现代智能手机可以利用巨型数据中心(giant data centers)的计算能力。这(Which)就是为什么现代智能手机上的语音识别和转录准确、易于使用并且通常是发送文本、电子邮件或即时消息的最快方式的原因。
如果您还没有使用Android语音进行文本输入，那么您真的应该尝试一下。对于我们这些拇指特别粗的人来说，这是一个很大的进步。只要您不介意耳边的任何人都知道您要说的话，那就是。
Android语音(Android Voice)到文本的快速(Quick Explanation)解释
我们假设您已经知道 Android 的语音（或语音）到文本在实践中的作用。你对着你的设备说话，它会把你说的话写成文字。您可能不知道的是，这非常难以做到。自 90 年代以来，家用(Home)电脑已经能够将语音转文本，但您必须以非常缓慢的单调语速说话。
现代语音到文本应用程序将以正常的速度、正常的声音动态和几乎任何口音理解您。您也不需要针对您的声音的独特性训练软件。
唯一真正的缺点是，很长一段时间，您需要一个有效的互联网连接才能进行语音输入。那是因为您的手机会传递音频数据，以便数据中心中的超高速计算机可以进行实际识别。
对于当前的许多手机来说仍然如此，但如果您拥有具有高性能规格的最新型号，则可以利用离线语音识别。
离线语音识别
因此，在我们查看如何在手机上激活Android语音文本之前，让我们首先检查您的手机上是否安装了正确语言的离线语音识别包：
- 打开谷歌应用(Google app)
- 选择更多(More)，然后选择设置(Settings)
- 选择语音(Voice)
- 选择离线语音识别(Offline Speech Recognition)
- 在Installed下，检查您的语言是否已安装。
- 如果没有，请查看全部(All)并安装您的首选语言包
通过使用离线语音选项，您可以节省数据流量，还可能节省一些电池电量。当您离开网格时，语言包也会为您提供帮助。如果您的手机可以使用，我们建议您使用该选项。
语音输入与(Voice Input Different)语音助手(Voice Assistant)有何不同？
在这种情况下，语音(Voice)输入专门指使用您的语音将文本输入到文本字段中。这与您的语音助手(voice assistant)不同，后者会听取您的口头命令和查询，然后尝试执行您提出的问题或回答您的问题。
两种情况下的语音识别技术是相同的，但语音输入系统的唯一目的是将您的口语变成书面文本。不知道你想完成什么。
如何使用 Gboard 进行语音转文字
Gboard是Google提供的触摸键盘。您当然可以使用您喜欢的任何键盘，其中许多还允许您激活语音转文本，但Gboard是我们将使用的基准，它应该可以通过Google Play 商店(Google Play Store)为所有Android用户提供。好吧(Well)，除非您使用的是华为(Huawei)或任何其他被禁止使用Google应用程序的品牌。
如果您想知道如何通过您选择的屏幕键盘使用语音到文本功能，那么您必须在该键盘的文档中查找它。然而，我们怀疑它们中的大多数将完全像这样工作。
安装Gboard并将其设置为您的首选键盘后，只需点击您通常会进行文本输入的任何位置。无论是互联网搜索、即时消息还是文字处理文档。
键盘应该像往常一样弹出。要激活语音输入，您只需点击键盘右上角的麦克风图标(microphone icon)即可。
一旦你看到“现在说话”的显示，说出你想要写下的内容，你会看到它被实时转录。再次点击麦克风停止。
获得最佳语音转文本结果的提示(Text Results)
虽然现代文本听写工作得非常好，但您仍然会遇到软件听错或无法完全创建您想要的文本的问题。虽然编辑一段文本通常比用拇指输入要快，但您可以从一开始就做好以下几点：
- 不要离手机太远，手臂的长度似乎适用于大多数手机。
- 注意以(Take)自然的语速发音和说话。
- 选择与您的口音相匹配的语言包（如果有）。
你真的不能做更多的事情。该软件功能强大，大多数人会对转录性能非常满意。
如果您遇到问题，请尝试这些解决方案来修复 Gboard(solutions to fix Gboard)并使其再次正常工作。
有用的语音输入命令
虽然Android(Android)上的语音输入还不允许您用语音编辑文本，但您在听写时确实可以进行一些语音控制。您只需说出以下短语，Google软件就会添加相关的标点符号：
与桌面听写软件相比，它更简单，但它非常适合用于消息和电子邮件。
虽然您无法使用语音进行编辑，但您可以使用语音来纠正听错的单词。你所要做的就是：
- 点击并按住要替换的单词，直到它被选中( hold the word you want to replace until it is selected)
- 点按麦克风(microphone)
- 说新词(the new word)
使用这些基本命令，您就拥有了一个多功能的文本到语音转换解决方案！
将Google Assistant与语音(Voice)转文本相结合，实现免提语音输入(Voice Typing)
在撰写本文时，您仍然需要点击一个按钮才能启动语音输入过程。然而，谷歌(Google)正在开发一种免提语音输入解决方案，其中谷歌助手(Google Assistant)处理启动语音到文本输入。该功能仅在部分Google Pixel设备上进行了测试，但当您阅读本文时，它可能已经为所有人推出了Gboard应用程序。
但是，您已经可以要求Google 助理(Google Assistant)向您的联系人列表中的某个人发送短信。您将向助手口述消息，并在确认之前将其回读。
口授但不读
希望(Hopefully)您已经看到Android语音对文本输入的有用性。这通常是将长而复杂的消息发送到手机上的最快方法，而不会因反复敲击错误的字母而产生甚至自动更正都无法处理的错误单词而感到沮丧。
确实，当周围有其他人时，它可能不是那么有用，但是在您的车里或独自在家时，这是一个非常方便的功能，如果他们给它一个机会，更多的人会喜欢它。
How Do I Activate Voice to Text on Android?
Mоdern smartphones can tap into the computing power of giant data centers. Which is why voice recognition and transcription on modern smartphones is accurate, easy to use and often the fastest way to bang out a text, email or instant message.
If you haven’t been using Android voice to text input, you really should give it a try. For those of us with especially fat thumbs, it’s a big improvement. As long as you don’t mind anyone within earshot knowing what you have to say, that is.
A Quick Explanation of Android Voice to Text
We assume you already know what Android’s voice (or speech) to text does in practice. You speak to your device and it writes down what you say as text. What you might not know is that this is incredibly difficult to do. Home computers have been capable of speech to text since the 90s, but you had to speak incredibly slowly, in monotone.
Modern voice to text apps will understand you at a normal speed, with normal vocal dynamics and in almost any accent. You also don’t need to train the software to the uniqueness of your voice.
The only real downside is that, for a long time, you needed an active internet connection for voice input to work. That’s because your phone passes the audio data on so that the super-fast computers in the data center can do the actual recognition.
This is still true for many current phones, but if you have a recent model with high-performance specifications, you can take advantage of offline speech recognition.
Offline Speech Recognition
So, before we look at how to activate Android voice to text on your phone, let’s first check if you have the offline voice recognition pack installed on your phone, in the correct language:
- Open the Google app
- Select More and then select Settings
- Select Voice
- Select Offline Speech Recognition
- Under Installed, check if your language is installed.
- If not, look under All and install your preferred language pack
By using the offline speech option, you’ll save on data and possibly a bit on battery as well. A language pack will help you when you go off the grid as well. If your phone is up to it, we recommend you use the option.
How Is Voice Input Different From the Voice Assistant?
Voice input in this context refers specifically to using your voice to enter text into a texty field. That’s different from your voice assistant, which listens to your spoken commands and queries and then tries to do what you ask or answers your question.
The voice recognition technology in both cases is the same, but the voice input system’s only purpose is to turn your spoken words into written text. Not figure out what you want to accomplish.
How to Use Gboard for Voice to Text
Gboard is the Google-provided touch keyboard. You can of course use any keyboard you like and many of them will also allow you to activate speech to text, but Gboard is the baseline we’ll work with and it should be available through the Google Play Store for all Android users. Well, except if you’re using a Huawei or any other brand that’s been prohibited from using Google apps.
If you want to know how to use the speech to text function with the onscreen keyboard of your choice, then you’ll have to look it up in the documentation for that keyboard. We suspect, however, that most of them are going to work exactly like this.
After installing Gboard and setting it as your preferred keyboard, simply tap anywhere you would normally do text entry. Whether it’s an internet search, an instant message or a word processing document.
The keyboard should pop up as it usually does. All you have to do in order to activate voice input is tap the microphone icon at the top right of the keyboard.
Once you see “speak now” displayed, say what you want written down and you’ll see it transcribed in real time. Tap the microphone again to stop.
Tips for Getting the Best Speech to Text Results
While modern text dictation works incredibly well, you’ll still run into issues where the software mishears you or otherwise doesn’t quite create the text that you desire. While it’s usually faster to edit a piece of text than to type it out with your thumbs, here are some things you can do to get it right from the start:
- Don’t be too far from your phone, arm’s length seems to work well for most phones.
- Take care to enunciate and to speak at a natural pace.
- Pick the language pack that matches your accent, if available.
You can’t really do more than that. The software is robust and most people will be pretty happy with the transcription performance.
If you run into problems, try these solutions to fix Gboard and get it to properly work again.
Useful Voice Input Commands
While voice input on Android doesn’t yet let you edit the text with your voice, you do have some measure of voice control while you’re dictating. You can simply say the following phrases and the Google software will add the relevant punctuation mark:
- Period
- Comma
- Exclamation point
- Question mark
- New line
- New paragraph
It’s simpler compared to desktop dictation software, but it’s perfect for messages and emails.
While you can’t edit using your voice, you can use your voice to correct words that have been misheard. All you have to do is:
- Tap and hold the word you want to replace until it is selected
- Tap the microphone
- Say the new word
Using these basic commands, you’ve got a versatile text-to-speech solution in the palm of your hand!
Combining Google Assistant With Voice to Text for Hands-free Voice Typing
At the time of writing, you still need to tap a button in order to start the voice input process. However, Google is working on a hands-free voice input solution where the Google Assistant handles initiating speech to text input. The feature was only being tested on select Google Pixel devices, but by the time you read this it may be something that’s rolled out to the Gboard application for everyone.
You can however already ask the Google Assistant to, for example, send a text message to someone in your contact list. You’ll get to dictate the message to the assistant and have it read back before confirmation.
Dictated But Not Read
Hopefully you’ve seen how useful Android voice to text input can be. It’s usually the fastest way to get long, complex messages onto your phone without the frustration of repeatedly tapping the wrong letters to produce such mangled words that even autocorrect can’t deal with it.
It’s true that it’s probably not all that useful when other people are around, but in your car or alone at home it’s a pretty convenient feature that more people would appreciate if they just gave it a chance.
