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If you have already evaluated the work of Google voice search on your smartphone, then I can please you. This function can be enabled on a computer or laptop. If you don’t have a separate microphone on your computer, I recommend purchasing it, but for our purposes, the built-in microphone in a webcam or headset is also suitable. The laptop has a built-in microphone. In order to install Ok Google voice search on your computer, you do not need to download any special software. It will be enough to install the Google Chrome browser. You can download the browser on the official website: google.ru

By default, browser developers disabled the voice search function back in 2015, since according to statistics, few people used this function on desktop PCs and laptops. Nowadays, many of you must have appreciated the voice search feature and want to use it on your PC. At the same time, as practice shows, for many smartphone users, using the OK Google function has become a habit. Therefore, let’s proceed to enable the function: OK Google voice search on your computer.

How to enable voice search OK, Google?

If you have an older version of the Google Chrome browser, you can enable the voice search function in the settings.

Once you activate the feature, you can test how voice search works in action.

Note! As I said above, this function is only available on older versions of the browser. If you have automatic updates enabled (Google Update service), then most likely your browser version is up to date.

To check the version of the Google Chrome browser. You must click on the “Menu” button and select “About Google Chrome browser” in the drop-down list in the “Help” item.

Let's turn on Google voice search on your computer using the extension.

If you have the latest version of the Google Chrome browser installed on your computer, you will not be able to enable voice search using the menu. This feature is not available in recent versions of the browser. But don’t be upset, enthusiasts have developed analogues of voice search. In order to enable this function, we will need a special extension.

Let's start installing it.

1. Open the Google Chrome browser;
2. Click on the button that opens the “Menu” and go to “Settings”;
   
3. In the window that opens, go to the “Extensions” item;
4. In the tab that opens, click on the link “Go to the Chrome Online Store”;
   
5. An online store will open;
6. Enter “Voice search” into the search;
7. A list of found extensions will appear, click the “Install” button;
   
8. After installing the extension, a “Microphone” icon will appear next to the search bar. When you click on it, you will be asked to say a question.
   

Conclusion.

In today's short article, we learned how to install Google voice search on your computer. I hope this instruction helped you solve your problem and you can now easily use voice search functions on your computer or laptop. If you have any problems during installation, ask questions in the comments.

What is voice search

Entering text from the keyboard is not always convenient. Moreover, there are a number of situations when it is easier and faster to enter a command by voice, through a microphone.

Voice search is one of the innovations that allows you to speed up your interaction with the search engine. Google was one of the first to teach its search engine to respond to voice commands received from a computer or mobile device.

OK Google Voice Assistant Features

Using the application " Okay Google", the phone user can

• set a wide range of voice commands to the Android system
• search on the Internet and Google search engine
• receive accurate answers to queries in audio format
• manage applications and services on a mobile device

It is important to know that the service fully works in Russian, that is, it recognizes speech. Therefore, a Russian-speaking user will not have any difficulties in mastering the search tool.

How to enable and configure the "OK Google" voice application on your phone

Most Android mobile phones and tablets already have a search bar from Google Search and are located on the main screen. Therefore, for the OK Google function to work on the device, it was enough to update the system at least once in the last three months.

In order for all the queries mentioned above, as well as some other additional commands, to work more correctly (that is, with a voice response or more accurate information), you will need an Android assistant called Google Now (aka Okey Google), which can be downloaded from us.

If the Google application is already present on your device (but disabled), to enable OK Google

• go to the “Google Settings” menu, then “Search and suggestions”,
• In the Google Now section, turn the switch to ON.

• in the upper left corner you should click the menu icon (three horizontal bars)
• Settings -> Voice search -> "OK Google" recognition.

Enabling Okay Google on a mobile device

Launch OK Google:

1. depending on the version of Android, click on the Google search bar or the microphone next to it
2. say one of the available commands into the microphone

This is how you enable OK Google.

For the most part, Okay Google queries are simply typed into the search bar after being spoken into the microphone. In some cases, the response to a voice command may be spoken in a synthesized voice. For example, to the question “Where was Pushkin born?”, the robot will answer you in Russian: “Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was born in Moscow.” This will display information about the mentioned city on the phone screen (in Google search results). If you say “what does it look like…” before a phrase or command, then, as a result of a voice search, the Google search results will display the result of a search for photographs of the item mentioned in the request.

Installing OK Google on your computer. Unlike mobile devices, no additional programs are required to install the OK Google voice add-on on your computer. The only condition is that you have a browser installed on your PC and a microphone connected to the PC. For voice control, it is advisable to use the Google Chrome browser: the search feature is best implemented in it.

Until 2015, the Chrome browser settings had a corresponding option in the “Search” section of the options. However, now she is gone. Therefore, to use Ok Google (i.e., the voice search function), just go to the Google page and click the button to the right of the search bar to pronounce the command.

Voice commands Okay Google and application functions on Android

The traditional way to communicate with an Internet search engine is to enter text queries. In the "Okay Google" application, you access the Android OS directly, the applications installed on your phone, and control them through the microphone. A wide range of functions are available - voice commands for the organizer, calls and messages.

• By contacting the organizer with the phrase “wake me up tomorrow at 6.30 am”, you will open the alarm setting in okey google, where the time and date will already be indicated.
• To set a reminder, just say “remind me... (do something)” into the microphone.
• The function of voice creation of meetings and events works in the same way - “make a meeting... (anywhere, with someone at a specified time).”
• To check existing events, you can say the command-question “what is planned for tomorrow?”
• To create a note, say "Note:...".
• Okay Google on Android can also work with contacts. To make a call, enter the command “call (name from contacts)”
• The request for sending SMS sounds similar - “SMS (name from contacts) (message itself).”

• “working hours (of an establishment)”
• “how much are the shares (of the company) worth”
• "who it …"
• “how tall (for example, the Empire State Building)”
• “how to get to (destination)”
• "where is…"
• "Where is the nearest..."

Interface of the OK Google application on Android

Voice launch of Android applications

Other functionality of the "Okay Google" application includes close work with the Android OS. To open a program via okey google, use the command “open (application name)”, start playing music in the player - at the request “listen...” or “play (name of song)”. You can use commands to open the most popular applications on your mobile device (for example, the command "turn on the flashlight" will open the corresponding widget). There are a great many options for using OK Google, it all depends on your desire to use the potential of the OK Google application in conjunction with Android.

Summary. Voice search technology is quite young and was recently introduced by Google. But the usefulness of the auxiliary application is felt from the very first minutes of testing on Android. Over the short period of its existence, an impressive number of recognizable voice commands in Russian have been developed for the Google service. Their number is growing every month.

If you are connected to the Internet and don’t have time to spend a long time entering queries into a search engine in text form, setting reminders or writing notes, the Okey Google application for Android will simplify your life. Enabling OK Google and then setting up the application on your phone is not at all difficult. Voice Google quickly responds to the commands of the user of a mobile device, and instantly. This is another reason to download Okay Google on your Android phone or computer.

Answers to readers' questions

Please ask any questions related to the use of the OK service, Google and voice search in general (via the contact form in the sidebar of the site).

I have a Philips Xenium V387. At first, the “OK Google” application worked. Then I accidentally clicked “Delete Voice Sample” and now I can’t record it again. OK Google says “speak.” I say this command - and nothing. Voice search only works when you press the microphone. How do I set up OK Google so that voice search works correctly? OS version – Android 4.4.2. The main language is English (US), the additional language is Russian.

Answer. We wrote above about how to set up OK Google on Android. In your case, if nothing helps, try the following steps:

1. Download the latest version of the application (the easiest way to download Ok Google is from Google Play). Or update the current version of the application.
2. Launch the application.
3. Go to the Settings menu – Voice search – Recognition “OK Google”.
4. Record your voice sample for recognition using a microphone.

OK Google doesn't work. When you press the microphone it works, but without pressing it does not respond to the voice. Everything is enabled and configured in the settings. Phone Meizu m3 max. Android 6.0. Tell me what to do, how to enable OK Google?

1. Install Google Search App
2. Turn on the Google Audio History option in your phone settings.
3. The primary language of voice search must be English.

I have a Samsung Galaxy A3 2017, the OK Google voice function does not work when the display is sleeping, the settings are disabled automatically. How to enable ok google from standby mode? What launch programs can I use?

Answer. Indeed, you cannot turn on the voice assistant ok google from sleep mode. This is easily explained by the fact that otherwise the phone will quickly discharge.

In the Android settings you can increase the sleep interval. To do this, go to Settings – Display – Sleep mode and specify the desired interval. This will increase the opening interval of Google Assistant. There is also an app called Stay Alive! Keep screen awake, which disables sleep mode.

In the Samsung Galaxy, Okay Google was in the form of a ribbon on the main screen. I accidentally deleted it. Now voice search only works in the form of a microphone icon. Can you tell me how to return the search feed and enable ok google?

Answer. To return the Google search widget to your home screen, select Screen - Widgets - Google Search from the menu. If you have a non-standard Launcher (shell) installed, the method for enabling OK Google may be different, but the principle is the same.

The “Okay, Google” function is not new to anyone today; program developers are bending over backwards to make the search faster/more accessible/more functional. But not everyone knows that voice search can also be used on a computer, be it a desktop computer or a laptop. All you need for this is presence of a microphone. On laptops it is a built-in device; for a desktop PC you will have to purchase it. Of course, your computer must have an Internet connection.

In addition to having a microphone, you need to make sure that the Google Chrome browser itself is installed on your PC. If you go to the Google search bar through, for example, the Opera program, the voice search function will not be available.

In previous versions of Google Chrome, you were required to enable voice control yourself. On the Internet you will find a lot of information on how to manually set up “Hey Google” for PC. But this data is already outdated.

Google Chrome is constantly improving and now you don’t even need to configure anything. The new version of the search engine already has built-in voice control.

That is, all you need to set up “Okay, Google” is to make sure that your browser has the latest updates. For January 2018 this is the version 63.0.3239.132.

Installing and configuring “Ok Google”

To check the update, click the icon in the top right (circled in red) and go down to the line “ Settings».

In the settings field, select the bottom line “ About the browserChrome"(arrow indicates).

By clicking on it, you will see the following:

It checks for updates and, if your version is out of date, the program immediately makes the necessary changes.

Then the line “ Latest versionGoogle Chromealready installed».

On the start page, you will see a microphone icon (indicated by an arrow) in the search bar on the right. This is the “Ok Google” function.

All that is required of you is click on the icon voice search, in which the browser requests access to the microphone. To use voice search, you must confirm permission.

Feel free to start testing the function. Left-clicking on the microphone icon will activate it. It looks like this:

Now say any request that interests you. There is no need to say the phrase “Okay, Google” anymore. The voice command must be spoken clearly, but it is not necessary to speak loudly.

The search engine processes your request and displays the result, the robot voices the answer found.

For the query “How to get to the library,” Google requested permission to determine my geolocation. Having determined the location, the program found the nearest library and plotted a route to it. All this took no more than one minute!

If Google Chrome doesn't find a specific answer to your question, it will return search results for your phrase with a list of links.

When you launch the browser, you will be prompted to register an account with Google Chrome. This will allow you to save the necessary settings: routes in maps, calendar reminders, mail configurations and much more.

Voice text input on Android is convenient even when typing SMS, and if you need to type large amounts of text per day or solve business issues in parallel with other work responsibilities, then this function will become simply irreplaceable.

The Android OS has a standard voice dictation function, which can be enabled in the settings without downloading additional applications. The system will automatically add a microphone icon to the electronic keyboard, and you can use it whenever you need.

If you no longer need the enabled input and want to disable it, in the same menu select the “Disable” button or uncheck the corresponding item.

How to use voice input

We have already figured out how to enable this function, now we need to understand how to use it. It will be available in almost all menus and applications in which you can use an electronic keyboard.

1. To start dictating text, tap on the text screen or on the portion of text that has already been entered. A standard electronic keyboard will appear.
2. Click on the microphone icon on the main screen, or go to the character layout if you moved the microphone key there during setup.
3. A menu for recording your voice and the inscription: “Speak” will be displayed on the screen. Dictate the desired text into your smartphone's microphone, and it will automatically convert your voice into text.

Punctuation marks must be pronounced with the words: “Question mark”, “Comma”, “Period”. Try to speak more clearly, otherwise the program may misunderstand your words and, accordingly, convert them into similar-sounding ones.

What settings are available for Android voice recognition?

You can configure standard voice input on Android in the “Language and input” menu, which can be accessed through “Settings”, or by clicking on the settings “gear” directly in the menu that appears after pressing the microphone (usually the settings button is located to the left of the word "Speak")

Setting up speech recognition. Here you can do the following:

• Select language. Recognition is also available in offline mode, but by default you will only have Russian language installed (or Russian + English). For other languages, the function will work either only with , or when you download the required languages. You can download the required language packs in the language and input settings menu by clicking on “Offline speech recognition”.
• Set up “OK Google” recognition. After setting this item, you will be able to use the search engine manager when Google is open, only by saying: “Okay Google.” And then you need to say what you need to find in the search engine.
• Enable voice control from a wired headset or Bluetooth devices.
• Set up recognition of obscene words. The program automatically turns on the “Hide recognized obscene words” option.
• Enable or disable the results being read out in standard mode or in headset mode.

You can use the OK Google voice command to search the Internet and control other functions of your Android device. But, this function only works in the Google Now application. In order for this voice command to work in any application, you need to make some changes to the settings. Now you will learn how to enable Ok Google on Android.

To enable the OK Google voice control feature, open the Google Now application. In most cases, this application is opened using a swipe from the on-screen home button. On Samsung smartphones, to open Google Now, you need to press the mechanical “Home” button, and then press the Google button at the bottom of the screen.

After opening the Google Now application, you need to click on the button that opens the side menu. It is located in the upper left corner of the screen.

In the settings window, you need to go to the “Voice Search” section, and then to the “Okay Google Recognition” subsection.

After repeating the OK Google command three times, a message indicating that the setup is complete will appear on the screen. Now you can use voice control from any application.

What to do if nothing works? If this instruction did not work for you, then you may need to update the application responsible for the OK Google voice control function. To do this, go to the Google Play app store and find an application called “Google” (yes, this application is simply called Google) and update it by clicking on the “Update” button.

What can you use OK Google voice control for? Voice control allows you to perform many typical mobile device actions hands-free. For example, using voice commands you can create a reminder, find an event in the calendar, open an application, call, write a message, get directions, and of course you can search the Internet.