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Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed more details about Google’s Rambler tool. We uncovered two screenshots showing off the feature, including two dictionary options. You can use your existing Gboard dictionary, but there’s also a Rambler Dictionary that saves your spoken words.
Gemini Intelligence brings a suite of features to compatible Android phones, and Gboard’s Rambler tool is one of them. This speech-to-text tool delivers polished voice dictation that includes removing filler words and pauses. Google has already delivered plenty of info about this tool, but we’ve now discovered even more details.
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We dug into the latest Gboard beta (v18.0.3) and discovered two screens showing off Rambler-related functionality. Check them out via the screenshots below.
The first screen shows the ability to switch between Standard and Rambler dictation modes. This isn’t the first time we’ve discovered a Rambler toggle, but the latest screenshot shows that you can now tap either dictation mode to view even more settings.
Meanwhile, the second screenshot shows that you can let Rambler use words from your existing dictionary. That’s welcome news and means the tool doesn’t necessarily have to learn your favorite words all over again. Furthermore, the screenshot also mentions a Rambler Dictionary, which contains “words learned from Rambler voice typing.” This suggests that Rambler could learn new words as you speak to it, but we’re not sure how this will work.
Google’s support page also gives us a few more details about Rambler. We already know that the company is leaning on cloud-based models for the feature, but it turns out there’s also an offline mode. Switch to the offline option, and you’ll have to make do without “advanced stylistic rewrites and complex conversational voice editing.” However, you can still use basic punctuation, cleanup, and capitalization without an internet connection.
The support page also mentions usage limits for Rambler:
There’s no word on how this usage cap will work, though. Does this mean you can’t use Rambler at all or that you’re merely restricted to the offline mode? We’ve asked Google to clarify the usage limits and will update the article as soon as the company gets back to us.
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