Speech Recognition & Synthesis

Name: Speech Recognition & Synthesis
Rating: 3.998405 (4029283 reviews)
Author: Google LLC

Speech recognition and synthesis for your device.

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The Speech Recognition & Synthesis Chrome extension empowers your device with Google's advanced speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities. Users can convert spoken words into text for apps like Google Maps, Recorder, and language learning tools. It also enables text to be read aloud in applications such as Google Play Books and Google Translate, enhancing accessibility and user engagement.

By setting this extension as your preferred voice input and output engine, you can enjoy real-time transcription, voice dictation, and spoken feedback across multiple apps. Ideal for accessibility needs, language learners, and productivity enhancement, this extension leverages Google's cutting-edge voice technologies to provide a seamless hands-free experience on your device.

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By:

Google LLC

Downloads:

18,408,154,992+ 53.77M

Rating:

4.00

(4,029,283) 5,805 new ratings

Version:

googletts.google-speech-apk_20250414.00_p1.751560082 Last updated: 2025-05-13

Version code:

210556534

Creation date:

2013-10-10

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO

Size:

70.65M

Email:

tt*****@google.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 3

Other rankings

#1 in speech keyword 70 ▲ 1

#6 in speech to text keyword 35 ▼ 1

#7 in text to speech keyword 77

#10 in natural language processing keyword 39 ▲

#12 in example keyword 3 ▼ 1

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User reviews

Users appreciate the app's grammar correction features and its basic speech-to-text functionality, particularly in earlier versions. However, many report worsened performance over time, especially with recent updates introducing frequent transcription errors, incorrect punctuation handling, and app instability. The need for constant manual corrections and delayed inputs frustrate users. Integration with other devices and support for various accents are noted positives, but overall, the app's reliability and accuracy have declined, leading to dissatisfaction.

Pros

Has decent grammar correction capabilities.
Continues to serve basic speech-to-text functions for users.
Initial versions worked reasonably well before recent updates.
Supports multiple accents including Southern American and Asian accents.
Integrates with various apps and devices like Google Nest/Home system.

Cons

Poor transcription quality, especially after recent updates.
Inaccurate punctuation handling (e.g., typing 'period' instead of '.').
Frequent misinterpretations and incorrect word insertions requiring manual corrections.
Delayed and inconsistent text input resulting in duplicated or missing words.
Updates often introduce bugs and cause app instability or functionality loss.

Recent reviews

Maybe you ought to update your developers? The speech mangler. Again another app that used to work perfectly or close to, updated until it no longer works properly. I spend more time with corrections then I have convenience with speech to text, generally. This keeps getting worse and worse and worse. It generally works but I spent way too much time correcting it's misinterpretations, and it's self corrections. No updates . It sucks without the latest update, and continues to downgrade.

P., 2024-12-23

Haven't tried this newest version, but I use speech-to-text all the time, for years and it seems to consistently get worse every year. I really want to like this, but it does very weird things with punctuation, breaks sentences up randomly not following any grammatical rules. Words are very often coming out incorrectly and sentences are frequently butchered. I'm holding out hope that one day this will improve