Entering Text Using Voice Input; Editing Text; Personalizing The On-Screen Keyboard - Sony Xperia Z3+ User Manual

Entering text using voice input

When you enter text, you can use the voice input function instead of typing the words.
Just speak the words that you want to enter. Voice input is an experimental technology
from Google™, and is available for a number of languages and regions. You must enable
voice input before you can start using it.
To Enable Voice Input
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap
2 , then tap Keyboard settings .
Tap
3
Tap the Google™ voice typing key slider. When the function is enabled,
appears on your keyboard.
To Enter Text Using Voice Input
1
Open the on-screen keyboard and make sure that the voice input feature is
enabled.
2
Tap . When appears, speak to enter text.
3
When you're finished, tap
4
Edit the text manually if necessary.

Editing text

You can select, cut, copy and paste text as you write. You can access the editing
options by double-tapping the entered text. The editing options then become available
via an application bar.
Text Editing Bar
After selecting text by double-tapping on a word, an editing bar appears with several
tools available:
• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Share
• Select all
• Assist
The Paste option only appears when you have text saved on the clipboard.
To Select Text
1
Double-tap a word to highlight it.
2
You can drag the tabs on both sides of the highlighted word to select more text.
To Edit Text
1
Double-tap a word to make the application bar appear.
2
Select the text you want to edit, and then use the application bar to make your
desired changes.
To use the magnifier
•
When you enter text, tap and hold on the text field to view the text magnified and
to place the cursor where you want within the text field.

Personalizing the On-Screen Keyboard

When entering text using the on-screen keyboard, you can access keyboard and other
text input settings that help you, for example to set options for writing languages, text
prediction and correction. You can get word suggestions for one language at a time by
deactivating the Smart language detection feature.
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again. The suggested text appears.
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