Voice Commands reference

[AlanOfTheBerg]

The Wiki does have a list of voice commands, but it's not complete nor does it give any tips or list the problems. I compiled this list from usage. There may be many commands I haven't found yet.

List updated January 31, 2013.

• Drive, navigate, take, go
  
  • Home
  • Work
  • Office
• Stop navigating, stop navigation
• Cancel (exits without sending report/action)
• Exit/turn off Waze {Currently not operating on iOS since moving to Apple-required Sleep Only option}
  
  • Shut down
  • Turn off
  • Stop waze
  • Switch off
  • Close app
• Back (when in a sub-menu for reporting, goes up a menu level)
• Report, send, saw, noticed, spotted, found, there is (often not necessary)
  
  • Hazard, danger (mostly unnecessary)
    
    • On Road
      
      • Object
      • Pot hole
      • Roadkill
      • Closed Lane
      • Oil
      • Ice
      • Construction
      • Car, vehicle
    • On Shoulder
      
      • Car, vehicle
      • Animals
      • Missing Sign
    • Weather
      
      • Fog, foggy
      • Hail
      • Snow
      • Flood
      • Monsoon
      • Tornado
      • Heat wave
      • Hurricane
      • Freezing rain
  • Traffic, jam
    
    • Moderate
    • Heavy
    • Standstill
  • Police, policeman
  • Accident
    
    • Minor
    • Major
  • Camera, speed trap
    
    • Speed
    • Fake, dummy
    • Red light, light

Alert Commands

• Thanks
• Not there, gone, false
• Hide, close, dismiss

[Move_Over_Please]

Is there a voice command that can be used to report police on the other side of a highway? I know I can report manually by tapping buttons, but I prefer to use voice commands while driving.


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[TheHYPO]

Can anyone tell me 1. How to get that hands-free voice-command dialogue to come up? I seem to randomly cause it to happen, but I'm not sure how to intentionally do it.

Also, if I glance my hand in front of the front camera, it seems to blank the screen in waze. This is particularly irritating given where my phone sits when I drive. Any way to turn this off? Why is this even a feature?

Thanks!

[AlanOfTheBerg]

"Car stopped on road" works in the current iOS beta correctly. Unsure about Android. I will update the ASR tree once the app is released.

[AlanOfTheBerg]

Despite "car stopped on road" being a valid ASR command, it does not work. For me.

[AlanOfTheBerg]

OP updated

[pvaladares]

All current available commands can be found at \Waze\asr_cmd in Android platform.

[joycet]

I cannot get the iPhone app over bluetooth to understand either "standstill" or "hazard". I have successfully recorded standstill traffic twice, and hazard once. This is sooooooo frustrating. Also "moderate" MUST be pronounced "mah-der-ATE" instead of MAH-der-eht which is annoying as the first is usually the pronunciation of the verb and the second the adjective.

Any suggestions on how to pronounced standstill and hazard so that the app understands????

[AlanOfTheBerg]

Can you specify which lane is closed (and how many)? i.e. When the construction sign says "Right Two Lanes Closed", can you say "Closed Lane Right Two"?

No.

[AndyPoms]

The secret in the phrasing, is to say "closed lane" and not "lane closed." When Waze reports back what it is reporting, it specifically says "reporting closed lane" and not "reporting lane closed." After listening to the phrase upon successfully getting Waze to report a lane closed, I now get a 75% success rate for reporting a closed lane.

Can you specify which lane is closed (and how many)? i.e. When the construction sign says "Right Two Lanes Closed", can you say "Closed Lane Right Two"?