Voice typing and Gboard

[Decko Romantika]

Are there people utilizing voice typing on Gboard who can share any voice commands related to voice typing with me? Currently, I am only able to use the 'new paragraph' command successfully, and I am looking to explore additional voice commands beyond that. I appreciate any insights or suggestions that can be shared.

 

[VidJunky]

I don't use it like everyday but I would say I use it a fair amount. You don't sound like you use punctuation. That's what I use mostly. "Period", "comma", "begin/end quote" but I imagine you could also use "open/close bracket" and "capital" or "capitalize"?

It was a while back that we were getting a lot of comments/complaints about any automated punctuation being horrible. It is a pain but at least if I say it I know it will be the way I want it to be but I do hate how it breaks my flow.

 

[Decko Romantika]

All the things you're saying are just written down as words instead of being interpreted as signs in my case

 

[VidJunky]

Rewriting this to include things that I didn't before. Not sure why it works or how it works, but I definitely get punctuation when I say [open bracket] them [close bracket]. I wonder if it could be [capitalized] cadence? Like I said having to say the punctuation out loud as a pain, but it makes me think out my dictation slowly slowing me down and making it kind of broken speech.

I wrote this out and then dictated it saying the punctuation out loud. As you can see the bracket and capitalization didn't work but all the periods question marks and comas did. I guess if i knew the names of other punctuation it would work for them too.

I was thinking of why it might be different and couldn't think of anything unless it's a setting. Lol through your settings and see if there's anything in there about punctuation. I don't remember changing anything but it's been a long time since I messed with them.

 

[VidJunky]

So you got me curious. I found several videos on YouTube including this one that claims to show you how to add punctuation and emojis.

This one is shorter and the thumbnail reminds me of myself, lost and confused. I also like that it's a bit shorter than the other one and more recent.

I'll let you know how it works out.

 

[Decko Romantika]

Sure it will mean a lot to me to stay in touch when it comes to this topic because this is one of the things I miss from iOS
Okay I'm not a native English speaker but at least iOS was providing signs for English that Gboard doesn't do

Some of the people told me that is necessary for you to have pixel for the sake of getting the signs
Sounds pretty odd to me I don't know whether that is true

I just want to let you know that I have disabled Google application and Google Assistant which could be actually influencing this even though I'm not really sure

They are frozen on my phone and I'm using Google voice typing using speech input application from the Play store that is system application automatically updated without any interface

 

[mustang7757]

Sure it will mean a lot to me to stay in touch when it comes to this topic because this is one of the things I miss from iOS
Okay I'm not a native English speaker but at least iOS was providing signs for English that Gboard doesn't do

Some of the people told me that is necessary for you to have pixel for the sake of getting the signs
Sounds pretty odd to me I don't know whether that is true

I just want to let you know that I have disabled Google application and Google Assistant which could be actually influencing this even though I'm not really sure

They are frozen on my phone and I'm using Google voice typing using speech input application from the Play store that is system application automatically updated without any interface

I would enable those Google applications that's what makes things work , which pixel device you have?

 

[Decko Romantika]

I would enable those Google applications that's what makes things work , which pixel device you have?

I don't have pixel otherwise I don't think I would be having these problems

I'm on s24 ultra

I've heard that commas periods and similar are coming automatically only when you're using Pixel

I think Samsung keyboard has something like that but sadly they don't have their own voice typing mechanism as far as I can see
Or even if they do it it is not nearly as good as the one provided by Google

 

[mustang7757]

I don't have pixel otherwise I don't think I would be having these problems

I'm on s24 ultra

I've heard that commas periods and similar are coming automatically only when you're using Pixel

I think Samsung keyboard has something like that but sadly they don't have their own voice typing mechanism as far as I can see
Or even if they do it it is not nearly as good as the one provided by Google

Go to settings >general management >list of keyboards tap>select Google voice

 

[VidJunky]

I used mustang7757's instructions to look at what my settings were and found them just as pictured here. I also went another level in to see what other options were available and found that I had offensive words blocked, so yeah I had to turn that off right away. In the meantime I do not believe I have ever gotten automatic punctuation. If I continue to talk I get one long run-on sentence that stops when I stop talking and has no punctuation, so there may be some truth to automatic punctuation being a Pixel thing. Seems odd that they wouldn't at least try on other models but whatever. I have an S24U, like you do, but I think you're on to something when you mentioned that you're not a native English speaker. On that note however, Google is supposed to be really good at learning the user's dialect and adapting. My daughter has a speech thing and her voice typing has learned her pronunciations pretty well. Better than the family sometimes, as we have to ask her to repeat things where Google just gets it, not always but most of the time.

You could try this to see if you have improved results given your accent.

1. On most Assistant-enabled devices, open the Google Home app
   
   .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial
   
   Assistant settings.
3. Tap Hey Google & Voice Match
   
   Other devices.
   • If you have more than one home, tap the home you want to add Voice Match to.
4. Tap Get started.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
   • To turn on Voice Match automatically for a speaker, Assistant-enabled device, or Smart Clock you add later to the same home, turn on Devices you add later.

Tip: If you get an error when you add a device, try to join the home linked to the device.

 

[mustang7757]

I moved this to our s24 forums