Text messages no longer has ability to do voice to text

[ScottyTimothy]

They removed the microphone icon in the messenger and I can't see how to get it back. 

[GaryB82 · Accepted solution]

Try this 

Phone Settings 

General Management

Keyboard list and default

toggle on Show keyboard button on Navigation Bar

You should have a microphone or keyboard icon in the bottom left corner

if it’s the keyboard icon long press it and select voice input

[ScottyTimothy]

Yeah I just got it to do that, hate the fact they moved it to the navigation bar, I am a one handed left thumb typer and my phone case makes it difficult to press that microphone in the far left corner. But yeah I got it back at least. It needed to stay where it was at the top row of icons on the keyboard app itself.

[GaryB82]

Not sure why yours just disappeared since they moved it almost a year ago when 6.0 was released 

[Popsicle20]

If you don't like having the microphone button in the lower left corner, you can add that function to the spacebar.

Go to Settings > General Management > Samsung Keyboard settings > Swipe, touch, and feedback > Touch and hold spacebar.  Change the setting to Voice Input.  Now you can activate voice input by long-pressing the spacebar.

[ScottyTimothy]

Thank you so much, this is a much better alternative.

[Members_3SEcJfF]

That worked.  I spent almost an hour at a GCI store and the assistant tried everything.  

Thank you so much.

Peggy

[AudraD]

This was my fix after spending a couple days trying different things.  THANK YOU!  Like ScottyTimothy, I also strongly preferred the microphoneas an icon above the numerals.  I also don't like the idea of using the space bar for it but like knowing that option exists.  

[DD_Sams]

For me I can see the mic on space bar but when I press and hold nothing happens

[TheKevin]

Putting this here too.