Android Question Dictation?

[tsteward]

In my app users can leave feedback but typing long feedback on a phone can be annoying.
On most keyboards there is a Mic button and the phone handles speech to text but adding full stops, new lines, erasing last word or sentence is not a reliable process or even possible in some cases.

Is there a dictation library or do I just use speech to text and look for keywords to attempt erasing formatting etc.

Anyone have any experience or code they might like to share

Thank you in advance the help here is appreciated

 

[JohnC]

I would simply let your users fill in the comment textbox the way that they want to:

1) If they like using the mic button on their keyboard, then they will already be familiar in how to use that method, so there is no need to modify or reinvent/replicate it.
2) If the user likes to manual type their message, then let them. If they don't format the text, then you should still be able to easily understand their feedback.

But, if you really want to make it easy for your users to leave feedback and if they speak the same language as you, then you could simply allow them to record their voice (audio) and then your app will send the recording file to you and you would simply play it back - can't get any easier for them!

 

[tsteward]

I would simply let your users fill in the comment textbox the way that they want to:

1) If they like using the mic button on their keyboard, then they will already be familiar in how to use it, so there is no need to modify that method or reinvent/replicate it.
2) If the user likes to manual type their message, then let them. If they don't format the text, then you should still be able to understand their feedback.

But, if you really want to make it easy for your users to leave feedback and if they speak the same language as you, then you could simply record their voice (audio) and send the recording file to you and you'll simply play it back - can't get any easier for them!

Thank you.
Yes I would always allow the option for either to make their experience to suit their style.
This is a knowledge sharing app. It is just another option to make adding feedback/sharing of their knowledge to my app easier, this feedback/knowledge is then viewable by all other users of the app.

I like using voice to text but find in unintuitive when I make a mistake.

But perhaps your right, maybe I'm making a rod for my own back.