How do I get offline voice detection on my tablet running JB (4.1.1)? I just got myself a budget tablet (Halo Value) from "Swipe Telecom", and I was wondering how I can get offline speech recognition on it, since JB should support it.

My language is set to English (US), and I can't seem to find any option to download offline voice recognition files. I looked under Settings &gt; Language &amp; input &gt; Google voice typing settings and it has just one option, to block offensive words. Under voice search settings, I have "speech output", "block offensive words" and "Hotword Detection".

Any ideas how to get offline voice recognition on the tab?
There's a tutorial on How to Activate Offline Voice Typing on Jelly Bean which you could follow. Here's an excerpt:


Open the system settings of the device.
Go to language and placing.
Make a tap on voice search.
Now do a tap on Download ricon. VOC. offline.
With a swype moved All tab and select your language, it will begin the download of the package.
Eventually the card INSTALLED will appear.


Now you should be able to use voice input in offline mode.

Just in case, here are several additional howtos:


How To: Enable Offline Voice Typing in All Jelly Bean Android Devices
Download and Install Google Now with Voice Search (Stable Version) On Galaxy S3


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From the first "additional link", the description looks a bit different:


Go to Settings
Go to Languages and Input
Check if the language is selected as English(US). If not, then set it.
In the Inputs, look if the option Google Voice Typing is checked. If not, then check it.
Select the gear icon beside the Google Voice Typing. This will take you to the voice typing settings.
In the Choose Input Language, uncheck automatic and select English(US).
Below, in the Download Offline Speech Recognition option, select English(US).
After the download completes, close the settings.
Go anywhere for typing, like Messaging.
Select the little gear icon in the bottom left area. This will give the option of selecting Voice Typing.
Speak out your words clearly and the device will type it out even if Internet Connection is Inactive.


You should be able to do this with other languages as well (e.g. English(UK)) -- just make sure they match in all places.