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

In the past few months it cannot correctly understand my speech OR as it starts to dictate my speech correctly and autofill the word, all of a sudden it changes it to some other random word or phrase. I have tried to speak slowly and enunciate but when the outcome is not what you're saying and you have to type it, the need to use voice access is diminished. This issue appears more frequently when using it in google search bars, maps, and other Google based apps vs use in Google message.

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.

I'm just going to go ahead and admit that I'm not in any way fluent with technology and such. I know enough to get myself into a mess on a computer. However, I do know and understand enough about safe guards, firewalls, and software & malware etc.ware lol, to understand that when an entire levels of that security gets removed, then it's time to start looking for another platform to use my device on. Bypassing the physical keyboard and switching it to voice commands, that's dangerous

What’s new

We’ve simplified activation! Use the accessibility floating button to toggle Voice Access listening mode on/off. This shortcut can be customized to volume keys, gesture, or navigation bar button. Plus, we've made improvements to multi-window scenarios, only showing labels on the focused app, reducing screen clutter.