Google adds voice dictation support for 8 South African languages and for Rwanda

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Google has expanded its voice dictation feature for Translate to support nine more African languages in Gboard, the company revealed during its Google4Africa conference on Wednesday, 5 October 2022.

Eight of the nine new languages are official South African languages, including Ndebele, Xhosa, Northern Sotho, Swati, Sesotho, Venda, Tswana, and Xitsonga.

The remaining language is Kinyarwanda — one of the four official languages of Rwanda.

The Gboard keyboard app supports integration on various Android, iOS, and iPadOS apps on smartphones and tablets.

See https://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/463243-google-adds-voice-dictation-support-for-8-south-african-languages.html

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