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SilverCheung Author

Level 1

4 points

Additional languages for the “listen and type” function

Hi Apple,

I’d like to ask how to add further languages to the “listen and type” function? I couldn’t find the way

Thank you

Regards,

Silver Cheung

iPhone XS Max, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 27, 2020 10:04 AM

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Tom Gewecke

Level 10

124,784 points

Posted on Aug 28, 2020 8:11 AM

There is no way for users to add anything to dictation languages beyond what Apple publishes here:

https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#quicktype-keyboard-dictation

But you can ask for new things via

http://www.apple.com/feedback

What language is it you need?

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Additional languages for the “listen and type” function

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