Serious dictation issues iOS 18 iphone 13

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Serious dictation issues iOS 18 iphone 13

I've searched for weeks for a solution to dictation problems I have on my iPhone after updating to iOS 18.1.1 on my iPhone 13. I have rebooted the phone as suggested, but this solves the issue only briefly. I use dictation all the time, but get multiple errors, misspellings, random words, etc. It is especially bad if I switch to a foreign language as I often do with Duolingo. It is all but unusable. Are there any new solutions to this issue? I cannot afford a new iPhone right now.

iPhone 13, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 8, 2024 09:08 AM

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guattari Author

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Dec 15, 2024 08:43 PM in response to elicia101

elicia, I don't know if your problems are related to mine. I have iOS 18.2, but I have an iPhone 13 so I don't have any of the new apple intelligence. I can only point to the above posts, which steps seem to have solved my problems (although I never had issues with locking caps or dictation turning off. I deleted all my keyboards in settings, including the bilingual keyboard, and re-added just the monolingual keyboards I use, I made sure Siri and dictation were on and not restricted in settings, then I rebooted the iPhone. It's been a week, and my issues have not returned. Good luck!

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TheLittles

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Dec 8, 2024 08:47 PM in response to guattari

"Serious dictation issues iOS 18 iphone 13"

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Troubleshooting Dictation on an iPhone:

ScreenTime Settings:

Make sure "Siri & Dictation" is not restricted in Screen Time. Turn it on, if it is off.

Go to: Settings
Tap: Screen Time
Tap: Content & Privacy Restrictions
Tap: Intelligence & Siri
Tap: Siri so that is it green. If already green, then turn it off, and then Turin it back on.

Screenshot:

Report this to Apple:

Do your part: Let Apple know what is going on here. Provide them with feedback on this. They may not get back to you directly, but the more feedback they received on this, the more they will know what is going on, and what needs to be fixed in updates to come.

Go Here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Select: "Bug Report" for the "Feedback Type"
Comment: that this all began after installing and update. Include the URL of this thread.
Proceed from there aw necessary

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guattari Author

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Dec 10, 2024 04:43 PM in response to TheLittles

thanks, TheLittles. I think that may have helped, although it's maybe still too early to tell. I still get some seemingly random errors, but it's better. I also removed the bilingual keyboard and re-added just the monolingual keyboard I use, and maybe that's had a positive effect. But rebooting also takes care of the problem for a few days, and I'll have to wait a bit longer I think to know if your solution fixed the issue. thank you again.

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TheLittles

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Dec 10, 2024 05:18 PM in response to guattari

"thanks, TheLittles. I think that may have helped, although it's maybe still too early to tell. I still get some seemingly random errors, but it's better. I also removed the bilingual keyboard and re-added just the monolingual keyboard I use, and maybe that's had a positive effect. But rebooting also takes care of the problem for a few days, and I'll have to wait a bit longer I think to know if your solution fixed the issue. thank you again."

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You are welcome.

Excellent job troubleshooting!

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Dec 15, 2024 12:40 PM in response to guattari

i have ios 18.2 iphone 16 pro max in dictation not working at all spelling errors dictation turns off randomly keyboard errors - the shift key wont lock to full caps

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