Android has several built-in voice to text options, plus dedicated apps for more advanced transcription. This guide covers everything from the keyboard microphone to AI-powered transcription apps.

Every Android phone includes voice input through Google speech recognition. To use it: open any text field, tap the microphone icon on the keyboard, and start speaking. This works for messages, emails, notes, and search. It is fast and convenient but does not save transcripts or support long recordings.

Google Docs on Android supports voice typing. Open a document, tap the microphone icon in the toolbar, and dictate. This is useful for longer dictation but requires a Google account and an internet connection.

For longer recordings, interviews, meetings, or lectures, a dedicated transcription app is better. Talk2Memo works in your Android browser — open talk2memo.com, tap English or Language, and start recording. You get a live transcript during recording and a full, speaker-labelled transcript with AI summary afterwards.

To transcribe an existing voice recording on Android: open Talk2Memo, tap Import, and select the audio file from your storage. Talk2Memo supports M4A, MP3, WAV, OGG, and most other formats used by Android voice recorder apps.