A screenshot of the keyboard settings menu on an Apple device. The "on" switch for the Dictation feature is circled in red.

Image source: Spectronics Blog

There is a new feature for the iPhone 4s and the 3rd Generation iPad that will make it more user-friendly for those with dyslexia.

The onscreen keyboard of these devices now has Voice Dictation that will provide speech recognition capabilities. To make the Voice Dictation microphone icon appear on your keyboard, select “General” in your Settings, select “Keyboards” and turn on Dictation.

To use the new feature, open a document in Pages, or another writing app. Tap the Dictation key and dictate the text to be inserted into your document.

Last Updated: January 22, 2024By

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