Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
TidBITS reports that Dictation picked up some Contacts entries quickly, but that other entries needed more training before it recognized them.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictation picks up some of these entries quickly, such that you don’t have to do anything more. However, in other cases, it requires more training.”
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's example of a hard case is a race name that Dictation kept writing as Tom B or Toby until the author corrected it in several sentences.
- What it does not show
- Describes one user's experience. The article does not say how many corrections or days the training took.