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Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android

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Maria Sophia wrote:
> Andy Burns wrote:
>> Maria Sophia wrote:
>>
>>> I'm curious what you use for offline speech to text on Android
>>
>> I dislike talking to computers, so avoid it most of the time.
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> That's interesting. You must have slender fingertips! And good eyes!
> 
> Mine, on the other hand, are large enough that my phone thinks I'm trying
> to play the tuba on the touchscreen. 

I find the swipe gestures very intuitive and quick (except those words 
it seems to deliberately muddle up, you soon learn to hunt and peck those).

> Add my old tired eyes to the mix and
> voice-to-text is the only thing standing between me & linguistic anarchy.

My eyes aren't the best, but providing I've got the right set of glasses 
on they do OK on phones/tablets.

> I care about your response because you're our token Pixel owner here. :)
> 
> You *must* be using a keyboard. Looking it up, the default Pixel keyboard
> appears to be "Gboard" and it seems to come with a mic button.

It does.

> Apparently standard Gboard (which works on all Android's apparently)
> uses Google's online STT but with language packs it can work offline.
> 
> Exclusive to the Pixel 6+ (including Fold and Tablet), apparently, the mic
> uses google assistant's "enhanced STT" which is an on-device recognition.
>   <https://support.google.com/gboard/answer/11197787>
> 
> Apparently you need an entire Android Authority guide just to use it! :)
>   <https://www.androidauthority.com/gboard-voice-typing-3222912/>

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Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-27 18:58 -0600
  Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-04-28 09:48 +0200
    Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-28 14:48 -0600
      Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-28 19:05 -0600
  Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-28 09:05 +0100
    Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-28 13:32 -0600
      Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-28 21:20 +0100
        Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-28 19:34 -0600
          Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-29 02:56 +0000
            Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-29 01:25 -0600
              Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-29 09:28 +0100
                Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-29 16:02 +0000
                Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-29 12:15 -0600

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