Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Android's developer documentation says its input method framework lets apps provide alternative input methods, such as on-screen keyboards or speech input.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Android provides an extensible input-method framework that lets applications provide users alternative input methods, such as on-screen keyboards or speech input.”
Create an input method, Android Developers, n.d., Introduction to the input method framework.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page is the developer guide for building an input method editor (IME) on Android. It covers the keyboard framework in general, not one keyboard app.
- What it does not show
- This describes what the framework allows. It does not say which keyboards on a particular phone use on-device or server recognition, and that depends on each keyboard app.