Instead of typing with the on-screen virtual keyboard of your Google Pixel 6a, you can use your voice for text inputs. To find out how you can enable, customize and/or disable the voice typing feature, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
How to turn on voice typing on Pixel 6a
In order to enable the voice typing feature on your Google Pixel 6a, you need to take the following steps:
1. To start off, turn on your Pixel phone and then unlock your screen if you haven’t done so already.
2. You then need to head over to the Settings App.
3. After opening Settings, you first need to head to System.
4. From the System screen, you then need to go to Languages & Input.
5. In the Languages & Input screen, you should then select On-Screen Keyboard.
6. Inside the On-Screen Keyboard screen, you then need to go to Gboard.
7. Once you get to the Settings menu of Gboard, you need to select Voice Typing.
8. In the Voice Typing screen, make sure that the “Use Voice Typing” setting is turned on to enable this feature for your smartphone.
How to customize voice typing on Pixel 6a
To customize the voice typing feature on your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:
1. Open the Settings App and then tap System.
2. From the System menu, you need to tap Languages & Input.
3. You then need to tap On-Screen Keyboard.
4. After getting to the On-Screen Keyboard menu, you need to tap Google Voice Typing.
5. In the Google Voice Typing menu, you can do the following:
- Block offensive words
- Add another language
- Set a primary language
- Add an offline language
- Set language update download preferences
6. Once you are done making changes in the Google Voice Typing menu, go back to the On-Screen Keyboard menu and then select Gboard.
7. In the Settings menu of Gboard, you then need to go to Voice Typing.
8. From the Voice Typing menu, you can choose to enable or disable the following features:
- Faster voice typing
- Assistant voice typing
- Auto punctuation
- Voice contributions
If the assistant voice typing and/or auto punctuation features are both greyed out, then you can take a look at this troubleshooting guide to see how you can make both selectable.
How to turn off voice typing on Pixel 6a
If you want to disable the voice typing feature of your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to take the following steps:
1. Inside of the Settings App, start by select System from the list of available options.
2. You then need to select Languages & Input from inside the System menu.
3. Afterwards, go to On-Screen Keyboard in the Languages & Input menu.
4. Once you get to the On-Screen Keyboard menu, you then need to head over to Gboard.
5. After you get to the Gboard Settings menu, you need to tap Voice Typing.
6. In the Voice Typing menu, make sure that the “Use Voice Typing” setting is turned off if you want to disable this feature for your Google Pixel 6a.