iOS 13 and language support

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iOS 13 and language support

I am learning four languages using primarily Duolingo. I thought iOS 13 would be great because they advertise the following:

Automatic language selection in Dictation

Dictation automatically detects which language a user is speaking. The language will be chosen from the keyboard languages enabled on the device, up to a maximum of four.

The problem is that it does not work, not even close. I can verbally talk in a sentence and the program recognizes it, but then it will autocorrect into a completed garbled version in another language that is not even selected.

Anyone else having this issue. Apple if you are watching. PLEASE FIX THIS. it is very frustrating. iOS 12 worked great until you got over your skis trying to do more that you had the ability to perform.

Posted on Dec 14, 2019 3:54 PM

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Tom Gewecke

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Dec 17, 2019 7:36 AM in response to JonD

JonD wrote:

I know how to switch between the keyboard languages.

I was talking about holding down the microphone button, not the globe button for keyboards. Does it still malfunction when you select a language from the microphone button?

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 14, 2019 4:14 PM in response to JonD

JonD wrote:

Apple if you are watching. PLEASE FIX THIS.

I don't use that and couldn't comment on it, but I can tell you that Apple is not here. This is a user to user support forum and Apple does not participate here. If you feel Apple needs to look at something, you need to use the feedback link here, www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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Tom Gewecke

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Dec 15, 2019 4:54 AM in response to JonD

I don't know about the ad, but my impression was you have to press/hold the mike button and then select the language you want to dictate in to get it work right.

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tsauer25

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Dec 17, 2019 2:52 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

That’s ridiculous when you think about the fact that it was doing it by itself before. And to make things even more crazy, the written keyboard and dictation are completely separate. Switching to another language on one does not switch it to the other. This is crazy when toggling between English and Hebrew as they are written in opposite directions, so if I try to correct a dictation or typed word it takes repeated attempts to do so—as you don’t know which way the correction key will erase. Or try putting in an additional word and it end up on the wrong end of the sentence. This is insane.

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JonD Author

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Dec 19, 2019 7:42 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks. I have not worked with it a lot yet, but it seems as if this is going to work much better. Weird that people have to go to support communities to get simple instructions on how to work these new "improvements."

Thanks again for hanging with me.

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JonD Author

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Dec 17, 2019 7:14 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Wrong. I know how to switch between the keyboard languages. Elementary my dear Watson. It does not "work right." It works very wrong,

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