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Dictation not working

New generation ipad Voice dictation not working. Microphone chimes, bubbles pulse but no text translation. Tried turn off, switch on/off airplane mode. Still no work. Any suggestions?

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Posted on Aug 25, 2012 2:12 PM

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Posted on Aug 25, 2012 2:17 PM

Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

If rebooting doesn't help, you could try quitting all apps and restarting the iPad.

A user a couple of days ago had this very same issue and stated that the it was his belief that it was an Apple server issue and I suppose that could be the problem. After a couple of days, the user reported back stating that the Dictation feature just started working again which validated the Apple server issue in his opinion.

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Aug 25, 2012 2:17 PM in response to Jimmyshaw

Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

If rebooting doesn't help, you could try quitting all apps and restarting the iPad.

A user a couple of days ago had this very same issue and stated that the it was his belief that it was an Apple server issue and I suppose that could be the problem. After a couple of days, the user reported back stating that the Dictation feature just started working again which validated the Apple server issue in his opinion.

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