‘Flow’ upgrade Android voice-to-text without replacing Gboard

Voice-to-text on Android is really good if you’re using a Pixel, and pretty hit or miss everywhere else. But the new “Wispr Flow” app promises some big improvements to voice-to-text on Android, all without replacing your keyboard of choice.

“Wispr Flow” is an AI-powered voice-to-text service that’s been available on Windows and Apple platforms (including iOS) for some time now, and it’s debuting on Android today. “Flow” is, as the company describes, a voice dictation model that wants to replace manual typing.

Wispr touts:

After 150 years of using the same keyboard, voice that actually works is finally here. When you create, code, and respond faster, you free up time for more. Speak naturally at the speed you think and let Flow handle the rest.

Speak naturally and Flow transcribes and edits your voice, instantly. Rambled thoughts become clear, perfectly formatted text, without the filler words or typos.

As mentioned, Wispr Flow has been available on other platforms, including the iPhone, for a while now, but it exists as a replacement for your keyboard on iOS. On Android, Wispr took a different approach.

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The Android version of Flow works alongside your keyboard as a pop-up floating button that you can trigger in place of your keyboard’s voice-to-text tools. After accepting a couple of permissions to allow the app to display on top of other apps and paste from the clipboard, you can trigger it and start talking, with the output being pasted into the text box right after you hit the checkbox. You can also make corrections as you speak, with Flow able to disregard irrelevant parts of what you say.

Wispr adds that this supports multiple languages (100+ are supported) at once, including Hinglish (Hindi + English).