Want to turn off tap to speak

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I want to turn off tap to speak because I don't use it
 

MikeP_UK

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The suggestion from B Diddy is the exact opposite of what we want to do.

We want to turn off the feature that asks the user to speak a search option instead of displaying the keyboard. We want the keyboard back please. How do I get that back? (I'm new to Android and something appears to have turned the keyboard entry off, but I have no idea why of how not how to get it back.

I want to return to the keyboard input, not use speach. Your 'answer' above does not help as mine is already OFF. When I want to search on Chrome I want a keyboard but I cannot find out why that is not appearing.
 
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Settings > System > Language & keyboards > Virtual keyboard > Manage keyboards

Turn off Google voice typing. (And make sure you have at least one keyboard turned on.)
 

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Re: I can't turn off my tap to speak

Oh, I see. The problem is that your initial question was pretty vague -- didn't mention the device, or what they meant by "tap to speak." Questions about the Select to Speak icon (as described in the link in my previous post) are common here, so I was trying to use my ESP to guess what you meant.

Which phone do you have? Do you have a hands-free or driving mode turned on? When you see that speech-to-text window, is there an X in the corner that you can tap?
 

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I am having the same problem, on a MOtoE5plus

I cannot get the device to display a data entry keyboard. It just displays a tap to speak window, with a unresponsive X in its top right corner.
 

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Like many others, I don't how 'tap to speak' came on but I want the option of how to return keypad?
How to I tried acouple of suggestions, below but still no keypad.
I've a moto e5
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James

Thanks Rukbat, Your: Settings > System > Language & keyboards > Virtual keyboard > Manage keyboards

Turn off Google voice typing. (And make sure you have at least one keyboard turned on.) Did the trick, thank you.
 
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I accidentally disabled Google Keyboard App in the list of Apps. Once Enabled, I had a choice of keyboards in the Settings/Language&Input/CurrentKeyboard etc. and the tap to speak nightmare was gone:D
 

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I have never signed up for any of these techie forums cuz I don't know much... until today.

I have been using android os since 2.x days. I just got 8.x phone yesterday and started to "explore" it. All of a sudden, this "Tap to Speak" feature took over and I couldn't type!! The solution mentioned above,

Settings > System > Language & keyboards > Virtual keyboard > Manage keyboards

Turn off Google voice typing

did NOT work cuz "Turn off Google voice typing" thing is DISABLED. Sigh. My God, what are those nerds at Google thinking?!

Adam Wilkes is my HERO today, cuz Google Keyboard App was disabled (I have no idea how it happened) and once it was enabled, I was able to DISABLE that #$@)*&! thing.
 

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Please help. I have the same 'tap to speak' issue, where I can't get access to the keyboard to type in my password. The Tap to Speak is on my screen and the 'x' in the top right corner does not respond....it is greyed out. Therefore, I can't get into my phone to change any of these recommended settings to disable it. Can anyone tell me how they were able to get into their phones to disable? Is there a remote access that I can do through a computer?

Oh, please help...anyone??

Adam, I just posted a question. I can't get into my phone to do anything. How did you get into your phone to fix your tap to speak issue.

Thanks so much
 
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Adam, I just posted a question. I can't get into my phone to do anything. How did you get into your phone to fix your tap to speak issue.

Thanks so much
Welcome to the forums. Which phone do you have? Depending on your model there are different ways to navigate the settings while these accessibility settings are enabled. Just in case you could try swiping with two fingers at the same time and a double, or even triple, tap to select the different options. With this you need to go to your accessibility settings and disable that option.
 

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Sorry, I can't even try to do that as when I pull down the status bar at the top and try to tap on anything, the Tap to Speak screen comes up. It doesn't allow me to do anything from there. Man, how frustrating. I have even tried to pull it into my computer to see if I can access it from there with no luck. ANy other thoughts?
Thanks
 

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Sorry, I can't even try to do that as when I pull down the status bar at the top and try to tap on anything, the Tap to Speak screen comes up. It doesn't allow me to do anything from there. Man, how frustrating. I have even tried to pull it into my computer to see if I can access it from there with no luck. ANy other thoughts?
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Strange. Does that happen even if you double tap the settings icon after expanding the status bar?
 

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