Keyboard & Input Methods
The Keyboard & input method menus let you configure your phone's text input settings.
From the home screen, touch
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and input methods options menu.
Touch Default and select an available option to set the default input method.
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Check or uncheck an input method to enable or disable it for use. The pre-installed input
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methods may not be disabled. See Touchscreen Keyboards. You can also download and
install other input methods.
Touch
beside each input method to configure its settings.
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Voice Search
Configure voice search settings.
From the home screen, touch
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touch an option to configure it.
Language: Select the language you use when entering text or searching by speaking.
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"OK Google" hotword detection: When this feature is enabled, you can say "OK Google"
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when you open the Google app rather than touching the microphone icon to initiate a voice
search or voice action.
Speech output: To turn on speech output only when you've got a headset attached to your
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phone, select Hands-free only.
Block offensive words: Hide offensive words when you use Google voice typing to
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transcribe your speech into text.
Offline speech recognition: Download one or more additional language packages so you
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can use speech recognition when you do not have a network connection.
Google Account dashboard: Open your Google Account dashboard in the browser,
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where you can manage the data Google collect from you.
Bluetooth headset: Listen for your voice input through a Bluetooth headset when it is
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connected to your phone.
Text-to-Speech Output
See below for information on text-to-speech output.
Settings
> Settings
> Language & input and touch a keyboard
> Settings
> Language & input > Voice Search and
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