Yes voice dialing can sometimes be a pain in the neck, but I have like 900 contacts and voice dialing is just easier for me than looking up the contact. I just have to say it properly for the phone to understand the name. I found that when I run the vacuum or the steam cleaner and hit the voice dial button, the noise from the vacuum and steam cleaner causes the phone to lookup some of my spanish friends...dont know why...just found it interesting