Siri uses 'Williams' when I say 'Dad'?

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Siri uses 'Williams' when I say 'Dad'?

Using iPhone 15 Pro v18.2

I often dictate to Siri to write emails or reminders etc.

The odd thing is when I say 'Dad', Siri writes 'Williams', but then a couple seconds later it changes to 'Dad)' and includes a closing bracket.

Siri also adds a closing bracket whenever I say the word 'Video)' <-- like this.

In Settings:

There is an option called 'Text Replacement', but I do not have any shortcuts saved there.

There is also an option "." Shortcut which I have turned off.

Can anyone help me out here? I just want Siri to write what I say, pure and simple.

Thanks.

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 22, 2024 1:51 PM

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 22, 2024 1:55 PM in response to real2gems

I'm not sure about the Video thing, but do you have someone named Williams identified in your contacts as your Dad?

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 22, 2024 2:11 PM in response to real2gems

Try searching "Dad)" on your iPhone to see if it shows up anywhere else. Otherwise, I'm not sure. I know on my iPhone I can identify family members such as son, daughter, etc. is something there?

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real2gems Author

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Dec 22, 2024 2:11 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Thank you! I browsed the contacts and found a contact (last names Williams) that had the word 'Dad' entered in the 'phonetic last name' section.

Now however, when I dictate to Siri, there is no 'Williams', but Siri still changes 'dad' to 'Dad)'.

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real2gems Author

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Dec 22, 2024 2:23 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

I had a contact in there noted as someone's Dad and Siri was indeed taking 'Dad)' from that contact. Searching Contacts now seems like an obvious fix, and here I was searching Siri dictation settings etc.

Thank you for taking the time to help me out :)

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 22, 2024 2:29 PM in response to real2gems

You are very welcome. I was familiar with things like this because a couple of years ago I went through a thread here when someone was always getting some text change and also they were always in ALL CAPS. come to find out it had something to do with contacts they had they were not aware of. I'm glad we got it all sorted out. Take care.

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