How to Get Real-Time Voice Translation in Messaging Apps



Technology have made things easy to the world in so many different ways, we are able to do a lot of things today that a few years ago no one even imagined of. From being able to talk to a person who is miles and miles away to dropping a simple text message when in need is the change that all of us celebrate about the technological development now. Since the evolution of the smart devices, we see how fast new apps are introduced to make things even better and easier. One such factor that we are going to talk about today is the virtual keyboard.

Have you ever wondered how grateful it would be if you get the ability to dictate what to you want to send as a message and the keyboard automatically types it down? Having such an option will help with so many other works too. GBoard is what we are going to talk about. It is a virtual keyboard app designed by Google and was introduced for all the android and iOS smart devices.


This was designed not only to predict words but also there are features such as voice typing, plenty of themes, Google translate feature and much more. The translate feature is the best here as it will help you in so many ways, for example imagine yourself in a place where you don’t know to communicate with a person with their language, in that case you can use the GBoard and talk in your language and it will automatically translate it to the selected language. Sounds just amazing right?

Did you know that most of the smartphones has GBoard pre-installed in it? Well yes! With all the best options available in this app, so many smartphone users prefer using it in all times. There are some additional features in this app compared to other such as loads of text based stickers, Emoji kitchen, a magic wand button and more. This virtual keyboard also comes with all the essential features an on board keyboard should have, so that you doesn’t have to have a separate keyboard app in any case.

If you are someone who wants to have so many different functions such as gliding gesture typing, one-handed mode, clip-board and so on. Different users prefer different functions and modes and that is why you can easily enable or disable the vital and advanced features the app provides. There are a few common GBoard features that you should not miss out on. So come let us check out on some of them and the way to access them.

Various typing options

Typing options are the key factor here and this app provides some typing methods to type down what you want. Gliding typing, standard typing, Voice typing and Hand writing are the four of the options available. ‘Glide typing’ method is a method to input the text using the virtual keyboard app where you have to slide your finger from letter to letter, which is known as the Gliding gesture.


Then comes the ‘Voice typing’ method, which is the easiest where all you have to do is simply speak and the keyboard will catch your words. To get this done you have to press on the microphone icon which is available on the top right of the keyboard and start speaking what you want as text. The third feature is the ‘Standard typing’, this is the most used method by almost all of us. All we have to do is simply type on the text as we want using the keyboard. The last method is ‘Handwriting’, where you can handwrite the text on the device screen and it will turn it into regular typing.

How to use GBoard

To start up using this keyboard you have to first make it as your primary keyboard app. This can be done in both Android and iOS devices. Some of the Android smart devices comes with GBoard pre-installed as the default keyboard in it, so in that case you doesn’t have to download or set it up as primary. But still you can update the app from the Google playstore and use the latest updated feature. If the app is not preinstalled then you will have to download the app and set it up on your device.

Real-Time Voice Translation in WhatsApp

This is a great feature that we all ponder onto. Being able to translate what we speak is a vital option. It even uses the native script of the language when it translates. So come let us check on how to get it done.


Beforehand make sure that you have set the GBoard as the default keyboard.


To get it started you have to first launch an IM application like the Whatsapp and start any of chat window.


Then go to keyboard section and select the option ‘Translate’ tab and if it is not available select the three dot option. There tap and hold on the button ‘Translate’ and move it to the top panel.


Next you have to select the language that you want to translate into. Selecting the language that you are going to speak is not required as Google will automatically detect it but you can do it if you want.


Thereafter you have to press on the microphone icon and start dictating what you want to say. You will be able to see the spoken text on the keyboard and the translated text will appear on the text box above it.


So that’s it, now this way you can simply speak what you want to say to a person who doesn’t understand your language and the GBoard will help you translate it without any difficulties. A simple and best option that you can use. So you can download GBoard app directly from Google playstore by Clicking here

These are some if the features that are available in the app GBoard for the users to use. Both Android and iOS users can efficiently use the app and get the best out of this keyboard and all the features it provides. Typing and translating is made easier than before.

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