Mobile Voice & Microsoft Outlook - Suggestions Insert Non-Words

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Issue: 

While typing in Microsoft Outlook on my Android device the Outlook "swipe" suggestion gets incorporated into what I am typing (even though I didn't "swipe") and inserts non-words into my text as I continue typing. Non-words also start appearing in the Mobile Voice suggestion bar.
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This can occur when Outlook's text predictions interfere with Mobile Voice's predictive text feature.

What to do:

The work-around is to disable the predictive text feature in Outlook on your Android device:

  1. On the Inbox screen, tap your account icon in the upper-left corner.
    Step 1 - Tap account icon

  2. Tap the gear icon to open the Settings screen.
    Step 2 - Tap settings icon

  3. On the Settings screen, tap Mail.
    Step 3 - Tap mail
  4. On the Mail screen, tap the toggle to disable Text Predictions.
    Step 4 - Disable text predictions

  5. Once text predictions are disabled, tap the back arrow in the upper-left corner twice to get back to your Inbox.
    Step 5 and 6 - Tap back arrow x2

  6. You should now be able to type with no problems, and can use the Mobile Voice predictive typing suggestions.
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