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iPhone Dictation not working iOS 16

Hello,

I recently upgraded to iOS 16 and since doing so my dictation has stopped working properly. It was working at first but it has stopped.

I have tried disabling/re-enabling dictation and "hey siri" and other related settings, as I read this on the internet. I would disable, perform a restart, and re-enable. This didn't seem to resolve the issue.

I also made sure I had the latest version of iOS 16 - which I do - 16.0.2 (20A380) - Not sure where to go next.

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Posted on Sep 29, 2022 5:03 PM

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Blogguy711b

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Posted on Oct 12, 2022 1:26 AM

For 16.0.3 I was able to get German back by deleting German keyboards, turning off all the networks, rebooting and adding them again and changing Siri to German. After testing it it worked. I was even able to reset Siri to English and it still recognizes German but that didn’t work for other languages and some apps like duolingo are still broken—only the keyboard mic works. But it’s something.

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Jan 30, 2023 5:25 AM in response to Keither37

Just adding my voice here to show this is not some isolated incident. I've been using dictation for years on everything especially for rapid fire notes and texting at work. As of the last update version 16.2, it is awful.

Here are the odd behaviors: 1- Serious lag in capturing my voice. 2- Serious lag with the mic button's on/off. Many times when I think it's off it's not and vice versa. 3- Insertion of commas and periods every other word. (I prefer the old way of telling SIRI when I want punctuation as in blah, blah, COMMA. blah, blah, PERIOD.).

Because of all this, I cannot use it anymore. PLEASE restore it to the way it use to work. It wasn't broke, so don't fix it.

Oct 6, 2022 12:25 PM in response to finleyproduction

same problem

Oct 6, 2022 12:29 PM in response to thinktopdown

Any word from Apple yet? anyone else having been told the same thing I was told?

Oct 6, 2022 12:30 PM in response to deeappstore

I know what that picture looks like ... Looks like Siri has covid 19 LOL kidding all but yah frustrated

MagFlux

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Oct 6, 2022 5:56 PM in response to finleyproduction

Just wanted to add that I to am having the same issues. On iOS 16.0.2 on a iPhone 12 and voice dictation and Siri don’t work at all.

Oct 8, 2022 10:09 AM in response to Keither37

my life blood on iPhone is dictation. This is the first major bug on iOS since I switched from Android that has impacted my day to day usage. Sad to not see a faster fix released by Apple.

Oct 9, 2022 9:25 AM in response to silvermullet

Thank God I only updated one phone to this IOS. I am lost without dictation.

please keep us posted.

Oct 9, 2022 9:45 AM in response to derricfromtucson

Siri dictation broken. Keyboard dictation broken. My brain 🧠 <-> phone bandwidth reduced!!!

Abeen23

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Oct 9, 2022 12:20 PM in response to Keither37

It’s not broken, but it’s not working, right.

repeating questions and words again over and over.

not typing the right words. a lot of other stuff but yeah BROKEN

Oct 9, 2022 1:13 PM in response to chrisfnicholson

Works, great with the UK keyboard. Thank you.

Oct 9, 2022 3:17 PM in response to Stevieb129

I switched to UK keyboard but it too eventually stopped working! 😂

Siri still not working

BH-G

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Oct 10, 2022 1:14 AM in response to chrisfnicholson

This was the FIX!!! American Siri must have gone to work for Google!! I hope they fix it soon....I can't afford accent lessons.

Oct 10, 2022 10:48 AM in response to BH-G

None of the work arounds seem permanent

just updated to ios 16.0.3 and this is still broken!!! 😡

Oct 10, 2022 1:20 PM in response to romaine

Agree with others. iPhone is pretty much a brick to me without dictation. I’m stuck using my Android phone until this is fixed.

TaraCady

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Oct 10, 2022 5:08 PM in response to ajprofico

How did you ever think of this? It works!!

(I wish I had read your solution BEFORE all I went through, to no avail!)

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