Dictation accuracy much worse on iPhone 18 Pro (iOS 27.2) - misunderstood on a word or two in most dictations
I have an iPhone 18 Pro on iOS 27.2 and dictation accuracy is significantly worse than on my iPhone 14 and than before iOS 27:
1. I am misunderstood on a word or two in the majority of dictations I complete, and have to correct them. My accuracy was much higher on my iPhone 14. I am a native English speaker and I talk for a living (sales), so this is not an accent issue.
2. Dictation inserts punctuation very aggressively, and there is no Auto-Punctuation toggle in Settings > General > Keyboard. Is there any setting that controls this? Smart Punctuation does not seem to affect it.
3. Roughly 1 time in 4, when I tap the microphone button to stop dictation, it appends a word I did not say - usually "yes" or "yeah" - to the end of the text.
I have already reported these to Apple through iPhone Feedback (September and October). Has anyone found a setting or workaround for any of these, especially the accuracy drop, the missing Auto-Punctuation control, and the extra word when stopping dictation?
iPhone 18 Pro, iOS 27