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| From | Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Curious what you use for offline keyboard/STT (speech to text) on Android |
| Date | 2026-04-28 21:20 +0100 |
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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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