Well, just tried a message, found the dictate button and tapped it, it popped up a message to tell me dictation has to be on for it to work, and offered a button to put dictation on, so did that, and then dictated successfully as normal.
Love some of the cute funny sounds it makes. RobH, still don't like the current Siri though, seldom offers anything useful now. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:39 AM Subject: Re: Mail and Siri According to the release notes, dictate is now separate from siri. So, yes you do have to activate dictate before using it. > On Oct 20, 2014, at 8:54 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just tried it and you're right. > Then I found the dictate button, and double tapped on it and I was asked > to enable dictation. > so try double tapping on the dictate button and see if you get the same > question. > > "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > flying. > There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. 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