Dictation stopped working after most recent update

Hello,

Try resetting iPad's settings in Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. Be certain you do not select Erase All Content and Settings as this will erase all of your information. It is a good idea to perform a backup of your iPad prior to resetting its settings.

I have what sounds like exactly the same problem on my iPhone 6s after it upgraded to iOS 13.1.3 - same version as caused the problem described above on an iPad.

Dictation is completely broken in apps like Text and Mail. However, I noticed that dictation still works in Waze. It typically gets the first word and nothing or gibberish after that.

Suggestions?

I tried "Reset All Settings" on my iPhone. My screensaver and my preferred text size are now gone, but dictation is still unusable. Same as before. It gets one or two words at random times, but misses 90% of the spoken text.

I also tried a soft boot as recommended in another thread on this same problem, which did nothing to fix the problem.

I prefer not to try random fixes unless you have located the cause of the problem and have verified a fix. Please let me know when that has been done for 13.1.3.

PS, my wife has an identical iPhone 6s with the same iOS version and dictation works fine on her phone.