Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14607636) -
2021 - CRC - 8/18/20
Infotainment System
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A voice recognition system prompt can
be interrupted while it is playing by
pressing
g
on the steering wheel
controls again.
For example, if the prompt seems to be
taking too long to finish, press
g
again
and the beep should happen right away.
There are two voice prompt modes
supported:
.
Long verbal prompts: The longer prompts
provide more information regarding the
supported actions.
.
Short prompts: The short prompts provide
simple instructions about what can be
stated.
If a command is not spoken, the voice
recognition system says a help prompt.
Prompts and Screen Displays
While a voice recognition session is active,
there will be corresponding options on
screens displayed. Manual interaction in the
voice recognition session is permitted.
Interaction during a voice session may be
completed entirely using voice commands,
or some selections may expedite a session.
If a selection is made using a manual
control, the dialog will progress in the same
way as if the selection was made through a
voice command. Once the system is able to
complete the task, or the session is
terminated, the voice recognition dialog
stops.
An example of this type of manual
intervention is touching an entry of a
displayed number list instead of speaking
the number associated with the entry
desired.
Canceling Voice Recognition
.
Touch the Home Page. Touching this icon
will terminate a voice recognition session
which was initiated by touching the icon
on the infotainment display.
.
Touch or say
“
Cancel
”
or
“
Exit
”
to
terminate the voice recognition session
and display the screen from which voice
recognition was initiated.
.
Press
c
on the steering wheel controls
to terminate the voice session and show
the display from which voice recognition
was initiated.
Most languages do not support natural
language commands in sentence form. For
those languages, use direct commands like
the examples on the display.
Helpful Hints for Speaking Commands
Voice recognition can understand commands
that are either naturally stated in sentence
form, or direct commands that state the
application and the task.
For best results:
.
Listen for the prompt and wait for the
beep before saying a command or reply.
.
Say
“
Help
”
or look at the infotainment
display for example commands.
.
Voice recognition prompt can be
interrupted while it is playing by pressing
g
on the steering wheel controls again.
For example, if the prompt seems to be
taking too long to finish, to speak the
command without waiting for the prompt
to complete, press
g
again and wait for
the beep.
.
Speak the command naturally, not too
fast, not too slow. Use direct commands
without a lot of extra words.
.
Usually Phone and Audio commands can
be spoken in a single command.
For example,
“
Call David Smith at work,
”
“
Play
”
followed by the artist or song
name, or
“
Tune
”
followed by the radio
station number.