Mac Dictation Adding Weird Tags Like \pronoun, \period, and \question-mark

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Hi everyone,

I'm having an odd issue with dictation on my Mac. When I dictate, it inserts strange tags like \pronoun, \period, and \question-mark. I can't find anyone else reporting this online, and I also tried troubleshooting with ChatGPT, but the issue persists. Here are two examples:

Example 1:
What I dictate: "I want to travel this year."
What it writes: "I\pronoun want to travel this year .\period"

Example 2:
What I dictate: "Am I going to meet you at three p.m.?"
What it writes: "Am I\pronoun going to meet you at three p.m. ?\question-mark"

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

1. Checked Dictation settings in System Preferences > Keyboard > Dictation, and:
   • a. Confirmed dictation is enabled.
   • b. Ensured the language is set to English (United States).
   • c. Toggled dictation off and on again.
   • d. Restarted my Mac.
2. Restarted my Mac multiple times.
3. Ensured macOS is up to date (I'm running macOS Monterey on an M1 MacBook Pro).
4. Quit third-party apps like Keyboard Maestro, Alfred, and BetterTouchTool.

I cannot upgrade past Monterey due to some legacy apps that would break if I do.

Has anyone else experienced this issue, or does anyone have ideas about what might be causing it? Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

 

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