Fact · Dictation software
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Google's Android Developers Blog, in a post dated 12 December 2011, says voice typing is a new feature available in Android 4.0.
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In the source's own words
“A new feature available in Android 4.0 is voice typing: the difference for users is that the recognition results appear in the text box while they are still speaking.”
Add Voice Typing To Your IME, Luca Zanolin, Android Developers Blog, 2011, Opening paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- Written by a Google Android engineer who works on voice typing, to explain the feature to keyboard developers. It describes the feature as already available in Android 4.0.
- What it does not show
- The quote gives no date. 2011 comes from the post's date, not from the Android 4.0 release date, which the pages read for this record do not state. The post does not say whether voice typing was on every Android 4.0 device.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Android voice typing (4.0): 2,011 year.
- Event
- Launch
- Product
- Voice typing (Android 4.0)
- Maker
- Date
- 2011-12-12
- Kind
- Built into an operating system
- Note
- The quote has no date. 2011 and 2011-12-12 come from the post's dateline. The date is the post's, not the Android 4.0 release date, which this record does not state.