diff --git a/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index 293bdc1..32aeff4 100644
--- a/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/iOS/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
                                     <barButtonItem style="plain" systemItem="flexibleSpace" id="7vD-ZR-bfQ"/>
                                 </items>
                             </toolbar>
-                            <textView clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" text="Hello, World!" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Vpa-uC-abB">
+                            <textView clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" misplaced="YES" text="Hello, World!" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Vpa-uC-abB">
+                                <frame key="frameInset" minY="64" width="375" height="559"/>
                                 <color key="backgroundColor" red="1" green="1" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="sRGB"/>
                                 <fontDescription key="fontDescription" name=".AppleSystemUIFont" family=".AppleSystemUIFont" pointSize="14"/>
                                 <textInputTraits key="textInputTraits" autocapitalizationType="sentences"/>
+                                <connections>
+                                    <outlet property="delegate" destination="BYZ-38-t0r" id="UfC-c5-zne"/>
+                                </connections>
                             </textView>
                             <label opaque="NO" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Rate" textAlignment="natural" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="XrO-IB-k1e">
                                 <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" pointSize="17"/>
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@
                             </slider>
                         </subviews>
                         <color key="backgroundColor" red="1" green="1" blue="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="sRGB"/>
+                        <gestureRecognizers/>
                         <constraints>
                             <constraint firstItem="NJt-HC-7Os" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="Vpa-uC-abB" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="100" id="8Ze-6b-SOk"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="NJt-HC-7Os" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="8bC-Xf-vdC" secondAttribute="leading" id="CuI-jy-ZLd"/>
@@ -83,12 +88,19 @@
                         </barButtonItem>
                     </navigationItem>
                     <connections>
+                        <outlet property="panGesture" destination="tN7-AW-e4D" id="BQx-iJ-ZLX"/>
                         <outlet property="playButton" destination="hCx-7W-w6w" id="GjK-oQ-hkv"/>
                         <outlet property="rateLabel" destination="KaN-Qo-Ue9" id="E3V-ox-Cdf"/>
                         <outlet property="textView" destination="Vpa-uC-abB" id="yTS-Z0-ZEa"/>
                     </connections>
                 </viewController>
                 <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="dkx-z0-nzr" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
+                <panGestureRecognizer minimumNumberOfTouches="1" id="tN7-AW-e4D">
+                    <connections>
+                        <action selector="DismissKeyboardWithSender:" destination="BYZ-38-t0r" id="7PO-8q-HmU"/>
+                        <outlet property="delegate" destination="BYZ-38-t0r" id="n9Z-zO-flE"/>
+                    </connections>
+                </panGestureRecognizer>
             </objects>
             <point key="canvasLocation" x="964" y="36.431784107946029"/>
         </scene>
diff --git a/iOS/ViewController.swift b/iOS/ViewController.swift
index eb0fabd..db3d98d 100644
--- a/iOS/ViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/ViewController.swift
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 
 import UIKit
 
-class ViewController: UIViewController, SpeakerDelegate, UIPickerViewDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource {
+class ViewController: UIViewController, SpeakerDelegate, UIPickerViewDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource{
     
+
+    @IBOutlet var panGesture: UIPanGestureRecognizer! = nil
     @IBOutlet weak var textView: UITextView! = nil
     @IBOutlet weak var playButton: UIBarButtonItem! = nil
     @IBOutlet weak var rateLabel: UILabel! = nil
@@ -37,6 +39,11 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, SpeakerDelegate, UIPickerViewDelegate, U
         }
     }
     
+
+    @IBAction func DismissKeyboard(sender: UIPanGestureRecognizer) {
+        self.view.endEditing(true)
+    }
+    
     @IBAction func stopClicked(_ sender: AnyObject) {
         speaker.stopSpeaking()
         isPaused = false
@@ -78,13 +85,14 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, SpeakerDelegate, UIPickerViewDelegate, U
     
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
+        self.view.addGestureRecognizer(panGesture)
         speaker.delegate = self
-        
         //init language names
         let voices = self.speaker.voices
         for voice in voices {
             languageNames.append(voice.name)
         }
+        
     }
     
     func pickerView(_ pickerView: UIPickerView, numberOfRowsInComponent component: Int) -> Int {
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, SpeakerDelegate, UIPickerViewDelegate, U
     func numberOfComponents(in pickerView: UIPickerView) -> Int {
         return 1
     }
-    
+
     override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
         super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
         // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.