{"id":5158,"date":"2019-06-30T10:44:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T15:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2019-07-03T21:24:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T02:24:48","slug":"iphone-101-dictation-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5158","title":{"rendered":"iPhone101: Dictation Tips and Tricks &#8211; Put Your Mouth Where Your Keyboard Is!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2353\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5158-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/iPhone101DictationUpdate.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/iPhone101DictationUpdate.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/iPhone101DictationUpdate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blind Abilities keeps the iPhone101 series moving with an update to this demonstration of Dictation tips and tricks. Pete has once again brought his insight to the process of dictating text, numbers and even basic emojis in iOS, where inputting text is especially time consuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pete shares tips on how to ensure your iDevice is set up for dictation, as well as reviewing the complete process for using dictation for both short and long documents. Pete stresses the importance of using punctuation and proper document formatting in order to reflect \u00a0\u00a0a more professional work product and portray a better image of ourselves to our blind and sighted readers alike. Join Pete Lane for this brief but informative demo of using dictation in iOS, like only Blind Abilities can offer.<br><br>Also, be sure to check out another iPhone 101 demonstration offered by Jeff Thompson that will save time and frustration when entering text in iOS. His Text Replacement demo, entitled: iPhone 101, Text Replacement, the keyboard shortcut that lets two letters launch a Thousand Words, and can be found here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4330\">iPhone101: Text Replacement \u2013 The Keyboard Shortcut That Lets Two Letters Launch a Thousand Words<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Your State Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<br>To find your State Services in your State you can go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/directory.aspx\">www.AFB.org<\/a>&nbsp;and search the directory for your agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/193468111470902\/\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/assistivetechnologyfortheblind\/\">Assistive Technology Community for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2355\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5158-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/iPhone101DictationUpdate.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/iPhone101DictationUpdate.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/iPhone101DictationUpdate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/iPhone101DictationUpdate.mp3 Show Summary: Blind Abilities keeps the iPhone101 series moving with an update to this demonstration of Dictation tips and tricks. Pete has once again brought his insight to the process of dictating text, numbers and even basic emojis in iOS, where inputting text is especially time consuming. Pete shares tips on how to ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[472,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone101-quickbytes","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1lc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2245,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2245","url_meta":{"origin":5158,"position":0},"title":"iAccess Demo: Dictation Tips &#038; Tricks, and Some Advice too!","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"October 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities presents, another iAccess Demo on Dictation in IOS. 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