How to use Tone in Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard

We are excited to introduce our new Tone feature on the Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard. The tone feature supports multiple languages.

Tone 

Our Tone feature allows you to change the tone of the text you've entered into the input field. It uses artificial intelligence to help users improve their writing by suggesting alternative words and reordering sentences.

We have "Professional", "Casual", "Polite" and "Social Post" tones.

1. What is Tone for Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard? 

When you enter any text or message into the input field using the Tone feature, the AI feature will rewrite your text and provide you choices with different tones. 

2. How to use Tone?

From the toolbar tap on the Bing icon and you will be able to view the "Tone" option.

How to use Tone in three different ways
 

Tone change with text in the input field: 

1. Open SwiftKey keyboard.

2. Type some text in the input field.

3. Tap on the Bing icon, choose "Tone" and the text will appear automatically in the "Tone (Rewrite text) input field".

4. Tap  .

5. You will be given different tones such as "Professional", "Casual", "Polite" and "Social Post".

6. By tapping on Accept it will replace the text in your app with the updated tone text. You can also use Copy, so that you can paste the text wherever you need it in your app.

Tone with no text in the input field: 

1. Tap on the Bing icon on the toolbar and then select Tone.

2. Now enter text into the (Rewrite text) field and tap on  .

3. You will be given different tones such as "Professional", "Casual", "Polite" and "Social Post".

4. By tapping on Replace it will replace the text in your app with the updated tone text. You can also use Copy, so that you can paste the text wherever you need it in your app.

Tone for selected text: 

1. Enter some text on the input field and select a part of the text.

2. Tap on the Bing icon and choose Tone.

3. The text you selected previously will be added automatically in Tone. You can tap  on   to get text rewrites.

4. You will be able to view a new text to replace the original text on the selected input field.

5. You will be given different tones such as "Professional", "Casual", "Polite" and "Social Post".

6. By tapping on Replace it will replace the text in your app with the updated tone text. You can also use Copy, so that you can paste the text wherever you need it in your app. 

*If you have any issues in the Tone, we request you to please close and reopen or tap on try again.
 

Note: To use the Tone and Chat features, you must sign in with your Microsoft account. 
 

Note: "The new Bing features are available to download from the Apple App Store. If SwiftKey came pre-installed on your device the new features might not work. Please contact your phone manufacturer. Apologies for the inconvenience."