To activate this feature open the Settings app on the iPad or iPhone, select “General’, then select “Keyboards”. Here is a screen shot from the iPad.
The “Dictation” option needs to be turned on. Again, this is only available on the iPad (3rd Generation) and the iPhone 4S running the latest version of iOS.
With this selected, the Voice Dictation microphone icon will now appear on a key next to the spacebar on the keyboard.
To use this feature:
1. Open a document in Notes, Pages etc and tap on the document to activate the keyboard.
2. Tap the Dictation key and dictate the text to be inserted in the document. When finished dictating, tap the Dictation key again and your text will appear in the document.
3. Repeat to include more text via Dictation.
If you are using speech recognition in the classroom, you may be interested in this blog posting – Speech Recognition Software: An Assistive Technology Solution for the Classroom



Hi, I just purchased from itunes this app: Voice Dictation – Voice To SMS, Email, Facebook, Twitter And Other Apps
By AppSimo
My purpose is to transcribe voice memos from my iphone into text.
Can you tell me how to do this?
Thank you!
Cindy
Hi Cindy
While I have not used this app, you would be best to visit the developer’s website for more information and contact details – http://www.brothersapps.com/
Cheers
Greg
Greg, I’ve tried looking to turn the dictation on for my iPhone 4s and it is not coming up as an option. It has the latest version update so can you give me any more advice?