Keyboard changes ‘safe’ to ‘sage’

exactly what the title says. I know how to get to the text replacement settings for the keyboard but I don’t see any shortcuts set to change safe every time, and I’ve tried adding safe as it’s own shortcut but that doesn’t solve the problem. What should I do?

iPhone 12 mini

Posted on Aug 25, 2023 8:19 AM

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Aug 25, 2023 9:00 AM in response to PeterFlynn

I presume you are referring to Dictation.


The particular issue you mentioned, where Siri types "sage" instead of "safe," could be attributed to how the speech recognition system parses and interprets the audio input. It's possible that Siri's algorithms may occasionally encounter difficulty in accurately distinguishing between the separate words and instead interpret them as two distinct words.


The accuracy and performance of voice dictation can be influenced by contextual factors. Context plays a significant role in speech recognition systems as they rely on patterns, language models, and statistical algorithms to interpret spoken words.


Contextual factors that can impact the accuracy of voice dictation include:


  1. Words that sound similar but have different spellings and meanings can lead to errors in transcription. For example, "some" and "sum" or "thing" and "think" might be misinterpreted due to their similar pronunciation.
  2. The structure and grammar of a sentence can affect how speech recognition systems interpret and transcribe spoken words. Unusual or complex sentence structures, grammatical errors, or incorrect word order can potentially lead to transcription errors.
  3. Voice recognition systems may have a predefined vocabulary and be trained on specific language models. If you use domain-specific or technical terms that are not part of the system's training data, it might struggle to accurately transcribe those words.
  4. Different users may have distinct speech patterns, accents, or pronunciation, which can affect the accuracy of voice dictation. Speech recognition systems typically adapt and improve over time by learning from individual user data.


It's worth noting that advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence have enabled voice recognition systems to become more contextually aware. These systems utilize deep learning techniques and large datasets to improve accuracy by considering broader linguistic and contextual information.


However, despite advancements, speech recognition systems can still occasionally make errors, and the accuracy can vary depending on the specific implementation, device, and software version. Regular iOS updates may improve performance and address common issues.


Aug 25, 2023 9:04 AM in response to SravanKrA

No, this is not voice to text. This is typing on my keyboard. If it was voice to text I wouldn’t be going through my keyboard settings.

Again, more clearly this time, when I TYPE ‘safe’ it automatically gets changed to ‘sage’ and I need to know how to stop this.

there are no current keyboard shortcuts for sage, and I’ve tried adding one for safe but it doesn’t work. It only seems to be this word as well.

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