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onehandle

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3. If you are on iOS 6, you have to enable dictation. If you are on iOS 7, it comes enabled.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 01:18 PM

Sep 2013

Look on the lower left of the onscreen keyboard. If enabled, there is a little microphone key.

To enable it on iOS 6 go to: Settings > General > Keyboard > Dictation

Yes, you have to be connected to Apple's servers to perform dictation. But there was a widely reported story in July that Apple is working on adding offline dictation to iOS 7.

To do dictation, simply touch the microphone key on the onscreen keyboard.

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Ok, I have yet to use Siri [View all] nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 OP

ask siri what she thinks of android. It is quite fun. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2013 #1

My poor android might feel insulted!!! nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #2

If you are on iOS 6, you have to enable dictation. If you are on iOS 7, it comes enabled. onehandle Sep 2013 #3

If they do, that be great nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #5

There is a microphone on the keyboard for dictation NV Whino Sep 2013 #4

Dragon, but it was clunky nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #6

Yeah, I had Dragon, but I agree—clunky. NV Whino Sep 2013 #7

Siri is clunky nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #8