How to write and send text or audio messages from Apple Watch

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About smart watches Apple Watch we don't have much to say anymore. They are extraordinary gadgets that complement the iPhone and Mac perfectly. In addition to the weather information (temperature, current state of the weather, UV, wind, precipitation), heart rate information, movement, location, on Apple Watch we can receive and read messages from Messages, Whatsapp or Messenger

Most owners of Apple Watch they have the habit that when they see a new message on their watch, they immediately pick up their iPhone and reply to the received message. I admit that I also did this many times, until I got used to it to send text or voice messages directly from Apple Watch

As with iPhone, iPad or Mac, Apple Watch supports voice dictation. The option of vocal dictation makes it possible to transform the text into everything you say and a very important thing, this option is available in a very large number of languages. Much more than he knows Siri at present. 

The default settings of Apple Watch are to send text messages in conversations. On such a small screen it would have been almost impossible to use a QWERTY keyboard from which to write text messages. With the voice dictation option, everything we say will be transformed into text, which we can later send into conversation. 
A problem arises when we want to respond to a message, and there are other people around us who speak. It often happens that Apple Watch to misinterpret what we said. In order to avoid sending an incoherent or erroneous message, we have the possibility to activate as an alternative the sending of an audio message. 

How to send text messages on Messages, WhatsApp or Messeger directly from Apple Watch

1. First of all we activate dictationthen we set the language in which we want to communicate and dictate. Activation of dictation is done from Watch application →  General →  Enable Dictation

2. We set the language in which we want to dictate the messages / transcript texts. This setting is closely related to the iPhone keyboard and is made of iOS. We go to “Settings”→“General”→“keyboards”→“Add New Keyboard…" and we add a new language for the iPhone keyboard
Once we add the language in which we want to use the dictation, we return to "Keyboards" and select it from "Dictation Languages". 

3. Set on Apple Watch both dictation options: Transcript (text) or Audio. open Watch application on iPhone, we go to “Messages”→“Dictated Messages”→“Transcript or Audio".   

4. Open Messages on Apple Watch and initiate It's the new conversation. At the bottom of the screen we can select the language in which we want to send text messages.

 

If what we dictated was not transcribed correctly, we have the option to delete the text message or send it as an audio message. “Send as Audio"Or"Send as Text". 

This setting is very useful especially when we are on the street in crowded areas, and what we dictate is not well understood by Apple Watch. 

Transcript dictation is also available for messages sent from iPhone or iPad. 

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