diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 0c81ab8..b6102f9 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.segway.robot:basesdk:0.6.376'
     compile 'com.segway.robot:robot-connectivity-sdk:0.5.98'
     compile 'com.segway.robot:emoji:0.1.28'
-    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:12.0.0'
+    //compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:15.0.0'
+    compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-speech:0.42.1-alpha'
 
     annotationProcessor 'com.google.auto.value:auto-value:1.2'
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index c0c3e08..8418687 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />
-
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
 
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/MainActivity.java
index 38ddf5a..21ec7a1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/MainActivity.java
@@ -1,12 +1,39 @@
 package de.iteratec.slab.segway.remote.robot;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.media.MediaRecorder;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiInfo;
 import android.net.wifi.WifiManager;
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import android.content.*;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+import android.speech.*;
+
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionAudio;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionConfig;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognizeResponse;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechClient;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechRecognitionAlternative;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechRecognitionResult;
+import com.google.common.primitives.Bytes;
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import de.iteratec.slab.segway.remote.robot.service.LoomoBaseService;
 import de.iteratec.slab.segway.remote.robot.service.LoomoConnectivityService;
@@ -29,6 +56,10 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     private LoomoEmojiService loomoEmojiService;
     private LoomoConnectivityService loomoConnectionService;
 
+    private Button recordButton;
+    private MediaRecorder mRecorder = null;
+
+    private final int REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT = 100;
 
     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -37,16 +68,74 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
         statusText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.status_text);
 
+        recordButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
+        recordButton.setOnClickListener(recordListener);
+
         // Hides the status bar
         View decorView = getWindow().getDecorView();
         int uiOptions = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN;
         decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(uiOptions);
         getSupportActionBar().hide();
 
+        mRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
+        mRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT);
+        mRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
+        mRecorder.setOutputFile(getExternalCacheDir().getAbsolutePath() + "/test.3gpp");
+        mRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
+
+
         initStatus();
         initServices();
     }
 
+    private Boolean recording = true;
+
+    public View.OnClickListener recordListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
+        @Override
+        public void onClick(View view) {
+            promptSpeechInput();
+        }
+    };
+
+    private void promptSpeechInput() {
+        Intent intent = new Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH);
+        //intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL,
+                //RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);
+        //intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE, Locale.getDefault());
+        try {
+            startActivityForResult(intent, REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT);
+
+        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException a) {
+            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"empty",
+                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+            Log.i(TAG, "here", a);
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Receiving speech input
+     * */
+    @Override
+    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
+        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
+
+        switch (requestCode) {
+            case REQ_CODE_SPEECH_INPUT: {
+                if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && null != data) {
+
+                    ArrayList<String> result = data
+                            .getStringArrayListExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_RESULTS);
+                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),(result.get(0)),
+                            Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
+
     private void initStatus() {
         String ip = getDeviceIp();
         statusText.setText("My Ip: " + ip);
@@ -86,5 +175,6 @@ protected void onDestroy() {
         this.loomoVisionService.disconnect();
         this.loomoHeadService.disconnect();
         this.loomoRecognitionService.disconnect();
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/service/LoomoRecognitionService.java b/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/service/LoomoRecognitionService.java
index 90a0800..cb352e7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/service/LoomoRecognitionService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/iteratec/slab/segway/remote/robot/service/LoomoRecognitionService.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.android.volley.Request;
@@ -10,6 +11,18 @@
 import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
 import com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest;
 import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley;
+import com.google.api.gax.core.CredentialsProvider;
+import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider;
+import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
+import com.google.auth.oauth2.ServiceAccountCredentials;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionAudio;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionConfig;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognizeResponse;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechClient;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechRecognitionAlternative;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechRecognitionResult;
+import com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechSettings;
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import com.segway.robot.sdk.base.bind.ServiceBinder;
 import com.segway.robot.sdk.voice.Recognizer;
 import com.segway.robot.sdk.voice.VoiceException;
@@ -20,6 +33,9 @@
 import com.segway.robot.sdk.voice.recognition.WakeupListener;
 import com.segway.robot.sdk.voice.recognition.WakeupResult;
 
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -36,6 +52,7 @@ public class LoomoRecognitionService {
     private static final String TAG = "LoomoRecognitionService";
     public static final float MOVE_DELTA = 0.5f;
     private final Context context;
+    private SpeechClient speechClient;
 
     private Recognizer recognizer;
     private RequestQueue queue;
@@ -210,6 +227,8 @@ public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                     loomoBaseService.resetPosition();
 
                 }
+            } else {
+                Log.d(TAG, "unknown command:" + recognitionResult);
             }
             return false;
         }
@@ -255,6 +274,12 @@ public void disconnect() {
         if (this.queue != null) {
             this.queue.cancelAll(TAG);
         }
+        try {
+            this.speechClient.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
         this.recognizer.unbindService();
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
index d40b7eb..693c1d4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
     android:orientation="vertical"
     tools:context="de.iteratec.slab.segway.remote.robot.MainActivity">
 
+    <Button
+        android:id="@+id/button"
+        android:text="Record"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
+
     <ViewSwitcher
         android:id="@+id/view_switcher"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f209f27..54f71c2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ buildscript {
             url 'https://maven.google.com/'
             name 'Google'
         }
+        google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a4219f8..54ce36d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Dec 18 17:10:47 CET 2017
+#Mon Apr 23 13:56:19 CEST 2018
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip