how do you put talk-to-text on a commando
armyofmunn
Enthusiast - Level 2

the guy at the store did it for me when I bought it but can't get anyone else who knows how to do it. does anyyone out here know how to put talk to text on a commando?

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Re: how do you put talk-to-text on a commando
Ann154
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I believe it is a feature that your have to add to your account.  You can call customer service and ask or you might be able to add it yourself through your MyVerizon account.

Edit:

In the light of the morning I see that read that post completely wrong.  For some reason I thought you were talking about the push to talk option.  You are not.

Converting your speech to text should be a feature within the keyboard either the included ones or one from the Play Store.  There are other application also available that should provide additional functionality.  I don't use any of them so I can't recommend any for you.

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I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.

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Re: how do you put talk-to-text on a commando
armyofmunn
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he went into the free apps to set it up just don't know what he downloaded and he moved to greener pastures i guess.

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Re: how do you put talk-to-text on a commando
Dave-in-Decatur
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If I'm understanding you rightly, you want to be able to talk into the phone and have text appear, e.g., in text messages or e-mails. As Ann154 said, this should be a feature of the stock Android keyboard. I haven't used a Commando, so I don't know the exact sequence, but on my Stratosphere I can do this: start at the Home screen, then Menu > Settings > Language & keyboard. There are several keyboards listed, such as Swype, Android, and Samsung. On the Android keyboard settings, there is a choice for Voice input, and the 3 options for it are Mic on main keyboard, Mic on symbols keyboard, and Mic off. That means that a little microphone icon shows up on the selected state of the keyboard (main or symbols). Tap that icon and you can talk and have it converted to text.

Similar settings are available on other keyboards, including downloadable keyboards from the Google Play Store (I use a Go keyboard myself), but apparently not on the Swype keyboard.

The last step may be to choose your input method. In any text-entry box (text message, e-mail, etc.), long-press the box (tap and hold) and a menu will pop up that includes Input method. Tap input method and choose one of the available keyboards. If that keyboard has a voice option, the mic icon will be present (on the symbols keyboard if you chose that). Whichever keyboard you choose will then (I think) remain the default in all text-entry areas; but of course you can do this again to change it.

I'll have to admit that I've underutilized this feature (I type well and have a physical keyboard on my phone), but it really is cool when you have it working.

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Re: how do you put talk-to-text on a commando
armyofmunn
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I don't have choices of keyboards so i guess i need to go an download another. Does the GO keyboard have the mic on it?

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Dave-in-Decatur
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Yes. It can also do foreign languages, and allows various kinds of customizations for key size, arrow keys, etc.

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Re: how do you put talk-to-text on a commando
armyofmunn
Enthusiast - Level 2

The GO keyboard works after I downloaded goggle voice search also. Thanks for the help.

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Re: how do you put talk-to-text on a commando
Dave-in-Decatur
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Great, glad it worked!

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