Voice Typing in Hindi and Regional Languages
Hindi speech recognition is nothing new. There are several free tools available for PC, however for Android, you can achieve this with few simple steps. First of all, you need to make sure that you are using the latest version of Google app. To check that, go to the play store followed by “My apps and games” from the left drawer and there if you see Google app update pending, download it. Step 1. Now head over to the Google app on your phone. Swipe in the drawer from the left and from there and hit “settings”.
Step 2. Next you’ll be greeted with a list of options to customize. You need to tap the “Voice” item and on top of that page, you’ll find “Languages”.
Step 3. Hitting the Languages setting will pop a long list of all the speeches you can speak in. Hindi and other Indian languages are present at the bottom.
Step 4. Select the languages you want to speak in and you’re done. Now it’s time to start dictating in your own language. Step 5. To write using your voice anytime a textbox comes hit that little microphone button on your keyboard and start talking.
How to get the Microphone button in Google Keyboard?
Just in case, you don’t have the microphone button, don’t worry as you can get it easily with some additional steps. Head over to your phone’s settings and then “Language and Input”. Click “Google Keyboard” and in that locate “preferences”. Turn on “Voice input key” and you’re all set.
However, if you’re using the Google Indic Keyboard, you’ll need to go into “keyboard” instead of “preferences and lastly, “show voice input button”.
That was all you need to do in order to start dictating in a regional language. Tell us if you’re stuck somewhere in the comments section down below.
