Start a Dictation on Android

On Android you start a dictation from the floating bubble that appears beside the keyboard. You can tap it and tap again to finish, or hold it while you talk and let go to finish.

Tap or hold the bubble

The bubble appears whenever a text box is active, just above the keyboard on the right edge unless you moved it.

How you start	How you finish	Best for
Tap the bubble	Tap the check	Longer thoughts, hands free while you talk
Hold the bubble	Let go	Short messages

When you tap, the bubble opens into a recording pill with a clock, a sound meter, an X to cancel and a check to finish. When you hold, the pill shows a recording mark and the sound meter until you let go. A recording stops at 10 minutes, with a warning when less than a minute is left.

Move or hide the bubble

Move it. Drag the bubble. It snaps to the nearer edge of the screen and stays there. Dragging never starts a recording.

Hide it. Drag the bubble onto Drop to hide. It stays hidden until the next text box you open.

Change its look. Open Settings, then Appearance > Floating button, and pick Smoke, Clear or Bare.

Other ways to start

Quick Settings tile. Add the EnviousWispr tile to your Quick Settings panel. Tap it to start and tap it again to stop. Because the tile is not tied to a text box, your words go to the clipboard, ready to paste, or to History if you turned Auto-copy to clipboard off.

The microphone button. Inside the app, tap the microphone button at the top of the screen.

While a dictation runs, the notification shows EnviousWispr is listening with Stop and Cancel, if you allowed notifications.

How you know it worked

Your finished words appear in the text box after the pill closes. If they do not, see Text Did Not Appear on Android.