Is it possible tot use voice tot text in GOS. I use openboard and was wondering if i could talk tot a signal discussion and signal is typing my voice tot text??

    a month later

    I am also curious as to whether there is a good voice to text option, preferably one that works offline.

      Groetg Colvdv the best voice to text solution I can recommend is to use GBoard in tandem with our sandboxed google play services, after downloading GBoard select the Faster Voice Typing option that will download a voice model to your phone for offline use, then you can revoked GBoards network permission for a fully offline dictation option.

        9 days later

        MetropleX following switching on "faster voice typing," a few minutes was not long enough before denying network to Gboard, but overnight was. After clearing Gboard storage to zero, then activating Faster Voice Typing, i watched storage climb slowly to over 240mb. It seemed to level off but still didn't work without network. Presently it's 263mb and works, but that may include other assets 🤷

        9 days later

        Device: Pixel 6a

        I downloaded Gboard via Aurora Store as this seems to be the best and only option for dictation.

        Following the instructions above I attempted to enable "Faster Voice Typing", but the option is not present under

        • Settings>Apps>Gboard>VoiceTyping> (nothing present other than Voice Typing toggle)

        Dictation does work, but only if Network permission is enable, which is opposite of our goal here. Kill Network, and no dictation.

        I let this sit over night on Wifi to confirm things were fully DL'ed with no luck.

        Any tips or do others lack the "Faster Voice Typing" option as well?

        Thanks

          eatinggrumble84
          Thanks, failed to include in my original post.

          Currently Enabled: Google Play Service & GSF
          Not Installed: Google Play Store

          Reason for this configuration: Minimum requirements for MySudo to function 'properly'

          Looks like the next step would be to install Google Play Store, but I'll wait to see if anyone has any better advice before doing that.

            johnsmith

            @MetropleX you MUST install ALL 3 packages if you wish to receive support for issues with sandboxed play services. The only package that can be installed without the other two is GSF to help with GCam as an example which doesn't require all of them.

            Play Store IS NOT just a shop front, apps increasingly depend on Play Asset Delivery and Play Feature Delivery which require the official Play Store client instead of legacy OBBs which are deprecated and forbidden for new apps. Other Play Store services also require the official Play Store. Apps will increasingly depend on the Play Store for Asset/Feature delivery and other APIs.

              3 months later

              MetropleX

              MetropleX This is good to know. I was wondering why some apps were acting a little weird. I thought the play store wasn't necessary for apps to be fully functional

              eatinggrumble84 The option still won't appear for me. I have Google Services Framework and Google Play Services. GSF doesn't have any permissions at all though. Do I need to grant it any for this to work?

                5 days later

                MetropleX I have tried this but when I revoke network permission on Gboard I'm not able to use voice typing. I get an error message "can't connect to Google right now". Any ideas? Thanks

                  Hi everyone,

                  I'm currently having issues with the solution provided by @MetropleX. I've installed Gboard and checked the option Faster voice typing. I can see that data is downloaded as the User data goes up and flatlines at 228 MB. However, if I remove network permissions I just get the error that Google can't be contacted right now.

                  This persists even after leaving permissions on for a couple days as suggested by @Snowmonk. User data does not go up any further than 228 MB so it seems everything is downloaded.

                  Does anybody know what may be the cause? Are there other settings that may conflict with this feature?

                  Framework, Play Store and Play services all installed, everything up to date.

                  Many thanks.