Speech Recognition & Synthesis

Google LLC

About this app

Power your device with the magic of Google’s text-to-speech and speech-to-text technology. Google Speech-to-Text functionality
Speech Recognition provides speech-to-text functionality to Google and other third party apps to convert what you say to text. For example, it can be used by:
• Google Maps when you use your voice to search places
• Recorder App to transcribe your recordings on device
• Phone App Call Screen feature to get a real-time transcription of your caller
• Accessibility apps like Voice Access for operating your device through voice
• Dictation or keyboard apps you might use to dictate text messages through voice
• Apps that contain a search by voice feature so that you can quickly search for your favorite shows or songs
• Language learning apps that recognize what you say as you practice a new language
• …and many other applications in Play Store
To use Google Speech-to-Text functionality on your Android device, go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Default apps > Assist App. Select Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google as your preferred voice input engine.
Google Text-to-Speech functionality
Speech Services powers applications to read the text on your screen aloud. For example, it can be used by:
• Google Play Books to “Read Aloud” your favorite book
• Google Translate to speak translations aloud so you can hear the pronunciation of a word
• Talkback and accessibility applications for spoken feedback across your device
• …and many other applications in Play Store
To use Google Text-to-Speech functionality on your Android device, go to Settings > Languages & Input > Text-to-Speech output. Select Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google as your preferred engine.
Note, on many Android devices, Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google is already available, but you can update to the latest version here.

Ratings and reviews

was good at first, I could trust that what I was saying was being written and displayed. but, over the course of time about 3 months now, it's been getting worse wrong or after writing everything out it will pause, stop, load and completely rearrange and change the sentences inaccurately. so I'll be uninstalling and starting from scratch. When it is working as intended 5/5

For those who are having problems with how much worse the new updates have made what once used to be a great feature turn buggy. I recommend removing updates and using it like that. Since every update makes things worse. Going back to factory form works the best. No random stopping, no having to annunciate words. It works first time as always The way it was supposed to. Say what you wanna say then hit it with that "fix it" and the rest is a charm.

Absolute garbage. Gets things wrong constantly. Easier to type it in manually. God knows how disabled people go on with this app who can't type. I spend more time going back and correcting all the mistakes than it would to just type it out by hand. Half the time It misses the first half of my sentence so have to go back delete and start again. Forever getting words, names and common phrases totally wrong. Utterly frustrating to use. Every time I say my name it types Rihanna. Not remotely similar