Is there a way to keep swear words (profanities) out of voice dictation results?

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Is there a way to keep swear words (profanities) out of voice dictation results?

We care for a blind child who loves to use Siri and voice dictation. Unfortunately, in spite of the parental controls (restrictions settings), voice dictation for texting will insert bad words / swear words / profanities and it is distressful to her family and friends who do not use that type of language. She cannot see it and therefore cannot correct it before sending it. Does anyone know a work-around? Thank you very much!

Posted on Jun 13, 2017 9:58 PM

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Marja E

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Sep 27, 2017 4:47 PM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

I used to use Enhanced Dictation. It would often misunderstand what I said, due to accent and dialect differences within AmE, and would sometimes insert slurs I hadn't said. I think Siri uses the same voice recognition tools.

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cr.sh.be Author

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Jun 14, 2017 10:51 AM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

Yeah, it's for Siri. Doesn't seem to be working for Speech to Text even though that would be logical 🙂 She doesn't use swear words, she's blind and if any of her words slur together the voice dictation/speech to text occasionally interprets them as something inappropriate. Thanks for your responses!

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cr.sh.be Author

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Jun 13, 2017 10:35 PM in response to Georg Portenkirchner

Thank you so much for your prompt reply! We do have that setting disabled, that is the problem -- apparently that setting only disallows Siri from "swearing at you", it doesn't prevent the voice dictation from thinking you said a swear word. Does that make sense?

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