Enter Text
You can type on your phone using the available touchscreen QWERTY keyboard, or by speaking your
inputs.
Text Input Methods
Your phone offers several text input methods.
● Samsung keyboard allows you to enter text by tapping keys on a virtual QWERTY keyboard.
Samsung keyboard includes optional predictive text, which matches your key touches to
common words so you can select a word to insert it into your text.
● Swype lets you enter words by swiping across the virtual QWERTY keyboard. Instead of
tapping each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word. You can also tap letters to
enter words.
● Google Voice typing allows you to speak your entries.
Select a Default Text Input Method
You can select a default text input method from Settings, or choose on at any time while entering text.
From Settings:
■ From home, tap
choose a default entry method.
While entering text:
1. From a screen where you can enter text, drag down from the top of the screen to open the
notification panel.
2. Tap Select keyboard, and then choose a text entry method.
Google Voice Typing
This feature uses Google Voice
Use Google Voice Typing to Enter Text
1. From a screen where you can enter text, drag down from the top of the screen to open the
notification panel, and then tap Select keyboard > Google voice typing.
– or –
Tap
Options on the Samsung keyboard or
2. Speak into the microphone and watch your text being entered onscreen.
3. If the text is incorrect, tap
Phone Basics
Apps >
Settings >
™
recognition to convert your spoken words into text.
Clear.
Language and input > Default, and then
Voice input on the Swype
™
keyboard.
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