Thanks Chris. Hey, it's ok you can't explain why. I'm sure my artificial eyes 
would cross if you did. I'm an experienced computer user, but I have chosen not 
to any more of a techy than I can help. That's the job for other people, and 
I'll gladly pay Apple whatever to do it. 


Eugenia Firth
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On Jun 24, 2012, at 8:44 PM, James Mannion wrote:

> Cool. If there is anything else you can ever also tell us, I look
> forward to reading those messages as much as this one.
> 
> On 6/24/12, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Gigi,
>> 
>> I can't really say much about if this happens now, seeing I'm a dev on I O S
>> 6, so thus am on N D A, but I can! legally say this:  in I O S 5, which is
>> the most current firmware readily available for the public, which I'm quite
>> sure is what you have, I had this problem a fair amount, yes.
>> 
>> Remember that even though dictation is not a part of Seri persey, it is
>> actually ran through the same proxy server that Seri uses.  With this said,
>> basically in a more basic meaning... if the server is busy that Seri uses,
>> which often times, it is, remember, Seri is? still in public beta... then
>> dictation also isn't gonna work.
>> 
>> Here's a little trick, if you don't wanna restart your IPhone that you can
>> try that sometimes helps.  This isn't exactly documented, and it's nothing I
>> shouldn't be telling you.  Why this works, I'm unfortunately not allowed to
>> disclose but i can! at least tell you sometimes and actually, often times,
>> it does.
>> 
>> When this happens, go to settings, then go to general, and finally, Seri.
>> 
>> You'll notice that you have 3 options.  always, which is probably where it's
>> now at, handset only, or off.  If you switch it to handset only for about 5
>> seconds, then switch it back to always, then try using Seri, or dictation,
>> either or, it should start to work again.
>> 
>> Again, I'm not authorized to explain to you why this works, and I know it's
>> kind a cock eyed.  Trust me though, if you knew the reason, you'd
>> understand.  Trust me though, for now, just know, stupid as I know this
>> sounds, and as irrelivant as I'm sure it's gotta sound, believe me: it does!
>> usually work.
>> 
>> Chris.
>> 
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Gigi
>>  To: [email protected]
>>  Cc: [email protected]
>>  Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:13 PM
>>  Subject: Trouble with dictation
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    Hi guys again
>>  I wonder if anyone else is having this trouble, and if it's a voiceover
>> thing or a dictation thing. Sometimes on my iPhone dictation option just
>> doesn't work at all. I press the dictation key and with no warning, nothing
>> happens. It just says "thinking", and nothing appears on the display. Every
>> time this happens, I have to restart the iPhone. Restarting seems to solve
>> the problem, until the next time it decides to go on strike.
>>  Regards
>>  Gigi
>> 
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