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How to enter a new line or paragraph using voice recognition

Hello,

Does anyone know how to make the voice recognition enter new lines or paragraphs?

When I first got my phone I could simply say "enter", "new line" or "new paragraph" rather quickly and it would advance to the next line, or in the case of paragraph it would be two new lines giving a space between the paragraph.

However, in the last month or so this has stopped working. Now, when I say "enter", "new line" or "new paragraph" it will either spell out the words, or it will add a space.

It's really frustrating, making the feature almost useless because I have to keep popping out to the keyboard to hit the return key.

I'm using the voice recognition software to enter text for the applications "S.Memo" or "Google Drive Documents", on a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone with the 4.1.2 Android Version.

-=John

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Verizon_Support

Hi JohnRRocha,

Let's get to the bottom of this! Please advise, are you using a 3rd party application? If so, I suggest reaching out to the application developers. If not, When did the problem begin? Have you recently downloaded any new applications? I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thanks for your contribution to our community forums,

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JohnRRocha

I'm using the phone's native voice recognition ability with the "S.Memo" application.

Verizon_Support

JohnRRocha, thanks for these details. I recommend that you uninstall the applications: "S.Memo" and "Google Drive Documents." Power your device off/on and then redownload them. Keep us posted.

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JohnRRocha

You cannot unintall "S.Memo", as it appears to be part of Samsung's base OS. I can do a force stop and disable on it as well as clear the data, but I cannot uninstall it. That is simply not an option for the app. I'm not going to clear the data because that deletes all the files I've made for it.

I did a force stop on "S.Memo" and then started the app, and the problem persists.

I power cycled the phone and the problem persists.

I did uninstall and reinstall "Google Drive Document" but that did not resolve the problem either.

Also it seems silly to remove and reinstall these apps, when it's the voice recognition software that is having the problem. This problem happens if you simply use voice input. It even happens when editing the phone's contact's information.

danbdt

On Android, saying “new line” will to the next line properly and “new paragraph” will skip a blank line properly as long as it is said QUICKLY after “period”, “comma”, “question mark” or “exclamation point”.

Saying it after “colon” or “semicolon” will not work, nor will saying it without one of the aforementioned preceding punctuation marks.

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