NISSAN 2012 LEAF - Navigation System Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 196)

8-2 Voice recognition
USING VOICE RECOGNITION SYS-
TEM
Initialization
When the power switch is pushed to the "ON"
position, Voice Recognition is initialized, which
takes a few seconds. When completed, the
system is ready to accept voice commands. If
the
button on the steering wheel is pushed
before the initialization completes, the display
will show the message: "Loading Voice Recog-
nition system. Please wait...".
BEFORE STARTING
To get the best recognition performance from
Voice Recognition, observe the following items.
. The interior of the vehicle should be as quiet
as possible. Close the windows to eliminate
the surrounding noises (traffic noise and
vibration sounds, etc.), which may prevent
the system from correctly recognizing the
voice commands.
. Wait until the tone sounds before speaking a
command.
. Speak in a natural conversational voice
without pausing between words.
GIVING VOICE COMMANDS
1. Push the button located on the steering
wheel.
2. A list of commands appears on the screen,
and the system provides the voice menu
prompt "Would you like to access Phone or
Navigation?".
3. After the tone sounds and the icon on the
screen changes from to , speak a
command.
4. Continue to follow the voice menu prompts
and speak after the tone sounds until the
preferred operation is completed.
Operating tips
. Speak a command after the tone.
. Commands that are available are always
shown on the display and spoken through
voice menu prompts. Commands other than
those that are displayed are not accepted.
Follow the prompts given by the system.
. If the command is not accepted, the system
announces, “Please say again”. Repeat the
command in a clear voice.
. Push the
button once to return to the
previous screen.
. To cancel the command, push and hold the
button or the button on the steering
wheel. The message, “Voice recognition is
canceled” will be announced.
. Push the button on the steering wheel
to stop the voice prompt and give the
command at once. Remember to wait for
the tone before speaking.
. To adjust the volume of the system feed-
back, push the - + button on the
steering wheel or use the audio system
volume control knob while the system is
making an announcement.
How to speak numbers
NISSAN Voice Recognition requires the user to
a certain speak numbers in a certain way when
giving voice commands. Refer to the following
examples.
General rule:
Only single digits 0 (zero) to 9 can be used. (For
example, if speaking 500, "five zero zero" can be
used, but "five hundred" cannot.)
NISSAN VOICE RECOGNITION