Speak Feature on IOS 5

Siri is only available in the iPhone 4S. For the rest of us who have not upgraded our iPhones yet, that exclusive feature must have made us consider about purchasing the next incremental update.

Hearing the voice of Siri (less the functionality)

An accessibility feature in the iOS 5 accessed in "Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Selection" is the closest thing we can ever get to Siri. A snapshot below shows an instance of taking advantage of the feature. A sentence is typed on the Notes app. Upon selection of this line of text, a Speak option is shown on the rightmost part. Tapping on the Speak option triggers the computerized voice to read the text which sounds very similar to Siri.