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

The keyboard is awful to type on. I hardly get a right word when using speech to text. It never gets words correct and inserts words I didn't type. It's like an anxietized brain that can't get anything right. I know. I been there. The cursor goes somewhere else; and when I start typing, I realize it's in the wrong spot. Then I have to erase that and go back to the right spot and start over. It is very very frustrating! This is a brand new phone. I wish I had chosen differently.

What is up with this app?! It's gone downhill severely in the past few months. Every day, I talk-to-text my coworkers with their assignments for the following day. 9/10 texts have the same street name, yet, talk-to-text ALWAYS corrects it to something absolutely bogus. Then when I say Suite, it puts sweet. Every. Single. Time. And every update, it's like I have to retrain the software to accept the same words. It's exhausting and infuriating.

This used to be very good, but often it gets my entire sentence correct, but then goes back and deletes about half my sentence. It has really gone haywire with the recent version and I find myself having to edit the text repeatedly. It also does weird things like putting "mi" when I say miles. Just now, it tried to put a question mark at the end of that last sentence. Why? I have no idea, but I'm doing half this review with the keyboard because text to speech is so problematic. Edit: has improve

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.