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Speech to text for iPhone 4

lornaevo

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Is it possible to use speech to text on the iPhone 4. I have a 4S an there is a microphone on my keyboard. My wife has a 4 but there is no keyboard. Any help would be appreciated. .
 

Hot94Z28

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Evi if still in the app store will do it but you will have to open the app to do it. And it's .99
 

Bro-row

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Depends on what you want to do. Dragon Dictation and Vlingo work great. I use Vlingo for text messages and emails. You can set it up to begin as you open the app and recognize end of speech. Fewer steps than Dragon. Oh, and I use Vlingo to make calls, added bonus.
 
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lornaevo

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Those aren't really what I am looking for. I am really trying to add a microphone to the apple keyboard.
 

Bro-row

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If you still have iOS 5.0.1 on the iPhone 4. Jailbreak it with redsnow and use a proxy server with Spire. I have the microphone on the keyboard on my iPhone 4 but I believe you need Spire/Siri or Siri dictation to have it appear there. Otherwise your outta luck.
 

Phil DeLong

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Those aren't really what I am looking for. I am really trying to add a microphone to the apple keyboard.

I don't believe there's an official app that would do exactly that, as it would mimic the functionality of Siri, even though that isn't available for the 4.