HT5176 I have a disability that limits my keyboarding abilities and speed. A blue tooth add-on keyboard will provide some help. However, I expect to rely on the dictation function. Will "dictation" work in conjunction with a wireless keyboard?

I have a disability that limits my keyboarding abilities and speed. A blue tooth add-on keyboard will provide some help. However, I expect to rely on the dictation function on the ipad 3. Inasmuch as the blue tooth keyboards have no "dictation key, will "dictation" work in conjunction with a wireless keyboard?

I also have admiration for Steve Jobs. I've been a Mac user since 1984.
Given that a wireless keyboard will not have the dictation key, there ought to be some way to work around this issue. All that is needed is some way to toggle between keyboard input and microphone input. Perhaps using AppleScript and/or a hot key, I can set up a voice command or define a hotkey to toggle between the 2 inputs.
What do you think?

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