Talk to Text/Voice Input issues

[j3551c4]

Hello.

I'm  hoping somebody has a fix for this. My Samsung  keyboard voice input writes out punctuation, instead of actually inputting the punctuation mark that I want.

An example would be it writing out the word "period" instead of inserting an actual period. 

Every single thread I have found has switching to Google voice input as the solution.  

While this may fix that issue, it does not solve my problem.

I use voice input to send messages in Spanish frequently. Google voice input does not register that I am speaking Spanish, and it types a garbled mix of mostly English words with a Spanish word here and there, so switching to Google voice input is a no go. 

Samsung voice input switches from English to Spanish to English seamlessly ...and it is my preferred keyboard. I am looking for an actual fix to the punctuation voice input issue with Samsung Keyboard that isn't switching to Google voice input. 

I am also trying to figure out why Google voice input no longer works the way it used to when it comes to registering that Spanish is being spoken. 

Thanks in advance for any help.

-Jessica

[realaud · Accepted solution]

You can set Google voice typing to use multiple languages.  settings/general/keyboard list and default. Enable Google Voice typing and tap on the text, then tap on languages and select English (US) and Espanol (choose country).  Then it should recognize your Spanish.

[Rwagner48091]

Spoken punctuation became worse recently.  "Question mark" not converting to "?" is my biggest complaint.

[stimy1982]

😂

[Blendy]

To use V to T, do I have to give the Samsung Voice Input the permission to record my voice?  And cannot use it if I deny the permission to record my voice?

[realaud]

You have to grant the permission.  It is required or it will not work.  How do you think V to T works?  It records your voice, synthesizes to text and writes it out.  It cannot do that if it doesn't have permission to record.  If you are that paranoid about your voice being recorded by your phone a) don't have a phone, b) don't use V to T and type everything out. I have never heard of anyone's voice being hijacked for nefarious purposes because they used V to T, and it has been around for a very long time.  It's more likely your voice would be hijacked by someone at the other end of your phone call or from being hacked, than because you granted Samsung or Google permission to record your voice.

Next time, please create your own post instead of posting in an unrelated thread.

[Un4gtble14U]

There is a recent update that was installed either today or yesterday, the mic vanished from my keyboard, I found in the settings " voice input" got a mic back with the keyboard, however probs I've noticed, when you say comma or period, it spells it out. 15+yrs using speech to text and now you want me to hesitate and hope it puts the right punctuation. It's a mess, it also puts wrong punctuation in what I've said.

Another issue, you use acronyms like LOL, here's what it types, L o l. It spaces it all. Oh and ADHD: Eighty h d

Seriously what the actual fuq!?! Give me back my speech to text, the way it was. Is this Google relayed, are you now spying on our words.. IDK, JUST FIX THIS!!!! 🙏

[realaud]

Switch to Google Voice input. It will work just fine with the Samsung keyboard, and you will get punctuation when you speak punctuation.

[Un4gtble14U]

I have it on Samsung keyboard, however I go to the keyboard and select voice input, get the mic and yes, it works. However it goes right back to the Samsung keyboard. I want it like I had it before period where the keyboard showed up so that I needed to type something I could. If I wanted to speak and have it input the text. I just clicked on the microphone. However
It doesn't let me use verbal punctuation unless I go back in to the keyboard and select voice input.. At one it packed to normal l o l, Save the facing when I laughed, Even the text typed out from speech I see us also whack. I mean, it's not as precise as it was before. I would say it was maybe 10% funky on analyzing and typing what I said precisely. Now it's jacked, measurably worse.

I want to be able to type, click the mic and have the ability to speak out my words and state the punctuation and have it applied w/o having to go to the keyboard setting to select voice input to have my mic function this way. ANY IDEA how to make it so it simply applies this when I click the mic?

[realaud]

That's not going to happen.  Samsung decided to remove the mic from the keyboard. If you want the mic on the keyboard toolbar, you have to switch to GBoard, Swiftkey, or some other keyboard. You can use Google Voice input with any of them.  Samsung is never going to put the mic back on the keyboard.  There is really no good reason that I can see to use Samsung Keyboard.  I don't consider themes a "good" reason. Themes do not affect the function and Samsung's keyboard offers nothing more than any of the others offer.

You do not have to click Google Voice input each time you want to use the mic.  In order to make the mic permanently sit on the navigation bar, make sure the keyboard button appears on the nav bar (settings/general management/keyboard list and default. Slide on "keyboard button on navigation bar"). This will put the keyboard button on the nav bar and if you long press it, it will switch to the mic and stay that way.  If you want to use the Google voice engine, which is the one where you can speak your punctuation and have it properly inserted, you can also slide on Google Voice Typing in the keyboard list and default setting.  That will leave it permanently using the Google Voice engine.  These are your only choices until such time (if ever) as Samsung improves their speech engine.