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IOS 8.2 bug. Dictation text disappears when you press "Done" while in Safari. A work around is to press the webpage twice instead of "Done".
if you speak, too long, Dictate will timeout and all of the text will still disappear. Dictation still works in Notes and iMessage. Occurred on an iPad with retina display. This did not occur before 8.2.
iPad, iOS 8.2, Dictation disappearing
Another workaround suggested to me. When the text disappears, shake your iPad, an undo bubble will appear, press undo. The text will reappear highlighted. Press the page to remove the highlight.
Another thing you can do is press the undo key to have your text reappear.
OMG this is a huge bug with 8.2. I'm glad I was not the only one because I couldn't quite believe it. I've found dictation no longer possible on forms and even my web based email no longer works. When you stop dictating all you just dictated vanishes.
All this worked fine before the 8.2 update.
The work-arounds are not practical. I can only hope Apple rush out a bug fix for this, and it's pretty amazing they could have broken something so serious (basically all dictation on websites and web-based apps no longer works) and not discovered this before the 8.2 release. Really amazing.
You can also tap the text field before tapping done to save your text. Or you can try Dragon Dictation which I just downloaded and is working fine.
Dragon Dictation by Nuance Communications
Thanks. But Dragon Dictate, if I understand right, is a separate app, so not really an answer for filling in forms or making simple changes to text fields or email. I use a web based page editor, and I need to see the text in context on the page.
I just hope Apple will fix this ASAP.
You're welcome. Yes it's a seperate app. You'd need to copy/paste your dictation into you web based page editor.
Exact same behavior for me. Cannot dictate into any web site on iPhone or iPad after 8.2 update. Text just disappears when I tap "done".
Work arounds seem to work.
Has anyone taken the time to report this as an official bug report???
Yes, it is a known bug. Yes, others have reported it. It has been discussed here in the ASC a number of times. However, the more people that report it, the sooner Apple may provide a fix.
Report it here.
I have AppleCare and called to report this. I was moved up the chain quickly to a nice fella named Dave who was a Senior Support Specialist. He recreated the problem in his support lab and wrote up an official "impact" report to submit to the engineers.
I also identified this to be a problem on the iPhone as well but Dave found a different work around on the iPhone that is NOT available on the iPad.
On the iPhone....a small blue text Done button appears on the right hand side of the light gray bar that runs across the large gray Done button box.
If you tap that small blue Done button, your text stays and it works normally.....the larger gray Done button exhibits the exact same behavior as the iPad and erases dictated text.
Unfortunately, the iPad does NOT have that small blue text additional done button so you must use the work arounds suggested above.
IOS 8.2 dictation fails in Safari, press Done and text disappears.
