Has anyone noticed that recently Siri is getting worse? I often find that when dictating emails or messages that Siri initially puts down the correct words, but then changes it. Often to something completely different (à la Monty Python, but not so funny). Very random. Words that were there... disappear when Siri finishes. So Siri heard correctly, and then “miscorrected” it.
Then there is the difference between dictating on my old iPad Air and dictating on my iPhone 7+. On the iPad dictation is not as good.
Of course the secret is to enunciate like Julie Andrews, which I have been doing and now I’ve got a cramp in my jaw. ಠ_ಠ
Has anyone else noticed the deterioration in Siri?
Cheers,
Dave
Painfully dictated and mostly corrected on my iPad.
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Yes, absolutely, Siri is getting dumber!! I use the dictation mode almost exclusively for texting, calendar entries, Internet searches, etc. I make a lot more typos with my fingers typing.
Siri on my previous iPhone wasn’t perfect, but was mostly good. Siri would learn how to pronounce names in my address book, etc.
But when I got a “better“ iPhone, I immediately found that Siri was dumber by about 10 light years dumber. This Siri doesn’t learn. And I’ve had the exact same experience as you: when I finally get Siri to write the correct words, if I’m not paying attention before I send the text, she will change it to something that makes absolutely no sense. As you said, she “miscorrects” herself. There’s also weird “Politically correct“ stuff going on. When I say “he,“ Siri almost always changes it to “she.” This didn’t happen on my last phone. She seems to want to correct my English major grammar. She’ll change the verb tense, and virtually always when you dictate a plural, Siri will give you a singular + apostrophe +s Example: Three “family’s are there.”Some common 3 syllable words, she changes to two or three small words. It’s as if her brain is shorted out. She’s worse on this iphone then she was on my old one. It seems that it’s harder for her to recognize English than before.
I wonder if they fired their previous staff in October 2017, and that the people now working on her don’t speak English as their first language, can’t spell, and don’t understand grammar.
I hate it, it really complicates my life, rather than streamlining it. If Apple does not address this, I will strongly consider jumping ship. It’s just not worth it.
