Screenshot of speech to text activation found in iOS 5 beta 5
hidden keyboard  A screenshot has been found in the latest iOS 5
beta 5 release which again reveals that text to speech may be
coming in the final version of iOS 5. Last month we saw some
screenshots of a settings screen which allowed you to turn the
voice assistant on and off. Now we have another screenshot
showing how to activate the speech-to-text from within an app.
Looking at the screenshot, it couldn’t be much simpler. On the
keyboard is a microphone icon, click on that and a second screen
appears. This allows you to talk into the phone; the voice is
then translated to written text and inserted into the text
field. According to the same source, this speech to text will
only be available for the iPhone and iPod touch. Of course this
is a beta we are talking about and things change all the time
prior to final release.  This could be a really killer feature
of iOS 5; when it is launched in the fall. I would like to see a
way of talking to your