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Digital assistants are becoming increasingly popular as they become used to the idea of controlling electronic devices by speaking to them. With Android, Google has supported limited voice control for a while with "OK, Google", but with the release of the Voice Access app you can now do much, much more.
The problem with uttering "OK, Google" is that there are just a few things you can do about it. But with Voice Access you can use your voice to dictate and edit text, and interact with anything that appears on the screen. Here's how to get started.
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Before you begin, you need to know that Voice Access requires Android 5.0 or higher – which should be most Android users have access to it. Assuming you meet this requirement, get to the Google Play Store and download the Voice Assist app.
Fire up the app, and you're ready to set things up for your phone.
- You'll have to enable Voice Access in order to use it. A notification will appear telling you, and you need to tap OK followed by Voice Access, and then flick the use service toggle to the We position before tapping OK.
- Tap keep on going and you'll be prompted to configure permissions. Tap allow for any permission settings that appear.
- You'll be able to check that you have the latest app installed – you can tap Open Play Store to do just that, or hit Next to continue.
- You will then be guided through a voice access tutorial and introduced to some of the voice commands.
Using Voice Assist you can say "OK, Google" followed by a number of commands. You can say "Tap Next" to press the Next button, "Type hello world" to type the words "hello world", "Delete all" to delete what you have typed, and much more.
You'll notice that with Voice Assist enabled there are lots of numbers on your screen – on shortcuts, keyboard keys and so on. This enables you to take control of your phone with your voice.
For more information about what you can use Voice Assist for, just say "OK, Google … what can I say?" – even more options are revealed by saying "OK, Google … show all commands." Examples of what you can do include: "Go home", which takes you back to the home screen; "Open Chrome" which launches the browser; "Scroll down" and "Scroll up" which help with webpage navigation, as do "Swipe left" and "Swipe right"; "Mute sounds" kills the volume; "Set an alarm" lets you set a wake up call or reminder.
Should you ever need to disable Voice Assist, you can do so by saying "OK, Google … stop listening".
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