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Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 5 to Developers With Siri Language Improvements

Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 7.1 to registered developers for testing purposes, following the release of the fourth iOS 7.1 beta (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/20/ios71-beta-4-to-developers/) on January 20. The update has a build number of 11D5145e and is available via an over-the-air update and through Apple's developer center website.
 
 (http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/02/ios71beta5.jpg)According to the release notes, iOS 7.1 beta 5 includes new natural-sounding Siri voices for English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), Japanese, and Chinese (Mandarin - China). It also notes that a compact version of Siri (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5025) is bundled with the release for the new languages, but can be expanded to the more natural voice after install.

The iOS device initially uses a compact voice for Siri. After you have configured a Wi-Fi network and have the device connected to a power source, iOS will automatically download and install a higher quality version.

Earlier betas of iOS 7.1 have introduced a number of features, including "Button Shapes" in Accessibility, more prominence for Touch ID and Passcode options, a new look for several aspects of the Phone dialer and shutdown screen, a new animation for "Slide to Unlock" and a slightly revamped color for the Phone, FaceTime, and Messages app icons.
 
 Details on features in past beta releases can be found in our previous beta posts: Beta 1 (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/11/18/apple-seeds-first-beta-of-ios-7-1-to-developers/), Beta 2 (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/13/apple-seeds-ios-7-1-beta-2-to-developers/), Beta 3 (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/07/ios71-beta-tidbits/), Beta 4 (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/20/ios71-beta4-tidbits/).
 
 Today's update also includes Xcode 5.1 Developer Preview 5 and a new version of the Apple TV beta software.
 
 Update: iOS 7.1 beta 5 includes redesigned shift and caps lock keys on the keyboard.
 
 <center>(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/02/keyboardchanges.jpg)</center><center>Shift enabled to the left, shift disabled in middle, caps lock enabled to the right</center>
 Wallpaper options have also been tweaked slightly and the button to disable parallax is now called "Perspective Zoom" instead of "Motion."
 
 
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Source: Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 5 to Developers With Siri Language Improvements (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/04/apple-releases-ios-7-1-beta-5-to-developers/)