Sony SGP311 - Entering Text Using Voice Input; Editing Text

To change the Gesture input settings
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap .
2
Tap , then tap Keyboard settings.
3
To activate or deactivate the Gesture input function, mark or unmark the Gesture
input checkbox.
To enter text using the Gesture input function
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, slide your finger from letter to letter to
trace the word that you want to write.
2
After you finish entering a word, lift up your finger. A word suggestion appears
based on the letters that you have traced.
3
If the word that you want does not appear, tap
to see other options and select
accordingly. If the desired option does not appear, delete the entire word and
trace it again, or enter the word by tapping each letter individually.
Entering text using voice input
When you enter text, you can use the voice input function instead of typing the words.
Just speak the words that you want to enter. Voice input is an experimental technology
from Google™, and is available for a number of languages and regions.
To enable voice input
1
When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, drag the status bar
downwards to open the Notification panel, then tap
.
2
Tap
Set up input methods
, then mark the
Google™ voice typing
checkbox.
3
On the on-screen keyboard, tap > , then tap Keyboard settings.
4
Mark the checkbox beside
Google™ voice typing key
.
5
To save your settings, tap . A microphone icon now appears on your on-
screen keyboard.
To enter text using voice input
1
Open the on-screen keyboard.
2
Tap
. When appears, speak to enter text.
3
When you're done, tap again. The suggested text appears.
4
Edit the text manually if necessary.
To make the keyboard appear and enter text manually, tap
.
Editing text
You can select, cut, copy and paste text as you write. You can access the editing tools
by double-tapping the entered text. The editing tools then become available via an
application bar.
Application bar
1 Close the application bar
2 Select all text
3 Cut text
4 Copy text
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