Questions tagged [voice-recognition]
Mechanism by which an application or system recognises commands or data input given by voice
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Google keyboard voice recognition; how to add punctuation?
I use Google's voice recognition feature using the mic icon which comes up when using the default Android keyboard. This works within almost any app and that's great.
However, I would love to also ...
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How can I disable the downloaded neural net for speech-to-text?
My voice-to-text was working amazing on my Pixel 3, until I elected to accept the optional downloaded neural net that makes for "faster recognition" and works offline. The result has been an ...
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Is there a way to improve voice to text results?
Lately, I've been doing quite a bit of dictation using the voice-to-text functionality. For the most part, it's all right but it's developed some annoying behavior.
Regular words are getting ...
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Adding Latin species words to Google Voice Recognition?
I have some colleagues who are biologists and work out in the field doing surveys. They are getting more modern and using their phones to take notes instead of old fashioned pen and paper. We are ...
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Offline Voice-to-Text Now Showing Up?
I am seeing many articles pointing to how to setup Android Voice-to-Text offline, but I am not seething the setting where they tell me to look (languages & Input).
Has the location changed, has ...
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Feeding audio to Gboard from other sources than microphone
Google has released a new improved speech recognizer for Android and Gboard, see here:
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Normally, you use Gboard with the microphone, but this could be kind of interesting with audio from other ...
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How to force voice recognition into writing out numbers or just printing numerals?
One edge case I've found when transcribing notes is that, if I say 1, 2, 4 or 8, it's never clear if they will come up as numbers or as one, two, four, eight or one of their homophones.
Using Dragon ...
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How do I spell out period using Google voice recognition?
While using voice-to-text to transcribe notes to Google Keep, I realized whenever I said "period" it would put out the punctuation mark. This is great 99% of the time, but sometimes I need to say ...
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Voice Typing stops abruptly
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. At some point in the last 6 months or so, voice typing just stopped working for longer than a couple of seconds of dictation. It doesn't matter if I talk very fast ...
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Custom Voice Action
Can i make the google assistant of my android phone to perform custom actions?
For example: Ok google. open barrier via "AppName"?
I have tried the system actions, but neither one matches my need. So ...
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Disable 'OK Google' recognition without completely disabling Google app
I find the 'OK Google' always-on voice recognition to be creepy and intrusive.
At the same time, I find the voice entry for GBoard keyboard to be very useful.
If you completely disable the Google ...
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How do I turn off speech-to-text censorship in Android 7?
This was the most recent article I found on it:
https://www.howtogeek.com/303489/how-to-disable-the-profanity-filter-in-google-assistant/
Problem is that the triple dot dropdown menu isn't there. I ...
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Setting option for speech to text on Huawei mobile?
As we know, Android comes with an in-built feature, speech to text. But I failed to find any setting options for speech to text on my Huawei Mate 9 phone.
Does my mobile use online speech recognition ...
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Speech recognition is not underlining and providing alternate interpretations
I just broke my Droid Turbo and replaced it with another of the same model. On both phones I was/am using Android 6.0.1. On my old phone, whenever I used speech recognition, some of the words would ...
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Why does Google Voice Typing transcribe certain words incorrectly, and not offer alternatives?
There are a few words that I use in everyday conversation that Google Voice Typing doesn't seem to want to recognize. The first is "extraordinarily." It always transcribed "extraordinary Lee." The ...
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can i unlock my phone with voice command?
i have a samsung galaxy edge with android 7.0. i want to rule my phone with my voice without touching it even if its locked. i mean some basic functions, like unlocking phone. so whenever i say my ...
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“Use Voice with Wired Headset” Notification Stops Music
I have my Moto G plugged into an AUX port in my car which plays music from the car's speaker's via Google Play Music. Occasionally, the music will automatically pause and a notification will popup on ...
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Switching Google Voice typing language and force offline mode?
I've been using Google Voice for quite some time as it's fast and convenient compared to typing on the phone keyboard. However, I speak multiple languages and when I use the Google Voice software, if ...
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Can I get Voice to Text to spell my daughter's name correctly?
Let's say my daughter's name is Danny. But she/we spell it Dani. Every time I use her name in VTT it is misspelled Danny and I have to correct it. PITA. I've tried adding the name correctly spelled ...
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Voice typing in Android for a disabled person with very limited hand function
I have a close friend who is suffering from a neurological disorder similar to ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Over the last year his arms, hands and fingers have weakened greatly to the point where he ...
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How it happens that I can take a picture by voice on Samsung Galaxy s7?
On my Samsung Galaxy S7 I can start camera application and then if I say "take picture" (in Russian) it automatically presses shutter button.
Who does this? Camera application itself?
Where I can ...
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Is there a fully secure way to do speech-to-text?
Is there a secure way to do speech-to-text that ideally uses end-to-end encryption and guarantees my privacy on an android phone? A solution that requires root access is acceptable, as is a solution ...
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How to add microphone to the keyboard for speech recognition?
I am using Android 7.0 on a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.
How to add microphone to the keyboard to "write" SMS or Facebook messages using speech recognition?
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Allow Google Assistant to be voice activated by more than three people
As a followup to this question: Is it possible to have the Google assistant be voice activated by more than 3 people?
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“Ok Google” i.e google assistant does not work for anyone but me
If I say "Ok Google", the assistant starts up just fine. However if my wife says it, nothing happens. She tried it several times, speaking loud and clear, but nothing happened. Is the assistant ...
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How can I enable dictation in Android messaging (texting) apps?
How can I enable dictation (voice to text) in Android messaging (texting) apps?
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Endless spinning circle while “Listening” for “OK Google” voice training
I have both a Samsung Galaxy S4 and an S5, as well as a Samsung Galaxy Note II and an Acer Iconia tablet, and I'm having the same issue on ALL FOUR DEVICES: whether I click the cue card "Set up Voice ...
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Enable OK Google detection when connected to car bluetooth
I have set "OK Google" detection to "in Google app" only. I don't want Google to be listening all the time.
However, I would like "OK Google" detection to work when I'm driving. This means that the ...
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How to disable text correction suggestions (underlined) with Google Voice typing?
When I use Google Voice typing to produce some text, a fair amount of the text becomes underlined (and if you tap the underlined text a drop-down list presents suggestions to correct any errors in the ...
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Custom voice commands
I'm looking for an open source way to specify custom voice commands that use the Google voice recognition backend. It has to be open source and work offline. (I already managed to get the Google app ...
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How to add the voice typing key to the LG keyboard on Android 6?
How can I add the voice typing key to the LG keyboard on Android 6? I use an LG 4.
E.g. on Gboard I could:
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Is it possible to hide the “Listening…” popup that appears after “OK Google”?
It would be extremely helpful if I could say "OK Google" and issue voice commands without my screen being almost entirely covered by the white "Listening..." pop up.
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How to set default phone number for contacts?
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When I do voice dialing with Google on my Android phone or more importantly text messaging it always asks which phone number I should use for the contact. That's really frustrating when I'm ...
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“Ok Google” voice unlock stopped working on Google Nexus - “Actually I can't do that while the device is locked”
On the Google Nexus 6P phone, I had a variety of behaviors that were occurring. Before my Android OS upgrade, Google Now worked fine when the phone was sleeping and locked. After the upgrade, it ...
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Google Voice typing no longer works in French, works in English
Problem: voice typing broken
On a Samsung Galaxy S5 with latest OS (Android 6.0.1) setup to French language, Google Voice Typing worked great. I need it regularly in French (and sometimes in English)....
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Add second trusted voice to Google Pixel
Is it possible to add a second "trusted voice" to my Google Pixel so that a second person can say "OK Google" to unlock my phone? I would like to do this so that my phone can act like a substitute for ...
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Disable Google Voice typing automatic language detection
I have been a fan of Google Voice typing for a long time.
I use it for 2 languages, English and Italian.
On the Android Keyboard I can switch the language of the spell-checker by pressing the "World" ...
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Android Auto language tied to phone?
I have a Nexus 6P and just got a car with android auto, i use my phone and most of my things with English language (i'm used to English for tech) even tho i live in a Spanish speaking country.
Now ...
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Google now - retraining the voice model
Sometimes my phone ignores the Ok Google command. I've noticed that I need to say it in the exact same way, as I said it during the voice model retraining. Even a wrong distance between my mouth and ...
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Voice to text: How punctuation in Dutch
I've seen a lot of post about the punctuation but that was all about the English version of voice-to-txt
The Dutch version works pretty good, but it seems to be imposible to do things like 'new ...
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Leaving the dictation mode with a voice command
Is there any way to leave the dictation mode with a voice command, without having to tap anywhere in Android 4 or above?
I use the built in speech recognition program.
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Getting text to speech to write a . (period)
I have just started to use Googles speech to text on my Sony Xperia Z3+ and it is very precise, both in English and Danish. But I cannot get it to write any punctuation in either language.
A period ...
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Using Google Voice Recognition offline
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How to force Google Voice Recognition working in offline mode even if an internet connection is available?
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I know Google Voice Recognition has an offline mode1, using "speech ...
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Google voice having trouble recognising some of what I say
I'm English with a thick southern accent, and while Google voice does quite well about a 3rd of the time, it struggles with words such as slack (thinks I'm saying slap, flac, etc), medium (thinks I'm ...
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How to use my voice instead of default voice in Text-to-Speech android
I am Enthusiasts about this thing very much
I want to use my voice instead of default voice.
Any idea ? bcoz i dont have
Any specific library or method or class or anything that can be usefull are ...
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How to store reminders from google now offline?
I find it very convenient to set reminders using voice "ok google" with Google Now. However, I cannot seem to get it to work when I do not have an internet connection. Is there a way I can set ...
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Voice Unlock Problems on Android Lollipop(Lenovo A6000)
Recently,I had heard about the voice unlocking mechanism in Android,which lets us unlock our lock-screen using our voice.
As shown in the first screenshot, I have enabled all options:
Screenshots:...
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Speech to Text apps stop after a few words
I am trying out a few Speech to Text apps. All of them don't perform as I need them to. I have several pages of text, but I get no further than a half a sentence before the app stops. It records what ...
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Is there a way to use your voice to open apps in Android?
Is there a way to use your voice to open an app in Android?
I would like to say the exact phrase, "Run GMail" and it starts the gmail app.
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Google Now doesn't listen for answers
I sometimes have an issue where I launch a command using a Google Now, and it asks for follow-up info (for instance, "What's the message?" when my command was "Send a message to xxx"), but it doesn't ...
