In this guide, we will show you a couple of methods that should help you fix the issue wherein the text repeat or duplicate itself when using Dictation on your iPhone. The OS from the Cupertino giant beholds a slew of nifty and useful accessibility features, one among which is Dictation. As is evident from its name, you can easily input the text just by speaking across all the supported fields.
The best part is that Dictation requests are processed locally on the device itself- without the need for any internet connection. Moreover, you can also use typing and Dictation together, in which case, the keyboard stays open during Dictation so you can easily switch between voice and touch. While there’s no denying the usefulness of this functionality, however, there’s been an infuriating issue going on with it for the past few years which hardly gets mentioned.
The text tends to duplicate and repeat itself when using this dictation feature on the iPhone. This results in unnecessary repetitive words and paragraphs which the users then have to manually delete. If you are also getting bugged by this issue, then this guide will make you aware of a couple of handy workarounds that should address this problem. So without further ado, let’s check them out.
Fix Text Repeat/Duplicate when using Dictation on iPhone
It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success. So with that in mind, let’s get started.
FIX 1: Toggle Dictation
Your first course of action should be to disable and then re-enable the Dictation feature. This will refresh its underlying settings and could well rectify the issue that we are currently dealing with. So let’s give it a try using the below-listed steps and then check out the results.
- Head over to the Settings > General > Keyboard.
- From there, disable the toggle next to Dictation.
- Wait for a few seconds and re-enable the toggle.
- Check whether it fixes the underlying bug or not.
FIX 2: Turn off VoiceOver
VoiceOver is a gesture-based screen reader through which you can get audible descriptions of what’s on your screen [even if you cannot see the screen!]. With that said if this feature is currently enabled, then it might result in overlapping of the texts which in turn could lead to the repetitive behavior of the Dictation. Therefore, it is recommended that you turn off VoiceOver using the below-listed steps and then check if it works out in your favor or not.
- METHOD 1: Activate Siri and say “Turn on VoiceOver” or “Turn off VoiceOver.”
- METHOD 2: The traditional method of going to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver and turning off the setting should get the job done as well.
- METHOD 3: If you’ve set up an Accessibility shortcut for this feature, then triple-click the side button or Home button (depending on your iPhone model) to invoke this feature and then turn it off.
- METHOD 4: Finally, you may also use the Control Center to carry out this task
That’s it. These are the two different methods that should help you fix the issue of text repeating or duplicating itself when using Dictation on your iPhone. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
