iPhone dictation adding random commas after update

Yes, we know all about that feature, but I would definitely disagree with the reason why. You said it was because it’s needed and most the time those random commas are not needed at all and make every sentence hard to understand. So I would say that feature is an epic fail.

It seems like it worked for me, too. Thanks to @KenzieColeMC for posting that...I never would've found it. Speaking of grammar and spelling, I SWEAR it's getting worse. Often it'll capture the correct word or usage and then change it at the very end. Argh. I end up having to edit so much, might as well type.

The additional random commas inserting themselves into voice dictation renders the function practically useless to anyone trying to save time by using it. One has to go back and remove all the commas before sending a text or email. How is this not fixed yet as of 01/12/2023

Have same problem with comma and it also drops the first words of sentence often, when dictating. No updates help. I have 16.2 and still have problems. Called Apple tons of times and they haven't heard of problems and don't help.

This is making me completely insane. I just updated as well, and there are commas everywhere which do not belong there. Communicating with appropriate. English is very important to me, and this update is murdering my excellent ability to communicate using voice text. Please update it and make it work properly.

I had to laugh when I read this. I have the same problem with commas and it's really annoying. But the bit with saying the word "period" out loud--OMG I do this so often when leaving a voicemail it is *so* embarrassing! 😀

This is happening to me as well even when I don’t pause while dictating. I have to spend so much time removing commas that should not be there, otherwise I look stupid. This only started happening with the recent upgrade or perhaps the one before that. Apple, are you doing anything to fix this?

This has happened to me and many iPhone users I know - inserting random commas. It's January 2023, and I updated to 16.3 in hopes that would take care of it. It did not. Very frustrating. Dictation should be a time saver, but it takes way more time correcting these errors. I use dictation due to arthritis in my fingers!

I can't wait for them to correct the random, inappropriate use of commas.

Sentences and their meaning are completely ruined. I use it for my professional notes to myself but now it actually is risky because you can never guarantee you've fixed the large number of random errors caused by this problem. Now it's time-consuming and frustrating.

Thank you for this! I don’t know why they set their new features’ defaults to ON. Very annoying! They need to test their auto functions more thoroughly BEFORE they make them prime time… and especially if they set the default to ON!!!

The quality control of the literacy of the iPhone is no longer there for basic English. It has been dumbed down to the grammatical knowledge of a very average 6 year-old. Whether it's deliberate or not is another question.

Okay, that's good. But even 2 days ago after carefully dictating, I still had to go back through all my dictation to fix multiple commas that substantially changed the meaning of the sentences. There was no reason or rhyme for them, the programming has evidently caused them to be inserted way too often. It makes sentences look like lists of unrelated words. I don't remember having this problem at all until the recent version of iOS.

duh really? That doesn't fix the issues. Obviously. I use the Notes app every day and have been using voice transcription since my first iPhone. It has the exact same bugs it's had since day one and more. I turned off auto capitalization to get rid of the random capitalization it inserts everywhere so now it still inserts random capitalizations everywhere except at the beginning of sentences. It auto corrects common words that it has transcribed correctly and changes them to proper names. It now inserts commas everywhere too. It doesn't re-poll the space button so half the time when you're holding it down to get the cursor you're holding it forever for nothing and then it inserts a space. Instead of fixing this app, it just keeps getting worse

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The point is, we shouldn’t have to change anything. We all paid a lot of money for our phones, including all the features that are supposed to be included with it. This is a ridiculous problem for supposedly such advanced programming. Apple needs to fix it, not us. I want all the features that I paid for and I want them to work. Otherwise I would’ve just stayed with my old phone.

Dr108 wrote:

The point is, we shouldn’t have to change anything. We all paid a lot of money for our phones, including all the features that are supposed to be included with it. This is a ridiculous problem for supposedly such advanced programming. Apple needs to fix it, not us. I want all the features that I paid for and I want them to work. Otherwise I would’ve just stayed with my old phone.

You have all the features you paid for and more. Some people don't like the newer features. All you need to do is turn them off.