Voice Access

Google LLC

About this app

Voice Access helps anyone who has difficulty manipulating a touch screen (e.g. due to paralysis, tremor, or temporary injury) use their Android device by voice.

Voice Access provides many voice commands for:
- Basic navigation (e.g. "go back", "go home", "open Gmail")
- Controlling the current screen (e.g. "tap next", "scroll down")
- Text editing and dictation (e.g. "type hello", "replace coffee with tea")

You can also say "Help" any time to see a short list of commands.

Voice Access includes a tutorial which introduces the most common voice commands (starting Voice Access, tapping, scrolling, basic text editing, and getting help).

You can use the Google Assistant to start Voice Access by saying "Hey Google, Voice Access". To do this, you’ll need to enable "Hey Google" detection. You can also tap either the Voice Access notification or a blue Voice Access button and start talking.

To pause Voice Access temporarily, just say "stop listening". To disable Voice Access completely, go to Settings > Accessibility > Voice Access and turn off the switch.

For additional support, see Voice Access help.

This app uses the AccessibilityService API to help users with motor impairments. It uses the API to collect information about the controls on the screen and activate them based on the user’s spoken instructions.

Ratings and reviews

If I could give this app a zero rating, I would. Unfortunately, this app has never worked properly on my phone. The last few days, I've noticed that the updated version of the app was downloaded without my permission. I can't remove the app, so I unchecked the "enabled app permission" in the Google Play store. Somehow, the updated version keeps appearing on my phone notifications. You all need to stop using these apps as Spyware to invade on people's privacy.

This app used to be great. I spoke, it converted speech to text in any app I was in, simple. No commands needed. Perfect for when driving & need to send urgent message. It was 99% accurate, too. Last time it didn't work. I started calling out commands & found I have to shout, normal volume didn't work, "type" be4 it'll do anything. I also have to start immediately or it stops. If I pause it stops. Accuracy is at best 75%. The last update broke this app.

Nice idea! Have been using this app for a while and comes in handy for hands free usage. The only very annoying thing I wish I could control, is that every few minutes, no matter what I'm doing, even on the phone, a screen just pops up that says "thank you for using..." and won't go away until I manually cancel it. This defeats the whole purpose of the app. Please fix it!!

What’s new

With this update, we continue to make Voice Access more reliable. We've improved system navigation support (like opening the taskbar in tablets), fixed some number label issues, and simplified the phone call initiation process (no more exact contact names needed!). Plus, enjoy better text editing, including selection and input.