It looks like the voice dictation does require an Internet connection. Given the amount of RAM and processing that full continuous speaker-independent speech voice recognition requires I am not surprised.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/apple-new-ipad-hands-on/ > Update: ... the Voice Dictation feature here requires a web connection Sure Siri is mostly location based services at present but there are also a number of non-location based uses. I think if they are already sending the speech to their data centres, it is a testing ... scaling thing. I believe dictation and Siri are the future for iOS devices. I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually (medium term) see an iOS communication / personal device without a screen. The world's first real digital assistant. Cheers, Ashley. -- Ashley Aitken Perth, Western Australia mrhatken at mac dot com Social (Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc.): MrHatken Professional (LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype etc.): AshleyAitken _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
