Siri dictation throws in extra words that I am not saying

I have this issue as well. I’ve noticed that it happens if I receive a text message while dictating. I was wondering if the dictation was hearing my text noise, but I also get it randomly otherwise as well.

This is happening on my desktop, an old computer with an old operating system, so your phone is not at fault. Does Siri dictation work by sending your voice to Apple the way dictation works on a desktop? That would make the most sense, or the other alternative is that they upgraded the software that handles desktop dictation, and put the same software in the latest iOS updates... but it just CAN'T be a coincidence that my desktop and your phones are getting the exact same error.

I did keyboarrd dictionary reset; didn't work. So I called Apple Care and after a lot of rigmarole, the rep told me to reset my phone: DID NOT HELP. After much more waiting I was handed over to a supervisor, who consistently repeated that he could not go on my "hearsay" that MANY others are experiencing this problem. He wanted me to do a complete system wipe of my phone, but last time I did that to fix a bug five years ago, the resulting problems were crazy endless mucked up. I told him so and requested he take note of this problem for future update patch/system fix. He reiterated that he could not act on my "hearsay claim" that this is NOT a problem unique to my phone, but is instead a problem experienced by many Apple users. I am not happy with his lame response. GRRRR. If any of you should try the full and complete system wipe/reinstall, let me know if it worked for you. Otherwise I am fearful of encountering the same type of headaches I experienced in the past without the problem actually being resolved for all that trouble.

The update does seem to have solved the problem for me, although the jury will probably stay out for a while just to make sure. Sorry for the pain of those who cannot upgrade… But yay Apple for having attended to it at all.

I see something like “solved “under the reply or original post? Is it “solved“ because it’s not a mystery anymore because other people have said that they have the same problem? I would much prefer it if there was a fix available - that would be a better “solve” thank you please. Best I can tell, it is happening with more frequency lately - and with the newer phones/pads. Yes it’s happened in the less recent past and on other devices, but the concentration is much higher lately. I have never had the problem myself in the past; the problem exists only now, and I am using iPhone 11 and latest OS which is whatever it is at this point in time which happens to be December somethingorother, 2019.

Catch. Catcher. Catchy.

I’m going to take an absolutely terrific the wild guess and say that it is very likely due to more sensitive microphone related what have you and picks up the sound of me shuffling around or picking my nose or farting or nervously braiding my ear hair whilst on a call - that kind of thing. Old technology just wasn’t sensitive enough .. or the material covering the mic was different .. or I am just farting a lot more these days...... either way, I_want_answers_! No. No I don’t - let me rephrase. . : Dear Mr Apple, kindly fix this stupid sh*t! Sure, it’s annoying, it’s also dangerous! Humbly yours, Catch Me if you Cachu

BadBernie started this discussion and accidentally marked it solved. He contacted Apple to change that, apparently there is no way to change it. There are three other threads discussing the same thing. I’m hoping that the most recent software update that downloaded last night solved this. It was supposed to update Siri. So far today I haven’t gotten any of these catch catcher words showing up randomly.

Has anyone actually gone to an actual apple store with this problem? Be sure you have this website handy so they know that you aren't alone. I wonder how many are on this thread? And, you can imagine the hundreds or thousands of people who aren't with us.

Since the last software update two days ago, the problem's been fixed on my Iphone 11. There are 3 other threads discussing this problem, two of them have case numbers that have been assigned. Sorry, I don't have the links. This thread is marked as 'Problem Solved'. The fellow who started this thread accidentally marked it as 'solved'. He tried to fix it but Apple doesn't have a way to undo 'Solved'. You'll have to google other variations of this problem. Some people have actually gone to Apple stores, all to no avail.

Ive been having this issue with forms of catch being put in for a little over a month. Ive spoke both with Apple care and TMobile and both were unaware of the issue they said. “Yesterday” at 3:35 at the Somerset Apple store near Detroit I got a new phone within a few hours catcher catch reasserted itself... I think Siri wants us to call her Catcher, I think she’s just asserting that this is her new name

what ever it is, it is still rather annoying. especially since I spent over an hour at the Apple store yesterday... cmon Apple this makes our emails and whatnot rather unprofessional if not caught. Lets get this fixed. I’ll call Apple care tomorrow to update them on the issue too.

I spent over an hour yesterday on the phone with the same issue. They wouldn’t admit to even knowing about the problem. They told me to reset my phone as if that’s going to do anything. Catching Katje And as you can see by the random words put into this message that it didn’t work catchup. Home catchy. Catch this message is being left as it was dictated catchy. Catch pretty sad. Catch and apparently it’s happening across all types of iPhones iPads etc. No matter how new or old

This has been happening to me since October 2019. Sometimes it will go weeks without an issue and then will happen constantly for days. Cellular or WiFi, doesn't matter. Usually either catch or catchy. If I remain silent while on dictation, after about 10 seconds it will insert the word. Sometimes it inserts is while I am dictating. Apple really need to figure this out.

When using Voice recognition for texting the word catch, catcher, or catching comes up catch up whenever I pause. I see other people are having this problem too. Does Apple plan on fixing this? I have a iPhone 11

In November, I began experiencing the Catch, catching, cather message dictation problem. I've been working with one of the senior reps at Apple tech support for weeks. We've tried everything without success. Last week, he installed a program on my phone to gather keystrokes I think, and I've captured images of the problem texts with their time stamps. All were submitted to Apple engineers to determine and resolve the problem. He stated that they will get back to me, but that I should make sure to install all iOS updates because the fix may be in one of them. Let's see what happens.

What bothers me is that the tech support reps all claim to have no knowledge of the issue and do not seem to be interested in the fact that hundreds of us are having this problem.

I was told by the company to use a particular case number and to ask others to use the same number. However, I was eventually prevented from posting about this issue, getting messages from the home company that I was violating the rules by trying to start a petition or something similar.

Not solved at all. We’ll see if this posting survives.

Well, I just posted that as MY experience. Since nobody seems to know what causes this, I threw my data point in. I have tried and tried to get it to reproduce the effect I was having but has completely stopped since I changed back to my old SIM.

Maybe it was the re-insertion of the SIM and that is all. I don't know, but thought to share.

YMMV, of course.