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Help speech to text requires "server connection"?

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garybeck

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I'm using an LG Optimus with Android 2.2.

Getting frustrated with the touchpad I'm using the speech to text feature more and more.

sometimes I get a "server connection error" when I use this feature.

I assumed the voice recognition software is installed locally on the device and doesn't need a server to operate???

does anyone know what this "server" is? Is it just calling something on the device a server, or is it actually sending my voice to an external server to be converted to text?

I'm guessing it's not doing sending my voice out to a server, but curious why it's calling it a server, and what can cause this error. It happens fairly frequently.

thanks
 
garybeck said:
I'm using an LG Optimus with Android 2.2.

Getting frustrated with the touchpad I'm using the speech to text feature more and more.

sometimes I get a "server connection error" when I use this feature.

I assumed the voice recognition software is installed locally on the device and doesn't need a server to operate???

does anyone know what this "server" is? Is it just calling something on the device a server, or is it actually sending my voice to an external server to be converted to text?

I'm guessing it's not doing sending my voice out to a server, but curious why it's calling it a server, and what can cause this error. It happens fairly frequently.

thanks
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Google's servers process the voice data and convert it to text.
 
When I started using the voice to text feature my phone would do the same thing and then I realized that you need an internet connection to use it. I don't understand why, it seems kinda dumb to me.
 
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