iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Aug. 12

12.08.2011

In honor of Steve and Dmitry, and our two nations' iPhone 5 solidarity, we present the "."

iPhone 5 will have Nuance-powered speech-to-text.

Technically, this is a feature in iOS 5. But we all know what that means.

Improved speech capabilities via Nuance's voice software has been rumored for awhile, but this past week, a "reliable source" of the iPhone virtual keyboard with the addition a new button: one with a microphone.

"Just click the microphone icon next to the space key and start talking," 9to5Mac explained. "Once the key is clicked, a new microphone overlay will appear as long as you are talking." The "translation" into text appears onscreen as you speak, according to 9to5Mac. "This is of course software in beta testing, so the final version may appear differently, at least we know it is actually in testing right now."