i cant find voice input

[Android Question]

I have the Nexus 5 (love it) but unlike my Nexus 4, when I want to text someone, the microphone option is missing from the google keyboard, I know how to turn on & off this option on my Nexus 4 but the same option is not available on the N5, How do I get the microphone icon on my Nexus 5 keyboard?

im in the Uk with a nexus 5 and my carrier is O2

 

[girolez]

Hi

Menu
Settings
Language and input
Tick Google voice input

That's probably it.

Roger

 

[xinger]

I had the same issue. Tried looking everywhere and could not get it to work.
Ticking the Voice input key alone did not help.

So here's what I did that somehow got it to work:
Go into Google Keyboard Settings (under Language & Input in settings)
Scroll down to advanced settings
Tick the box that says "Switch to other input methods"
Make sure that under Language & Input menu, "Google voice typing" is also ticked

Exit, and that made my icon show up.

 

[JeffinCA]

I had the same issue...
So here's what I did that somehow got it to work:
[steps deleted]
Exit, and that made my icon show up.

I tried that, but it didn't work. Neither did any of the other suggestions. Here is some data on my phone:

htc EVO 4G LTE
Hardware version: 0003
Software version: 3.17.651.4 710RD
Android version: 4.1.1
HTC Sense version: 4+

Language and keyboard
Google voice typing: English (US)
Choose input languages:
> English (US) [doesn

 

[JeffinCA]

Just got off Chat with htc Technical Support.

I now have a microphone, but only for the regular keyboard. There is no microphone option on the Swype keyboard (unless someone who is a much better programmer than I am can put one there), but there is a setting to get Swype-like operation (it doesn

 

[pattom12]

I had the same problem with an LG G2 and corrected it by "clearing data" on the LG Keyboard found under Settings/Application. This procedure caused the microphone icon to appear when I use the keyboard.