iPhone’s Dictation Feature Momentarily Transcribes Word “Racist” As “Trump”; Apple Working On Fix
deadline.comApple is working on a fix for its text-to-speech feature, which momentarily transcribes the word “racist” as “Trump.” “We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers Dictation, and we are rolling out a fix today,” an Apple spokesperson told Deadline.
The bug happens when an iPhone user uses the Dictation feature, which allows someone to use their voice and then transcribe it into text.
While using Dictation, if someone says the word “racist,” it momentarily changes the word to “Trump” before reverting to “racist” once again.
Apple says they are addressing the bug when users dictate words that include an “R” consonant. The tech company says that during analysis of the speech recognition models, they sometimes begin displaying words that phonetically sound familiar before identifying the words that the user intended to use.
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