Fact · Dictation in your apps
When the on-device SODA component is not available, ChromeOS Dictation falls back to network speech recognition.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“when SODA isn’t available, Dictation falls back to network speech recognition.”
ChromeOS Dictation (Chromium developer documentation), Chromium Project (Google), undated, Summary, Technical overview.
Open the original- What it measures
- Network speech recognition sends audio to a server, so this fallback depends on an internet connection. The document does not spell that out.
- What it does not show
- The document does not say when SODA is unavailable, for example for a missing language or a failed download.