G+_P Costello Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Moto X , Lost It's Voice ... Key ?? OK, Android faithful ... I got the Moto X 32G Byte with AT&T as the carrier to replace my ancient but highly accessorized Motorola ATRIX. Motorola gave me a 100 buck trade up offer since they abandoned all OS upgrades at the Gingerbread level. I like the phone and all the Touchless and Google Now features of the now KitKat OS model. What I found lacking and I miss it, is the "voice key" on the keyboard. Seems like Moto X (other KitKat phones?) have lost the microphone key that allowed speech-to-text input. Maybe it was because such a feature collides with the built-in voice activation features, (How would you get such a keyboard to do a speech-to-text of "OK Google Now" :-). Do any of you experts have any ideas on why it's gone. Can it be found in another app (I'll be trying Smart Keyboard soon) with little or no severe side-effects, particularly keeping the touchless voice activation unscathed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matt Wells Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 It's a simple answer really. You don't need it. Its always listening you just say the hotkey and move on. I have one and continue to love it. I use the always listening controls constantly to set reminders and alarms.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeffrey Young (lilazndu Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Which screen did you lose it on? I own a Maxx and have noticed that some screens don't have the mic option on the keyboard, but on the side of the text input (search in google play). If you try making a new post in G+ the mic option is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Daniel Walters Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 If you must have an "on keyboard" voice recognition button I suggest purchasing SwiftKey (which uses Google's speech recognition) or Swype (which uses Dragon Voice recognition). Both are excellent keyboard replacements and won't put to much of a dent on your resources or adversely impact the moto x's new features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matt Wells Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Wait, perhaps I misunderstood. I have a microphone on my Moto X keyboard. I'm using it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_P Costello Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 I have had my Moto X since Christmas, have not seen the microphone (voice dictation) button on any keyboard that I have had appear on the phone. Sometimes I like to fill out a form text input box or the like without fingering the keyboard. Instead of the mic button I generally just see a comma "," key instead, never the old audio speech-to-text key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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