Siri dictation throws in extra words that I am not saying

I have undergone all the above proposed steps in my iphone 6. Tested witth good results four times. Fifth test failed. Went back to check keyboard settings and they are all stilll where I left them: turned off. :(

Bernie,

This really looks like a virus that takes advantage of a system flaw in a very persistent and pernicious fashion. It may go dormant for a short while with the recommended remedies, but then sneaks back in to show its ugly "fatou catchy" face. I am certainly no IT expert. Yet I know we need actions to forcefully eradicate this problem, not short fixes that don't resolve the issue. Because of my tremor, I rely upon voice dictation heavily. I HAVE NO CHOICE. Please pass this on to Crystal. I very much appreciate all that you and she are doing to help all of us struggling with this "catchy catch".

P.S: You won't believe how much time it took to type this post and then remove all of my typos caused by my tremor...TEN oor ELEVEN minutes! Texting is vexing and composing densely-worded resumes and authoritave e-mails at work is downright daunting. I feel "caught" in some nasty web.

I don’t believe this is a virus. I bought a brand new iPhone 11 Pro Max and the problem came with it. Catcher think it is a defect. I didn’t bother to edit that last sentence. The word catcher is one of the ones that keeps coming up

I DO NOT RECOMMEND RESETTING! I did as you suggested, even rebooted, and problem is still there. But now all my special words are gone.

This is not a RESET issue. It's an Apple issue.

And it began for me immediately upon installing the 2nd to the last OS update. I had avoided the update until they bugged the crap out of me to install it, so I did. Then - Voila! - Catchy catch catch had invaded.

APPLE needs to do something about this - NOT US!!! Maybe if we all call they'll do something???

I just started with this issue a couple of months ago. I thought it was when I clicked the phone dictation off, that it was recording the little sound that was made at the end.but it Looks like it is much more random than that, based on everyone’s comments.

I also have this exact same issue with my brand new IPhone 11 Pro Max. If I hesitate for 1-2 seconds when using the mic, catch, catcher, catchy randomly pop up. My camera has frozen a few times, too. Has anyone called Apple with our problem?

1-800-275-2273

Just ask for Customer Service. I spoke to a human. He didn't know anything about it but put me on a 5 minute hold. I have aIOS13.2.3 . He sent me over to the senior advisor after running through a bunch of things through Settings-General. He finally asked me to do what was suggested by someone else...General-Reset-Reset Keyboard Dictionary. I told him I didn't want to do that because of the other person on this conversation that said "DON'T DO IT. IT DOESN'T WORK!"

Senior Advisor came on and she hadn't heard anything about this either. I gave her this website address so she know that we are a community with the same "catchy" problem! I'll let you know what she says.

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.

Good for you for NOT DOING THE RESET! I lost all my saved words & phrases plus my emoticons. And it's Apple's problem, not a problem with our phones or out settings.

Thanks for calling them. I'll call tomorrow, too.

Did you get the names of these Reps??? We should all start tracking who we talk to & then report any rudeness or condescension to Apple headquarters. Someone had the great idea of telling the rep about this community conversation.

Has anyone been having concurrent issues with the GPS on their phones? My GPS went insane about the same time as this catchy catch problem. It doesn't know where I am half the time. I live in Santa Barbara and just tonight it kept giving me pharmacies and Macy's in Las Vegas as "nearby" even after rebooting. I'm on the verge of going android.

I just bought an iPhone 11 -latest software etc., and am STILL having that catchy chuchu problem . APPLE, PLEASE FIX! What has happened to the expert who was going to look into this @badbernie? Who must be thanked for bringing us together.

I am having the same catchy catchy problem and it is infuriating as I practically never do anything but dictate on my phone. What happened to the Apple Support person who was going to look into this? I am dictating this, hoping to make it do it… Catch — There, it did it. It happens when the microphone times out and you get the little ping sound and then the catchword :-) or words appear. How are we supposed to figure this out on our own? This is so irritating. Someone posted above that they had a case number – could you please post the case number?