Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Jari Pretam B Pagar Jarvinen

Craig F Siddoway

Melanie King

Erin B Bryant

A portable radio () provides a voice control feature which advantageously enables radio users to perform talk group changes by using voice as an input medium to the radio device. Activation of a voice control button () and verbal entry of a valid talk group control command enables a change in talk group. The portable radio () comprises a controller () having a code plug () pre-programmed with a plurality of talk group alias names, and an automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine () providing voice control entry detection to the portable radio. The controller () enables a change in talk group in response to the ASR engine () detecting that the voice control entry is a valid talk group control command. Shortened audible confirmations of talk group change are generated using the alias names.

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Coral Springs, FL, United States of America

Jari Pretam B Pagar Jarvinen