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Gesture Typing
The Google keyboard supports the gesture typing feature.
You use this feature to input a word by sliding through
the letters.
To enable and use gesture typing:
1. Tap Home Key > > Settings > Language & input >
Google Keyboard > Gesture Typing.
2. Tap Enable gesture typing.
3. Move your nger from letter to letter on the keyboard to trace a word without lifting
the nger until you reach the end of the word.
NOTES:
• Tap when you want to. If you want to enter a single letter, go ahead and tap.
• Lift your nger at the end of the word. A space is added automatically when you begin
to input the next word.
Google Voice Typing
Google voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert speech to text.
You must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it.
1. Tap to access the voice typing when you are using the Google keyboard.
2. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type.
3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it.
NOTE: Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point”
to enter punctuation.
Entering Text
You can enter text using the on-screen keyboard. Some apps open it automatically. In
others, you open it by tapping where you want to type. You can press the Back Key to
hide the on-screen keyboard. You can also enter text by speaking with the Google voice
typing feature.
Google Keyboard
The Google keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. Turn the
phone sideways and the keyboard will change from portrait to landscape. The landscape
keyboard is not supported in all applications.
• Tap the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Tap and hold
some specic keys to enter associated accented letters
or numbers. For example, to enter È, tap and hold and
the available accented letters and number 3 appear.
Then slide to choose È.
• Tap to use uppercase. Double-tap to lock
uppercase. This key also changes to indicate the current
case you are using: for lowercase, for uppercase,
and when locked in uppercase.
• Tap to delete the text before the cursor.
• Tap to select numbers and symbols. You can then tap to nd more.
• Tap to choose emojis and emoticons.
• Tap to use Google’s networked voice input.
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