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

This app used to be awesome. Now, it no longer recognizes certain punctuation such as a period or a question mark. It used to automatically put an actual "." Or "?" At the end of a sentence when I spoke it. Now, it writes the words out instead of using the punctuation marks. It also recognizes what I'm saying initially and texts it out correctly, but then it changes my words on its own, right as I'm sending the text. It has caused me to have to retext many corrections and its very annoying!

Keeps paraphrasing, mishearing, and stalling. I speak my way, and it really gets aggravating when I use the voice to text, but then have to take the time to correct the random mistakes constantly occurring. It actually adds a lot of stress when I literally am not able to take the time to text or be on my phone. Bosses don't appreciate you spending too much time texting

Hello, there's a delay and with this delay, words will duplicate themselves after the delay catches up. I use voice to text on a couple of time sensitive apps and we're paying for this app (technically) and deserve better. It continues to miss words and when the planets align so to speak, it works perfectly. However CURRENTLY it's not doing it's intended job. Again I NEED this app to WORK properly with words spelled correctly, with no delay and duplications of words, TY! 💙

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.