Help Google voice to text does not allow voice input

[vpelton]

When using Google Maps (& anything using the keyboard input), I tap on the microphone icon so I can input text via speech. But now, when I do that, I get the white window with the green button in the middle & "Google" at the bottom, but I don't get the beep that tells me to start talking. If I talk, it does not do anything.

As far as I know, I didn't change anything, but who knows if that's really true. I tried a power down/restart about 2 times but that didn't help. Any one know how to fix this? Thanks so much.

Samsung S6
Android version 7.0

 

[vpelton]

My voice to text was not working (I tapped the mic icon on the keyboard, but it would not listen to my voice), but I finally solved the problem. In case others have this issue, here's what I did. I thought it's probably not an app problem, as the issue showed in many apps. It also probably was not a keyboard problem, as I had the issue on 2 keyboard apps.

I noticed sometimes I'd get a popup window that said something like, "Google App has stopped". I don't even use Google App, so why is that showing? Maybe the keyboard uses Google App.

So I did: settings; apps; application manager; Google App; force stop. That didn't seem to do anything, as the button was still active (not grayed out). So from there, then I did: storage; clear cache and manage storage; clear all data. That worked! You don't realize how much you "need" voice input until you lose it. I felt I was back in the Stone Age. But now it works, yea!