Mobile Voice Android: Using Offline Dictation (BETA)

Mobile Voice for Android now has offline dictation, so you can still dictate even if you have a poor network signal.

Download & Install Offline Dictation Files

It is only necessary to download and install these files once, after that you can toggle Offline Mode on and off. Make sure you have a strong Internet connection and that you are logged in when you download and install these files.

1. On the Mobile Voice keyboard, tap the options menu buttonto bring up the Options menu.
   
   
2. On the Options menu, tap Offline Mode. Only Android devices with at least 8GB of RAM or the Samsung tablet model SM-X210 will have this choice on the Options menu.

   
   

3. On the Offline Mode Settings screen, tap the INSTALL button. 
   • You must be signed in to Mobile Voice and have a strong Internet connection when you download and install these files.
     
4. Installation may take several minutes. DO NOT LEAVE THIS SCREEN WHILE THE DOWNLOAD IS IN PROGRESS. Doing so will cancel the installation.
   

    

5. On the Installation is complete message, tap OK.
   
6. You now have the files you need to use Offline Mode!
   
   

You can also get to the Offline Mode Settings screen from the Mobile Voice Settings.

Tap the cloud-with-a-slash icon to go to the Offline Mode Settings screen. Only Android devices with at least 8GB RAM or the Samsung tablet model SM-X210 will have this icon on the Settings screen.

Use Offline Dictation

Before you can use Offline Mode dictation, you must download and install the necessary files. You only need to do this once.

1. On the Mobile Voice keyboard, tap the options menu buttonto bring up the Options menu.
   
   
2. On the Options menu, tap Offline Mode.
   
   
3. On the Offline Mode Settings screen, switch the Enable Offline Mode toggle on (blue).
   
   
4. Go back to the application where you want to dictate. When Offline Mode is enabled, the dictation button is orange instead of green. Place your cursor where you want your transcript to display and tap the orange dictation button to record your dictation.
   
   
5. Dictate your note.Keep in mind that while in Offline Mode:
   1. Your dictation may not be as accurate as it is with online dictation since you do not have access to the complete dictation topic or sentence modeling.
   2. Your transcript will not include organization or account substitutions or vocabulary.
   3. The alternate words feature is not available.
   4. Only the following formatting commands work: 
      • Capital A / Letter A
      • New Line / Next Line
      • New Paragraph / Next Paragraph
      • Open Quote / Close Quote
        
        
        
6. Tap the dictation button again to stop recording.
   
   
   
7. Your transcript displays where you placed your cursor.
   
   
8. Once you are back in a location with a stronger network connection you can turn Offline Mode off by tapping the options menu buttonon the keyboard to bring up the Options menu.
    
   
9. On the Options menu, tap Offline Mode.
   
   
10. On the Offline Mode Settings screen, switch the Enable Offline Mode toggle off (gray).
    
    
11. Go back to your application to dictate in normal/online mode.
    
    

Known Limitations of Offline Dictation

• Offline Mode is only available on Android devices with at least 8GB RAM and on the Samsung tablet model SM-X210 (with either 8GB or 4GB RAM). If your device is not the SM-X210 or does not have at least 8GB RAM, the Offline Mode option is not listed on the Options menu, and the Offline Mode icon is not displayed at the bottom of the Settings screen.
• Shortcuts, Note Assist, and Intelligent Formatting are not available while in Offline Mode.
• Only the following formatting commands work when in Offline Mode: Capital A (a-z) / Letter A (a-z), New Line / Next Line, New Paragraph / Next Paragraph, Open Quote / Close Quote.
• Dictations in Offline Mode are transcribed with a smaller dictation topic that fits on a mobile device. Because of this and the fact that you will not have access to organization or account sentence modeling, dictation accuracy likely won't be as good as it is with online dictation. 
• Since offline dictation doesn't have the ability to use organization or account sentence modeling, there is no way for administrators to improve accuracy for these dictations using Review & Correct.
• Dictations in Offline Mode do not have access to organization or account vocabulary or substitutions. 
• Dictations in Offline Mode do not have the ability to produce Alternate Words in transcribed text.
• You cannot change the dictation topic used in offline mode. Changing the dictation topic on the Settings screen in Mobile Voice will have no effect on offline dictations.
• If Mobile Voice is left in Offline Mode for a long period of time without using it you may see a message stating, "Attention! Reinitializing offline dictation. Please wait a while." when you first try to use offline dictation. Reinitializing usually takes no more than 15 seconds.
• If your device does not have a strong connection to the internet, offline dictations will not immediately appear in nVoq Administrator. Mobile Voice will check every hour for a strong enough connection and will send offline dictation TEXT to nVoq Administrator as soon as it is able to do so. 
• Offline dictation AUDIO is not sent to nVoq Administrator at all.
• If your device will be used in Offline Mode by another user, Mobile Voice will need to be deleted from the device and reinstalled.

Offline System Requirements

• Android device with at least 8GB RAM 
  OR 
• Samsung tablet model SM-X210 with either 8GB or 4GB RAM
• At least 2GB disk space