When I speak using Dictation (speech to text) on keyboard, it types out my contacts automatically

I was using dictation on my notes app. I start by saying "hi", when it automatically starts typing out people from my contacts? It's so strange and I don't know whats causing this. I tried dictation on tiktok messages and instagram dm's also and the same thing happened. Tiktok and instagram both don't even have access to my contacts. For example, I would press the microphone on my keyboard, start to say something, and it would automatically type out "move, lauren, replace, mom, steve, steve, steve, replace" and it kept going even when I pressed the microphone again to stop dictation. I feel it's difficult to describe so I hope this makes sense, but somehow my dictation and contacts have become intertwined, making dictation unusable and also feeling like a huge privacy concern.

iPhone 13, iOS 17

Posted on Apr 24, 2025 1:11 PM

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Apr 25, 2025 8:43 AM in response to vecnussy45

vecnussy45 wrote:

here's a video: https://streamable.com/rkeh9e

I'm sorry but I don't click on links to unknown sources. Please post a screen shot.

I replicated exactly what it was doing by typing it out. It would back track and erase words on it own.

Check to see what you have set up in Text Replacements: Settings>General>Keyboards>Test Replacement.



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