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Why does Apple strip dictation from third-party keyboards in iOS 8?

If you’ve installed a third-party keyboard on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 8, you might have noticed a strange omission: While you can communicate in animated GIFs or Klingon, you can’t dictate into any keyboard not made by Apple.<span class="ellipsis">…</span><div class="read-more">Read more › (http://www.cultofmac.com/303653/apple-limits-dictation-keyboard/)</div><!-- end of .read-more --><img width='1' height='1' src='http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/40c8372f/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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