How to use speech-to-text on Android.
In this article we’re going to discuss the speech-to-text functionality on android, one that is a utility feature you probably may want to use to enable you write essays more easily.
2. You have to let the keyboard pop up as if you were going to type text manually.
3. You can identify the speech to text icon on the to right corner of the keyboard. That’s the microphone icon you see on the keyboard. Tap on it to start using your voice to input text.Note : long press the comma(,) key to find the voice input icon if you can’t locate it at the top right corner of the keyboard.

4. This will open the Google speech-to-text system on your android phone for you to dictate text messages and other texts that you’d normally use the keyboard to type.
The voice input you give to the system will automatically be converted into text input and will be written in the text input field. It is important to note that you may want to edit the text after the full conversion has been done to avoid any typos.
You can perform some custom modifications to the default speech to text such as adding your preferred language and blocking offensive words. Here’s how to customize the speech-to-text system to get the most out of it.
Go to Settings > System >
- Tap On-screen keyboard (keyboard list and default, if you’re on Samsung galaxy with updated android version).
- Tap Google voice typing
- If your preferred language isn’t already selected, tap Languages to choose it.

- If your preferred language isn’t already installed, tap Add a Language, then download the language of your choice.
You can also control the way the speech-to-text engine responds to indecent language. If a word is detected as foul or offensive, by default that word will appear with asterisks (*). You can control this by toggling Block offensive words on or off.
Speech-to-text will make you productive if used in the right way or environment or Setting. For yu to get the most out of this feature, you should use it in a less noisy environment, speak slowly and clearly, you can even speak the punctuations as and when there’s the need and the system will be able to pick that up and interpret it correctly. If you see the need to include a question mark (?) somewhere in your text, just say/speak “question mark” and it’ll be inserted into your write up perfectly.