Customer Reviews

Vocally Combo Voice Activated Phone Dialer

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Recently I purchased a Vocally Dialer for my 96 year old mother who can no longer see well enough to dial her phone by hand. Trusting the single five star review that was available here at Amazon, I was confident that I had found a way for my mother to initiate contact with her old friends rather than having to wait for them to call. I was utterly disappointed. The Dialer dialed okay, but it almost always dialed the wrong number. Its voice recognition capabilities were pathetic. In other words, my mother would speak one name and the device would dial a number not associated with that name. If Amazon made available a zero star review I would choose that since the Vocally device proved to be completely useless. The only positive about the device was that the manufacturer did accept its return without much argument. Perhaps I somehow got a lemon, but that's really no excuse. The Vocally is a simple device and a non-functioning unit should not get out the door. Frankly, since the Vocally has a very short warranty, I would not want to own a device from a manufacturer with such bad quality control even if my unit had chanced to work; I would be concerned about its short term, never mind its long term, reliability.

There aren't too many reviews on this but I took a chance on this last week. I wish I had bought this years ago (I think its been around since 2006).

My mom is losing her eyesight and hasn't been able to make phone calls in a couple years now. It seems every cell phone these days has voice dialing, but no landlines (why not?!?!). This unit arrived yesterday, I plugged it in and followed the very simple instructions. Within 15-20 minutes we had a dozen contacts in the phone for my mom.

I can't speak to the longevity of the product having only had it 1 day now, but all of our tests were successful.

Things to note:

1) When you set it up, it seems to only recognize the original person's voice, ie, when I say "home" it does nothing, when my mom says "home" it recognizes it and dials home.

2) It is very accurate. In our modest testing so far there have been no issues of it misunderstanding a contact my mom has said and dialing a different number. Also, as long as you speak clearly, it will understand and put you through.


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