Samsung Galaxy Avant - Manual (Page 19)

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Using the Google Voice Typing
This feature uses Google voice recognition to convert your spoken words into onscreen text.
You can use your voice to enter text using the Google Voice typing feature.
1. From the keyboard, touch the top of the screen and drag it down to display your notification panel.
2. Tap
Choose input method > Google voice typing.
3. At the Listening prompt Speak now, speak clearly and distinctly into the microphone.
The text is displayed in the message as you are speaking.
For more detailed information on configuring Google Voice Typing settings, see “Configure Google Voice
Typing” on page 75.
4. Tap Done when you are finished.
– or –
Tap Resume to resume recognition.
Note: The feature works best when you break your message down into smaller segments.
Using Google Voice Typing
1. From a screen where you can enter text, in a single motion, touch and drag the Status bar down to the bottom
of the screen, then select Choose input method > Google voice typing. The virtual keyboard is then
removed and all subsequent input to done via the microphone as text to speech.
2. Speak into the device’s microphone and watch your text being entered onscreen.
3. If the text is incorrect, tap DELETE.
Using the Samsung Keyboard
This QWERTY keyboard can be used to enter text in either a Portrait or landscape orientation. The only
difference between the two orientations are the sizes of the keys.
From a screen where you enter text, rotate your phone counterclockwise to a landscape orientation. The
onscreen QWERTY keyboard displays.
The Samsung Keyboard
This device has a built-in, QWERTY keypad (portrait mode) or keyboard (landscape mode). Using the
QWERTY keypad/ keyboard, you can type letter, numbers, punctuation, and other characters.
To use the Samsung keyboard you must first configure the settings to default to the Samsung keyboard.
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Language and input > Default > Samsung
keyboard.
– or –
From a screen where you can enter text, in a single motion, touch and drag the Status bar down to the
bottom of the screen, then select
Choose input method > Samsung keyboard.
2. The virtual keyboard is then assigned to the Samsung keyboard configuration for all subsequent text input.
Text input field Shift key
Send Delete Current Mode Input Mode
Indicator
Input Options/
Settings
For more detailed information on configuring Samsung Keyboard settings, see “Samsung Keyboard Settings”
on page 74.