Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
After the TidBITS author corrected a hard name in several test sentences, Dictation improved its recognition of that name.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“After correcting mistakes in a variety of sentences, Dictation improved.”
TipBITS: How Fake Contacts Can Fix Dictation's Proper Noun Problems, Adam Engst, TidBITS, 2026, Section: Add Custom Words to Contacts.
Open the original- What it measures
- The author created a contact for a race name, dictated sentences that used it, tapped the word iOS underlined and chose the right replacement from the list it offered. The first few attempts were wrong.
- What it does not show
- The article reports improvement in one user's testing. It does not measure how much, and it says a trailing abbreviation like B. still needed a workaround.