Is there a way to get iOS voice dictation to stop using slang?

[Rogifan]

A couple examples: iOS voice dictation replaces “going to” with “gonna” and “want to” with “wanna”. Even if I clearly annunciate it changes the words once complete. If anything I think voice dictation should be doing the opposite because even if you speak it this way you would never write it out this way. Is text replacement the only way to fix this? I wish Apple offered a setting that used a more formal model not trained on slang.

 

[klasma]

That doesn’t happen for me. I’m on iOS 18 though. Do you have Auto-Correction turned on for the keyboard? You could try Reset Keyboard Dictionary.

 

[Rogifan]

That doesn’t happen for me. I’m on iOS 18 though. Do you have Auto-Correction turned on for the keyboard? You could try Reset Keyboard Dictionary.

I do. I tried text replacement but that doesn’t seem to work with voice dictation. Seems like there’s no way for me to train the voice dictation models not to use slang.

 

[MisterSavage]

"gonna" definitely gets on my nerves.

 

[Ruggy]

You could try changing it to British English.
It will spell words like 'colour' differently but you'll never see 'wanna again.

 

[BigBlur]

I haven't been able to replicate this. It dictates 'going to'/'want to' when I say it that way, and 'gonna'/'wanna' when I say them in slang. Using "English (United States)" here.

Maybe it somehow learned this behavior in the past. Could try deleting your Siri & Dictation History under Siri/Apple Intelligence settings.

 

[HouseLannister]

Gotta work on dat American broadcaster accent. Crisp enunciation and a lack of a regional accent is key.

 

[Rogifan]

I haven't been able to replicate this. It dictates 'going to'/'want to' when I say it that way, and 'gonna'/'wanna' when I say them in slang. Using "English (United States)" here.

Maybe it somehow learned this behavior in the past. Could try deleting your Siri & Dictation History under Siri/Apple Intelligence settings.

Thanks I’ll try that.