Enable voice search

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
  • 1 minute to read
  • Enable your users to search for items, articles, and people using native speech recognition from an app on their mobile device.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    Warning:
    Voice search uses native speech recognition and relies on your operating system's cloud server to transcribe voice into text search. If you have data privacy concerns about search queries moving to the operating system cloud server, do not turn on voice search.

    Procedure

    1. In the application navigator, enter sys_properties.list.
    2. Click New to add a new system property.
    3. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Table 1. System property form
      Field Value
      Name Enter glide.sg.voice_search.enabled.
      Type Select true | false.
      Value Enter True.
    4. Click Submit.

    Result

    The global search bar in the Now Mobile app includes a microphone icon. Users must select this icon and allow the app to access speech recognition on their mobile device to use voice search.