selected ran-
domly. For operations beyond playing
music, refer to the “AUDIO/VIDEO
SYSTEM” section of this manual.

313
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
7
VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
zMusic recognition technology and
related data are provided by
Gracenote
®. Gracenote is the industry
standard in music recognition
technology and related content delivery.
For more information visit
www.gracenote.com.
INFORMATION
●
A USB memory or iPod must be con-
nected to enable track searching and
playback. (See “USB MEMORY OPER-
ATION” on page 254 and “iPod OPER-
ATION” on page 260.)
●When a USB memory or iPod is con-
nected, recognition data is created so
tracks can be searched using voice com-
mands.
●Recognition data is updated under the
following conditions:
• When the USB memory or iPod data has changed.
• When the voice reco gnition language is
changed. (See page 54.)
●While the recognition data is being cre-
ated or being updated, a track search
cannot be performed using a voice com-
mand.
●While “Play Music” is displayed in the
“Shortcut menu” screen, say “Play music”
to display the music screen from which
searching for a track using a voice com-
mand can be performed.
●When “Play Music” is dimmed in the
“Shortcut Menu” screen, it is not possible
to search for a track using a voice com-
mand. In this situation, reduce the amount
of music data in the USB memory or iPod
and update the recognition data to
enable searching by voice command.

314
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
2. NATURAL SPEECH INFORMATION (ENGLISH ONLY)
*: Say the desired artist name or album
name in the place of the “<>”.
Due to natural language speech recog-
nition technology, this system enables
recognition of a command when spoken
naturally. However, the system cannot
recognize every variation of each com-
mand. In some situations, it is possible to
omit the command for the procedure
and directly state the desired operation.
Not all voice commands are displayed in
the short cut menu.
INFORMATION
●
The “Set a Destination”, “Use the Phone”,
“Play Music” and “Get Information” com-
mands displayed on the “Shortcut Menu”
screen can be operated using natural lan-
guage speech recognition technology.
●If the command cannot be recognized
completely, the command input screen
will be displayed. (Search results will be
shown based on the part of the command
that was recognized.)
EXPRESSION EXAMPLES FOR
EACH FUNCTION
CommandExpression examples
“Go Home”Let’s go home.
Take me home.
“Enter an
Address”I wanna enter an ad-
dress, please.
Put in an address.
“Find Nearby
<POI category>”Find nearby <Restau-
rants> for me.
I need to see the nearby
<Restaurants>.
“Call <name>
<type>”
Get me <Robert
Brown>.
I need to call <Robert
Brown> at <Work> right
away.
“Dial <number>”
Please dial the number
<3334445555>.
Ring <3334445555>.
“Play Artist
<name>”Play the artist
<XXXXX>.
I’d like to hear the band
<XXXXX>.*
“Play Album
<name>”Play album <XXXXX>.
Music from album
<XXXXX>.*

315
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
7
VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
CommandExpression examples
“Traffic”How’s the traffic?
Check the traffic.
“Weather”
What’s the weather
like?
Let’s get a forecast.
“Sports Scores”
Team scores.
How are my favorite
teams doing?
“Stock Quotes”Stock quotes.
How are my stocks do-
ing?
“Fuel Prices”
Let’s check fuel prices.
Find the cheapest gas
prices.
INFORMATION
●
Commands that are not displayed in the
“Shortcut Menu” screen can be accessed
from the main menu.
●For example, to make an “International
Call”, say “Main menu” while the “Short-
cut Menu” screen is being displayed.
Then say “Use the phone” followed by
saying the desired number, e.g.
“123456789”.

316
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
3. EXPANDED VOICE COMMANDS
1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Audio on” .
Selecting “On” next to “Expanded
Voice Commands” on the “Voice Set-
tings” screen enables voice command
operation of the audio/video and air
conditioning system. (See page 62.) For
more information on operations that can
be controlled using expanded voice
commands, refer to “COMMAND
LIST”. (See page 317.)
VOICE COMMAND
EXAMPLE: TURN THE AUDIO
SYSTEM ON
INFORMATION
●
Commands relating to operation of the
audio/video and air conditioning systems
can only be performed when the audio
and air conditioning systems are turned
on.
●Expanded voice commands can be rec-
ognized when the “Shortcut Menu”
screen is displayed.

317
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
7
VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
4. COMMAND LIST
zAll commands are listed in the table.
z For devices that are not installed in the ve hicle, the related commands will not be dis-
played in the “Shortcut Menu” screen. Also , according to conditions, other commands
may not be displayed in the “Shortcut Menu” screen.
z The functions available may vary accordin g to the navigation system installed.
X“Set a Destination”
*
1: For example; Gas stations, Restaurants, etc.
*2: To use this function, say “Main menu” and then “Set a destination” while the “Shortcut
Menu” screen is being displayed.
Recognizable voice commands and their actions are shown below.
zVoice recognition language can be ch anged. (See “SELECTING A LANGUAGE”
on page 54.)
CommandActionShortcut
Menu
“Find Nearby <POI category>”Displays a list of <POI category*1> near the cur-
rent position.O
“Enter an Address”Enables setting a destinat ion by saying the ad-
dress.O
“Go Home”Displays the route to home.O
“Call Destination Assist”Connects Lexus Enform with Safety Connect
response center. —
“Destination by Phone
Number”*2Enables setting a destination by saying the
phone number.—

318
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
X“Use the Phone” (See “BY VOICE RECOGNITION” on page 161.)
*
1: To use this function, say “Main menu” and then “Use the phone” while the “Shortcut
Menu” screen is being displayed.
X “Play Music”
*
1: Say the desired artist name or al bum name in the place of the “<>”.
*2: To use this function, say “Main menu” and then “Play music” while the “Shortcut menu”
screen is being displayed.
CommandActionShortcut
Menu
“Call <name> <type>”
Calls made by saying a name from the phone-
book.
For example: Say “Call John Smith”, “Call John
Smith, mobile” etc.
O
“Dial <number>”Calls made by saying the phone number.
For example: Say “Dial 911”, “Dial
5556667777” etc.O
“International Call”*1Calls international numbers by saying the
phone number.—
CommandActionShortcut
Menu
“Play Artist <name>”Plays tracks by the selected artist.
For example: Say “Play artist <XXXXX>”
*1O
“Play Album <name>”Plays tracks from the selected album.
For example: Say “Play album <XXXXX>”
*1O
“Play Song <name>”*2Plays the selected track.
For example: Say “Play song Summertime” ,
“Play song Concerto in A Major” etc.
—
“Play Playlist <name>”*2Plays tracks from the selected playlist.
For example: Say “Play playlist My Favorite
Songs” , “Play Playlist Classic Hits” etc.—

319
1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM OPERATION
7
VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
ES350/300h_Navi_OM33A66U_(U)13.07.11 10:10
X“Get Information”
X Navigation command (When destinations are set)
When Expanded Voice Commands are turned “On”. (See page 316.)
CommandActionShortcut
Menu
“Traffic”Displays the traffic incident list.O
“Weather”Displays weather information.O
“Sports Scores”Displays the sports list.O
“Stock Quotes”Displays the stocks list.O
“Fuel Prices”Displays the fuel prices list.O
“Lexus Insider”Displays the Lexus insider list. —
CommandActionShortcut Menu
“Delete next destination”Deletes the next destination.O
“Pause guidance”Pauses the route guidance.O
“Resume guidance”Resumes the route guidance.O