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Q: Siri cannot dictate the word "Ear".

Siri cannot dictate the word "Ear" on iPhone 6, 9.3.1. She thinks I say "Your". Even if I say "Ear drum" she changes to "Your Drum" how do I fix. Beyond Frustrating.

iPhone 6, iOS 9.3.1

Posted on May 18, 2016 10:29 AM

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  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair May 18, 2016 11:12 AM in response to kalalochWA
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    May 18, 2016 11:12 AM in response to kalalochWA

    I'm guessing it's your particular pronunciation. However, one syllable words without context are hard. They can be hard even for humans.

     

    I just played with dictation on my phone. Every time I used "ear" as part of something like eardrum or earlobe, there was no problem. If I used "ear" in a sentence, no problems. However, if I just used the word "ear", by itself, I always got "here" but with a blue line under it indicating that it was questionable. "Ear" was one of the possible corrections. Are you getting the blue line? Is "ear" an option?" Are you correcting each and every time? The system does learn over time so be sure to correct mistakes at the time they happen.

     

    Given that, in American Standard pronunciation, "your" and "ear" don't sound that much alike, I'd guess that, either you have a regional accent in which the two words do sound more alike or, somehow, ear got corrected to your enough that the system is confused (which makes some sense as I suspect most people say/type "your" more often than they say/type "ear"). If you disable Siri, you will, if I recall correctly, delete all the learning it has done of your voice. You could try doing that and starting over fresh.