Voice to Text in 2.1

[Chuck1906]

I was about to come on here and praise how cool the new Voice to Text feature is in the new 2.1 update but I have found it to be a pain in the neck.

I was driving the other day and decided to use it. I spoke very slowly and enunciated the words clearly and that thing wrote something entirely different. No offense but I sounded like a slow person the way I was talking and it still typed the wrong thing!

 

[wolftickets]

I agree. I expected it to help in the car but its way more dangerous than the no- look dialing of past standard handsets. Still the voice search is great and I assume it gets better all the time since Google is processing so much voice every day now. Have you had bad luck with all the voice tools on the phone?

 

[alnova1]

I was about to come on here and praise how cool the new Voice to Text feature is in the new 2.1 update but I have found it to be a pain in the neck.

I was driving the other day and decided to use it. I spoke very slowly and enunciated the words clearly and that thing wrote something entirely different. No offense but I sounded like a slow person the way I was talking and it still typed the wrong thing!

Do you turn down your radio when using this feature? I tried it one time with it turned up and it was a mess but when its off its very accurate. I love this feature and have found it to be about 95% accurate. It saves me a lot of time. I also use it for emails.

 

[CobaltDragon]

I love it, and think 90% of the time is quite accurate. Perhaps your problem is that you are purposely talking slowly and enunciating perfectly. Try talking at a normal rate and not being overly careful with pronunciation. It's calibrated for normal human talking, not someone speaking super slowly.

 

[Lock-N-Load]

I find, versus voice dialing which blows, it is very accurate. I would also say +90% of the time it is right on.

I finally learned to talk slowly. "hello... my... name.... is... LockNLoad" not "hello my name is LockNLoad" and it gets it +90% of the time. I am rather impressed.

I do entires text messages of Google Chat (Talk) posts with it while driving.

 

[Antmf]

I have 2.1 where is this feature and how do I access it? Thanks...

 

[Lock-N-Load]

I have 2.1 where is this feature and how do I access it? Thanks...

it is now built into every app that takes text entry

look at the onscreen keyboard and you will now see a little microphone in lower left corner.. press and speak

 

[mordo]

I am not seeing this button on the Swype keyboard. I guess Swype doesn't include this feature. Anyway around that or do I need to use the Android keyboard?

Actually, it doesn't appear in gmail even with the Android keyboard enabled. It does in GTalk and GVoice. Not Gmail? That's dopey.

 

[DDG]

I speak just slightly slower than normal, and say one sentence at a time. I find it to be very accurate.
FYI – With radio on, or other conversations going nearby, it can be funny seeing what it picks up.