Turn everything you say to your Android smartphone into text, with this accessibility app from Google.
If there is one area in which Google excels, it is languages and voice recognition. On Android, the Mountain View firm offers an accessibility application developed in collaboration with Gallaudet University, the first American university for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Instant Transcription can be used by anyone, and can be very useful for anyone looking for a way to easily transcribe a conversation in real time. The application works in more than 70 languages and can even switch from one idiom to another to transcribe what it hears.
1. Download the app
If you haven’t already, download the Instant Transcription app on your Android smartphone. However, no icon should appear in the list of installed applications. It is integrated directly into the accessibility menu of your smartphone
Download Google Instant Transcription for Android (Free)
2. Activate the application
Open Android Settings and go to the Accessibility menu. Scroll through all the options offered, press Instant Transcription Activate the button for Use the service.
Then tap Allow to grant full control of your device to the Instant Transcription service.
The application, in principle intended for deaf and hard of hearing people, must indeed be able to display content on the screen, to control it, but also to follow certain interactions with other applications or certain hardware sensors. .
3. Customize the settings
Return to the previous menu to access Instant Transcription Settings. From this menu, you can modify the size of the text displayed, but also, and above all, configure the main language as well as the secondary language to be used in the application.
It is also possible, but not required, to activate the recording of transcripts. These are then kept on your device for a period of three days, before being completely deleted, the app also allowing access to the history of transcripts to delete them manually.
4. Use instant transcription
Once all of your settings are set correctly, Instant Transcription can be accessed by swiping two fingers up from the bottom of the screen. All you need to do is speak and hold a conversation normally and it instantly appears on the screen.
You can copy the text to the clipboard for use in another application. To do this, tap and hold the text to select it and press the Copy button.
Finally, it is possible to change the transcription language on the fly by simply pressing the button displayed at the bottom of the screen.