grabby76

Please forgive me if this has been asked before...i searched but couldnt find what i was lookng for. Im new to smart phones. (i just got my droid eris 3 days ago) And my friend has this app called dragon dictation on his iphone where he never has to text he can just speak and it writes it out for him. I was wondering whats the best app for the droid that can do this?

Traptinreverie

Handsent has a quick reply feature in which the can input text using your voice and you can also have your phone read you texts as well.

miqal

Android 2.1 has voice to text built in. Hopefully they will push 2.1 to all you Droid users soon. It works well and is my primary input method on my Nexus one.

callifergie

inxs voice dictation is in the market and comes close to dragon's product. The ipod touch works better,,,

roxyz

Does anyone know of dictation apps that are ALLOWED BY AT&T?! I purchased INXS only to find my Samsung Captivate won't allow it to be installed. Very disappointed. By the way...how do I know if an app I want to install will be allowed? Do I only have to use the Market app on my phone? That would suck.

pec2b

I use vlingo (on the market).
Voice to text and text to voice

Android Voice to Text and Voice Recognition Apps | Vlingo

CmHall9

Try "Recordoid Dictaphone Lite."
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.somyac.recordoid.dictaphone

This app works great.

bestulin

Hi,

I stumbled across this post and wanted to mention that there is a new app available on the Android Market called Dictadroid.

I developed Dictadroid with the goal of making a simple but powerful voice recorder for dictation.

Please download Dictadroid and let me know what you think. You feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Boris

Tom Barrister

I found this thread while searching for something else.

As a heads up, Vlingo removed their keyboard. The stock Dragon Dictation keyboard and voice search works as well as anything I've found on the MyTouch 4G/

joesun23456

How exactly are you supposed to use these voice recognition apps to get them into an e-mail? or to automatically type into a forum response?

DoDodorant

Simple: whenever you see a flashing cursor and a keyboard there is a key with a mic icon on it (bottom row, 3rd from left). Press it, and speak.

In Handcent there is an upward pointing 'flat' arrowhead in the middle just under the input window. Press it and the input window will enlarge, showing a handful larger icons at the top left. 3rd From left is again a mic. Press it, and speak.
Don't forget to slide the Space Bar to the appropriate language.
After you have dictated you may have to 'clean it up' manually.

Android voice recognition seems flakey to me. Some days it is brilliant and understands almost everything I dictate. Even stuff like 'Australopithecus sediba'... Really amazing!
But other days it makes a total jumble of what I dictate and is effectively worse than useless because it wastes my time.

And I'm not even drinking...

Last edited by DoDodorant; October 1st, 2011 at 09:56 PM.

EarlyMon

The voice to text built in to the Flex T9 keyboard is from Dragon.

Possibly the best there is.

Second best I know is SwiftKey keyboard - gives 3 choices of what it thinks it heard.

Both only work where a keyboard does, tho.

Agree that Vlingo is great as a general purpose app, Edwin is another.

Last edited by EarlyMon; October 1st, 2011 at 10:46 PM.

thetim843

Just go get an Iphone 4S and your problems will be solved!

rmadler

Use Speaktoit.

davisjt1977

SpeakToIt works very well !!!

grassiknoll218

My son has been using Dragon on his classroom iPad and it has done wonders for helping him get his writing ideas on to paper. He got a Galaxy tab for Christmas and we need a dictation app that will allow him to do the same thing that Dragon does. It seems like the apps mentioned here are primarily for texting/email. Need one that can save it as a document of some sort that can then be printed.

Any ideas?

jeffj318

I, too, am looking for the same thing. Hopefully, someone can respond to this post and let us know. I don't want to spend the money on an Iphone just to get Dragon Dictation. Any app for longer speech to text dictation which can put it either on a clipboard or into a document of some nature. Something like Dragon Naturally Speaking for Android? Thanks!

fdbryant3

Might want to check out the FlexT9 keyboard which is from he makers of Dragon and says it leverages the power of Dragon Dictation.

joseph.carty

I want the same thing. Does anyone have ideas?

saintcroix

I tried to help how ever this board tried to limit my ability to be effective, as with most help boards on line, a lot of hot air about helping, but no meat or potatoes. I may try again later
SaintCroix

saintcroix

Hi I am new here, and reading all the calls for help, thought I should respond. I down loaded king soft office, ( FREE APP), i was using a pc laptop/ tablet, but the battery time was too short. what I do is photograph, describe and upload antiques to ebay, and other sites. It required the use of an xls ( database sheet), and a text pad, I have dragon naturally speaking. It works sort of ok most of the time. HOWEVER, when I had a problem with it running in win 7 they were less than helpful, and offered me a DISCOUNT price of $75. ( same price it is every where now.
More to the point. the laptop was too much to carry around to all my locations, so I got a galaxy tab ( 7 inch).

I use the built in voice recognition, and Kingsoft office to do every thing i did before. While running the office app... or any note taking app,
the key board has a gear, press that and you get a mic. press the mic speak clearly and speak also your punctuation. it should work for you. If you still need help i am here from time to time, and I don't mind questions.
Now, another matter, all you Fan boys, telling some one who asks for help to buy an apple product is not helpful, Please, if you do not have a way to solve a problem, do not respond. you will be more appreciated for your silence than your fanatic response about your favorite product. Buying an expensive Ipad is not the answer for most things. the schools have them because they get them mostly free. I hope those who answered with that sort of answer are reading. ( you trolls know who you are). I thank you for your time, apologize for such a long rant. ( how ever I don't really care what you think of me, I'm not in any contest.

thank you
Saint Croix

23skidoo

Yeah, seriously. For "getting thoughts on paper?" Android's voice recognition works great.

Just use it with whatever document creation software you want. I regularly dictate 200-word notes in my natural voice, with no problems, despite my (pardon the pun) pronounced Southern accent.

Good luck with your search!


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