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

Wasn't having this issue a few years; but Google's voice recognition went from perfectly tailored and rarely making mistakes, to absolutely terrible and constantly mishearing me. Constantly using the wrong types of words that sound similar, but aren't the same at all, or using something completely different from what I said. It's been much easier to look up what I meant to say, or spend 20-70+ seconds typing it out myself. These issues, have still not been addressed.

I've turned off auto updates, seeing as this app already does the things that other people are complaining about, and it seems the update will just make it worse. It takes forever to get sentences structured. It will split up my sentences, throwing in a period where it doesn't belong and begin another sentence without proper spacing when it does that. It also capitalizes random words in the middle of sentences. I really want to like this app, but it's impossible. 😕 (Edited for better clarity)

Typically an excellent app for years, but recently as others have mentioned it has problems picking up words said or gathering them and going back and correcting them wrong. Words with mulit means (to, too) it fails more. I notice most often it seems to have a problem with pronouns. I'll say, "I thought this was very good..." and it will somehow replace " I " with you; or even them etc. Been consenting my voice model for years - 6/2024- feels a little bit better now.

What's new

Your app has a new name: “Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google”. The Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google app not only provides text-to-speech but also empowers applications with speech-to-text functionality to convert your voice to text. Read more in the “About this app” section.