Odd. I've been using both Siri and dictation all day on both wifi and 3g. No problems. However, here's what's weird. Siri completely dropped my profile. (I asked to send a text to my wife, which I've done 50 times, and got the message "I don't know who you are."). I had to re-link and then re-add my mother and brother. Not a major deal, but I've found that Siri forgets key relationships often.
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I am having the same problem on my 4S. Siri works, but dictation in messageing has stopped working. I am on Sprint.
Also, maybe unrelated, I just finally received two text messages that were sent a few days ago. Both were photos.
So, how is it that dictation on the 4S works differently than going to Siri directly? How can it be a system error?
Also, maybe unrelated, I just finally received two text messages that were sent a few days ago. Both were photos.
So, how is it that dictation on the 4S works differently than going to Siri directly? How can it be a system error?
4S
Verizon (Twin Cities metro, MN)
Siri = fine
Dictation = 3 purple dots that go on forever.
This has happened in the past off and on for me, but never for a full day.
Seems to be a central network issue? I see the little network flower thingy at the top spinning while the purple dots are going, but nothing comes up. I take it this technology uses a central database of sorts rather than on the phone itself?
Man I hate texting on the stupid thing and need my talky-talks back! lol..
Verizon (Twin Cities metro, MN)
Siri = fine
Dictation = 3 purple dots that go on forever.
This has happened in the past off and on for me, but never for a full day.
Seems to be a central network issue? I see the little network flower thingy at the top spinning while the purple dots are going, but nothing comes up. I take it this technology uses a central database of sorts rather than on the phone itself?
Man I hate texting on the stupid thing and need my talky-talks back! lol..
ATT iPhone 4s here and have had this issue ALL day and i came home and apparently it won't even work on wifi, i wonder what that means?
I Scanned Apple Support forums tonight and more users there have the same problem. A few claim to have spoken to AppleCare and were told that it was a server problem, and that Apple is working on it. One reports they were told it should be working by Monday, another was told to call back if it was still down tomorrow.
I called Applecare a little bit ago, and the guy didn't know what I was talking about...
I stayed on the phone for 10 min and documented the issue, made sure he knew that it was a Messages microphone voice to text issue and not Siri entirely...he was very helpful and said he would document it and add it to the database.
On a side note, he sounded a lot like Kris Humphries, so I made a joke that Kim threw him out and he has to work the phones at Apple, and the dude was laughing and said I was the 4th one all day who mentioned his voice similarity.
Good times....but reported it to Apple and others have too, I am sure it will be fixed.
I stayed on the phone for 10 min and documented the issue, made sure he knew that it was a Messages microphone voice to text issue and not Siri entirely...he was very helpful and said he would document it and add it to the database.
On a side note, he sounded a lot like Kris Humphries, so I made a joke that Kim threw him out and he has to work the phones at Apple, and the dude was laughing and said I was the 4th one all day who mentioned his voice similarity.
Good times....but reported it to Apple and others have too, I am sure it will be fixed.
Same Problem (on Sprint)....
Siri is working just fine, but dictation is not working. This is on a 32GB iPhone 4S. It very well must be a server issue, as we are seeing that certain servers must be handling the load of Siri, and other servers are handling the load of speech dictation.
Initially thought it was the Things application on iPhone (since I got that yesterday when I started having the problem), but found that the syncing via wifi with that app is not the problem.
Apple HAS to fix this, or else they will be in a mountain of trouble with the millions of users that got this phone for the specific reason of Siri speech dictation, among other things. For crying out loud, they advertise this as a major feature of the phone.... The hope is that it will be fixed very, very soon.
Good that I'm not the only one!
Siri is working just fine, but dictation is not working. This is on a 32GB iPhone 4S. It very well must be a server issue, as we are seeing that certain servers must be handling the load of Siri, and other servers are handling the load of speech dictation.
Initially thought it was the Things application on iPhone (since I got that yesterday when I started having the problem), but found that the syncing via wifi with that app is not the problem.
Apple HAS to fix this, or else they will be in a mountain of trouble with the millions of users that got this phone for the specific reason of Siri speech dictation, among other things. For crying out loud, they advertise this as a major feature of the phone.... The hope is that it will be fixed very, very soon.
Good that I'm not the only one!
Wife's iPhone was working, mine was not.
Sooo, I too notice that text to speech wasn't working, so I ended up calling the tech support department of Apple. They told me the same thing they told everyone else: "apparently we are experiencing some outages with Siri."
I would've taken this at face value, but my wife's phone was working while mine was not.
I bought her phone at the exact same time that I bought mine; we were on the same Wi-Fi network; and yet hers was working and mine was not.
This leads me to believe there is actually something wrong with some of our phones and not with others.
It seems that they fixed the problem for the time being, as I am sending this message via voice to text on my iPhone.
I have only had my iPhone for a week, and I am already having problems. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
Sooo, I too notice that text to speech wasn't working, so I ended up calling the tech support department of Apple. They told me the same thing they told everyone else: "apparently we are experiencing some outages with Siri."
I would've taken this at face value, but my wife's phone was working while mine was not.
I bought her phone at the exact same time that I bought mine; we were on the same Wi-Fi network; and yet hers was working and mine was not.
This leads me to believe there is actually something wrong with some of our phones and not with others.
It seems that they fixed the problem for the time being, as I am sending this message via voice to text on my iPhone.
I have only had my iPhone for a week, and I am already having problems. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
More likely explanation is that Apple has multiple server clusters and one of them took a dump. That would explain why many experienced an outage, while others did not. Load balancing is common practice, and which cluster you're on is the luck of the draw. Siri and voice to text has been a bit bumpy from time to time, so far, but Apple did say it was Beta. They're learning as they go, I suspect, when it comes to supporting millions of users on the platform.
I believe they'll get it right in the long run. I still love my iPhone, but I have to admit that, at my age, speaking replies to texts is so much easier than typing them out. I really missed that capability yesterday. First world problems lol
Working Now!
Okay, this is working just fine now. Siri's dictation is now back online! Praise the Lord!
Okay, this is working just fine now. Siri's dictation is now back online! Praise the Lord!
tmobile-microphone to text
Working, Backup up and running. I have noticed that it seems slower though, but still glad to have it back.
Working, Backup up and running. I have noticed that it seems slower though, but still glad to have it back.
Back in business
My speech to text is now working normally. One thing I did do while it was down was reinstall the FREE Dragon Dictation app, which I've been using for over a year now for speech to text capability.
It worked well while the main system was down yesterday. I read somewhere that Apple bought part of the technology from Nuance, the makers of Dragon Dictation. I guess they are still using separate servers. Nice!
My speech to text is now working normally. One thing I did do while it was down was reinstall the FREE Dragon Dictation app, which I've been using for over a year now for speech to text capability.
It worked well while the main system was down yesterday. I read somewhere that Apple bought part of the technology from Nuance, the makers of Dragon Dictation. I guess they are still using separate servers. Nice!
Does voice recognition now seem faster and more accurate?
Maybe it's because some users haven't started loading up the servers since it's been down but my 4s seems to be much faster and more accurate now that things are up and running again. Anyone else notice an improvement?
Might be that they had an update and something went wrong but now it's fixed and things are improved? Maybe, I keep hoping the voice recognition will get better, it's good but not perfect yet, some day....
Maybe it's because some users haven't started loading up the servers since it's been down but my 4s seems to be much faster and more accurate now that things are up and running again. Anyone else notice an improvement?
Might be that they had an update and something went wrong but now it's fixed and things are improved? Maybe, I keep hoping the voice recognition will get better, it's good but not perfect yet, some day....