How to disable auto-punctuation in Ventura?

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How to disable auto-punctuation in Ventura?

I'm dependent on Dictation for typing and I really appreciate spell check, but I'm at a loss for words to describe how useless (and very annoying) auto punctuation is in Ventura.

Is there some way to disable this, without disabling spellcheck? There is in iOS, but I can't find a solution in Ventura.

The illogical, random insertion of full stops, commas and apostrophes causes dictation to take twice as long as before due to all the corrections required.

Posted on Oct 30, 2023 7:53 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 30, 2023 12:01 PM in response to Juedne

I'm using Sonoma but it's the same in Ventura:

Change Keyboard settings on Mac - Apple Support

You appear to be going to Settings>Keybaord>Input Sources>Edit. You're going down to many levels. Auto-punctuation is on the first page of Keyboard settings. Just go to Settings>Keyboard and go all the way to the bottom of the screen. You should see it.

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Oct 30, 2023 2:24 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

I'm starting to question my sanity Idris! Sorry to ask but would you mind adding a screen grab pls, cuz this is what I see, and there's no auto-punctuation on/off, despite what the Apple link says. (The other options like Auto Spellcheck on/off are (somewhat inexplicably) located under Input Sources).

Thanks so much.

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Oct 30, 2023 2:52 PM in response to Juedne

I'm using Sonoma but, here you go:

The only thing, other than the missing "Auto-punctuation" switch seems to be our regions. I'm using U.S. English. It appears that, for me to turn on U.S. English, I'd have to mess with a lot of settings. But, the option doesn't disappear when I add UK English.

I also have the Input menu turned off though I can't imagine that would make a difference.

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Answer 4

Oct 30, 2023 8:43 AM in response to Juedne

Try Settings>Keyboard>Auto-Punctuation>Off.

Tip: When you open Settings, at the top of the sidebar is a search field. Although I suspected I knew where the feature was, I typed "punctuation' into the search field and found it very quickly.

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Juedne Author

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Oct 30, 2023 11:43 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

You did? On Ventura? Which version Idris? I agree it's the obvious place to look but I'm seeing no such option in V13.6. It exists in iOS, but there is only Settings>Keyboard>Dictation >Input sources >Correct Spelling automatically > On/Off in Ventura.

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Juedne Author

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Oct 30, 2023 3:11 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

After seeing auto-punctuation, it's only available for certain languages, I also wondered about changing the language, but even after I changed all settings to US English, the auto punctuation on off option does not appear.

Thanks so much for trying to help me solve it though, really appreciate it.

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Answer 7

Oct 31, 2023 7:54 AM in response to Juedne

You're welcome.

You may already be aware of this, but in case you're not. It's possible to dictate the punctuation. I tend to rely on this more than auto-punctuation.

E.g., "This is a sentence period", "Are you sure comma really sure question mark", "I love coffee exclamation point".

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Juedne Author

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Oct 31, 2023 2:48 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Thanks Idris – yes, I'm aware of it - it's what I've always relied on, and want to get back to!

Re original problem, the plot thickens. Today the elusive option to turn off auto punctuation spontaneously appeared. (I compared screen grabs to make sure I wasn't imagining things). There is no logical explanation for this since I hadn't touched Settings again since yesterday. So hooray, I turned it off - only to have dictation stop working altogether, and not come back on if I turned auto punctuation back on again. After rebooting, I spent the afternoon with intermittent access to Dictation. It would literally work one minute but not the next, or would ding, show the 'speech bubble' but not actually type anything.

All very frustrating.

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Answer 9

Oct 31, 2023 2:58 PM in response to Juedne

I'm sorry. I really don't have any great ideas. Maybe it's time to update to Sonoma? Or, reinstall Ventura?

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