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Adding Voice Dictation in an iOS App

Hi, I'd like to add voice dictation to an iOS App that I'm creating in Xcode. My App is simple...its a similar to a "text message" type of App, which will log a small amount of text (about 250 characters or so - maybe less). I would like to add voice dictation to my App, but cannot find a tutorial that walks me through the exercise of doing so, even in its simplest form. Is it as simple as adding the default iOS keyboard to the App or is there any code-behind to worry about?

Can anyone suggest a tutorial for adding Voice Dictation to an iOS App?

Thanks for your help,
Fulano

Sean Plemons Kelly, CISSP

Is this along the lines of what you were looking for?

http://www.raywenderlich.com/60870/building-ios-app-like-siri

Mr_Fulano

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Hi Sean, no not exactly...or at least I don't think so, because that looks like its 3rd party. What I would like to do is much like the peer-peer Text Messages App native to iOS on all the iPhones. If you click on the little microphone in the keyboard, you get a voice recognition dialog. I'd like to do that to a message box in my App. I wouldn't be writing a book, just about 250 characters or so.

I've been told that one simply adds the default keyboard to an App and its automatic. I still need to test that out, but I can't imagine there isn't any code-behind to make it all work. i was hoping for some guidance from those that have tried it.

I was also hoping for a native iOS solution and not a 3rd party solution. -- So, the question becomes, how does Apple do it? They have voice recognition on most every text-input interface they have in iOS...is there a way to use that functionality on custom Apps?

Thanks,
Fulano

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Mr_Fulano

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Thanks Sean, I too came up short on the research for a native iOS framework. I'm going to try simply adding the keyboard, but I'm going to be surprised if there is no code-behind to make it work.

Thanks for your help!
Fulano