Take advantage of the user dictionary.

As the service better learns how you speak over time, it will provide improved results for you. Try to reduce unnecessary noise as much as possible. If you're in a busy area or trying to speak with the windows down in the car, voice typing might not work so well.

However, you don't have to speak like a robot, as it's made to understand natural speech.

Try not to mumble your words or the engine might get confused. However, keep a few tips in mind for best results: You shouldn't have much trouble typing out short messages with it. Google's voice recognition engine improves all the time, and is much better than it was a few years ago. After a moment, you'll see the word change. Then tap the Mic icon and speak the word you want to replace it with. If you need to replace a word, you can press and hold on it to highlight the whole word. Tap the words in question and you'll see suggestions appear underneath them. If the engine wasn't sure about some of the words you said, it will underline those. In the dedicated Google voice typing panel (which doesn't appear with Gboard), tap the Backspace key to erase one word at a time. This allows you to switch keyboards select Google voice typing to open the talk to text panel. If you'd like, you can also tap the Keyboard icon on your phone's bottom navigation bar. On SwiftKey, this is located in the bottom-left corner with a long-press of the Comma key. Gboard users will find this icon on the far-right side of the suggestion bar.

Once your keyboard comes up, instead of typing like normal, look for the voice input key. When you want to type on your Android device using voice to text, simply tap on a text entry field as you normally would. Alternate Android keyboards may have their own specific settings for voice typing, so make sure you explore app options too. But if you don't prefer to use Gboard, you can use other suitable keyboards, such as SwiftKey. As you'd expect, it supports voice typing. Most Android phones these days come with Google's Gboard pre-installed. You can switch to voice input in pretty much any text field, and it's most convenient to use inside of a compatible keyboard app. Once you've set up the basic elements, you're ready to go with voice typing.

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