kannada dictation option in IOS 18 onwards

Kannada dictation facility in iPhone 16 pro

iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Aug 19, 2025 1:34 AM

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Posted on Aug 19, 2025 1:44 AM

Currently, these are available


Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese


Monolingual dictionary support

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Malay, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian


Idiom dictionary support

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English


Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic–English, Bangla–English, Cantonese (Traditional)–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Simplified)–Japanese, Croatian–English, Czech–English, Danish–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Greek–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Kannada–English, Kazakh–English, Korean–English, Malay–English, Malayalam–English, Norwegian–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Punjabi–English, Russian–English, Slovak–English, Spanish–English, Swedish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Turkish–English, Ukrainian–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English



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Aug 19, 2025 1:44 AM in response to Manuja156

Currently, these are available


Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese


Monolingual dictionary support

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Malay, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian


Idiom dictionary support

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English


Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic–English, Bangla–English, Cantonese (Traditional)–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Simplified)–Japanese, Croatian–English, Czech–English, Danish–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Greek–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Kannada–English, Kazakh–English, Korean–English, Malay–English, Malayalam–English, Norwegian–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Punjabi–English, Russian–English, Slovak–English, Spanish–English, Swedish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Turkish–English, Ukrainian–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English



Aug 19, 2025 1:38 AM in response to Manuja156

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