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[ABK02458]

I just got a Roku Voice remote.  I want to know if I can apply my voice remote to dictate something to go into the search bar for YouTube for example.   Like if I say "Launch YouTube" and it goes to the channel, is there a way to direct the voice remote to the search bar so I can put in a specific YouTube video I may want to see?  Thanks for any help.   

[RokuHaz-M]

Hi @ABK02458,

Glad you're here!

That's a great question! I'm happy to inform you that you can search for a specific title using the voice feature on the Roku Voice Remote. Just open the app, press and hold the "microphone button," and speak the name of the show you're looking for. I hope this helps.

Cheers, 

Roku Community Team

[ABK02458]

Hi RokuHaz-M, Thank you for responding to my post.   Your answer is appreciated yet it is not yet fully addressing my question.  My question was:

<<I want to know if I can apply my voice remote to dictate something to go into the search bar for YouTube for example.   Like if I say "Launch YouTube" into the voice remote and it goes to the YouTube channel, is there a way to direct the voice remote to dictate into the search bar itself so I can put in a specific YouTube video I may want to see?>>   (relatedly, there are search bars in Amazon Prime, Netflix, too that I would love to apply that to).

Right now, in order to search for programs or videos on YouTube, Amazon Prime or Netflix, I have to go to the search bar and type in what I want to search letter by letter by letter. It is time consuming.  It would be great if it were an option with the voice remote to get to the search bar and then speak what I want to search for instead of typing letter by letter and then search.

Can you follow up and let me know if there is a way to use the voice remote in that way?

Thanking you in advance for your help. 

[RokuHaz-M]

Hi again! @ABK02458 

Thanks for keeping me posted.

I understand your point. If you have a Roku voice remote, you can easily search for a specific title using the voice feature on the search bar inside the YouTube app. There's no need to type each letter individually. Just press and hold the voice button to search while you are on the search bar. Here’s a photo to help you identify if you have a Roku voice remote.

If you don't have the Roku Voice Remote, you can use the Roku mobile app to search for specific titles using your phone's keyboard. Here's the link to download the app! If you have further questions, just let me know!

Thanks again!

Roku Community Team

[ABK02458]

Hi Haz, Thank you for your reply.  I do indeed have a voice remote. I will try out what you suggested and see how it works and get back to you. Thanks again.  

[ABK02458]

Hi there, I tried it first when I was in the YouTube search mode and used the voice command and it took me back to a different page with the topic I was asking about. So, I went back to the YouTube search mode and said "Search YouTube for and mentioned the subject" and it worked to specify "search YouTube" before mentioning the topic!

Thank you so much! I hope this may help others as well.